Blood And Silver:Rise of the Alpha’s Rejected Mate

Chapter 347

I let out a deep sigh and scanned the treetops as the cool breeze stroked my face. Responsibility weighed upon my shoulders, and the tension with Warrick wasn’t helping.

We were tasked with making sure the pack was safe, tracking the retreat of Orion’s forces, but my mind wandered.

“Piper,” Warrick said the second he was alongside me, where I was bent near a covered path.

His tone was light, almost too casual. “You’ve been quiet.”

“I’m focused,” I replied shortly, not looking at him.

“Focused?” He gave a soft laugh, the sound low and smooth, an attempt to lighten the mood. “It looks more like brooding.”

I shot him a glare. “This isn’t a joke, Warrick. Lives are at stake, and we’re standing on the edge of chaos.”

The humor fell from his face. “I know that, Piper. I’m trying to make things easier.”

cracking jokes and acting like nothing happened will fix

tightened. “I’m trying, Piper. But maybe you don’t want this

turned away, not wanting to delve into the

into the forest until I came upon something unusual: a cluster of boulders partially covering a hollowed–out tree. “Over here,”

a cache of weapons, maps, and documents.

are plans,” I whispered, spreading a map

you mean?” Warrick leaned over my shoulder, his

said. “The conflicts, the mistrust

cut off Warrick before

approaching, arms crossed. “I didn’t expect to

following a lead,” he said, dropping to his knees beside me. “But this… this

his perception helping me assemble the plan. For the first time in

still got it, Piper,” he said with a small

utter a word, Warrick’s voice cut through the moment like a knife. “Of course, Rowan’s here to save the