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.”

think cracking jokes and acting like nothing

Piper. But maybe you

wanting to delve into the mess of emotions

I came upon something unusual: a cluster of

opened it to reveal a cache of weapons, maps, and documents. My heart quickened as I

map across the ground.

do you mean?” Warrick leaned

I said. “The conflicts, the mistrust they’re planning to

off Warrick

see Rowan approaching, arms crossed. “I didn’t expect

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

me assemble the plan. For the first

he said

through the moment like a