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.”

“You think cracking jokes and acting like nothing happened

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

to delve into the mess of emotions his

the forest until I came upon something unusual: a

searched the hiding place and opened it to reveal a cache of weapons, maps, and documents.

spreading a map across

leaned

know about our weaknesses,” I said. “The conflicts,

us, a voice cut off Warrick before he could answer.

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

he said, dropping to his knees

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

it, Piper,” he

through the moment like a knife. “Of course, Rowan’s here to save the