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.”

frustration spilling over. “You think cracking jokes and

maybe you don’t

wanting to delve into the mess of emotions his

a cluster of boulders partially covering a hollowed–out tree. “Over here,”

to reveal a cache of weapons, maps, and documents.

a map across the ground. “They’re targeting our

mean?” Warrick leaned over my shoulder, his face

our weaknesses,” I said. “The

off Warrick before

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

was following a lead,” he said, dropping to his

perception helping me assemble the plan. For the first time in a while, I felt

Piper,” he said with a

could utter a word, Warrick’s voice cut through the moment