Blood And Silver:Rise of the Alpha’s Rejected Mate
Chapter 129

Chapter 129 AURORA Dane idnt stick around after his pronouncement .

After one more long look at me , he left the infirmary .

Eventually , Celia came back to stay with Evander .

I asked her to alert me immediately when he woke , even if it was the middle of the night .

He knew about the twins .

We had to find out what .

And if that failed , Dane was right .

We knew where the Reeds would be on the night of the new moon , and they would have our children with them .

I waited for Holden to make good what he had said , that I was going to be punished .

But since that moment , hed been quiet .

That was worse than anything else he could have done .

Without the twins and Evander to distract me , I had way too much room for fear .

I didnt see Dane for days .

It was strange because Id been without him for five years and survived .

Now , his absence was a sharp ache in my chest .

Chapter 129 2/5 Trajan knew .

He worried worse than Dane and stuck as close to my side as a burr caught in a wolfs fur .

It was so strange to think that if things had gone according to our original plans , way back when Id first arrived in Georgia after being gone so long , Trajan and I would have been the only two h Alpine wolves here , anyway .

The twins and their daring escape and flight from home had brought them and Evander , and now all three of them ….

I couldnt think about that .

The ceremony was only days away .

Even though I knew I had no wolf , and the children had no way of hearing me , I tried to reach out to them at least a hundred times a day .

Mommy is here .

Im thinking of you .

Ill save you .

It didnt help , knowing how the Reeds had treated me as a child .

From the haunted look Id seen in Danes eyes , it seemed he felt the same .

It was so strange to think that my family had kidnapped him , had him in the same house as me , and Id never known .

Of course , with as little as I remembered , maybe it wasnt so strange .

The night before the new moon , I hardly slept .

I tossed and turned in my sheets , thinking about the next day and what it might bring .

Chapter 129 3/5 Evander still hadnt woken , but otherwise there was nothing wrong with him .

So we kept doing our best to give him food and water , and we waited .

But the moon waited for no one , and now the time to take the relie had arrived .

This was everything we had been working for .

What we did today would hopefully end the scourge of shadow monsters that , rumor had it , was making its way through the countryside .

They were attacking surrounding packs more and more frequently .

If we didnt stop this , the Council would start breathing down our necks soon , demanding answers .

As much as I hated it , I suspected the reason they werent , yet was because of Holden .

I dont know what he told his parents about us , or if hed told them about us .

But they did sit on the Council .

And if they thought I was their daughter in law … Because Holden had forbidden me to communicate with anyone about what hed done , I couldnt tell my grandmother , either .

But when I spoke to her , I did tell her Holden was gone from Blue Ridge .

Oh , I know .

He told me .

But dont worry , he said hes still watching .

He has his ways .

A spy , right there in the middle of them , and they dont even know .

She winked at me , like that might make me feel better .

But I didnt feel better .

I felt like I wanted to throw up .

Chapter 129 Because the spy was me .

4/5 To say she was excited that we were finally going to retrieve the relic was an understatement .

Even though she was a stoic old woman , when I spoke to her the morning of the new moon , she was practically dancing in her chair .

this up .

And get All you have to do now , Aurora , is not screw this my heirs back , of course , she said primly .

Then she smiled , and it was the first warm smile Id seen from her in a long time .

Once the relic is retrieved , well use it to bring your wolf back .

Youll be true Luna heir at last , my love .

Just like my darling Celeste was supposed to be .

I swallowed at the mention of my mother .

I wished so hard I could remember anything about her .

I hope she would be proud of me .

She would , Grandmother said .

She was always rather easy to please .

That evening the pack who was going to take place in the ceremony to get the relic stood on the lawn outside the pack house .

Fall was starting to cool the air , and the breeze was scented with pine and dry leaves .

Trajan stood at my side .

Dane was down on the lawn .

He was speaking with Archer .

Chapter 129 5/5 The beta never had caught up to my foster brother .

Remington was still out there , somewhere .

Evelyn was there , as well .

Once upon a time , she had been the princess of the Blue Ridge Pack .

She couldnt go anywhere .

without dozens of people following her , admiring her .

Now she stood alone except for the mysterious female wolf who had shown up the night of the ceremony .

Dane didnt even look in her direction .

Something felt different about those two , like a final cut had been made between them .

I longed to know why , but I didnt feel like I could ask either of them .

The night was dark .

No moon shone .

Dane stepped up beside me , as if out of nowhere .

His sister , Piper , was with him .

Its time .

He met my gaze , and there was something in his I didnt like .

Aurora , he said, Youre not going .