Blood And Silver:Rise of the Alpha’s Rejected Mate
Chapter 54

it Gifts Chapter 54 Rejected … 1/5 AURORA Danes face was filled with unspoken pain .

If I spend my entire life trying , I can never make up for what Ive done to you .

What ? My heart was frozen .

I couldnt believe he was saying this .

I couldnt believe he finally believed me in the exact moment I could no longer believe in myself .

How … do you know she lied ? I asked .

Dane gave my hands one more squeeze , then released them .

Like I said , I had the recording analyzed by a contact of mine .

Its not your voice .

Its a deep fake , created with other recordings they had of you and AI .

I hugged myself .

So , thats how she did it .

I had no idea how it could sound so much like me .

I guess thats it .

For a long moment , we both stood there in silence .

Finally , I asked , So , what does this mean ? Do you believe me about everything , now ? Everything Ive been begging you to believe for eight years ? Dane let out a slow breath and stepped toward me .

Im … working through it .

+ Chapter 54 2/5 I stepped back .

I couldnt let him touch me .

I felt like my whole skin was poisoned .

Like if he came anywhere near me , Id do what my shadow promised she would so long ago , and he would be destroyed .

Did I care if he was ? If I was finally the one with his fate in my hands , instead of mine in his , how desperately did I want to save the man who had tried to ruin me ? TRAJAN I looked around the massive cavern and let out a low whistle .

I had served Aurora for years .

I was loyal to her .

If she commanded it , Id die .

I was her best friend , her assistant , and I would be her beta .

If everyone knew everything about her , I did .

Hell , I might even know more than she did , the way our closest friends often saw through the lies we told ourselves .

I knew her past was dark .

But even I couldnt have prepared myself for what I was seeing now .

We were in an enormous cavern .

So huge , you couldve about parked a cruise ship in it .

The ceiling arched high above to a Chapter 54 round hole like an eye .

Moonlight shone through it .

3/5 On the ground , there was a massive circle that looked like it had been painted in white paint .

It was made of runes and strange geometric shapes .

It reminded me of Auroras book .

In the center of the circle there was a rectangular stone block that looked disturbingly like an altar .

In fact , I was pretty sure thats what it was .

A big , black slab made of granite with channels carved in the top .

The waxy , puddled remains of melted candles I moved closer and got a nose full of rot and copper .

The altar smelled like old blood .

What the fuck were the Reeds doing down here ? Archer asked .

Suddenly , the room rippled with cold energy .

Like one pulse of a frozen heart .

What was that ? the beta growled .

The awful sensation of being watched prickled the back of my neck .

My wolf quietly growled .

But we were here looking for pages torn from that journal .

Runes similar to the journal were written on the floor .

As much as my instincts were screaming at me to turn and run , we couldnt leave until we searched .

Chapter 54 Come on , I said .

4/5 I stepped into the room .

There was a sound like distant whispers and another frozen pulse of energy .

Hell no , Archer replied .

Something is wrong , here , Trajan .

I know you feel it .

It doesnt matter .

We have to search .

I dont know exactly what Aurora and Dane are into with this , but they need those damn pages .

Archer growled , but a second later , he stepped into the room with me .

I rolled my shoulders , but the feeling of being watched wouldnt go away .

I decided to ignore it .

Together , Archer and I crossed into the circle .

There was another pulse of cold magic .

This is feeling less and less good , Archer said .

Then hurry up and look around ! I snapped .

I wouldnt disappoint Aurora .

Shed been through too much shit for that .

I strode to the stone slab .

There were a few things on it .

The melted candles , but also a silver bowl .

I touched it , and it burned .

* Chapter 54 my skin .

There was something inside it , like old ash .

5/5 Pure fucking silver , I said .

How would they have even used it ? I dont want to know , Archer responded .

Hed found a table on the far side of the room and was poking through glass jars stacked on top .

I went back to my search .

I covered my hand with my sleeve and dumped the bowl on the altar .

A pile of ashes fell out .

And so did two bloody , folded squares of paper , completely unburned .

My heart speeding up , I unfolded one .

The writing was unmistakable .

This is it , I said .

I found the papers .

From one of the black holes that led out of the cavern , something inhuman started to laugh .

Then the whole cavern started to shake as something huge and monstrous moved .