Blood And Silver Rise of the Alpha's Rejected Mate novel Chapter 222

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DANE 

“Only the beginning…” I heard a whisper from no one I could see, I pushed it aside and looked down at Aurora. 

The room had grown quiet, the kind of silence that pressed on your ears and made your pulse feel louder. 

I stood near the couch where Aurora lay, her chest rising and falling steadily now. She looked so small, so fragile. It didn’t suit her, not the Aurora I knew. 

Warrick’s question still hung in the air. “And Idris?” 

Trajan’s response came to my head, his words having gone with me through my reflection, “Gone. But he made it clear that isn’t 

all.” 

The outside beyond the packhouse stretched continuously, night clinging, refusing to go down as it howled silently within, “Only the beginning…” 

ck 

Day arrived to gradually scrape grey over the sky, while th shifted without making much noise. The sense of fear taut upon their legs and inside each uttered word. 

I stirred with the dawn, when the first light seeped through the window. She opened her eyes, blinking up at me slowly. 

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“How long?” Her voice was hoarse. 

“Just a few hours,” I said. “You needed it.” 

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She tried to sit up, wincing as her body protested it. I reached to steady her, but she waved me off, determination stronger than her exhaustion yet. 

“The grove?” 

“Safe,” I said. “For now.” 

Her eyes found mine, and in that instant, words weren’t 

necessary. 

We didn’t sleep. Downstairs, the pack had gathered in the great hall, their faces contorted in anger, fear, and something else. entirely to determination. 

Aurora stood at the front of the room, her voice firmer now. “Idris won’t stop. He’ll come back, and when he does, we need to be ready.” 

“What do we do?” Piper asked, an edge in her voice. 

Aurora looked to Lirien, who stood in shadow at the far side of the room. “The Forgotten derive power from the grove. We have to destroy that for them.” 

Lirien’s glowing eyes slitted. “That is easy said, ” Luna. The grove’s bonding runs deep and ancient. To break that bondage 

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will require great power and great sacrifice.” 

Sacrifice. 

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Trajan was the first to break the silence. “We don’t have a choice. We either stop them now, or the grove and the pack goes. down.” 

Aurora inclined her head, her gaze sweeping around the room. “We go to the grove. We take on Idris together.” 

“You mean now?” Warrick hiked an eyebrow, sounding so incredulous. 

“Now,” Aurora repeated with firmness. “If we let it wait, we lose it.” 

The grove felt farther away than it had ever been. The mist had returned, curling around our feet, muffling our footsteps. 

It wasn’t as thick as the night before, but it carried a weight that pressed upon my chest. 

As we emerged into the clearing, Idris was waiting. He stood in the center, his tall frame surrounded by the Forgotten. 

Their 

green eyes shone softly in the dim light, the weight of their presence heavy in the air. 

“You cannot stop us,” Idris sneered, his voice cold and sharp. “The grove belongs to us.” 

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Aurora stepped forward, her chin high, her voice steady. “The grove belongs to no one,” she said. “It’s time for this to end.” 

She raised her hand, the pendant on her chest glowing faintly. I watched as the light spread, a shining barrier that pushed back the Forgotten. 

The mist recoiled, hissing as if alive, and the clearing grew brighter. 

Idris’s sneer faltered, his gaze narrowing as he stepped toward the barrier. “You think this will save you?” he growled. 

“It’s not about saving us,” Aurora said. “It’s about saving the grove.” 

Trajan stepped forward then, his voice cutting through the tension. “Idris,” he called, his tone steady but heavy with emotion. “Look at what you’re doing. Look at what you’ve become.” 

Idris turned on him, the green eyes ablaze. “You dare lecture me?” 

“You have chased vengeance for centuries,” Trajan said, voice rising. “But it has not brought you peace. It has only brought more pain, for you, for your people.” 

The words hit something deep within Idris. His face wavered, the anger dulling for just a moment. 

Behind us, the grove started to glow and pulse, the light growing 

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