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

“You think this is about change? You think a few apologies erase everything?”

Warrick took a step forward, his voice rising. “No, I don’t. But I’m trying, Piper! And instead of talking to me, you’re confiding in everyone else. Do you have any idea how that feels?”

I positioned myself between them, my voice carrying a blend of understanding and authority. “That’s enough.”

“I’m not doing this for you, for her, or anyone,” Piper shook her head and stepped forward, her gaze locking onto him with unwavering intensity. “You never understand, Warrick. It’s not about what you have done but about how I feel about you now.”

Warrick’s voice broke in challenge, cracking in a husky question, “How… how do you feel?”

Piper said nothing. Her lips stretched flat and narrow. “I do not know.”

Warrick threw up his hands and walked away. “Fine. When you figure it out, let me know.” He walked off, leaving Piper and me in heavy silence. noveldrama

Later that night, Piper and I were at the edge of the pack house

The forest around us was quiet except for the crunching of leaves beneath our feet and a hooting owl somewhere distant.

Piper froze then, in an instant, her body rigid. “Aurora,” she breathed, pointing.

Through the blackness, wolves lay flat to the earth, eyes aglow with the moon. The pale light danced across their hands: blades,

arrows.

I gasped. “Kaida’s army,” I whispered.

Piper nodded tightly. “What do we do?”

“We haven’t attacked them yet,” I said, pulling Piper behind a tree. “We need to know how many there are, what their plans

are.”

We strained to listen to the soft whispers.of the scouts, piecing together parts of their conversation.

“The pack’s weaker than we thought.”

“Yeah, good. Orion’s going to want us to exploit that. Go for the young wolves; they’ll be the first to give.”

Rage boiled up in Piper’s chest as my fists also curled tight inside my fur–lined gloves. “How about we go up there and take them out?”

I held Piper back. “No… go and call Evelyn and Trajan; we need as many eyes as we can get as we sneak around and know what we are facing.”

I dropped down to the floor in a squat, keeping my eyes on the men sitting around the campfire, watching them keenly. I noticed a few women with them who wore burkas; they were the ones serving the men. They were drinking wine as they ate from the roasted meat on the fire. I licked my lips as I realized I hadn’t eaten all day. My stomach groaned, and I held it as I got up to my feet slowly, stepping back carefully.

I will go and wait for the rest at a safe distance.

SNAP…

My foot stepped on a dry branch, and it broke. I raised my gaze to see two of the army looking in my direction.

“Who is there?” one asked as he got up, hands on his sword. “I will check on it,” he said to the other as he tapped his shoulder.

He advanced towards me, and I held my breath as I froze in my spot.