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

Chapter 6 AURORA Trajan pulledinto the crowd, temporarily hiding us.

I tore my eyes from Dane.

Do we need to leave? he growled low in my ear.

My heart was fluttering, but I forced my spine straight.

No.

Let him cto me.

There was a crowd of wolves around him, gorgeous and dangerous and glittering and whispering about what hed done.

He was on his feet, striding my way.

But every wolf here wanted to speak to the powerful Alpha of Blue Ridge, and that slowed him down.

I pressed a hand to my chest.

Would he killin front of all these people? Trajan wouldnt make it easy.

Curse my grandmother for making this the only way I could becLuna.

Oh, my goddess.

Isnt that Ann Reed? someone whispered.

Id caught their attention, now.

One muttered, Is she crawling back to Dane ? During the gala ? Gold digger, canother whisper. Chapter 6 2/6 Despite the way my heart was beating against my ribs, a smile quirked one corner of my mouth. Once, that kind of accusation wouldve hurt.

Now, the thought that I might need Dane for his money was ridiculous.

I had more money than most of these wolves could dream of.

A young woman in a frilly white dress flounced up to me.

In a grating voice, she said, Is it true, wolfless? The crowd gasped at her insult, but that just egged her on.

Dane threw your ass out all those years ago and now youre coming crawling back to him? I raised an eyebrow, unaffected by her insult.

Constantly aware that Dane was drawing closer.

Trajan ? He leaned down near my ear and whispered, Amy Miller, Ms.

DeVere .

A lesser member of the Hundred Lakes Pack.

Excuse! Ill show you lesser ! Amy Miller shrilled.

Youre a rogue ! Aurora DeVere is no rogue.

Trajan growled.

Should I remove her, Luna heir? The girl blanched.

No.

I said.

Waiting for Danes approach was like standing on a train track waiting for the train to hit me.

Shes not worth it.

How dare you? the woman snapped, her face going red, Chapter 6 standing out against her white dress, Im- ! 3/6 A warm body pressed againstfrom behind.

Danes scent surrounded me.

It was so familiar, yet so strange after five years, my knees felt weak.

His deep, authoritative growl sounded in my ear, and he gripped my wrist hard in one big, rough hand. Ann Reed.

If you cback here for a public execution, youre about to get your desire.

☐☐☐☐☐ DANE For a moment, I thought she would melt back against me.

For a moment, I wanted her to .

I wanted to wrap one hand around her throat and tangle the other in her hair and burn us both to the ground with a searing, claiming kiss.

Since Id had her, no other woman was able to satisfy me.

She should have flinched.

Grabbed my arm and whispered she was sorry and begged for my forgiveness.

That was what she would have done five years ago.

Instead, she turned her head gracefully and gavea long, cool look.

Alpha Montague.

How nice to see you again.

Chapter 6 Alpha Montague.

After all this time.

After shed run and the Council had miraculously spared us, even though wed gone against their decree to stay together.

After she had run from me.

It was nice to seeagain.

My wolf howled.

4/6 Just because Im a bastard who likes to torture himself, I slid closer, until her back was pressed to my front .

A burly, bearded wolf lurked nearby.

Who was he to her? Mate? Lover? Id kill him if he moved.

But at a look from her, he stilled and seemed content to watch.

What are you doing here? The words rumbled from my chest.

Goddess, the scent of lilacs was everywhere .

Today had started normally.

Who knew that this evening, Id have my hands back on Ann Reed? The one person who had ever escaped me. The woman who dominated my dreams.

The gala is open to all wolves, she said, still in that cool voice.

Isnt it? Shed always been beautiful, but it used to be a frail kind of beauty, like a gossamer flower that only bloomed at night.

Now her beauty was full and sensual with an edge of danger a rose with thorns.

Chapter 6 5/6 Why did I want to wrap my hand around the stem and bleed ? You know it is, I growled.

As my mate, shed been its hostess for three years.

And is it now customary to greet your guests ... like this? Her voice dropped low and breathy, and for a moment , she let her body lean into mine.

The shock of it was enough to remindwhere we were.

I let her go, and she turned to facewith that polite little smile still on her face.

She held out one elegant hand.

Alpha Montague, allowto reintroduce myself.

My name, as it turns out, is Aurora DeVere.

DeVere ? That was the nof the High Alpine family.

I sneered, not interested in her games.

the Did the Reeds send you here? Is that where youve been all these years? cave in the woods? Wolves eavesdropping in the crowd Crouching in a cavey tittered. I didnt care.

Everyone knew how Id brought the Broken Forest Pack to its knees.

She tilted her head atand blinked smokey eyes.

I havent spoken to my foster family in longer than Ive spoken to you, Alpha Montague. Foster family? Her lips pressed together.

Yes.

As it turns out, I belong to another pack One whe Chapter 6 Unlikely.

But that also sent whispers through the crowd.

6/6 The DeVeres wont take kindly to you pretending to be one of them.

Im not pretending.

I grabbed her wrist in a crushing grip.

Still, she didnt flinch.

Cwith me, I growled

Reed or DeVere, I have things to say to you that are no one elses business Aurora, the big man said.

There was warning in his tone.

She gave a small shake of her head.

The Alpha wants to speak to me, Trajan.

Its why we c.

She turned a look onthat was as frigid as an arctic lake.

Besides, I have something he needs.

If she really was from High Alpine, she was right.

But in this moment, I didnt care.

I pulled Ann behindto a door that led into a dark hall .

I shut it behind us, locked it.

Then I shoved her against a wall and leaned close ...