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

Chapter 2 DANE I didnt bother to turn around and look at my manipulative, murderous mate.

Id finally f*cked her.

It was all shed been beggingfor three years.

Shed never pull her claws out ofnow.

The sex had been incredible.

Better than Id imagined.

And Goddess, had I dreamed about touching her over the years.

All that perfect skin, all that softness.

And those huge, gorgeous lilac eyes, soft as her scent.

I hated her for it..

I had fought myself tooth and claw over the years to keep from touching her.

To remind myself what she had done .

What she was part of.

I could never forget the day I first met her.

Back then, I was twenty one .

As the Alphas heir, I was the leader of the warriors who Chapter 2 2/7 patrolled Blue Ridge pack land the deep woods and mountains.

of Georgia just south of the Tennessee state line.

I paced the top of an overgrown wall near the edge of Blue Ridge land in my wolf form.

The sound from the woods came.

Like someone stumbling, lost and sick.

I scented blood and silver.

Then I heard her.

Help... please ... She sounded weak and sad, like she didnt expect anyone would ever save her.

I trotted through the forest, searching for her, pulled like a magnet.

There was a new scent along with the metallic tang of silver and copper lilacs.

I caround a tree and found her.

Though the moon was dim, shed fallen in a puddle of light.

Her long, silvery hair was matted and tangled.

Her white gown was shredded so that most of her body was visible.

Streaks of blood covered her body.

From her scent, she was a wolf.

One whod been poisoned with silver and then beaten to within an inch of her life.

I shifted into a man and knelt by her side.

She flinched and whimpered, but bit the sound back, trying to be strong.

The moment I smoothed her hair back from her face, my wolf howled wildly.

There was something betweenand this girl.

A connection.

I thought I heard her wolf ....

Chapter 2 3/7 But then it was gone.

A wisp of smoke blown away on the wind.

I must have imagined it.

I put my hand in hers.

Shh.

Tellyour name.

She shivered and wept, but gripped my har desperate strength.

I its ... Ann ... My wolf ... h a hard, t feel her ! I lifted her in my arms and stood.

Our pack has healers.

Ill take you to them.

She looked up atwith big, bright eyes.

N no! Theyre going to ... t they ... She passed out.

There was so much silver in her, I could see it turning the delicate veins in her pale hands black.

If I didnt act, she would die.

So, I turned my back on my post.

I walked away and left a hole in Blue Ridges defenses.

We were so strong; I didnt think anyone would dare cagainst us.

I hadnt counted on our enemy, the Reeds.

I didnt realize that this girl was their daughter, Ann.

Chapter 2 I didnt know she was part of it.

4/7 Not until Blue Ridge was burning.

Not until my parents and at quarter of my pack were dead.

Not until her father, Waylon Reed, forced us to kneel across from each other beneath the closed eye of ! a silver ribbon around our wrists like the n.

demanded.

Don and tied ceremony With claws to the throat of my grandfather, who was the Alphat of our pack, and my little sister my last remaining family the Reeds forcedto marry their daughter.

The fallen dream.

Complicit, conniving, manipulative Ann Reed.

The reason my family was dead.

Staring into her strange eyes a pale shade of lilac I took her as my wife.

My mate.

And I swore to destroy them all.

Broken Forest.

The Reeds.

Especially her.

My wolf paced restlessly in my mind, pullingback to reality.

Today, my control snapped.

I thought once would be enough.

That Id get my fill of her sweetness.

But I was wrong.

Something about the way her fingers dug into Chapter 2 my back when I claimed her.

Something about the way she called my name.

It wrapped around my heart.

So f*cking dangerous.

Just as dangerous as the first tI caught the scent of blood and silver.

I shook myself.

My control was iron.

She had to have visited shag in the woods.

Spiked my drink.

5/7 Im... Im serious, she said.

This is torture for both of us.

Cutting our soul bond would just sever our connection.

Wed still be mated in the eyes of the Council, even if it doesnt mean anything.

Even though I wasnt looking at her, I could feel the tension radiating off her body.

Even though I didnt give a sh*t about her, something about her words made unease wash over me.

Ann Reed was mine.

We were bound together in suffering forever because of what shed done.

Because of what the Council ruled.

The Council a group of the oldest, most powerful Alphas and Lunas that ruled wolves all over the world had declared our marriage necessary to keep the peace in the region.

I never accepted the decree.

But I was patient.

I was still going to kill her for what shed done to my pack.

One day.

Id wipe Broken Forest off the map.

Chapter 2 6/7 I finished straightening my tie and turned to face her.

She had the ribbon clenched in her hands.

How cute of her to bring a prop.

It probably wasnt even a convincing fake.

I grabbed her chin with one hand and let my claws cut into her skin deep enough to draw blood. Like poppies (She whimpered.

She was so vulnerable.

So d* mn helpless.

My wolf wanted to claim her again.

To bury myself in that softness.

If I didnt know she was manipulating... I might actually want her.

Want to protect her, like I did that m first night, when I thought ad felt! something between us. I might develop cracks in my armor for her.

But she was the reason my parents were dead.

She was the reason I could never be with the woman I loved.

She was the cause of all my weakness.

All my grief.

The Reeds arent getting anything from me, no matter how many empty threats you make.

Could I be married to someone I wasnt soul bonded to ? No wolf would want to live that way. To my surprise, she jerked from my grasp, even though it left a cut.

She wiped the blood dripping down her chin and shoved the thick silver ribbon in my face. Chapter 2 7/7 It glimmered with magic.

When I grasped it, I could feel the power in it that connected us.

The ribbon was real.

I snatched it from her hand and stood to my fu ..

neight.

Youve taken your little gtoo far, I sneered .

You think Id fall for this? If I cut this ribbon, my connection to her would snap.

I wouldnt be able to sense her anymore.

What if she ran from me? Then again if we cut it, I wouldnt have to feel ve what she felt anymore. At first, Id thrived on her despair.

It meant we despaired together.

Lately, it just madesick.

Every tI hurt her feelings, I was the one whod swallowed poison.

You could be free, she coaxed.

You could... be with Evelyn.