Alpha Asher by Jane

Read Alpha Asher by Jane Doe Chapter 200

There wasn’t much of a sleepover after that, though it wasn’t for a lack of trying.

Cassidy and Clara could feel the tension in the room and knew from the looks on our faces that what we talked about hadn’t been good. Soon after wrapping up, Breyona came downstairs, her eyes raw and red with the opened envelope clutched in her hand.

I knew Breyona needed space, but I also knew that leaving her alone wasn’t the right thing to do. It didn’t take much convincing to get her to say, but I think deep down she wanted someone to confide in, someone who understood.

After promising Cassidy I’d show up to training tomorrow, she and Kendrick left, following Mason and Clara. The four planned on going out for drinks, and I was glad they were able to continue their night. Staying here would’ve just meant d******g in all of our foul moods.

Holly decided to stay, and I found I was genuinely glad she did, even if she had to leave early the next day for a therapy appointment.

Late in the night, Breyona, Holly, and myself curled up on the massive bed Asher had made for us, swapping stories in the dim lights draped around the beds canopy.

Breyona talked about the letter her parents had left her, breaking down halfway through as sobs wracked her body. I’d been stunned when Holly wrapped her arms around Breyona and I, hugging us both. I’d never gotten close enough to her to notice before, but her scent was light and held hints of elderberry and rose.

The letter written by her parents was a goodbye of sorts, a piece of themselves too sad to dare read out loud. Just hearing about it made my eyes water and fill with tears. I pictured my own mom, and all of the good and bad memories between us.

They had told her how much they loved her, how proud they were, and how she’d never be alone, not for one second. Every step of the way, every milestone in her life, they would be there.

Hearing Breyona talk about the letter prompted Holly to mention her own parents. I’d never pressed the topic with her out of fear that she’d shut down and close me off even more than I already was, but as she talked I listened with unbridled interest.

It had been a padded, golden-plated prison she’d lived in during her time with our father, and while she’d grown to hate every second of it, there was a time where she wanted nothing more than to make him proud. Only when she realized how impossible that was, did she finally crave true freedom.

She had a longing for the mother she’d never met, the one currently trying to enslave me, but it was tainted with disappointment. Nothing would change the Blood Witch’s path, not even the daughter she’d never met.

I trusted her enough to talk about what I’d just learned. I hadn’t realized how much I needed this, venting in the

had because this week had

wasn’t falling apart. Between the lingering stares and whispers whenever I went out in public, it felt like everyone was holding their breath, waiting for

witch training, spending what little time I could manage with friends and family, and stuck in meetings with Zeke, Asher, and a few others as we tried to figure out where the

the witches had once occupied, but none had showed up since. Just yesterday, he’d sent his Beta, who

visit neighboring human towns. Clara and Mason went with most of them, mainly because of Clara’s ability to tell if there was any magic cast

practicing Conjuration, and as easy as it was becoming, I was still utterly exhausted after every attempt. I’m sure it didn’t help that there was a new stressor involved,

I’d know if I were drawing on dark magic, but the

entered the training room, greeting an entire class full of

sounded my battle cry, he’d pivoted on his heel and struck. We fought for what felt like fifteen minutes, neither one of us yielding until Emilia came in and began clapping. A truce was called,

night when something changed—when

had been restless for hours, thrashing and writhing in the forest the moment the sun had gone

around my waist, his damp hair tickling my cheek as

could hear them. They were trying to work up the courage to come closer, to speak to me directly. Their slippery little voices had grown in angst after I’d learned it was my family line

currently on, began to

as it condensed

at the shadows. He was suppressing his surprise, but I felt it seep through the bond.

Newcomers, they have arrived…

voices overlapping one another

demanded, narrowing his

ssspeak to

fingers and toes. I locked eyes with my mate, both of us

has arrived?” I asked them. “Tell me,

Vampiressss.