Alpha Asher by Jane

Chapter 208

Chapter 208 

The trip home was filled with silence.

It wasn’t the comfortable kind that faded

into the background and made your

eyelids grow heavy as the purr of the car’s engine droned on and on.

This one was full of tension and unspoken words that were so loud they needn’t be spoken at all.

 

Zeke, Clara, and Mason hitched a ride with Asher and I since Tessa was currently tied up and unconscious in the back of the work van Breyona drove. Giovanni and Tristan had no choice but to sit back there as well considering they were the only windows blacked out from the rising sun.

It would’ve been safer to wait until dark to move, but we didn’t have the time to

waste.

There was no telling if Ember would come back for her twin with more witches, and now that the location of the safe haven was compromised, we needed every spare warrior available to protect the territory.

It did help that Deacon, Dina, and Spence stayed behind, but there was still the risk

of the witches attacking during the day.

Since my nerves were too frayed to sleep, I spent the entire drive home thinking of ways to magically protect the safe haven Asher and I created.

Undoubtedly, Cordelia would be able to help. She could use her protection magic to cast an alarm – like spell, one that would alert us if any witches crossed the boundary, but it would do nothing to give us a heads up

I’d been able to turn a Vampire into a

Werewolf and a Werewolf into a shadow creature, so I couldn’t help but toy with the idea of somehow creating a protective shield over the land. It was a solid plan, but I’d have to be extremely specific on who would be allowed through. 2

By the time we made it to the pack’s boundary lines, I had a stronger idea of what I wanted to do.

take a crap ton of energy, but a shield was exactly what the safe haven needed. Vampires without ill-intentions would be able to pass through and seek shelter, along with any wolves from

and a few of the others transported Tessa into one of the reinforced holding cells, I ran my plan by

middle-aged witch had been in the middle of smudging the house, singing

as she waved the smoking bundle of Sage through every corner of each room. She’d been hesitant over how much

she called Hemlock. There wasn’t a drug or herb on this planet that could take away a witch’s power, but this poisonous root would make it harder for Tessa to have access to it. The only stipulation was that it couldn’t be administered for more than a couple weeks, or you’d run the risk of death. It gave us time, and time was exactly what

remained when I made my way down to the prison cells. The overhead lights were bright, reflecting off the pale tile

turned your head and ignored the row of glass boxes with cots inside, you could almost fool yourself into thinking this was some

are you doing here?”

over his chest as he leaned against the wall. The scowl

the metal chairs looking just as

the

twin nearly melted my head off and everyone’s on my ass for wanting to know where

snapped with a surprising amount

a look in his direction,

that was scarily calm.

brother’s stare for a few tension-filled seconds before averting

if she says anything useful.”

up until he reached the door that would lead to the winding staircase that

was still staring at the spot. Brandon had occupied when he said, “ I’m going to talk

asked, placing a hand on

his jaw and lips softened when he turned to look down

get to him before he finds the liquor.” He grunted,

through Asher’s whiskey collection.

and Brandon gone, I had nothing left to do but fixate on Zeke’s forlorn stare and the

on.

back to the wall and

was dried blood on her forehead, peeling where it

she said anything?” I

know, I’d never been in a rush to find my mate. It wasn’t until I saw you and Asher together that I started feeling like there was

voice. It was terrifying to think that the selfless man who dropped everything to help Asher and I wouldn’t get the future he deserved. Even with all the power I held at my fingertips, I had no clue what to do

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