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.

energy, but a shield was exactly what the safe haven needed.

Asher, Zeke, and a few of the others transported Tessa into one of the reinforced holding cells,

middle-aged witch had been in the

of Sage through every corner of each room. She’d been hesitant over how much

this poisonous root would make it harder for Tessa to have access to it. The only stipulation was that it

the prison cells. The overhead lights were bright, reflecting

with cots inside, you could almost fool yourself into

are you doing here?” I

chest as he leaned against the wall. The scowl on

who sat in one of the metal chairs looking just as

asked the same

matter? Her twin nearly melted my head off and everyone’s on my ass for wanting to

with a surprising amount

leveled a look in his

that was scarily calm.

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

she says anything useful.” He muttered,

the door that would lead to the winding staircase

occupied when he said, “ I’m going to talk

placing a hand

his jaw and lips softened when he turned to

not sure. He’s always on edge, but this is worse than usual. I’ll see if I can find anything out. Let’s hope I get to him before he finds the liquor.” He grunted, tossing me a look that told me Brandon would be in deep

through Asher’s whiskey collection.

to do but

on.

her back to the wall and her feet

There was dried blood on her forehead, peeling where it reached the

she said anything?”

his hand. “You 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 something missing. It’s… hard to believe that she’s it.

in his 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

you spoken

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