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.

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

into one of the reinforced holding cells, I ran my plan

in the middle of smudging the

as she waved the smoking bundle of Sage through every corner of each room. She’d been hesitant over how much energy it would cost me, but was positive it wouldn’t draw

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,

way down to the prison cells. The overhead lights were bright,

cots inside, you could almost fool yourself into thinking this was some ordinary

you doing here?”

was mean-mugging Tessa through the observation glass, his arms crossed over his chest as he leaned against the wall. The scowl on his

metal chairs looking just as distraught as he

the same

fucking matter? Her twin nearly melted my head off and everyone’s on

with a surprising amount of

look in his

that was scarily calm.

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

if she says anything useful.” He muttered,

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

still staring at the spot. Brandon had occupied when

alright?” I asked, placing a

and lips softened when he turned to look down at

to him before he finds the liquor.”

through Asher’s whiskey collection.

Brandon gone, I had nothing left to do but fixate on

on.

cot in her cell, her back to the wall

dried blood on her forehead, peeling

said anything?”

find my mate. It wasn’t until I saw you and Asher together that I started feeling like there was something

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 to

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