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.

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,

few of the others transported Tessa into one of the

the middle of smudging the

been hesitant over how much energy it would cost me,

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

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

If you turned your head and ignored the row of glass boxes with cots inside, you could almost

you doing

observation glass, his arms crossed over his chest as he leaned against the wall. The scowl on his

the metal chairs looking just

asked the same

my head off and everyone’s on my ass for wanting to know

snapped with a

a look in his direction,

that was scarily calm.

a few tension-filled seconds before averting

me know if she says anything useful.” He muttered,

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

was still staring at the spot. Brandon had occupied when

I asked, placing a hand on his arm

of his jaw and lips softened

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 shit

through Asher’s whiskey collection.

do but fixate on Zeke’s forlorn stare

on.

her back to the wall and

was dried blood on her forehead, peeling where

said

wasn’t until I saw you and Asher together that I started feeling like there was something missing. It’s… hard to

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 to

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