Alpha Asher by Jane

Chapter 169

Read Alpha Asher by Jane Doe Chapter 169 – “Did you seriously stop for coffee?” Tristan deadpanned; his expression unamused as he stared down at me.

I shrugged and pushed past him. “Not all of us are used to night shift. Judging from your grumpiness, I’d say you’re not used to it either.”

“I am not grumpy.”‘ He huffed, blinking at me a few times before regaining his composure and leading the way through Asher’s maze-like dungeon.

The network of underground tunnels wasn’t known to anyone in the pack but a select few that Asher trusted. I’d been more than reluctant to venture down there the first time Asher brought me. The entrance was in the basement of a local bar in town, part of the roadways that would allow alcohol to be smuggled in during the human’s insane prohibition.

There was a slight sting of alcohol and fermented fruit that lingered within the tunnels, which helped to dull the scent of blood, sweat, and p**s.

 

Thankfully, having the Vampire placed in one of the nicer cells turned in our favor. The stench was far less noticeable in this part of the dungeon.

The walls were made from smooth stone, and there was actually a toilet and small stall that served as a shower, though privacy was an impossibility.

Beneath the dim light protruding from the ceiling, swaying slightly though there was no breeze, was the Vampire whose life I had saved.

She was propped against the wall, perched on the metal bedframe that sat in the corner of the cell. With the barest hint of light, I could see that her mane of curly hair wasn’t black but a rich shade of caramel with blonde highlights dispersed throughout. Her deep-set cheekbones casted shadows along her jaw. It was that and the slant to her sculpted eyebrows that made her appear both grim and gaunt.

A pair of eyes the same shade of caramel as her hair darted up to meet my own. She had asked for me, yet her expression seemed to worsen as I walked into the small circular room.

Her cell was the only one occupied, the other four were vacant.

 

spoke, unflinching as my voice reverberated

either side of her cell. One of the

before

mouth to reply, instinctively generating some generic Luna response that would make me appear strong and above it all-above the chaos and

the confident look on my face, but I didn’t bother trying to conceal it. I was

species.” I kept my

turned her body to face my own and glanced up

a warm gold. “If I decide to give anything up, it won’t be

the silence that

only a bit more watered down. It was a

I am.” I murmured, inclining my head in the same way I’d seen Asher do hundreds of times. “What

breaking our staring match, I gave the guards monitoring her cell a dismissive wave. I knew neither one would stray far,

night, who call its darkness our home…” She spoke only when the two guards’ footsteps silenced. The words emerged softly, but despite the delicate tone there was no weakness, no fear within her

had no clue who this woman was or what she had been through in her lifetime, but the feeling churning in my gut told me she’d sniff out a fake answer a mile away, and that upon the first whiff she’d

go back to sleep. Even more than any of that, I want peace.” I exhaled sharply, forcing the words out in a rush that made my chest feel as though it were

rarely easy, rarely subtle in its explosion into existence. Short of breath was an understatement. It felt as though the walls were crumbling, like the stone were giving away to damp earth that piled up around m e and

silent for several seconds before she stood and approached the iron bars that kept her

from the chair. “There’s rumor of a town, a place where Vampire’s are free to

“It’s true.”

our side, was a

forward

know I can’t tell you that, but depending on what you tell

face. “I apologize for my role in this, just as I apologize for what I am going

life she had left behind when a small coven of witches descended upon the lair

my father’s d***h, many of the Vampire’s scattered across the country, slowly gathering to form families of their own.

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