Alpha Asher by Jane

Read Alpha Asher [by Jane Doe] Chapter 21 – Little did I know, no one in the pack would be getting restful sleep tonight.

Another one of our own was d**d. M******d in the same exact fashion as Katie.

What was equally troublesome was the location of Kanyon’s body. It wasn’t a coincidence he was positioned in our back yard up against the tree. What was even more startling were his eyes. They seemed to be looking right into my bedroom, straight at me.

The first thing I did was alert Alpha Asher and his men.

There would be no explaining this way, no keeping the scrutinizing looks from falling on my shoulders. The coincidences alone were too much.

First, Tyler vanishes with his mate. It was common knowledge that Tyler and I were together. Second, the position of Kanyon’s body was too perfect. It position and the m****r was simply too close to home, literally. The nature of Kanyon’s d***h brought Katie’s into question. There wasn’t a chance in h**l a rogue would m****r Kanyon and position him outside someone’s house. Rogues simply didn’t do things like that.

The second thing I did was wake up everyone in the house. It was bound to happen eventually once Alpha Asher and his men filtered into the backyard.

And here we were, ten minutes later.

Sean sat on the couch, his head in his hands. Kanyon had been a friend of his.

I was in the blissful stage of trauma where you became numb to everything. The scarlet blood staining Kanyon’s body and the earth had little effect on me. The glassy look of h****r in his eyes couldn’t reach me, nor could the petrified look on his face.

Grandma did what she does best, she tended to the rest of us. Even though it was one in the morning, Grandma set to work pulling out some baked goods and handing us each a mug of hot cocoa.

“How-” Sean finally spoke after what felt like hours of silence, “How could a rogue do this?”

“Isn’t it obvious?” I frowned, trying to keep my tone gentle for Sean’s sake. “A rogue wouldn’t do this.”

Grandma’s lips were pursed, something she only did when stress began to eat away at her. Dad had a similar expression on his face, but he was many shades paler than usual.

“I need to take a look at him.” Sean huffed, standing from the couch.

Sean was clearly in the denial phase. I did what I could to keep Sean and Grandma from looking at the body. Dad insisted seeing it for himself, resulting in his pale and pasty complexion.

“No you don’t.” I shook my head, “Seeing him won’t change anything.”

“Listen to your sister.” Dad huffed, his voice deep and rough with sleep. “You’ll be better off not lookin’.”

“What else am I supposed to do?” Sean let out a frustrated growl, “I can’t just sit here while someone- while something is k*****g off our friends.”

“There’s nothin’ you can do at this moment to fix anything, Sean.” Dad mumbled, not meeting our eyes. “Sometime’s you just gotta be angry and leave it alone.”

I had almost forgotton Dad had lost his wife, our mom, just a few weeks ago. I had been so caught up in my own life, I hadn’t paid much attention to his.

“Why was he sitting there like that, Lola?” Sean mumbled dangerously, “Why was he sitting just outside your window?”

“How am I supposed to know that, Sean?” I frowned, “I don’t know any more than you do.”

“Are you sure about that?” Sean grimaced, putting the pieces together. “Tyler magically f**king disappears and people start d***g. Then one of them- my friend’s corpse was sitting outside your window.”

“Sean, you need to calm down.” Dad barked, getting up from his recliner in a huff. “The only one at fault is the d**n thing doing the k*****g.”

“You should’ve never come back.” Sean growled, his eyes darkening.

I flinched, feeling a blow to my stomach. What hurt the most was the fact that I believed him. The pack was in mourning before I had come back, and now they were in mourning again.

“Enough of that!” Dad growled, “Don’t put the blame on your sister.”

Sean stormed out the front door, shooting one last rueful glance at me and Dad.

my face and my Grandma pulled me into her arms. I hadn’t realized I’d been

Grandma murmured, “He doesn’t mean what

shoulder awkwardly, “He’ll come around Lola. Just give him some time

stray tears from my eyes. “Kanyon’s right outside my window

away and composed myself in time to see Dad shoot Grandma

inside of me. Irritation, stress, fatigue. I was tired of the hushed conversations and secret glances. Dad and Grandma were keeping something from me. It

pulled out of Grandma’s arms and glanced between the two of

“If it has anything to do with the murders, they can’t keep it

mouth, determined to finally get the truth. I could see the weariness in their eyes, and for just a moment I felt guilty. That guilt vanished when I remembered the body

poorly rehearsed demand could leave my lips, a

opened it, letting Alpha Asher and

my Dad and Grandma, finally settling on

the

hoped Asher would leave me alone with my Grandma and Dad, giving me another

One of his

but I recognized the guy. He wasn’t originally from Asher’s pack. He was one of the few people who openly thought Tyler was a sh*tty

kept to the background, especially after making it known he

Logan and his family out of the

night.” I nodded, leaning back on the

the door and Dad silently went to open it. Mason’s frantic

happened.” Mason grimaced, “You don’t mind if I stay, do

and Grandma. I was

at all.” I shook my head, “I could use

know what was happening, she said she’ll be over soon.” Mason frowned, walking over to where I laid on

my legs and sat down,

murmured to me

me.” I mumbled in

isn’t just a rogue a****k anymore.” Mason frowned, “Something serious is going on,

so.”

and his men came through the back door. Asher radiated an aura of control

has been removed.” Asher nodded to my Dad, his honey

Mason. While other’s probably didn’t notice, Mason

eyes darkened as his gaze flickered over Mason’s hands. My legs were still in Mason’s lap, and he traced little patterns along my skin. While the

have some questions to ask you.” Alpha Asher’s voice was hard,

away.” I yawned, tired from the long night and the unimaginable h****r that came

blissful numbness I was experiencing would wear off soon, and I wanted to be asleep before that happened. Without a doubt,

growled, raising the hair’s on

My Dad warned, giving a tired

to Mason and turned my attention to Alpha Asher, “Well

me down the hall to my bedroom. While part of my mind fantasized about the prospect of being alone with him,

window. The numbness was quickly wearing off,

glass of the window. Kanyon’s body was gone now, the large oak

the crimson blood staining the grass, splashed

a****k didn’t happen here.” Alpha

frowned, turning away from the

was quiet for a moment, his eyes roaming

pointed out, “There was a trail of blood leading

was saying,

was placed here on

the familiar pangs of excitement at his close proximity. The numbness was gone, and my head was swimming. I

nor was the particular placement

was clear he was searching my eyes, looking for any sign