Alpha Asher by Jane

Chapter 235

“No. No, I don’t believe you.” Ember said after several seconds of silence.

She turned around, her face turned towards the door as though she might storm through it and leave Brandon and I to our own defenses. She didn’t, though. Her hesitation wasn’t just written across her face but was also in her posture. In the way she stood with her arms folded over her chest, her foot tapping incessantly against the concrete floor.

I needed to say something, because if Ember left, I had a feeling I wouldn’t be here when she finally returned.

“Why would I lie?” I asked her, truly wanting to understand.

She scoffed, shaking her head at the door.

I was met with a scathing eye roll when she spun on her heel. “Are you really asking me that? What a stupid question.

You’re lying because you want me to turn against Freya.”

“As if that would work.” Brandon muttered.

I sent him a warning glare which he attempted to shrug at, but it was hard to do so when you were bound to the wall by the fiery touch of silver.

“If that was even a possibility, wouldn’t I have started with that the second you came into the room?” I countered, pulling Ember’s attention away from her idiotic mate and back onto me.

“It doesn’t matter. Tessa’s probably rotting away in one of your cells, being tortured for information.” She snapped, her eyes flaring with magic.

There was a hint of vulnerability in her voice, a crack in her armor that I could use to my advantage. Clearly, she and Tessa were all one another had. Ember was stubborn, that much I could tell up front. She’d never believe me outright.

“You’re wrong, but if it helps fuel your hatred for us, you can go ahead and keep thinking that.” I replied indifferently.

The air in this dingy basement began to heat, radiating from Ember like she was our personal fireplace. Instead of the crisp scent of a bonfire, the air smelt of charred apples and burnt cinnamon.

“You’re insane, then. She’ll slit your mate’s throat in his sleep.” She replied.

If she was trying to goad me, it wouldn’t work. I was running on limited energy as is and I wasn’t nearly foolish enough to waste it screaming at her.

This was my one and only shot, and I needed to take it.

I chuckled humorlessly. “Yeah, I doubt that. She’s got her hands full already with Zeke. Unlike you, she hasn’t explicitly stated what she wants, but I have a feeling she’d like to keep her mate too. I’m not saying she hasn’t seen the inside. of a cell. She has, but that’s not where she is currently. Oh, and we didn’t torture her. Actually, I gave her a choice.”

Ember narrowed her eyes into two small. slits. “A choice? What kind of choice?”

“I told her to pick a side: mine or Freya’s.”

“What did she say?” She pressed.

of life.” I replied, regurgitating Tessa’s exact

that slender chin of hers towards the floor. A look of understanding crossed

a home, a place

domination-total control. What makes you think

It’s only a matter of time. Tessa knows that, and

that a

been running things for centuries.” Ember shot

there was another layer hidden beneath the

the chance to reply because Brandon

nature, right?” He

stiffly. “More or

witches would know better than any of us that there’s a balance that needs to be kept. Can you honestly tell me that

glowered at her mate but said nothing. That was definitely going to take some getting used to if we survived this. I couldn’t help but

and hotheaded.

places, both soothing and heavy with a dire plea. “You know as well as I do that she’s destroying that balance, Ember. She won’t stop

word the tension in Ember’s body seemed to ratchet higher, reaching it’s peak when she whirled on him. Her cheeks were

up my life’s mission for –for her?! What’s so great about

face. “You can’t tell me you

campfire singing Kumbaya instead of killing one

kind to get along and I’m telling you, you are wrong.

detail for the Vampire’s safe haven? He wanted to take charge, and he did an amazing job. That is who you’re mated

if Ember had ever trusted anyone before in her life. I didn’t have it

to create a world we can all live One where Witches and Vampire’s don’t have to answer to Wolves – a world we all rule. We can do more than just coexist, Ember. Your Brandon’s mate. You’re meant to help us. We have a chance at actual peace, but it won’t happen without you on our side. How

to look. Her eyes drifted to the door and my

you go, Lola?” She asked in

the second witch and I’d kill her. Then, I’d find a way to stop Freya.”

we sent into your pack?” Ember

we’re already in

every werewolf in the world. They’re in danger no matter where I

from the door, her eyes growing wide as she cocked her head.

I stammered. “What else would

Ember, never had I seen her look like this. Her eyebrows were pinched and the fire in her eyes was nonexistent. She looked… worried, and I wasn’t at all prepared for how unsettling it was.

the first part of her

I croaked as what little spit coated my throat evaporated.

tried to step closer. “Tell her, Ember. What is it?”

though she didn’t want to see our reactions. A wave of nausea hit me in the chest, and only grew worse when

bring your father back to life, and you’ll never guess whose body his soul is going into.”