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

the others transported Tessa into one of the reinforced holding cells,

witch had been in the middle of smudging the

smoking bundle of Sage through every corner of each room. She’d been hesitant over how much energy it would cost me, but

plant she called Hemlock. There wasn’t a drug or herb on this planet that could take away a witch’s power, but this poisonous root would make it harder for

when I made my way down to the prison cells. The overhead lights were bright, reflecting off the pale tile floors

If you turned your head and ignored the row of glass boxes with cots inside, you could almost fool yourself into thinking this

you doing here?” I

over his chest as he leaned against the wall.

looking just as distraught as he had hours ago,

asked the

said before. What’s it fucking matter? Her twin nearly melted my head off and everyone’s on my ass for wanting to know where I

snapped with a surprising

a look in his direction,

that was scarily calm.

for a

says anything useful.” He muttered,

he reached the door that would lead to the

had occupied when he said, “ I’m going

alright?” I asked, placing a hand on his

his jaw and lips softened when he turned

is worse than usual. I’ll see if I can find anything out. Let’s hope I get to him before he finds the liquor.” He grunted, tossing me

through Asher’s whiskey collection.

Asher and Brandon gone, I had nothing left to do but fixate on Zeke’s

on.

sat on the cot in her cell, her back

forehead, peeling where it reached the corner of her

she said

surprisingly unhelpful.” Zeke said sarcastically, his chin in his hand. “You know, I’d never been in a rush to find my mate. It wasn’t until I saw you and Asher together

bleakness 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

spoken to

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