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.

it would take a crap 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, along with

others transported Tessa into one of the reinforced holding cells,

in the middle of smudging the house, singing

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

some bitter smelling 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 Tessa to have access to it. The only stipulation was that it couldn’t be administered for more than a couple weeks, or you’d run the risk of death. It gave us time, and time

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

and ignored the row of glass boxes with cots inside,

doing

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

the metal chairs looking just as distraught as he had hours

the

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

a

look

that was scarily calm.

his brother’s stare for a few tension-filled

let me know if she says anything

he reached the door that would lead to the winding staircase that brought you to the ground

occupied when he said, “ I’m going to talk

alright?” I asked, placing a

jaw and lips softened when he turned to look down

can find anything out. Let’s hope I get to him before he finds the liquor.” He grunted, tossing me a look that told

through Asher’s whiskey collection.

do but fixate on Zeke’s forlorn

on.

sat on the cot in her cell, her back to the

her forehead, peeling where it reached the corner of her down-turned

she said anything?” I

a rush to find my mate. It wasn’t until I saw you and Asher together that I

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

spoken to

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