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.

a shield was exactly what the safe haven needed. Vampires without ill-intentions would be

others transported Tessa into one

middle-aged witch had been in the middle of smudging the house,

through every corner of each room. She’d been hesitant over how much energy it would cost me, but was positive it wouldn’t draw on any dark, evil

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

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

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

are you doing here?” I

over his chest

of the metal chairs looking

the same

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

snapped with a surprising amount

leveled a look

that was scarily calm.

a few tension-filled seconds before averting

if she says

reached the door that would lead to the winding staircase that brought

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

alright?” I asked, placing a hand on

and lips softened when

hope I get to him before he finds

through Asher’s whiskey collection.

nothing left to do but fixate on Zeke’s forlorn stare and

on.

in her cell, her back to the wall and her

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

she said anything?”

find my mate. It wasn’t until I saw you and Asher together that I started feeling

to help Asher and I wouldn’t get the future he deserved. Even with all the power

you spoken

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