Alpha Asher By Jane Doe

Chapter 172

As always, Tristan had impeccable timing.

Not ten minutes later he stood at the front door, an instant look of suspicion on his face when I opened it. He blocked the way with his lanky torso, not allowing me the chance to slip outside without thoroughly scanning the inside of the house.

“Holly still here?” He asked, knowing full and well that she was.

I rolled my eyes, sarcasm thickening my voice. “She’s in the living room doing a dark and ancient spell that could save us all, but it has horrible consequences.”

Tristan blinked once, his already milky skin somehow growing paler.

“It’s hard to tell when you’re joking sometimes.”

“Obviously, I’m joking.” I sighed, patting his shoulder as I slipped out the front door. “We watched some romantic comedies and talked about boys. Really, you didn’t miss much. If you wanted to watch us do some magic, I’m sure we could uncover a spell or two-“

“No, that’s alright.” He shook his head, pushing back his newly cropped locks with his hand. The look on his face was one I’d seen in the mirror more times than I could count: exhaustion regardless of how much sleep was had. “On second thought, you might need some magic once you see-.”

I stopped in my tracks, standing at the top of the stairs on the front porch. The circular driveway my car rested in was deserted, covered in a thick and eerie silence that enticed me to look even farther, towards the forest that surrounded the house.

When I spotted half a dozen sets of eyes glittering just within the forest line, I cursed loudly.

unsurprised. He curled his lip at the wolves watching us, too far to hear our words but close enough to stop me if I tried to make

fists at my side. “We know nothing, absolutely nothing

in my mind, so loud that if I closed my eyes and concentrated, I could’ve easily fooled myself into believing she

pass up a chance to help me go against Asher’s wishes. “You’ve got a plan forming in that devious head of yours,

but instead sent a certain blonde

for her speed when an instant jolt

anything important. I’m at this wedding

need your help

up she’d been, her voice held a kernel of excitement when she replied. ‘H**l yeah, I’m game. Let me

and I’ll come to you.’ I told her, quickly snipping

sounded from a few feet away. As I turned away from the forest line and met the brunt of his worried stare, I felt a small throb from the mark he’d long ago put on my neck-the one I still

so much of an ”it’ as

currently watching us and stormed back into the house, stopping only when I reached the living room and Holly’s petite frame came into view. She was in the same position I’d left her in, bundled in blankets like a human burrito with an extra-large bowl of popcorn in

Her eyebrows were furrowed with a look of worry, and she held up a hand to silence me as I opened my mouth to speak. “If it involves

on my face, I rounded out the last details of my plan and said, “Alright, we

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am a bit anxious about going out in public. Never been to a wedding before…” Holly chattered softly, her hands two dark blurs in the rearview mirror as she moved them back and forth, gesturing

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