Alpha Asher By Jane Doe

Chapter 139

Chapter 139 – “Spirits from the other side…

…hear my words, hear my cry…

Only one of you we do seek…

…a mother of two, whose secrets still sleep…

We ask you to cross the great divide…

…to share the truth you chose to hide.”

 

I hadn’t realized I was holding my breath until I felt Asher’s eyes on my face. Still, I couldn’t exhale. There was this part of me that was terrified I’d be disappointed, that the worst would happen, and she wouldn’t come.

Through all the fights I loved the mother I knew, but I wished she were here to tell me this herself.

 

Cordelia repeated her chant a second time, and then a third. The air around us was thick and heavy, like a tangible substance that weighed us down. I watched as Breyona wiped the sweat from her forehead with the sleeve of her hoodie. She pointed at it and grimaced, regret in her eyes. Asher was stoic, his face a mask that revealed nothing. Even Rowena looked a bit flustered and was using her hand to fan her face.

Just when I thought she’d say it a fourth time and s**k the rest of the oxygen from the room, something happened.

They were too light to be shadows. More like whisps of smoke that rolled across the floor, gathering within the ring of candles at the center of our circle. They coalesced, swirling like smoke under glass.

First, the figure of a woman formed.

As the smoke faded, absorbed into the corporeal being standing feet in front of us, I found myself looking into the eyes of my mother.

She looked different than what I remembered, but it had been an entire year since I last saw her. We had fought tirelessly over Tyler, but she hadn’t argued with me when I told her I wanted to live with grandma-she hadn’t said much of anything.

Her hair was longer than I remembered it and curled softly at the ends. Sean had told me what she looked like when he went to identify the body, the wounds that she had. The button -down shirt she wore was spotless and held no evidence of the way she’d been k****d.

her body that sent me hurtling through space, crashing towards earth as I remembered she wasn’t here, she wasn’t coming back. I would never get the closure I wanted, the answers to my thousands of

myself I’d stay strong, that my mask would be as indestructible as Asher’s, but something inside of me broke when my mom got down on her knees and said,

aged. There was no anger in her eyes, no guilt or disappointment. They

to get the words out. The knot in my

her eyes and the sheen of sweat on her face served as a reminder that we were on borrowed time. I had to pull myself

to ask you some questions …” I took a few seconds to find my voice, oblivious to the tears that trailed down my cheeks. Mom’s lips fell and she reached for me, stopping at the barrier of candles that separated us. “…there isn’t much time,

promise. I was supposed to tell you these things myself, Lola…” Her eyes held everything we had missed together. The conversations and secrets, even the arguments and silly way’s we would make

though I had promised myself I wouldn’t take my eyes off her, that I’d memorize every detail of what she looked like, I couldn’t help it when my head turned towards the sound of Asher’s voice. “Me, Breyona, Mason, Sean, her dad and grandmother, we’ve all been with her every step of

that rivaled his fierce protectiveness, one that showed exactly what he felt for me. She could see it; I know she could. It was one of the reason’s she had hated Tyler, because no matter how many cocky smiles he flashed, he

smile was knowing and gave me a look I

“Likewise.” He nodded stiffly.

this binding spell you had put on me.” I wiped away the tears that fell, blinking past them until I

at the end, and that one crack in the armor of the strongest woman I knew released all the anger I’d been holding inside me. “You were showing signs of magic when you started walking…all you wanted to do was explore, but soon things started happening. Car keys would disappear, and eventually so would your toys. They’d always turn up in the strangest of places. On the roof, in the neighbors washing machine, even in the lobby of the police station around the corner. For awhile I could lie and shrug it off, but as you grew so did

to keep me safe, but now it’s putting me in danger. I need to be able to defend

told me you would need this list someday if you ever wanted the bind removed. It’s ingredients for a spell, and the last one is the blood of the witch who bound your magic. The witch is with me on the other side…” My heart dropped, then soared fast enough to leave me lightheaded and fumbling

I had nearly mistaken it for

Mom’s eyes twinkled mischievously, “…she has a son and two grandchildren to look

not possible.” I started to

astray. I lost track of the number of birthdays and Christmases she ruined by guessing her gift before we had the chance to pick it

the woman revive countless rose bushes and saplings that were far beyond

and that sister is a witch…”

you think I never liked the woman? No one’s baking is that good. No one.” Mom chuckled, and I memorized the outline of her smile before it fell into something softer. “I needed to keep you away from magic, Lola… which also meant keeping you away from her. There’s not enough time in the world to ask for your forgiveness, but I don’t want you to walk through life holding

tightened, my voice came out strong and confident. Perhaps it was because I believed what I was saying, or because

her to take and had been all

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