Alpha Asher By Jane Doe

Chapter 231

Chapter 231

It was terrifying how easy it was to use my magic now.

Asingle thought woven with intention, entwined with a thread of energy, and reality itself bent beneath my hands.

Holly and I left the garage, walking through the kitchen and into the living room where everyone had gathered. Breyona was talking animatedly to Mason and Clara, while the two Vampire’s standing close by watched with interest. Dad and Asher had come back inside and were now sitting on the sofa still deep in conversation. 1

Asher’s head snapped up, his eyes locked on my face as Holly, and I entered the room. There was no dark light of suspicion in his eyes, only exhaustion and endless love. He opened his muscular arms and I stepped into them, my breath catching as I waited for what might happen next.

What my mate didn't know was that the girl he held in his arms wasn’t real.

Through one of the many living room windows, Holly and I watched the illusion I crafted unfold. Everything, from the stitching on our clothes to the part of Holly’s hair, was a product of my magic. I'd taken the extra precautions to make the illusion tangible on the off chance someone was to reach out and touch one of us. Nothing would blow our cover like a hand passing through our arm or torso, proving we were made of nothing more than mist and magic.

It took seconds to conjure up two clones of us, to slip through the front door without a single person in the house noticing.

Without Rowena’s cursed amulet around my neck, it was all too easy.

“It’s a little unsettling, isn't it? Seeing yourself from a distance.” Holly murmured in a low voice, even though it wasn’t needed.

Another droplet of magic and any sound we made was undetectable. The Shadows themselves cloaked us outside, obscuring our forms from the window we stood in front of.

I couldn't bring myself to answer her.

rampant in my chest

me- to the illusion. Their

my lungs, but I couldn’t-wouldn't lose anyone else. If this power I had

pit stop.” I ushered Holly away from the

of magic and the engine rumbled to life. With betrayal roaring in my head, an acrid backdrop to the song the dark magic whispered in my veins, Holly and

way she tapped out a hasty rhythm on the armrest, eyes

brought up a time when I'd been afraid of driving. I wasn't sure when that fear had subsided, but at this very moment, I felt absolutely nothing. Blame it on the icy kiss of dark magic, or the fact that I'd been maxed out with my brother’s death, but it

asked, her voice soft as it peeled

their windows darkened, and open signs flipped to closed. Most of the parking lots were empty, except for the one I

to control them, the illusions will slowly unravel.

the form of a kick to the

only pit stop within ten minutes, swinging into

Holly craned her head to stare out the window, a strange note of suspicion plaguing her voice. Her

here and what my plan was. I wasn’t going to waste

in five.” I turned

air around me folded, weaving itself over my body and erasing my form from view. To Holly, it would look like I had

of magic only I could see floated in front of my face, encasing my

the Hospital through the ambulance's bay doors,

left and right, a sea of colorful scrubs that blurred as they passed. There weren't any more than a dozen, and while they moved with purpose they lacked that sense of urgency present when someone was teetering on the cusp of

for

of them chatted as they walked, slinging medical phrases I didn’t know the meaning to. More than once

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