Alpha Asher By Jane Doe

Read Alpha Asher [by Jane Doe] Chapter 72 – The shadows slithered from sight, maneuvering through the tall grass unseen. Alpha Asher’s wide eyes met my own as he too could see them slithering. I was thankful he couldn’t hear their seductive whispers, begging me to call on them again.

‘Mason…’ Maya gasped, cringing against the icy torrent invading my body.

The one standing beside Adrienne was not. His seafoam eyes widened at the sight, his eyes snapping up to meet my own.

‘He can see them…’ Maya murmured; her tone fearful. ‘Why can’t everyone else see them?’

I couldn’t form the words to answer Maya, rooted in place as the shadows glided forward.

Adrienne was oblivious, her golden eyes narrowed at Mason, her arm tucked tightly around her Vampire mate.

They pooled around her feet, lapping against her stiletto boots like murky water. The shadows gathered at her feet, rising as more added to their numbers.

I held my breath until my lungs burned, silently pleading for a way out of this bargain.

‘Unbreakable…you must pay the price, Princess’

The shadows cooed, their silky voices falling on my ears in hushed waves. Neither side had made a move yet, as Alpha Asher and the Vampire watched the gathering shadows in h****r.

The other Vampire’s twitched anxiously, waiting for their leader to call them forward. My friends shot Alpha Asher and I uneasy looks, also wondering why we hadn’t taken action.

The shadows rose high, much higher than my short stature. Just when they reached Adrienne’s height, the whisps of shadow seemed to solidify and take form.

The dark form of a man stood in front of Adrienne, just inches away, and still she was oblivious.

I su*ked in a ragged breath as the shadow’s arm raised, slicing across the air in one smooth motion.

Silence echoed across the dark forest, as if the bugs and animals were all holding their breaths. There was no mistaking the feeling of unease that had settled across us all. Even if they couldn’t see the shadows, they could feel that something felt…wrong.

A thin, jagged line of scarlet beaded against Adrienne’s neck, bright in contrast to her espresso skin. She hadn’t even realized what happened yet.

Her golden eyes widened, her hands lip at her sides. At first the blood trickled down, slow and thick as it made its descent down her slender neck.

Her hands snapped up to her neck, her hands grasping wildly at the gaping wound in her throat. Her blood began to spurt in long waves, watering the grass and staining the earth.

The shadows broke apart, falling to the ground once more. They slithered over the fallen blood, devouring each drop that fell to the earth.

Mason lurched forward; his hands extended as if he were going to help his d***g mate.

‘There’s nothing you can do’, I wanted to tell him. ‘I k****d her, Mason. I k****d your mate.’

Mason stopped d**d in his tracks as a chorus of hisses erupted from the Vampires, warning him to back off.

As if things couldn’t get any worse, her Vampire mate unleashed a snarl of pure fury.

Adrienne fell to the ground, beautiful and still as she lay in the grass. Her golden eyes were focused on me, as though she were taunting me.

‘I know what you did, stupid wolf.’

I could hear her exotic voice in my head, her words like a whip against my b**e skin.

I made the mistake of looking into Mason’s eyes, drowning in the sorrow and confusion that filled his gaze. His eyes never once left Adrienne,

The Vampires rushed forward, their leader barreling into Alpha Asher. Carter and Wade met the Vampire’s with equal gusto. Mason and Breyona leapt into action, but the four of them couldn’t seem to wipe the h****r and confusion from their eyes.

I had been so absorbed with the h****r of what I had done that I didn’t notice the two Vampire’s charging my way. With a snarl of absolute malice, Sean knocked the two Vampire’s to the ground.

Breyona and Mason both fought in wolf form, tearing the throats out of the Vampire’s with furious snarls. Alpha Asher fought in his human form, shifting his hand into claws as he tore the heart from one of the Vampire’s. Carter, Wade and Sean all did the same.

at a time, giving most

at the seams, and Mason’s horrorstruck face in mind, I called

in the moonlight, there were more important matters. I took the backseat while Maya charged at one of the Vampire’s fighting

than eighteen, a child forced to fight against wolves. His blonde hair was a couple shades darker than Tristan’s, sun kissed even though he

surprise filled his gaze, followed by sheer denial. He couldn’t fathom that this was the end of his life, that all of those

to the ground without hesitation and moved onto the next

than a cruel sneer, he tore the heart from the Vampire leader’s chest. His body hit the ground with

do?’ Breyona spoke through the

woods, and b**n the bodies.’ Alpha Asher’s voice was

into our human forms. We slipped on some clothes we had kept in the trunk, just in

Vampire corpse into the woods. I could hear my heart shatter as Mason picked up his deceased mate, her long curly hair waving in the light breeze. She was limp in his arms,

nauseating, mixing with the sickly-sweet smell that radiated from the Vampire’s. Mason

a whisper, each word left his lips slowly as though

nothing that could undo what I had done. I had blindly

what happened…but it wasn’t your fault.’ Maya murmured, the crackling fire drowning out her sorrowful voice. ‘She

was right, it didn’t

mouth opened, my voice a painful croak

his eyes hardening. I had never seen him look so furious before, as though he were seconds away from lunging at my

“I–it was, but Mason-“

snarled, taking a step towards me as his eyes flashed murderously. All traces of his lopsided smile and

in between Mason and I. His back was turned to me, but

he see? I didn’t deserve his protection. Mason had every right to be angry with me–to

My voice shattered, a sob trembling through my body. Mason began to turn his back on me, his eyes vacant and cold. I couldn’t let things end this way. I couldn’t let him walk away thinking I wanted to k**l his mate. “I made a deal. Asher–Asher was going to d*e. They said a life for a life. I thought

the depths of Mason’s eyes, something that gave me the

murmured, turning to face me. His eyes were dark and his voice thick with repressed emotion. I hadn’t told Alpha Asher the deal I made; I hadn’t told him the price I was willing to

down my face, and I realized I had been crying Alpha Asher raised his hand as though he were going to wipe my tears away. I flinched away from his touch,

comfort, couldn’t let him chase the h****r and ice from my veins. I deserved to feel everything for what

my face. I wanted to say something, but what

the thick silence, a frown etched onto his carefree face.

grunted, her eyes flickering to the patch of forest Mason had wandered

her.” Alpha Asher murmured, his intense

her heel and headed back to the main road, leaving me to follow closely behind. Once I had finally caught up to her, we walked down the dark road in silence. I could feel the whirlwind of emotions that

throw something, to smack myself across the

without mercy. “I understand why you did what you did, but that doesn’t change

I choked out, my voice little more than a painful rasp. “I didn’t know–I didn’t know it would be

tracks, her hands resting on her hips. Breyona’s emotionless mask had shifted into one of irritation and anger. Her hazel eyes narrowed at me, sending a

did think it through.” I shook my head furiously, tears pricking the backs of

Lola. You couldn’t let him d*e.” Breyona snapped, running a hand through her short hair. “But don’t you get it? You can’t be a d**n martyr and throw your

I couldn’t figure out what to say. Tears formed in Breyona’s narrowed eyes, her

tears that escaped my weary

what would have happened to her?” Breyona grimaced, as if the words burned her throat during their exit. “During the fight, what would have happened to her? Would we have spared her? Taken her as

I knew the answer. Adrienne would have died, or escaped to run back to the Vampire’s. While it nearly

much Mason is hurting, but she wasn’t going to change sides. Does that make

know.” I murmured; my

a small parking lot littered with different cars. A small sign sticking from the ground said this was where you park if you were going to take a bus. The bus stop sat

shadow in sight. There was no movement, no

at least thirty bumper stickers. The back window had one of those stick figure families. A stick figure Mom and Dad stood next to a child and a little dog. Above the stick figure family was another sticker that said ‘my child made

but we have seven people to transport and we need something inconspicuous.” Breyona grunted, catching my gaze as I looked over the

leaned against the cold metal of the mini-van in silence, watching as Breyona messed with

a car?” I found myself asking, thankful for a

human friends a year ago.” Breyona shrugged. The engine roared to life and Breyona shot me a half-hearted grin, “They taught me a thing or

house, maneuvering around the back end of the wrecked SUV. Smoke was no longer billowing from the hood and thankfully the car

the house, keeping out of view from the road. Breyona pulled into the gravel driveway and hopped out of the