Alpha Asher By Jane Doe

Chapter 145

Chapter 145 – It wasn’t the sunlight streaming through open c******s that woke me, but Beta Drake’s gruff baritone. His voice d*****d out the steady thud of Asher’s heart which was right below where my head was resting.

‘Lola, are you with Asher right now?’

My spine protested angrily as I rolled off Asher’s chest, which I had been sprawled across seconds ago, and plopped down on the floor. The last thing I remembered was being wrapped in his arms, letting his warmth and strength flow into me as I told him how Breyona almost died.

I didn’t want to tell him what I’d done. There wasn’t a single part of me that regretted it, not once I saw the look of pure relief in Giovanni’s eyes and knew how close he had been to snapping, but I was still ashamed and horrified. There was no telling what or who they would take.

Instead of saying the words out loud, I let Asher relive every agonizing second through our bond. Every emotion I felt and word I had screamed echoed in our heads, ending seconds after Breyona’s last gurgled breath when the shadows swarmed us.

Asher’s arms tightened around me, and his stubble coated cheek grazed my face, but he said nothing. I preferred it this way, listening to the sound of him breathing instead of false reassurances. There was a price to be paid, and when the time came, I’d have no choice but to accept it.

 

I was halfway asleep when Asher said, “Breyona wasn’t wounded when I ran past her. If she was, I wouldn’t have left her there.”

“You said you chased the witch past the pack boundaries?”‘ I frowned, cracking an eye open to stare up at him. “I felt the witch last night, hiding in the forest. She was watching Breyona and I, but she left before the shadows…y’know.”

 

There two witches messing with us last night, I was sure of it.

Surprisingly, I slept like a rock after that. I could’ve taken it as a good sign, but instead I saw it as an omen. My mind couldn’t conjure up a nightmare that was more frightening than reality.

‘She is.’ Asher replied to Drake, smirking when I turned and caught him watching me. ‘Why, what’s up?’

‘There was another m****r. You both need to come down here now, like right now.’

jobs, securing the scene until Asher and I

that had Drake sounding so on edge, but the identity of the victim

University, right where the bake sale had been hosted only ten hours ago, was the mutilated body

The only difference was the

point for all of us,

went to hold her hair back. I noticed how he kept his head turned far away from Devin’s body, and his chest moved

followed me even in d***h. There were people in the crowd with the same look on their faces, each

of the two times I had spoken to Devin Armstrong, both ended in very public arguments. He hadn’t been shy speaking out against me and the Vampire’s, or in claiming there were others who shared his

but that it had been moved into the center of town. There were busy intersections on either side of the University, with little traffic cameras perched on top. The patch of grass where Devin sat, propped up against the school sign, was

and Zeke were already making plans to go downtown to review the footage in a few hours, but first we needed to track down the true

too. People shouldn’t follow if they see I’m still here.’ I told Asher, but it was impossible to hide the sourness in my voice through mind-link. ‘Besides, I want a closer look at Devin’s body. It doesn’t make sense that Breyona was attacked by the witches last

they’re safe with their families, everyone will know who was responsible.’ His eyes found mine, soft and comforting even though we

ten minutes later with Zeke in tow, while

means I’m never leaving your side again.” She said adamantly, but quickly added, “…except

though my voice was stern, Breyona couldn’t help but

and let out a nervous chuckle. “I think knowing when to give you some… alone time is a quality every indentured servant should have,

heel and wobbled over to

was one I now associated with food, it was the amount of the sweet-smelling substance that

the backsplash of blood and guts that I couldn’t help but notice it. I called the coroner over and asked for a pair of tweezers, then proceeded to hold my breath while I dug into Devin’s shredded

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