Alpha Asher By Jane Doe

 Chapter 153 – Asher made himself scarce for the rest of the night per Breyona’s orders. Zeke stopped by half an hour after our conversation about the past and stole him from the front step after promising no alcohol or half-naked women. He made sure to clarify that meant for Asher and not himself before peeling off into the night.

‘Wait till he finds out instead of a kegger, we’re teaming up with tonight’s patrol.’ Asher’s voice was amused as it rumbled in my head, each syllable an aftershock that made goosebumps lift along my arms.

I couldn’t make out Asher’s reply because I’d already opened the front door and my head now rang with the excited chatter of Cassidy and Breyona.

The cheerful blonde of the two toted in what looked like a kit full of nail supplies and make-up, while Breyona held up two bottles of the dark-colored whiskey Giovanni and Asher often drank. The maple and teak finish were still growing on me, but for Breyona it was an instant favorite.

“So, I came overprepared. Bite me.” Cassidy said with her nose in the air but paused when she remembered who stood beside her. Breyona already had a cheeky grin on her face, so only a second passed before Cassidy began laughing and said, “I would say that while standing in a room with a vampire and a vampire’s mate.”

“No worries, we only take our blood from bags.” I teased and waited for the flash of disgust or hesitance to cross her face.

Only laughter shimmered in her baby-blue’s, which grew as she charged up the stairs after Breyona. I followed quickly behind, my heart light and smile wide even though I had questions for both of them tonight.

I could ask about Cassidy’s date with Lars while Breyona was in the room, but when I retold the story of how I made yet another unbreakable deal with the shadows to save my best-friends life, I preferred the two of us alone.

Like everyone else, Cassidy knew little to nothing about the shadows, and I wanted to keep it that way.

An hour later, with our nails freshly painted and one bottle of liquor down, we stumbled into the kitchen to order what was probably an obscene amount of pizza-or what would’ve been if we were three human girls and not three tipsy she-wolves.

The entire wait for the food I ran over various scenarios to get Breyona alone. Mind-linking was always an option, but I knew her face would give away the truth. All I needed was five minutes to explain the truth before I could make my escape and seek solace in the second bottle of liquor she brought.

trickle of ideas turned into full-scale panic when the doorbell rang. A jolt of frustration darted down my spine, so fast that I couldn’t be sure if it were magic or just an effect of my

into the kitchen; her hands empty

pizzas?!” Breyona gasped, staring at Cassidy’s empty arms like someone

the pizzas. Kendrick Bennett is outside!” Cassidy snorted, then lowered her voice to a whisper. I realized she was blushing when she started fanning her face. “He’s the captain of

even though it was far too late. “It

to mistake my blunder as one of those bad ideas that pop up only when alcohol’s

She whispered and leaned in. “Sometimes I don’t

saying leap into lacrosse guy’s arms and

you don’t have to do anything you don’t want to do.”‘ I narrowed my eyes at

totally right, I should go talk to him.” Cassidy tittered, her eyes peering through the kitchen and towards the front door. Her glossy lips tilted up into a smirk as she tugged her sleep shorts up her hips and readjusted

training today!” Breyona whooped,

girl-bonding if

notice how she said nothing about the pizzas?” Breyona

I was about to give. When Breyona’s eyes glazed over, I

she slid off the

from the security camera mounted on the side of the house. We headed beneath the canopy on the patio and sank into

summer. We still had a couple of weeks left even

crisp nighttime air. “I