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.

darted down my spine, so fast that I couldn’t be sure if it were

half a minute later. She darted into the kitchen; her hands empty of the pizzas she was supposed to be

at Cassidy’s empty arms like

she was blushing when she started fanning her face. “He’s the captain of the lacrosse team …he and I dated six months during my freshman year at the university. He’s still unmated, and sometimes I can’t help but think about him. Our relationship…it was

should go talk to him.” I blurted, clasping a hand over my mouth even though it was far too late. “It sounds like you

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

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

ones saying leap into lacrosse guy’s arms and

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

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 her tank-top to

in training

some girl-bonding if we did it

notice how she said nothing about the pizzas?” Breyona said with narrowed

cleared my throat and mentally prepared the colossal apology I was about to give. When Breyona’s eyes glazed over, I decided we needed

She whined as she slid off the

from the security camera mounted on the side of the house. We headed beneath the canopy

We still had a couple of weeks left even though the days were passing with gaining

here now…” Breyona said after taking deep breaths of the crisp nighttime air.