Alpha Asher By Jane Doe

Chapter 212

Chapter 212

We left that day for the safe haven, not bothering to pack or say goodbye to our families.

It didn’t matter that I was on the verge of passing out, not when the place we promised would remain safe had been attacked. There was no more time to wait. I needed to use my magic to protect them, and I needed to do it now.

Asher gave me enough of his blood to keep me standing up right. The only pit stop we made before peeling out of town was to pick up Tristan and Giovanni. Now that the sun was finally setting, they could safely leave the house.

I cried out with relief when Giovanni passed two blood bags into my hands and quickly tore into them. It wasn’t nearly enough, but it would have to be.

We were just under a mile away and already I could tell something had happened. Smoke lingered in the air, crisp and heavy like someone had started a very large bonfire. Even coasting down the main road, the gouges in the forest were visible. Trees were knocked down and bushes trampled into the dirt. It looked like a pack of very large beasts had charged through at full force.

I wasn’t at all prepared for what I saw when we arrived.

There wasn’t a single part of me that thought the safe haven would survive an attack without any damage, but beyond all reasonable belief, I had clung to the hope that the damage would be minimal.

We rolled down the main road intersecting the town slowly, giving me plenty of time to scour every single shred of damage the witches had done.

From the number of houses that had scorch marks licking up the sides, it was clear Ember had been here.

So many of them were crumbling, halfway torn down with families hiding inside, clinging to the shadows as the last hints of sunlight faded.

It grew worse as we neared the center, so much worse.

Bodies were lined in neat rows, covered in white sheets stained grey with ash. There weren’t many, perhaps only a dozen, but it didn’t matter. Those twelve carried the same weight as a hundred as a thousand, would.

The sidewalks and street were streaked with black marks, kissed by Ember’s flame as she pillaged the town. Cars were turned over, some halfway crumpled and smoking. The stench of burnt motor oil hung in the air, mixing with the scent of death.

Tristan cursed, and Giovanni made a sound of agreement.

“Fuck, my mother and father are here.”

I craned my head to stare at him in the

back seat. If we weren’t surrounded by so much carnage and death, I might’ve laughed at how absurd he looked crammed in the backseat with Giovanni.

“Is that a bad thing?” I asked. Giovanni snorted. “If you think Tristan is unpleasant, wait until you meet his mother.”

I glanced at Tristan, waiting for him to snap or explode on Giovanni, but instead he actually nodded in agreement.

There was nothing to say that would ease their discomfort. In truth, I wasn’t too worried about Tristan’s family or what opinions his mother would have. Seeing what happened here with my own eyes, it outweighed everything else.

Asher’s hand grazed my own, his fingers sliding in between mine. I glanced away from the carnage and into his eyes, not realizing how close I was to plummeting until I felt his presence glide down the mate-bond and into my troubled mind.

‘It doesn’t matter how many times they destroy this place. We will rebuild.’ He promised, his eyes severe and set in stone.

More than anything, I wanted it to be enough, but it wasn’t.

slam of car doors. was quiet in comparison to everything else, drowned out by

brown curls

arms. She tangled her fingers in his hair and let out her sigh

I imagine we all had the same expression on our faces, grim without the barest hint of

a sort of Town Hall. Children clutching ash stained stuffed animals padded behind their mother’s and father’s,

we’ve heard so much about?” A refined and almost

eyes, something private passing between the two of them. Tristan made a sound low in his throat, his

a warning and not a greeting.

noticed her standing there, the woman with soft blonde hair and

dress and black pumps. There wasn’t a single

festering pool

She purred, the obliviousness in her voice as flimsy as her

spared her a

you’re on her land, why don’t you show some

impaled me in the chest. The longer I assessed the damages, the more

of hard work reduced to rubble in the span of two hours.

wasn’t nearly quiet enough to be an actual whisper. “Think about your sister for Goddess sake. Do you expect her to live in a

I told Asher through mind-link, feeling him

meaningless, and empty words were not worth

same facial features as Tristan. His hair was much darker, but his deep-set eyes, angular nose, and pouty lips were identical. The little girl was the spitting image of Tristan’s mother, only younger and not nearly as sour. She waved timidly when we locked eyes, and I did my best

to person, he was observing everything carefully. They clung to my face the most, and I wondered if he was naturally this curious or if he had a habit of gauging the emotions

didn’t have to come. It wasn’t

the things she found

eaten through over half of the houses

in time, an observer to the damage and death the witches had caused, all

a pity. I was so hoping we could live here, but I won’t risk your sister’s life when it’s clear this place is undergoing

he wasn’t looking at her.

“Lucinda.”

His hand was on

calm down. The

trickled down the mind link, but it was faint, muffled by white noise

darker than normal. Many

of a million little eyes hit

nook and cranny, crawling over every piece of this earth that the moonlight failed to reach, the shadows writhed. They

ground and circled around

wife has many talents, but holding her tongue is not one of them.” Tristan’s father said in a calm voice,

scowled at her husband.

I have worked tirelessly on this place. No one cares about it more than we do. Seeing it like this is not easy for her.” Asher’s voice dropped low, and anyone with ears could hear the warning

my feet with eyes of ice. Her lips twisted and puckered, deepening the fine lines that circled

got too close for her

cracked as my

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