Chapter 277


    Mason


    “Can | get you something to eat?”


    The waitress was so obvious with her curious looks that | wanted to snap at her to leave us the f uck alone, but Asher gave her a


    familiar, charming smile.


    “Sure, sweetheart. How about tworge tters of hot wings, extra bleu cheese. Oh, and | want some fried beef rolls, too. Honey


    mustard”


    | had to stop myself from rolling my eyes as he ordered even more food, but it got the waitress to focus on taking our order rather


    than ogling us.


    too.


    “Anyway, you''re treating,” he said with another grin, for me this time. “And I’m hungry


    | leaned back against the booth. “It’s going to be hard to talk with food in our mouths.”


    “I''ll be eating. You''ll be the one talking.” He lifted his ss toward me again. “T''ll need a few more of these,


    “lm not even sure where to start.”


    “How about with what the f uck did you mean by an ancient vampire killed Orion-f ucking-Constantine?” Asher lost the smile and


    leaned across the table, pitching his voice low. It still pped at me, each word sharp


    as a razor.


    “| guess that’s a good ce.” | tried to sound light, but Asher wasn’t having it.


    His lip curled. “The f uck were you doing around an ancient vamp to begin with?”From N?velDrama.Org.


    “You''re go


    going to hate this answer, but | can’t really tell you.” | braced myself for his fury, but Asher only let


    out a low growl ofughter.


    He shook his head and leaned back in his seat. “Of course you f ucking can’t. You’re so full of secrets!


    can smell them oozing out your pores.”


    “Look, there are things | shouldn''t even know for my own safety, and there’s no way I’m going to put you any danger because of


    it. And | will not risk my family, either,” | told him in the same growling tone he’d given


    me


    in


    “Who''s the vamp?”


    | hesitated but answered reluctantly. “Name’s Mchi.”


    “No, | mean....who is he? Why the f uck was he able to get to Orion in the first ce, and why would he kill him?” Asher sat


    upright with a sick expression twisting his features. “S hit F uck. The Treaty’s been broken?”


    “| mean, the Treaty said that we wouldn''t kill each other, so yeah” | took a long pull off my beer, wishing there was an easier way


    for this conversation to happen. There was too much | still didn’t know...and too much


    Asher was quiet for a long few seconds. He drained his ss and opened his mouth to speak, but the waitress arrived with the


    tters of food. She put them on the table, chattering away and flirting with him-or trying to. But unlike before, this time, Asher


    didn’t give her a charming smile.


    His face had gone dark. His teeth gleamed, too sharp. His eyes shed, setting her back a few steps. He flicked a hand at her in


    a gesture more authoritative than I''d ever seen him make.


    “Go. We don’t need anything else from you. Do note back,” he added without looking at h burned into mine. “My friend and |


    need to be left the f uck alone. You got that?”


    “Yeah, sure,” she mumbled and scurried away.


    “If the Treaty has been broken, why hasn’t anyone heard about it?” he asked finally.


    her. His gaze


    | rubbed at the space between my eyes as a pulse came in from Lanie. She was checking in on me, and that should’ve made me


    feel good, but it only reminded me that the man across from me had once been interested in her. It reminded me that she and |


    were connected in ways | didn’t understand and would not be able to exin, | answered her quickly and then put up a shield.


    When | focused back on Asher, he was staring with narrowed eyes.


    “| don’t know why nothing’s happened about the Treaty. That''s the truth, | vow to the Moon,” | told him.


    He stared in silence, and the seconds ticked on between us. | wasn’t going to say anything first. Asher needed to guide this


    conversation. He deserved to get what he needed from me.


    | only hoped I''d be able to give it to him.


    “She was linking to you, huh? A minute ago.”


    “She’s my mate,” | said solidly, without flinching or any note of apology in my tone. If we were going to fight about this, best to get


    it out of the way right off the bat. My rtionship with Lanie was the one thing | was never going to be sorry about.


    you.”


    “She should''ve been our mate,” Asher said. “Tell me that can’t still happen. | need to hear it straight from


    “Lanie can’t be our mate, Asher. I’ve epted Zane as my Beta.”