Defy The Alpha(s)

Chapter 77: The Agreement

Adele stood before the Cardinal Alphas, her eyes blazing with fury. Asher, Roman, Alaric, and Griffin seated like chastised children, their usual dominant energy dulled under the healer’s scathing glare.

"What the hell were you all thinking?!" Adele’s voice rose, resounding through the room. "Do you know I had to give her five heat suppressant shots? Five of them just to ease her from her torment!"

Roman shifted uncomfortably, his head hanging low. Guilt weighed heavily on him, after all, he had come the closest to crossing the line.

"We’re sorry," he said quietly, his voice laced with regret.

"Sorry?" Adele’s voice sharpened like a whip. "Does sorry make up for the induced heat you all forced the poor girl into? The trauma she might carry?"

Alaric frowned, his tone defensive. "How is that even possible? Humans don’t go into heat. She’s human, right?" He looked at his cardinal brothers for confirmation.

Adele shot him a withering look. "Forgive my phrasing, Alaric," she said, her voice cold but controlled. "Humans don’t experience heat like werewolves, but I’ve never seen pheromones that strong, strong enough to affect all four of you." Her accusing gaze swept over each of them, as if daring them to challenge her.

She continued, "But since she’s a human, I can theorize that Asher mentally drugged her." Adele finished by giving Asher a pointed look.

Asher in question raised his hands in mock surrender, his tone bordering on indifference. "She was only supposed to desire me," he argued, his confidence slipping when Griffin growled low in his throat.

"So you’re not denying it," Griffin snapped, his eyes burning with anger. "You mentally blitzed her, didn’t you?"

"I didn’t drug her!" Asher shot back, his own growl rising to match Griffin’s. "It was only a suggestion. A small game. One that shouldn’t have escalated like this."

Alaric eyes narrowed. "So your ego’s so fragile now that you have to compel women to sleep with you?" he challenged, his voice dripping with disdain.

was perfectly fine until she ended up alone with you in that classroom.

Griffin interrupted, disgust plain on his

him, pressing his accusation toward Alaric. "You’re the one who knows exactly what I said to her that night. Did you torture her to get that out of her? Or did your

from Alaric’s throat as he shot to his feet, his lightning crackling faintly in the air. He looked

shocking incident and for good reasons. Especially with Asher around.

carrying the weight of an Alpha command. His

stood unmoving, her arms crossed tightly over her chest, her expression unreadable. After a tense pause, she spoke again, her voice

incident to the Alpha King. Maybe then you’ll take this seriously before a dead girl or, rather, a zombie...." She looked precisely at

Asher’s voice was immediate, raw with

repeated the same, all of them rising to

unimpressed by their sudden unity. "Oh, now you care? Sit

of them sat,

a foreboding tone. "You know

waver. "I’m sure Elijah would only be concerned about his

care about the safety of his heirs enough to eliminate any threat to his plans," Asher interjected, his voice tinged with a mocking edge.

her tone cutting. "Don’t push your luck,

voice carrying command. "This ends now. The only solution to this problem is for Asher to stop messing with Violet’s mind. We won’t

said firmly, his lightning still faintly crackling in the

eyes dark with defiance. "Violet is not Lucille and

same path," Roman said, his voice quieter but no