Defy The Alpha(s)

Chapter 108: Asking For A Betrayal

"And here I thought you missed my wonderful cooking," Griffin joked, intentionally trying to ease the awkward tension lingering in the air.

He turned toward Alaric, who sat across from him on the couch, his fingers drumming nervously on the armrest. "Alright, spit it out."

Alaric hesitated, then swallowed hard. "There’s... something I didn’t tell you about that incident with Violet last time."

"Dude," Griffin deadpanned, "spit it out already."

The pressure finally got to Alaric, and he blurted out, "Violet is immune to my lightning."

For a moment, Griffin froze, staring at Alaric with an expression of utter disbelief. Alaric, in turn, waited with bated breath for the inevitable explosion of questions.

"No fucking way!" Griffin shouted, springing to his feet as if jolted by a current himself. "Are you serious?"

Alaric watched as Griffin began pacing back and forth, running his hands repeatedly through his hair. The shock was clearly hitting him hard.

Alaric stood up, grabbing Griffin’s arm to steady him. "Stop pacing, you’re making me dizzy."

But Griffin shook his head, still processing. "Tell me you’re joking. That’s impossible. Even the smallest jolt of your electricity can paralyze me on the spot. How can she be immune? Maybe you made a mistake?"

"It’s not just once, Griffin," Alaric said firmly. "The first time it happened in the classroom, I thought I was imagining it. But I confirmed it today. Not to mention, it was the both of us wielding that lightning storm today. She really is not affected by it."

This time around, Griffin did not move around, he just remained on the spot as if the energy had been drained out of him, finally coming to acceptance.

She’s not human?" He asked with an expression of awe

change his mind the next seconds, "Yes, she’s not. I mean she fucking has purple hair, Griffin. And

take in all at once. " Griffin breathed, as if the weight of the revelation had knocked the wind out of

He asked, "if she’s not human, then what

certain," Alaric admitted. "But we’ve been running theories and she thinks she might

snorted. "Witch, maybe. She’s got that wicked edge. But fae? Please. She doesn’t have

dryly. "I made the mistake of saying that to her face. Let’s just say I got the

laughter, shaking his head.

serious again. "But

an orphan and with the rise of intermarriages between humans and werewolves, perhaps,

doesn’t smell like a

an imp, leaning more to her human side

her purple

out in one day... except that’s the problem... " He

mean by that?" Griffin

know

faded, and his demeanor shifted.

nodded. "Griffin, Asher

here, Alaric." Griffin said grimly. "Whatever that psycho wants, he always gets it. If he wants Violet,

" Alaric insisted. "If Asher knows what Violet is—and I’m sure he does by now—we’re in trouble. God

if you hadn’t taken her to that hill, Asher wouldn’t have figured it out. And then, there’s the Oracle as well who must know the truth as well because her fucking spies are everywhere. The gods help you, Alaric. Are you planning to let the whole school find out? Where the fuck was your brains, Alaric? Not to mention, do you know what those people at the hospital would do to Violet if they found out there’s something special about her?!" He growled angrily at