Defy The Alpha(s)

Chapter 143: The Hospital

Elsie, blinded by her own arrogance and fury, reached out and grabbed Alaric’s arm, her fingers curling around his bare skin with enough force to halt his steps.

Which was of course a big mistake.

Alaric’s body went rigid, his muscles locking up as the energy inside of him reacted instinctively to the unwanted touch. Even his once rowdy pack members all held their breath having sensed the ominous charge that sent static tingling along their skin.

Alaric Storm wore his gloves, not because he lacked control over his abilities, but because lightning was inherently wild, unpredictable, and devastatingly powerful.

He had learned how to wield it, yes, but emotions were an entirely different thing. When heightened, his powers responded, even breaking free from the restraint of his gloves that served as a dampener.

And right now, Alaric’s emotions were anything but calm as electricity licked up his arms, surging to the surface.

Elsie’s body jerked as the electricity shot through her veins and she screamed in pain.

She convulsed as several thousand joules of voltage surged through her nervous system. Her hands jerked violently away from Alaric, her eyes wide in shock with her breath choking in her throat. Though the whole thing barely lasted a few seconds, to her, it might as well have been an eternity of agony.

Alaric yanked himself back with wide, horrified eyes. "No, no, no—fuck!" he cursed, running his hands through his hair in frustration.

"Shit," Griffin growled under his breath, already moving before anyone else. No matter how much of a bitch Elsie was, she was still unconscious and twitching on the floor.

He crouched down and lifted her into his arms effortlessly, groaning slightly as residual shocks crawled up his limbs. Though he winced, he gritted his teeth and pushed forward, ignoring the pain.

"Quick. Make way! She needs help," Griffin barked, already storming toward the door.

Alaric, frozen, could only watch, guilt burning into his chest like acid. This was his fault. He did this.

"Alaric!" Griffin’s voice snapped him back to reality. "What the fuck are you waiting for?! Let’s go!"

Alaric didn’t waste another second following after Griffin. The both of them moved down the corridors, passing through students who stared in shock at the sight of the unconscious Elsie.

made a beeline for the infirmary, straight into

they arrived, Adele who had been tending to another injured student whipped around at the sudden commotion. Her brows

have got to

hell happened?" she demanded, already

his shoulders

that screamed, Are you fucking kidding me right now? So you’re going about

lambasting, interjected quickly,

by their stupidity. "That’s still not an excuse," she muttered, before shooting a glare at Alaric. "You know your powers are tied to your

just swallowed the guilt, his hands curling

shook her head and stepped closer to assess Elsie’s condition. "And Elsie

"Elsie did this

when he punishes his ass for

I’ll take whatever punishment Elijah seems fit to give me. Elsie might be a bitch but she won’t be dying in my arms. My father would kill me

Adele sighed. "Look, I’d love to help, but I’m

Griffin’s heads snapped toward

healing up the Fangball players. This is why you don’t electrocute people on a game day." She gestured at the beds occupied by injured

Griffin’s gulped. "Well, shit."

had accelerated healing, depending on the injury, it could take time. Moreover, Adele’s role was to provide immediate relief. Hence, it was no wonder

"I could look at her, but we both

in the room seemed to drop at once. Alaric’s expression darkened instantly as a low, warning growl rumbled from his chest at

she has medical ties there," she pointed out. "Moreover, all those experiments, isn’t it for their sakes. She’s Elijah’s favorite, they wouldn’t try anything stupid with her.

them, moving toward another patient,

eyes, a

their vip." Griffin admitted after a long

exhaled sharply through his nose. "Of course,

then, they had

presence drawing