Defy The Alpha(s)

Chapter 161

Chapter 161: He Betrayed Her

The shift in the atmosphere was so subtle at first that Violet almost missed it. One moment, they were dancing, laughing, swaying in rhythm and letting the night carry them away. Then the next, everything stopped after the strange horn blared.

The music faltered, stuttering like a broken record before cutting off completely. Conversations amongst the students trailed off mid-sentence, laughter died in the air, and a tense silence settled over the field like a thick, suffocating fog.

Violet stilled, her senses prickling. Something was wrong.

"What happened?" Ivy asked, her voice uncertain.

But she wasn’t the only one asking.

Confusion rippled through the crowd as murmurs rose among the new students. Except that was the thing— it was just the new students.

Violet’s sharp gaze darted across the crowd, and that’s when she noticed it. A pattern.

The older students weren’t asking questions.

No. They weren’t confused at all.

Their faces twisted with barely-contained amusement. Their masks of casual friendliness had cracked, revealing cruel intentions beneath. The air around them pulsed with a sick anticipation, like predators waiting for the perfect moment to pounce.

They had been waiting for this.

To make it worse, the werewolves no longer blended into the party. Their stance had shifted instead. They now stood taut, muscles coiled like springs, eyes sharp and poised for instruction. What instructions?

Her throat dried as realization clawed at her. This was it, the event Adele had warned her about. The one no one spoke of. Her gut screamed at her to make a move immediately.

"We have to get out of here. Now!" Violet’s voice cut through the growing unease, loud and desperate enough to make Lila, Ivy, and Daisy exchange uneasy glances.

Daisy, ever the sharp one, quickly fell into step beside her. "What’s going on?" she asked urgently.

Violet moved fast, weaving through the dazed crowd, her breath coming quick as she explained. "I don’t know exactly. I only caught snippets, but there’s supposed to be some sort of event today. Some kind of initiation I think..."

Daisy sucked in a sharp breath. "Hazing," she whispered, horrified.

It made sense.

talked about it. No wonder the upperclassmen looked so hungry

wasn’t exactly common in high schools, but Lunaris Academy wasn’t just any school. It was an elite school built on conformity, hierarchy, and deep-rooted secrets. It only made sense that the older students would find a

normal

in Violet’s stomach as they hurried forward, pushing past the clueless crowd of new students

Fools.

feel it? The air itself

thick, buzzing charge hung in the night, crawling over Violet’s skin like static, making the fine hairs on her arms

were already too late. The thought clawed at her mind, but she shoved it

The entrance is close.

Just a little farther—

bark cut

its hackles raised, lips curled back in a snarl so feral it

locked onto

dropped. They weren’t

The girls

no leaving the

They were trapped.

a figure stepped into the firelight with

Asher Nightshade.

only made his presence more

violence, but with satisfaction.

them,

a voice as smooth as silk but laced with iron, he spoke. "Gather the newbies from

casual, as if he weren’t issuing what felt

Her stomach churned.

turned to her friends whose faces were pale, their eyes

"Run!" she screamed.

spell had been broken. The other new students finally realized what

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