Defy The Alpha(s)

Chapter 272: King And Pawn

Trigger Warning:

This Chapter contains graphic depictions of abuse, domestic violence, child trauma, sexual violence, and non-consensual acts that may be deeply distressing or triggering for some readers. Please proceed with caution. Reader discretion is strongly advised.

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Little Asher continuously peered out the door, his eyes shining with a curiosity typical of children his age. However, Henry noticed him at that very moment, and his entire face flooded with rage. Violet had never seen a man that terrifying, and she’d bet her ass he was about to hurt him.

"No, don’t!" Violet tried to stop him but her hands simply went through him like air. Oh right, she was seemingly a spectator in this quickly spiraling nightmare.

Henry marched over to where little Asher was hiding and grabbed him roughly by the clothes, yanking him into the office.

"What are you doing here?!" he roared. "Have you come to eavesdrop and plot ways to defeat me before my time?"

Asher, clueless as to what he meant, shook his head frantically. "I didn’t mean to, Papa! Please don’t hurt me!"

The boy must have unintentionally imbued his power into those words because Henry found himself releasing him without meaning to. And when Henry realized what had happened, his eyes darkened with rage.

"What have I told you about taking off the glasses?! How many times have I said I don’t want to see those cursed eyes of yours!" Henry could only scold him furiously, seeing he couldn’t hurt him—thanks to the command the boy had given.

"I-I’m sorry, Papa! I’m so sorry!" young Asher cried between bursts of tears.

"Henry, that’s enough!" the other man called out, and that seemed to distract Henry just long enough for Asher to bolt out of the room before he knew what was happening.

Violet couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief as soon as Asher was gone. Then she turned to glare at Henry, her disdain for the man so strong it flowed through her like a living force. How she wished she could hurt him so badly!

But before she could take a step toward him, the scene shifted so abruptly, like someone had pulled the world out from under her feet, and the next moment, Violet found herself seated with no recollection of how she got there.

It was a dining table stretching long enough to seat at least twenty guests, its polished surface gleaming under the light.

to him, not quite at the head but close enough to

everyone else at the table, there was no plate before her, nor even a glass of water. She wasn’t a guest at this meal, but a spectator as

dreading whatever memory she was about to witness next. Unlike other children whose childhoods were filled with rainbows and sunshine, Asher’s was shaping up to be an epic horror movie. Her heart skipped, already

fell on a golden bell placed right beside Henry’s hand and without hesitation, he picked it up and rang it, the sound slicing through

just as she feared, the door creaked open and Asher stepped into the

Fuck her entire existence.

damn bell like he was some

since the last time she saw him. Eight? Nine? Ten? Violet couldn’t tell, especially not with how thin and

doing all these years, it was finally beginning

for me, sir," he said, voice flat, cold and

for argument, his eyes gleaming with twisted satisfaction as Asher moved without hesitation to the

dark haired woman

her direction, his beaded

said, "I want my son seated

the hair, the face — the resemblance was stark. Although, at this point, Violet

at her for a while, then finally blinked. "I’ll

up to her feet abruptly, snapping, "I am so sick and tired of how

blatant dismissal only fueled her fury. She

her voice trembling with rage. "Don’t treat me like I don’t exist! Like my

knew how this was going to end. And yet, it still didn’t stop the startled yelp that escaped her lips when Henry

Henry growled in irritation, "It seems you’ve

obviously wanted to help his mother but Henry’s face whipped to

mother but he was just a little boy. Violet didn’t even blame Asher when he reluctantly sat down. After all,

way that told Violet

saying, "Perhaps, it’s time I teach you something new. Think of it as a reward. You’re a growing boy and would need it soon enough. You need to learn that women are dogs that need to be controlled. They are to be trained to be of use. Hence when they

mother by the hair so violently that she screamed out in pain. But the sound didn’t faze him in the slightest. Violet’s eyes widened, a wave of nausea rising in her throat as she watched him bend the woman over the table and say to little Asher, "So watch and learn,

Oh God. No.