Defy The Alpha(s)

Chapter 336: A Look Into Roman

"Aah!" Asher's scream tore through the house, and Violet flinched like it had been her own pain. She couldn't take it anymore.

From the moment Adele arrived, Griffin had instructed Roman to take her out of the room, and the idiot had done exactly that without even blinking. Did they think she couldn't handle seeing Asher in pain? This was Asher they were talking about. Her precious Asher.

"I'm going back in," she said, stepping forward, only for Roman to block her path.

"I'm sorry, Violet. But you can't," Roman told her gently, arms outstretched. "Trust me, you're better off out here than inside."

"Asher needs me! I should be in there holding his hand or, doing something," Violet argued, her voice rising in frustration.

"In the state he's in, if you tried holding his hand, he'd probably crush it," Roman said. "Griffin's stronger and can hold him down if needed. They've got him."

His tone was so calm and so sure, that Violet couldn't find it in her to fight it. She let out a long breath and leaned back against the wall, her heart heavy.

According to Adele, Asher's bones had shattered and begun healing on their own, but in the wrong alignment. If left alone, it would cost him strength, maybe even full use of his arm. The only option was to rebreak the bones, set them correctly, and heal them properly.

Violet didn't want to imagine what that kind of pain felt like.

Then again, maybe she could. Her own hand still throbbed. She had been trying to ignore it, hiding it behind her back when she could, but when she shifted her fingers and winced, Roman noticed.

He reached out suddenly, catching her injured hand with a frown.

"How long were you planning to hide this?" he asked, his voice low.

"It's nothing," Violet said quickly. "Just a little sore."

scowl. "Violet, your knuckles are swelling. That's not soreness. That's

shrug it off, waving with her other hand. "It's really not a big deal. Can we just focus on Asher

that was it! Roman's patience

you're out here with a busted hand pretending it's fine? Do you think he's going

sharp

shoulders sagged. "You're right.

a moment, he stepped forward and pulled her into a light hug, kissing

sorry for yelling,"

closed her eyes for a second. She let herself sink into the

back slightly. "Come on. Let's get that

Violet hesitated, casting one last look toward

will alert us when they're

Then she let him lead her away. That was how, for the first time ever, Violet walked into Roman

Roman scratched the back of his neck

"Roman,

honest, she was dying to see what the inside of his

open the door, and his intoxicatingly male hit

a cardinal alpha's quarters, the room was massive. The walls were deep obsidian and trimmed in silver. The lighting in the room was low, sultry even,

landed on the massive, king-sized bed that could easily fit four, maybe five. The sheets were jet black silk, crumpled and absolutely lived-in with a shirt hung

wall, strategically placed to catch the view of the bed from just

checking outfits.

"Poems That Make People Undress" . One of them was bookmarked with

she saw the