Defy The Alpha(s)

Chapter 380: Kill The Alpha king

"What do you think you’re doing?" Elijah whispered to his wife, who had made herself comfortably at home on his lap.

"Isn’t it obvious?" she said coolly, then turned her attention to the others across the table.

It was clear that power had changed hands, and they all knew to act accordingly. Beatrice wasn’t Elijah, and right now, she seemed far more terrifying than him.

With her arm resting on the table, Luna Beatrice leaned forward and declared, "You can all argue about options and power plays all you want, but I’ve made my stance clear. Elsie is done. I will never accept her as the next Luna."

Murmurs rippled through the room, especially from Henry and Zara’s side. If anyone looked most pleased by the news, it was Irene. Who would’ve thought Beatrice had this kind of fire? The woman had been silent for far too long.

"With all due respect, Luna Beatrice," Henry said, "Alpha King Elijah gifted Elsie to the Cardinal Alpha who emerges as heir after graduation. You can’t just change that."

"Well, you heard my wife," Elijah cut in, his voice edged with both amusement and danger. "Looks like we’ll be needing a new bride list."

But Beatrice said firmly, "There will be no bride list."

"What?" Elijah blinked, disbelief spreading across his face.

The murmurs in the room grew louder. Beatrice might be Luna, but she was human and challenging Elijah’s authority was unheard of.

Beatrice turned to him, eyes steely. "There will be no gifting of a bride. The greatest gift you could give your heir is the freedom to choose."

For a moment, Elijah didn’t speak. He stared at his wife, his expression unreadable and stormy. To the others, it looked like a stare down. None of them saw how his hands shifted, and claws sprouted and dug into her waist, drawing blood beneath her gown. But Beatrice didn’t flinch. She bore the pain in silence, holding her ground with regal stillness.

"I agree with Luna Beatrice," Irene said suddenly.

voice snapped Elijah from the bloodlust that had begun to cloud his judgment. His claws retracted, the blood on his fingers disappearing just as Beatrice let out a breath she hadn’t realized she was

too," Zara added, to everyone’s

a respectable North girl for her

Leon Draven shrugged. "I mean, it’s free to

eyes turned to

And then, with tight reluctance, said, "Whatever you say, Alpha King. I’ll follow your

as the words left his mouth, attention returned to Elijah. Beatrice kept her back to him, never turning to see the expression on her husband’s face. Even Irene, fierce as she

eyes, "Who am I to go against my wife’s decision? Wife knows best,

were going

the Cardinal Alphas.

like the calm before

in her quest to make things right, she hadn’t fallen into Elijah’s trap and made things worse for the

let’s move to the next segment of this meeting,"

if he had given up and let his wife do whatever she

I stepped into this room, I had a very detailed conversation with

had appeared disinterested, immediately stiffened. He turned sharply

"If I’d had it behind your back, you wouldn’t be hearing about it now, would

deepening frown on Elijah’s face, and the way he stared at her like he was truly seeing her

end the ongoing crises at Lunaris Academy. A solution

Elijah, and for a man who was always the center of power

same honey-laced sarcasm. "Tell them all

his wife and tugged her closer, seating her firmly against

Beatrice stiffened, sensing his