Defy The Alpha(s)

Chapter 384: About Her Blood

"You did what?!" Adele shot to her feet, her eyes blazing with betrayal.

"Oh no," Roman muttered, already bracing himself. "This is about to get ugly."

"I had no choice," Asher said firmly, though guilt flashed in his eyes.

"Classic dick move to dodge responsibility," Alaric commented from where he stood, arms crossed.

Asher's head snapped toward him, eyes filled with anger. "Adele was team Elijah, and she found out something huge about Violet's blood. What did you expect me to do? Let her run straight to him?"

"Maybe you could have started by trusting us," Roman growled, jaw tight. "We could've figured something out together."

Asher scoffed. "Last I checked, you hated Violet's guts. And Alaric?" He turned to the other Alpha. "You and I weren't even close. So forgive me if I didn't feel like trusting either of you with her

"And that justifies invading my mind?" Adele's voice rose with fury. "You didn't even give me a choice, Asher! You stole that from me!"

"I know," he said quietly, remorse settling into his voice. "I know I had no right. But if I hadn't done it, you would've gone to Elijah. You're loyal to him, and back then, you didn't know Violet like we do now. He would've sent Patrick after her in a heartbeat."

His voice dropped, and for once, there was only sincerity. "You've seen what they do to people like us. What they did to us. Violet would've been taken. Dissected. Or worse. I couldn't let that happen. So I made the call. I don't regret protecting her, but I regret what I did to you."

silence fell in the

until Violet entered the picture and she'd seen what the girl meant to the boys. What she meant to Asher,

shoulders sagged slightly, the fire in her eyes dimming just enough for her to speak through the pain. "What was the memory? What did you take away from

of relief. With the way things had escalated, they'd expected this conversation to

known. For years, Adele had kept them alive even when close to heaven's gate. Initially, she was their planted spy meant to watch them. But

everything they'd uncovered that day and how the tests had exposed something terrifying in Violet's blood, and finally,how he had taken the memory from

I don't understand," he said.

followed up, voice rough with disbelief. "Is that what happened to you?" He swallowed hard. "Did Violet

virgin. I'm sure of it. The blood on the sheets after that night confirmed it. I knew the risk. I'd seen the test in the lab. But when nothing happened afterwards, I thought maybe… maybe it was

looked up at them,

fine until I saw her eyes glow, and the next second, it felt like

Everyone was shell-shocked.

"So let me get this straight, Violet's blood does kill

her blood isn't some toxic acid that dissolves ours on contact? What if what Asher saw in the lab

lightning, Alaric? Everyone thought she was immune, but in reality, she was resisting and Fighting

has mental abilities—"

the inside out,"

Asher muttered with a

then he softened. "Still… I know Violet. She would