Defy The Alpha(s)

Chapter 393: Mating Dance

It was night now and the Beast had left her to go look for food as he told her in two words.

"Food. Mate."

Violet came to an oddly comforting conclusion. The Beast didn’t just operate on animal instinct, he behaved like a child. Not in size or strength but in his emotions.

When he laughed, it was unrestrained, and belly-deep joy. At the same time, when angry, it was fury unleashed like a wildfire. There was no in-between. No shades. Just the extremes.

It made Violet wonder, was he just some split personality hidden in Griffin’s subconscious? Or was it the punishment from the goddess as she has heard so many times? Was this the cost for his power?

Deep down, she knew the answer.

Perhaps if Griffin let him out more often whenever she was around, the Beast would develop past instinct. Maybe even become someone more than just a violent alter ego. Someone Griffin could live with.

Someone she could live with.

The word "Mate" still echoed in her skull. The beast had said it so many times now that it had carved itself into her memory, every syllable melting into her bloodstream like wildfire. Like the mating fever she’d been trying so hard to ignore.

God help her, it was trickling through her veins like molten lava. Her skin had become too warm, her senses prickled, and every inch of her felt tuned to him.

But Violet had to control herself.

She needed Griffin, not his oversized man-child beast with the emotional range of a sugar-rushed toddler and the strength to snap trees in half.

The universe had to be shitting her to slap her with a mate bond at a critical time like this.

Fuck them!

food hunt, his

Eat," he said eagerly, lowering the bountiful harvest in his arms like an overenthusiastic dog

of fruits tumbled to the ground in front of her, revealing apples, berries, bananas and

blinked in surprise. Okay, this was

even mutter a "thank you," The Beast was gone again, disappearing into the trees with the

parent, he pulled out a whole-ass boar, freshly killed and dropped it with a thud before her, his eyes gleaming with pride. His chest puffed out like he had just gifted her the

knew then she

think I’ll stick to this," Violet said, forcing a smile and gently shoving more

Beast deflated slightly and Violet quickly added, "You can have that one for yourself. Eat for two!" She

Apparently, that worked.

he would skin it, and maybe roast bits of it over the fire she had built. But how she was

to the size of the moon as he simply ripped into the boar like a living meat grinder, tearing into raw flesh with his teeth and gulping it down like it was dessert. Blood dripped from his mouth, staining the ground in wet, sticky splashes, and he looked even delighted as

God," Violet turned

physically swallow

her that she had actually been thinking about helping him smoke the

sake, while she had the unfortunate fate of a front-row seat to the National Geographic carnage

strangled, incredulous laugh. Today was really one

remained of the carcass aside and stepped back into the stream to wash off the blood. At least he had the decency to clean up. Good hygiene, great. Points

eyeful of Griffin Junior, now in XL Beast Mode.

side and it landed on the discarded carcass. She stared at the blood still oozing slowly from the

longer Violet looked, the more intense it became. Her tongue swiped across her lips, and for some unholy reason, her mouth started to water. She wanted a

What the hell?

that moment and Violet snapped out

wasn’t normal at

lay there, watching her. Then he reached out, his large, calloused,