Defy The Alpha(s)

Chapter 452: You Can’t Run Forever

Where the hell was she?

Violet Purple stood in the middle of an unfamiliar hallway, her senses on high alert. Strange looking lights lit up the path toward a bold red door ahead that pulsed slightly as though it was waiting for her.

Her brows furrowed. What the hell is this?

A hand landed gently on her shoulder and she spun around on instinct, already halfway to a defensive strike until she saw the familiar face.

"Asher?" she breathed, stunned to see him. "What are you doing here? What’s going on?"

Before Asher could respond, there was a loud grunt and a dull thud.

Roman and Alaric materialized from thin air, crashing to the floor in a heap.

"Dude, why are you so heavy?" Roman wheezed from underneath Alaric.

"Speak for yourself," Alaric muttered, pushing off him.

But before either could fully stand, a third body fell right on top of them.

It was Griffin.

"I think I just broke a spleen," Roman grunted again, his face mashed against the floor.

"What is going on right now?" Violet muttered, flabbergasted as she stared at the literal pile of alphas.

Griffin rolled off the others, dusting off his pants like he hadn’t just crash-landed on two people. "Where are we?"

"You’re welcome," Roman muttered, staggering to his feet with a scowl aimed at Griffin.

Alaric stood up with a tight expression. "Okay, what the hell is going on? Asher?" He already suspected this was his handwork.

"Don’t look at me." Asher growled at him."I can only link with one mind at a time and I didn’t initiate this. All of us being here at once is not something I can pull off. If anything this feels like a —".

"A dream," Violet finished for him. "Think about it, the last thing I remember is falling asleep."

"Same," Alaric said.

"Well, technically, you fell asleep with us," Roman grinned, wiggling his brows like that was the best part of the night.

"Wait," Griffin said to Violet. "So we’re in your dream?"

even possible?" Alaric asked. "Griffin didn’t even

"I didn’t leave my room. I figured you guys needed space. I thought maybe if you all spent more

"Griffin’s her mate. It makes sense that she dragged him along notwithstanding the distance. We don’t even know

all stuck inside Violet’s dream. What juicy secrets are you hiding in that

he dashed off toward the red

Violet called out, but it was

once, a searing light exploded from within, forcing all of them to shield their faces as the

a vast, sterile white chamber. But that wasn’t what stopped

in the name..." she

the room was Lila, or what was left

had grown around her. Her

dry, and colorless while her fae

sight of Lila, half-consumed by a tree silenced even the talkative

forward only for

we’re dealing with here," he

towards Lila while the boys exchanged concerned looks.

step felt so heavy that by the time Violet reached there, her body felt

out but

hands to feel her

to blur her face. "That can’t be." Lila can’t be dead. She had gone to the Fae realm to see her mother,

this? You have to tell me so I can

heard her, Lila’s eyes suddenly

hope crept into her

first only to gain focus.

announced happily, except Lila did not

her face further paled as she

what it is?" Violet asked out

timer if it wasn’t a foolish one. You know nothing about dreamwalking, Violet. You’re making yourself vulnerable to

the one that

into his trap. And it’s that same foolishness to think you can stand up to Baron." Lila said

do I get you out of here? What is this?" Violet reached for the tree, trying to pull her free

a carnivorous tree and you cannot free me. " Lila told

to get you out of here if

I thought. I don’t know how Baron did it

I

my absence and would come for me.

suddenly gasped, her eyes rolling to the back of her head. When they focused again, something