Defy The Alpha(s)

Chapter 470: Run Mate

At the cabin in the mountains....

It felt like forever, but night eventually came.

Strangely, Roman had settled. Though still feral, the beast within him had quieted, no longer thrashing against the walls, trying to be free.

To be honest, Asher and Alaric were tempted to return to Violet, but if earlier events had taught them anything, then they were safer out there than the inside where Violet’s scent would tempt them into losing control.

The plan was to survive the night in this cabin with Roman, and by dawn, pray the fever broke. They sat in heavy silence with their backs pressed to the wall, when Roman’s ears twitched and his nose flared.

A low, rumbling growl rolled from his chest.

Alaric straightened. "What now?" he muttered, already bracing himself. Just when he had started to believe Roman was calming down.

But Asher was already alert, his eyes narrowing. Roman wasn’t acting up, but was reacting to something.

"There’s someone out there," Asher said grimly.

Alaric focused, tuning into his werewolf hearing. Then he heard it.

"We’re surrounded."

"Don’t make a sound," Asher ordered, low and lethal.

Whether he was speaking to Alaric or Roman, it didn’t matter because the feral Roman had already froze, motionless as stone.

For a moment there was unnatural silence as the boys stood taut, waiting in anticipation. Then Roman picked on the smallest sound and growled the warning just as Asher shouted. "Down!"

The windows shattered as bullets rained through the cabin. The floorboards cracked, splinters flying, and both boys hit the ground, shielding their heads while Roman buckled to a crouch in the darkness.

to last forever and when

someone shouted from

first soldiers barged in, Alaric threw out his hands and bolts whipped

roar came from behind and they turned only to

past him,

aside with guttural snarls. And they

any of the soldiers could recover,

first to reach the surface but Roman was nowhere to be found. Unknown to him, an enemy crept behind him with his gun raised. Before he could fire,

through the mask, then ripped it off and

"Who sent you?!"

were ordered to kill the Cardinal Alphas and take Violet Purple

a bolt just as another body

grazed Asher’s ear, fire searing across

commanded the man who nodded like a robot and picked up his weapon, spinning

ducked, weaving between bullets, and

need to find

lightning erupted from his hands

her while praying to

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are you doing?!" Griffin shouted

to run, he meant

before her brain caught up. She stepped between the soldiers and Griffin, her breath shaky, her skin burning with fever and fury. The gunmen raised their weapons, but hesitated to

And then, she screamed.

raw and seismic. It tore through the hallway like a sonic hurricane, slamming into the armed men and flinging them backward.

His shoulders straightened, and then, he was back on his

to his side. "I need

didn’t need a second prompt. His body contorted, bulking up rapidly, bones stretching and snapping into place until he