Defy The Alpha(s)

Chapter 477: Detonate

Music Recommendation For this Chapter : Winter has come - Ramin Djawadi

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"Oh shit," Roman breathed, eyes wide as Adele pulled her hands back from his healed leg.

Violet was no longer on the ground.

She was suspended mid-air, completely weightless, as if the earth itself had let her go. Spirals of raw energy coiled around her, glowing brighter with each slow turn.

Her body was hovering at least six feet off the ground, her limbs slack, and her head tilted slightly back. Violet’s hair floated around her like a halo of amethyst flames, moving as if underwater. It was quite a beautiful sight that left those who stared in awe.

Violet’s eyes were shut peacefully. Almost too peaceful. She didn’t seem to know what was happening, or worse, she didn’t seem to know what she was doing.

The air changed.

The wind picked up fast, howling through the trees as branches bent and groaned under the pressure. Dust, pebbles, and sand from the nearby shore lashed against their faces while leaves whipped past like blades. This was no longer just wind. It was pure, unbridled power.

Roman shielded his eyes, hair flailing around his face. "We need to get out of here!"

"Oh, now you agree with me?!" Micah snapped back, already squinting against the gusts.

Then he felt the energy rippling through the air.

Micah’s eyes went wide. "RUN! RUN NOW!"

He didn’t wait and bolted.

the others out of

spun, grabbing Alaric. Griffin snarled, glancing back at Violet one last time as her body

the girl they were trying to protect because Violet was no longer

was no outrunning what was bound to

Violet exploded.

was everything as heat, pressure, and magic, detonated outward in a single, catastrophic pulse. The air cracked with the sound of a thousand thunderclaps as a blinding

scorched the earth, turning the soil into glass. Then came the force, a violent rippling wave that ripped through the landscape like a bomb dropped

it!" Micah snapped, making up his mind in

was no explaining what happened

smoke shot toward Adele and Roman, wrapping around them like a cloak just before the shockwave reached them. Then it stretched, impossibly fast, whipping through the chaos

instant it enclosed them all, the world behind them

there was

from the blast a breath before it

violent lurch, and suddenly Asher, Alaric, Griffin, and Adele landed hard on a jagged black

glowing rivers between cracked obsidian rock, bubbling and hissing as it spat fiery embers into the air. The sky above was pitch black, pulsing with angry red veins,

narrowed, scanning the burning landscape.

he materialized in front of them, his body solidifying from the mist. He collapsed to one knee, panting heavily, like whatever magic he’d just used

It dawned on Asher. "You brought us to

only for

just as the groaning creak of armored footsteps

stone, with horns that spiraled upward and eyes that glowed like dying suns. Spiked armor clung to their hulking forms as they

they had not been expecting

gave a

for their expressions to twist into

did not understand, but clearly Micah did judging from the colorful words that left