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

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

but from the girl they were trying to protect because Violet

outrunning

Violet exploded.

of a thousand thunderclaps as a blinding flare of white-hot energy erupted from her body. The ground split open beneath her, the shockwave flattening everything in its

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

snapped, making up his mind

no explaining what

that split second, the 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 and curling around Asher, Griffin, and Alaric as

enclosed them all, the world behind

then, there was

vanished, pulled from the blast a breath before it

reformed again in a violent lurch, and suddenly Asher, Alaric, Griffin, and Adele landed

in wide, glowing rivers between cracked obsidian rock, bubbling and hissing as it spat fiery embers into the air. The sky above was

eyes narrowed, scanning the burning landscape. "Where the hell are

his body solidifying from the mist. He collapsed to one knee, panting heavily, like whatever magic he’d just

on Asher.

thought Asher would lose it only for him to ask. "Mind

the groaning creak of armored

massive demons patrolling a nearby ridge had turned. Their skin was gray and cracked like burnt stone, with horns that spiraled upward and eyes that glowed like dying suns. Spiked armor clung to their hulking forms as they raised their obsidian spears and froze, staring at the

they had not been expecting

a small

for their expressions

understand, but clearly Micah did judging from