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.

snapped the others

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

mercenaries, but from the girl they were trying to protect because Violet was no longer stable. She was ticking like a time bomb and was about to go

there was no outrunning what was bound

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 flare of white-hot energy erupted from her body. The ground split

violent rippling wave that ripped through the landscape like a

snapped, making up

was no explaining what happened

black mist that twisted like a living thing. In 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,

it enclosed them all, the world behind them lit up in

there was

the blast a breath

again in a violent lurch, and suddenly Asher, Alaric, Griffin, and

and hissing as it spat fiery embers into the air.

the burning landscape. "Where the hell are

He collapsed to one knee, panting heavily, like whatever magic he’d just used had nearly torn

minute..." It dawned on Asher. "You

would lose it only for him to ask.

just as the groaning

ridge had turned. Their skin was gray and cracked like burnt stone, with horns that spiraled upward and eyes that glowed like

not been expecting

a

blinked, only for their expressions

understand, but clearly Micah did judging