Defy The Alpha(s)

Chapter 480: Trial Of Ascension

The goddess had just announced Violet’s awakening and now, everyone was going to know about the child she had birthed in the human realm.

Baron’s cold and cruel laughter broke through the commotion.

He lifted his head from where he lay sprawled and with a summon of his air ability, slammed the hovering swords away and sent it across the floor.

Consort Baron rose to his feet slowly, dusting himself off, his eyes gleaming with cruel amusement.

Queen Seraphira didn’t move. Her expression had paled to a shade just shy of ghostly, her posture rigid.

The noise had drawn the attention of the councilors, many of whom had still been huddled at the window, trying to make sense of the impossible. Even now, the sky outside remained dark, the twin moons casting an eerie glow across the land.

"But the queen isn’t pregnant," someone said.

"So how can the free Fae have a heir already?" another followed.

The speculation circled the air until Baron’s voice cut through it all.

"Perhaps that question," he said, loud and clear, "should be directed at Her Majesty."

There was silence.

Seraphira swallowed, her throat suddenly dry as every head turned. The weight of their gazes fell on her like stones. One by one, the councilors returned to their positions, eager to hear the truth from her.

Councilor Ada asked this time, her brows furrowed. "What do you mean by that, consort Baron?"

His

could have melted him right now. But he

and her mother had known, she would have let her die because

voice joined

he asked. "Speak, my queen, what is this omen

nails biting into her palms. But then she exhaled deeply and lifted

confessed with a steady voice. "I have an heir

through the

were not encouraging, faces twisted in confusion, outrage, and disbelief. Whispers turned to low arguments and some looked to each other as if seeking

from the realm as a wild youngling—none had known this. No one had known about Violet. The old queen

to a beast—as the council often referred to the wolf shifters—was shameful enough. That she had

in this room is aware of the union that almost took my life. Yes, the goddess mated me to a wolf shifter and from that union

murmurs followed. They were harsher this time and she could see the judgement on their

before she could speak again, Baron’s voice rang out, soaked

wolf?" He turned to the council with a grand sweep of his hand. "She speaks of the

hissed. "My daughter is not an outsider, and you will do well to speak

only laughed again, full and

where is she?" he challenged. "Why is she

that satisfaction. The royal house could not

be fostered, grow in peace, and return to take her rightful place when the time

Baron tilted his head, his eyes gleaming. "When

Seraphira’s jaw tightened.

enough

Her Majesty’s consort, bound by law and life," he began, "I claim my right. That child belongs to us. Bring her to the realm. If she