Defy The Alpha(s)

Chapter 505: Angus Intention

The air shifted instantly and every muscle in the room went rigid, especially Violet’s. She was certain she hadn’t told the witch her name.

Her voice was taut, eyes narrowing to sharp slits. "What did you just say?"

The once-timid Janice now wore an unsettling smirk. "You heard me, Violet."

She dragged out the name intentionally, savoring it. Then her lips curved wider, her voice dipping to a mocking purr. "Father says hi."

The words landed like poison and Violet’s chest tightened, fury rushing in to fill the space. She moved without thinking, her palm shooting forward as a raw surge of power exploded from it.

The blast struck Janice dead-on. The witch flew backward, hitting the wall with bone-jarring force. Stone and plaster shattered, collapsing outward in a cloud of dust and debris. The crack of impact reverberated down the corridor, leaving a jagged, gaping hole where the wall had stood.

Violet crossed the wreckage in two strides and burst into the corridor but Janice had already vanished.

"Where did she go?" she demanded to no one in particular, scanning both ends frantically.

Griffin and Roman were at her side, their heads lifting, and their nostrils flaring as they sniffed the air.

"She’s gone," Roman said with a clipped voice. His eyes glowed an unnatural green as his wolf sight searched farther ahead.

Almost at the same moment, the Nova assigned to escort the witch back appeared at the far end of the hall. She froze at the sight of the destroyed wall, her jaw dropping. "What in the world—"

She didn’t get the chance to finish because Griffin’s eyes flashed amber, and in the blink of an eye he was in front of her, one hand around her throat as he lifted her clean off the ground.

"Where is she?!" he thundered.

"Wh-who?" the Nova gasped, her legs kicking frantically.

voice was

know..." she wheezed, desperation plain in

games with me!" His

name.

to the floor, coughing

Moonmother Thessara, now."

young Nova didn’t wait to be

that was, I don’t think

was working alone?" Griffin asked, disbelief flickering across

hi," Roman said quietly, repeating the words Janice had

Violet’s jaw tightened. "Angus."

and Griffin exchanged a troubled look at the mention of that

he even find you here?"

Maybe we weren’t as careful as we thought."

witch to...what? Drop a message?"

was testing my magic. She could have attacked me but she didn’t. Instead, she took my strike instead." Her voice went up a notch, a dangerous heat lacing her words. "And I hope that was enough of a taste to burn in her

the corridor. Mother Thessara came into view only

not to

front of her, his towering frame casting her in shadow,

investigate the witch you

composure cracked, her breath faltering under the

here came after my mate!" His growl rumbled through

flicking back to Griffin. "I

with a bitter edge, "This is why witches can’t be trusted. I