Defy The Alpha(s)

Chapter 507: Janice Is Dead

"I was too angry to see what I was doing. In my childish mind, my mother deserved to be punished not just for betraying my father, but for betraying me.

"So this was why she sent me away? Not because of my animals, but because she wanted to have her fun. She chose that man over me.

"Even when the room swarmed with animals—birds clawing at their faces and hair, rodents biting at their feet until they bled—I didn’t stop. I could hear my mother’s hoarse, panicked voice begging me to call them off, but I was already gone, swallowed whole by the rush of my own power.

"It’s easy to give in to the thrill when you’re emotional. In that moment, you feel untouchable, like a god, while everyone else is just an ant you could crush between your fingers. And at that moment, I wanted to crush them all."

Roman’s gaze shifted to Violet, testing her. He was searching for the flinch, the judgment, the fear anyone else would have shown. But she met his stare head-on, unshaken.

If he thought that was enough to scare her, he was in for a loss.

Violet’s steady gaze didn’t falter, and when she offered no condemnation, he finally looked away. Then Roman went on.

"Thankfully, my father arrived in time and snapped me out of it with his Alpha command. The animals scattered, and when the chaos settled, I realized the gravity of what I’d done. My mother’s lover was dead.

"I’ll never forget the sight of those empty eye sockets clawed away by birds, and the strips of flesh torn from bone. It was a grotesque sight, one I couldn’t move away from.

on her than on him. But that didn’t change the fact that I hadn’t meant for it to go

that day, I shut that part of me off. The part the animals were drawn to. I told myself I’d be a normal kid again... whatever ’normal’ meant for me. So I stuck to morphing

the rest of my life. So maybe you’ll think

shrugged. "I didn’t force you to keep an eye on Griffin

the back of his head. "Yeah, sorry. It’s just, most people who find

one gets to tell you how to use your powers as long as you’re not hurting anyone. Besides, you did the bird thing on your own, so

sly smile. "They’re only saying that because they haven’t seen you turn into

seen one in real life, only in movies and books. I have to get every detail right. The only one I’ve managed is a yeti. Always been obsessed with them. Plus, it rivals the height of Griffin’s hulk form, so

in the world, it was

drain a lot of power..." Then his gaze softened, locking on her. "But for you,

at the sincerity in his voice. "Aww, that’s

so abrupt that Violet instinctively tensed, her fingers twitching as though ready

his voice quite low as

Roman had told her before that when he linked with an animal like this, it was like borrowing

extremely vulnerable to attack. Her job right now was

almost conversational but his eyes fixed on an unseen world. "There’s a