Defy The Alpha(s)

Chapter 513: Celebrate The Double Bond

"I think that will be all for now," Elijah said to Alaric. "You may return to your chambers while the Alphas and I discuss important matters."

Alaric gave no objection. He bowed his head respectfully and left, the guards shutting the door behind him.

With him gone, the air grew heavier. Whatever the Alphas had held back in his presence now had room to surface.

Zara was the first to speak. "If Asher Nightshade takes the position of Alpha, doesn’t that give him an advantage over our children when it comes to fighting for the Alpha King position after graduation?"

Irene didn’t miss a beat. She said, "Why don’t you die as well, so your son can take his rightful place as Alpha?"

"What?" Zara reeled, the words striking her like a slap across the face.

Irene said with a cutting tone. "Oh right, you’re not the Alpha. Your husband is. But you certainly like to act like one."

"Irene!" Zara snapped, her temper finally breaking.

"Alpha Irene," she corrected her coldly, a reminder of her rank and the authority that came with it.

"Can we not fight right now," Leon said, surprisingly the one to sound like reason. "This is not the court of children, it’s the council of leaders. We are already down by one, and our enemy is still out there. So why don’t we start thinking about how to get to Patrick before one of us at this table ends up as his next victim?"

and left an uneasy silence behind. Zara looked away,

to Elijah, "Do we have any

Turner. That is his real name," Elijah said, his tone edged with disdain. "His family has always been anti-werewolf to the bone. For generations they have lived off the blood of our kind, some as bounty

in before continuing. "From the tracing of their bloodlines, it turns out they are descended from the Gerald bloodline. And it seems they intend to finish what their ancestors could not

to think you let our kids

her. "Are you blaming me

years ago, we had no choice but to hand our kids over to that madman for your research, an experience my son has never recovered from. The least you could have done, if you cared for those boys, was make sure Patrick

Alpha turned to Elijah, waiting for the explosion. After all, no one spoke

of fury, Elijah said. "You’re right. This is my

expected that. Neither had the others, thevshock rippling across

sorry for that," Elijah went

sudden wave of emotion rushing

the heirs be handed over to Patrick for observation. But Irene had always known the truth: the man had been threatened by their powers and sought to suppress

then. With Elijah pressing down on them for conducting the ritual that empowered their children, it had been either lose her son completely or

all those years, the apology came like this? Irene didn’t know what to do with

is why I am working tirelessly with President Roi to root out that traitor, wherever he hides. We

not enough," Leon said flatly. "If you truly mean to protect

and their mate, Violet Purple. After all, it is not every day we witness a couple bound twice. The goddess herself must see something remarkable in Violet, to grant her a second