Defy The Alpha(s)

Chapter 565

Chapter 565: Skin Him Alive

Oh, shit. She was still in Oscar’s body.

Violet’s thoughts raced as Ace’s suspicious gaze burned into her. She cleared her throat at once.

"I mean..." she corrected quickly, "Violet sent me. Griffin is here too."

At the mention of Griffin’s name, Ace’s suspicion vanished immediately. If anything, his eyes lit up with hope, his earlier confusion melting away as if it never existed.

"He’s here?" he asked, almost desperately.

"Yes," Violet said, nodding her head. But there was only one question pounding through her head.

"Where’s Alaric?" she demanded.

As if the universe itself answered her, there was the unmistakable crash of something heavy falling over. Violet’s head whipped toward the sound just in time to see a figure stumbling from behind a towering stack of crates.

Alaric.

For a second Violet couldn’t move, her eyes trained on Alaric, or rather what had become of him.

His usually clean, refined presence was gone, replaced by a sluggish, barely coherent version of himself. The shirt he wore was dampened with sweat, his whitish blonde hair tangled while his eyes were glassy and unfocused. His bare feet dragged across the cold floor as he tried to steady himself, each breath visibly ragged

Violet’s heart shattered.

forgetting entirely that to him,

her through the haze of confusion written all over his face. "Oscar?" His voice was

between them in a heartbeat. She threw her arms around Alaric, catching him before his legs could give out completely. The force of

"Why do you smell so good?" His words tangled together as his head

sudden desperation, he buried his face in the crook of her neck and inhaled deeply, his

whispered, a shaky laugh bubbling from his throat like a

under her breath, both impressed that he had recognized her beneath the disguise

pressed against the tender skin at his throat. It wasn’t until she reached his wrist that she froze,

cursed, lifting Alaric’s hand like it was evidence, demanding answers

bizarre exchange between them moments ago, snapped to attention when he saw

me!" he

Violet thundered. "What did you do

his mouth but only stammered, tumbling over words that

me!" Violet’s voice dropped lower, her wolf bleeding through her eyes that were now glowing with barely controlled

words tumbling out in a rush. "Alaric attacked her when he found out she brought him back to the North pack. Alaric has always been loyal to her, to the bone, and then suddenly, he’s rebelling. She said it

echoed in Violet’s mind, freezing her blood. She went completely still, so still that even Ace paused, nervous at the

finally spoke, her voice carried a lethal

Her eyes were raw and red,

For some reason, Oscar — or what he thought was Oscar —

"Speak!" she snapped.

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