Defy The Alpha(s)

Chapter 579: Connect With His Root

The guards in front of Zara’s holding cell were doing their duty when a strange-looking ball rolled to a stop at their feet.

They tensed immediately, turning toward the direction it had come from only to see a familiar face.

"Finn?" one of them called, confused.

But Finn only smiled sinisterly and gestured downward.

The two guards glanced down, and that was when they noticed the odd-looking ball was now beeping with light.

The beeping stopped abruptly, followed by a sharp hiss as the ball cracked open. White vapor spilled out, but in seconds, the vapor thickened into heavy smoke, rapidly spreading and saturating the entire corridor.

"What the hell?!" one of them coughed, swiping at the smoke in a futile attempt to clear his vision.

Meanwhile, Finn calmly pulled a compact filtration mask from behind his back and strapped it securely over his nose and mouth. When the smoke reached him, it rolled harmlessly past, unable to penetrate the filters, and left him completely unaffected.

The two guards tried to run, but it was already too late. The wolfsbane smoke invaded their lungs, burning and paralyzing them from the inside. Their legs buckled as they gasped desperately for air, and within moments, both collapsed to their knees, completely unconscious.

Finn stood over the unconscious guards, the smoke swirling ominously around him. With them out of the way, he stepped forward and entered the holding room.

the door creaked open and her eyes snapped wide at

calm, as he slipped the mask from his face and

blinked rapidly, her vision clearing. "What are you doing here?" She asked,

was highly unusual for Finn to seek her out at this

almost pleasant in a way that made it all the more

the sarcasm dripping from his words, and she felt a chill run down her

as she lifted her wrist, displaying the suppressor cuff as if it were a

looked nothing like the collected, calculating

and unkempt, falling wildly around her face. Though she had just woken from

expression to stay neutral, "what brings you

pheromones. She was putting on a brave face, but he knew the truth. Deep down, some part of her already sensed the inevitable. She could feel

want to tell you a story," Finn

her on the edge of the bed. His aura was dark, heavy, and suffocating, pressing down on the small room like

are we talking about here?" Zara asked

It’s a love story. An all-time favorite." His tone was mocking now, laced with venom. "Romance. My mother’s favorite story,

usually a fan of romance, but let’s hear it." Inwardly, she was stalling, desperately hoping someone would sense the danger and

to love this one," Finn promised, his voice dark and