Defy The Alpha(s)

Chapter 607: Expose The Traitor

A hush fell as curiosity rippled through the pack, all eyes were fixed on Asher.

Then Asher spoke.

"Tonight marks a new dawn for the West Pack. My father, and his fathers built this empire from nothing, and now it is my duty and my greatest honor to make it greater than he ever dreamed. We will rise beyond these walls and claim our place as the strongest Wolf pack in Dorminia."

A surge of applause followed, cheers rising like thunder. Wolves howled their approval, their hearts filled with pride for their pack.

Irene watched from her corner, arms crossed, a knowing smirk on her face. The boy had guts, she’d give him that. Declaring such lofty dreams this early in his reign? Bold. Foolish, maybe, but bold. Let him dream, she thought. Her East Pack would always come out on top.

Leon Draven, meanwhile, leaned lazily against a pillar, sipping from his cup. Politics bored him. The boy can have his moment. After all, the south doesn’t fight for thrones. They lived their life to the fullest.

The applause carried on until Asher raised a hand, and the noise died instantly. His tone changed.

"But," he said quietly, "it’s quite sad that even among our own people there are enemies who work against the progress of the West Pack."

The crowd fell into uneasy murmurs.

"What does he mean?" someone whispered.

"Enemies?" another muttered.

Only one man’s hands had begun to tremble and it was Alpha Marlow’s. His pulse raced, his knuckles pale. He already had an inkling where this was headed.

Asher’s gaze swept the crowd. "For years, my father’s former Beta, Dominic, siphoned the pack’s resources. He purchased contraband, ran underground trade, and built a loan-shark network using our people’s pain. He took children as collateral, enslaved debtors, and turned our pack’s strength into his personal business."

Gasps broke through the courtyard.

young she-wolf clutched her chest. "The

elder muttered darkly,

"He would have been confronted, but he challenged me first. He knew the truth would end him, so he tried to end me

crowd. They had seen Asher’s strength firsthand. They

"What pains me more is that he didn’t act alone. Some of our

murmurs turned

"Impossible!" someone shouted.

"Who?"

"Which Alpha?"

uneasily. The sub-Alphas, eleven of them, stood grouped together. Then the crowd instinctively

is dangerous talk," he snapped at Asher. "Wild accusations without proof will

was cold. "Proof?" He tilted

his gaze straight at Alpha

head turned

wealth, my pack’s prosperity,

in it. "You dare

The tone silenced everything.

toward

the front, trembling. She clutched her shawl around her shoulders

"Speak," Asher ordered.

money from Alpha Marlow’s men to save our son. When we couldn’t pay, they took him. Said a debt must be paid one way or another." Her

crowd fell deathly

"He took from me too," she cried. "I was a widow. I needed money to feed my children. His men said if I couldn’t pay, I’d have to please their Alpha instead.

interest even when my sister was ill. When I couldn’t repay, they forced

The crowd erupted.

"Monster!"