Defy The Alpha(s)

Chapter 611: Took The Letter

It was Ace behind the door.

Just like that, Violet’s annoyance vanished away. She certainly could not kill the brother of her mate, although from the way she glared, it was a near thing.

Even Ace looked uncomfortable under her gaze. "Did he do something wrong to her?" he couldn’t help but ponder inwardly.

"Brother."

At the sound of Alaric’s voice, Ace’s composure broke. He rushed forward and pulled his brother into a desperate embrace, his voice shaking. "I’m so sorry."

Alaric blinked, taken aback by the intensity in his tone. "There’s no room for sorry," he said, "You didn’t cause the attack, Ace. None of this is on you."

But Ace shook his head violently. "You don’t understand," he choked out. "It’s all my fault."

Something about the trembling in his voice made Alaric still. Slowly, he pried his brother’s hands off and looked him in the eye. "What are you talking about?"

Ace looked up, his eyes already glistening. "I did it," he whispered.

Violet’s expression hardened with suspicion. "What did you do, Ace?" she demanded.

I never thought it would come to this.

did you do?" His voice dropped low

ago, but I was the one who took

are you

hard. "Mother told me everything after she woke up. Finn only did what he did because Father ignored the letter

in the world

dawned on Violet that Alaric had no idea about Finn’s betrayal, nor the attack on his mother. In the vision Alice showed her, Alaric had been summoned by his father, where the truth had been exposed, however, they ended up dying, unaware of the

scene, altering the course of action. She had them rushing to the warehouse where they had stopped the destruction of the North pack. Except Alaric

Well, not anymore.

But mom just told me the truth. Finn’s mom and our father had been a couple. However, dad left her for mom and it ended up ruining her life. Finn returned to the North pack to get some sort of closure, so he wrote a letter to our father ...." He paused this time, unable

demanded. He had an inkling where this was headed, but he needed to hear it from his brother’s

in, found the letter, and read it. I don’t

me. I was the one in the corners, and always ignored. So I did something twisted. I manipulated Father into choosing Finn as your beta. Finn was a strong wolf in the first place, so everything fell nto place, easily. Father was proud of

the weight of his confession sinking like stones in

little... but then move on. I never imagined it’d end in blood, betrayal, not to mention, a war. I didn’t know

muscle locked as the words sank in. For a long moment, there was no sound, just the echo of Ace’s confession

out a dry, humorless

bitterly, "it did

as if he had being struck. "Alaric, please—" he choked, "I swear, I’ll be a

hissed the word like venom. His hand came up