Defy The Alpha(s)

Chapter 624: No Where To Be Found

Elijah’s face was unreadable as he strode down the long corridor of the hospital wing. The air around him was cold, his presence enough to make every werewolf step aside and bow their heads.

Their fear fed something inside him. Power. It was more intoxicating than any drink. The future of their kind was in his hands, and everyone knew it.

He reached the last private ward and opened the door without knocking.

Inside, Luna Zara lay propped up on crisp sheets, her pale hair spilling across the pillow. Two doctors hovered nearby with one checking her monitors, while the other quietly asked about her pain level.

They both froze as soon as Elijah entered, the air shifting immediately as the intensity of his aura pressed down on them.

Zara turned her head last, slowly and unbothered, her features impassive.

Elijah clasped his hands behind his back and said dryly, "Congratulations on returning from the dead, Luna Zara."

Her lips curved into a thin smile that didn’t touch her eyes. "Thank you, Your Majesty."

The doctors didn’t need to be told. They bowed once and scurried out, leaving the two of them alone.

Elijah took the chair beside her bed and crossed one leg over the other, studying her.

Zara had always been pale — that was a signature trait of the North Pack — but this was different. She looked ghostly pale, as if she had no blood in her body.

"You’re quite a vision," he said, voice dripping with sarcasm.

"If you’ve come here to taunt me," she replied, her tone cool and weary, "you’ll be disappointed. I don’t have the strength for it."

gave a wry smile. "Of course you don’t. Not when you’re this close to losing everything. I mean, even animals protect their young, yet you performed an experiment on your own son." His voice hardened, "On my heir.

the risk. It could have been a breakthrough. But..." Her shoulders sagged. "I see now where I was wrong. I’ve committed a great crime

"Then I suppose you haven’t heard that Alaric is

"What did you

you? Seems he’s taking that divorce rather seriously,

her from her children. But as she studied the Alpha King, realization dawned on

expression hardened. "What do you want,

is, the smart

voice rose an octave. "What happened to

the first time since arriving, the smile

gone, alongside Violet. Any idea where your husband

open. "Why would Caspian hide—" She stopped midsentence as realization struck. Her eyes narrowed. "It’s the girl,

for far too long.

"And you

husband would probably do anything to keep her

the East and Roman Draven of the South. So why accuse us of

his head slightly. "Perhaps because she disappeared on Northern soil. And if history has shown anything," his gaze bored into hers, "it’s that your people go to great lengths to get what they

lost on Zara. He was hinting at how far she had gone in pursuit

straightaway, "Caspian doesn’t have Violet Purple.

across the bed and grabbed her by the chin. His grip was firm, his voice a low snarl. "I don’t care whether your husband has Violet or not. What I’m saying is, find the girl. That’s the least you can do for me after I saved you from a

go. Zara exhaled sharply, releasing the breath

slipping his hands into his pockets as if nothing had

in communication,"

"Once more,