Defy The Alpha(s) novel Chapter 827

Chapter 827: The Truth

"Now, if that would be all on the political agenda..." Elijah said, in a tone of finality. "Then I’ll say we lock up and call it a day. We need time to discuss District One, strategize, and estimate the number of werewolves needed for this battle."

For once, he sounded every bit the Alpha King serious about his duties.

Almost immediately, Nancy and Ezra King raised their hands at the same time. The timing was so exact it made several heads turn. They both paused and looked at each other, eyes locking.

And for a brief second, it looked almost comical — a completely silent marital battle happening right in front of a hall full of powerful wolves. But if one looked carefully, it was obvious Ezra wasn’t amused in the slightest, if anything, there was a very clear, feral warning in his stare.

He was trying to will his mate into backing down but Nancy did not back down. Her hand remained lifted, unapologetically high for everyone to see.

Elijah’s brows drew together, his surprise thinly veiled now as he studied the pair. Whatever antics they were up to now, he was very much interested. So he indulged her.

With a lazy flick of his fingers, he gestured for her to speak.

Though Elijah knew perfectly well who she was, he still asked in a falsely polite tone,

"And you are?"

The insult was on purpose. A calculated attempt to belittle her. To reduce her to nothing more than an irrelevant human in a hall dominated by wolves.

Of course, Nancy saw straight through it and remained unmoved. She had dealt with men like Elijah all her life back in District One. Men with too much power, ego, and just enough cruelty to think they were untouchable.

The dog of an Alpha King did not intimidate her.

So she rose gracefully to her feet and answered with a smile so sweet it bordered on insulting.

"Your Majesty, Nancy King. Mate to Ezra King, acting Alpha of the West Pack and former occupant of District One." She went all the way in, since apparently they were playing games.

"Nancy, you don’t have to do this," Ezra warned under his breath, tension rolling off him in waves. A low growl rumbled in his chest, controlled but dangerous.

Do what? Elijah watched the exchange with growing interest. What exactly were they up to?

He pressed further.

"And what seems to be the problem, Nancy King?" Elijah asked. "Is this about District One? Well, do not worry, my dear. We will try our best to save it before it becomes overwhelmed by those creatures."

Then he added with a patronizing softness that made the insult even uglier, "You should sit down and focus on taking care of the pup in your belly. We wouldn’t want anything happening to Ezra’s heir. After all, humans are rather fragile, aren’t they?"

The insult was wrapped in concern, but it landed exactly as intended.

This time, Ezra’s dangerous growl came not in Nancy’s direction but in Elijah’s. But Nancy had been fighting her own battles long before Ezra King ever crashed into her life like a beautiful, violent disaster. She did not need permission to start another one.

She rose so abruptly her chair scraped back with a violent screech across the floor, the jarring sound cutting through the room and stunning the nearby Alphas into silence. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

Several heads snapped toward her, mostly with surprise and curiosity.

"Now listen to me, you overgrown, barely leashed dog!" Nancy snapped.

The room froze.

"Oh no, she didn’t," Aeron muttered, staring wide-eyed.

"Oh yes, she did," Irene murmured, her gaze fixed on Nancy with open pride.

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