Defy The Alpha(s) novel Chapter 900

Chapter 900: Death To Them All

Duskmoon Village was a ghost town.

At least, that was what it appeared to be when Violet and her mates stepped through the portal.

Not a single villager greeted them. No children ran through the streets. No livestock wandered between the houses. Even the wind seemed reluctant to pass through the crooked wooden buildings.

There was just silence.

The wolves emerged from the portal one after another, spilling into the empty village square. As instructed, they gave Violet and her mates a respectful distance, spreading outward to secure the area.

The stillness was unnerving, until a thin ribbon of gray smoke emerged from deeper within the village.

"Am I the only one seeing this?" Griffin asked.

"What the hell?" Alaric breathed, eyes narrowed with suspicion.

The smoke rolled across the ground and slipped between abandoned houses, crawled over fences, and flowed through the grass. It rushed toward them and Violet barely had time to do anything before it washed over her.

The effect was immediate as a violent wave of revulsion slammed into her chest. Every instinct screamed at her to leave. For her to get away from this village as if some dangerous beast lived in it and was coming hurriedly for her. The monster would rip her apart and consume her whole.

Violet’s pulse spiked and her stomach twisted. For one terrifying second, she genuinely considered turning around and sprinting back through the portal.

Then Thalia exploded inside her head.

ENOUGH!

The roar shattered the foreign emotion.

Violet staggered.

"Someone’s messing with us," Thalia hissed.

The fog lifted and the realization hit Violet.

Micah had mentioned the wards designed to keep strangers away. However, this was nothing like a confusing spell but a psychological warfare.

The terror had been so intense it felt like she was drowning in it. Unless someone had upgraded it.

"Nice trick," Violet muttered.

She had to give it to Angus and his witches, they were really creative.

Unfortunately, the wolves weren’t handling it nearly as well. The panic had blown out throughout the square.

"Something’s wrong!"

"We need to get out of here!"

"Leave now!"

"Back to the portal!"

Several wolves turned and ran only to collide with newcomers still emerging from the portal. Bodies crashed together. People were shouting while some were falling.

Within seconds, complete chaos had taken over.

The fear wasn’t merely influencing their thoughts, but amplifying every survival impulse. Right now, they had nothing but the desperate need to escape this place.

And nowhere was that more obvious than Griffin. He gripped her so tightly it was like iron.

"We’re leaving."

"Griffin—"

"We’re leaving, Violet." His voice was strained and frantic.

He even pulled her closer as if keeping her physically attached to him could somehow protect her.

"It’s not safe. We have to go now." He said while his eyes darted around the village, hunting threats that weren’t there.

"LET GO OF HER." Asher thundered, an edge of danger entered his expression.

He knew the spell was affecting Griffin and he wasn’t acting rationally. That didn’t mean he’d tolerate anyone manhandling their mate.

Griffin turned toward him, a low growl escaping his throat. The protective instinct twisting beneath the enchantment was rapidly becoming aggression.

The atmosphere tensed. One wrong move and the Cardinal Alphas would start fighting each other.

Ironically, Alaric appeared completely unaffected. Perhaps it was the constant electrical current running through his body. Every time the enchantment tried to sink its claws into his mind, the crackling energy disrupted it before it could fully take root, like static scrambling a signal.

Meanwhile Griffin’s expression darkened.

Fear, protectiveness, possessiveness and desperation all blended into a volatile cocktail. His wolf wanted Violet safe and his mates were actively trying to stop him.

The combination was not helping.

"Move," Griffin warned.

"No," Asher answered.

The air vibrated with such raw tension that a fight was seconds away.

Then Violet lost patience.

One moment Griffin was standing and the next his world flipped. There was a loud thud as Griffin hit the ground flat on his back and the breath exploded from his lungs.

Asher and Alaric stared at the scene with complete bewilderment because Griffin Hale was enormous and Violet had just tossed him aside like an inconvenient piece of furniture.

Griffin groaned from the ground, still trying to process what had happened.

Wait a minute—was the baby okay?

Both of their gazes immediately dropped toward Violet.

Normally they would have launched into a full interrogation except one look at Violet’s face killed every single question.

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