Defy The Alpha(s) novel Chapter 749

Chapter 749: She Felt Nothing

Vera was frozen for a breath, her breath coming in quick bursts as if she had just ran a marathon, fingers still locked around the knife’s hilt buried in her brother’s side.

"You were always going to be a problem," she whispered, her face devoid of even the faintest flicker of remorse as she stabbed him even deeper.

Then Patrick staggered backward, one hand clamped over the wound as blood seeped through his fingers. His eyes were wide with disbelief, as if his mind refused to accept that it was his sister who had done this. Then his knees buckled.

Right at that moment, footsteps thundered down the corridor.

"No!"

The scream that rent through the space was as deafening as that as a wailing banshee.

It was Moira. Their mother.

She rushed forward, dropping to her knees just in time to catch Patrick as his strength gave out completely. He collapsed into her arms, his blood soaking into her clothes as she pressed her hands desperately against his wound.

"No, no, no—stay with me," she pleaded, her voice breaking.

Then Moira lifted her head, eyes blazing as they locked onto Vera.

"What have you done?" she screamed.

Vera didn’t flinch. "I did what had to be done," she said coldly. "We always knew Elias was too soft-hearted for this mission. It was only a matter of time. Better we eliminate him than lose everything."

Moira stared at her as if she were looking at a stranger. Then her expression twisted into one of raw fury.

"You fucking psychopath," she spat. "Your brother brought us this far, and now you want to reap where you did not sow?"

The words struck harder than any blow.

Vera froze. "What...?"

But Moira was already turning away from her, shouting, "Joseph! Get help for your brother. Now!" 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦

Joseph moved immediately only for a knife to fly past his face. It slammed into the wall behind him with a sharp thunk, the blade grazing his neck just enough to draw a thin line of blood.

He stilled.

"No one goes anywhere," Vera commanded with a lethal voice. "Elias dies."

"Get the doctors, you moron!" Moira barked, clutching Patrick tighter as the life slowly drained out of him.

Vera’s eyes flicked to Joseph. "Take another step and you die too."

She meant it.

Joseph swallowed hard and stayed where he was.

Silence fell, thick and suffocating.

Moira slowly set Patrick down, his body limp, his breathing shallow and uneven.

Then she rose to her feet.

When she turned back to Vera, something had changed. Her eyes were cold now and merciless.

"You’d fight me?" Moira sneered. "Your own mother?"

Vera did not back down. "The mission is greater than personal needs." She repeated the words Moira herself had drilled into them since childhood. "That was your mantra. Elias left because he knew he was unworthy and weak. I’d rather lose my own brother than face my ancestors knowing I brought them shame."

Moira’s laughter was mocking and hollow.

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