Defy The Alpha(s) novel Chapter 851

Chapter 851: The Queen Is Dead

"Alaric?"

Lila wasn’t sure what she had just witnessed. So she turned to the others to confirm if they had seen it too.

Not surprising, Taryn and Hannah had the same bewildered expression as her.

Alaric then blinked, his eyes returning to that familiar, striking blue, and he sucked in a sharp breath, like someone who had been held underwater and had finally broken the surface.

"I saw them," he said with a rough voice.

Then again, more firmly this time, like he needed them to understand, "I saw them."

"Saw who?" Lila asked, though she already had an inkling.

"Asher and Violet," Alaric said, awe and relief flooding his expression. "We’re bound as one. Our circle is complete. Although..." his brows pulled together slightly, his focus drifting as if he were listening to something far away. "Asher is more bound to her than the rest of us."

Taryn exchanged a knowing look with Lila. "They’re tied telepathically now. All of them."

Alaric said. "Asher wants us to find the Queen and handle things here. He’ll keep Violet safe."

"You mean the same Asher who hurt—" Lila started, her tone rising with lingering distrust.

Taryn cut her off. "If he’s finally mated with Violet, then she’s safest with him. You know that." His voice dropped a bit. "And you also know what comes after. We shouldn’t interfere unless we want him ripping our heads off."

He didn’t need to say it outright. The mating frenzy.

Alaric flushed red, confirming it without words. Then he looked around, his expression hardening as he took in the devastation around them.

"Where’s the Queen?" he asked.

Before anyone could answer, a shout cut through the air. One of Baron’s Fae came out of nowhere, hurling a massive blast of fire straight at them.

Lila reacted quickly, her hand slicing through the air as she stripped the oxygen from the flame. The fire sputtered violently and collapsed into nothing before it could reach them.

The Fae prepared to attack again but Alaric made his move. This time, he didn’t call the sky or summon lightning. He didn’t need to.

Alaric could feel the change. The completed bond had done something to him, and now, he was stronger.

Every living being carries energy, human or supernatural. Electrical signals firing through nerves, controlling movement, and heartbeat. And now, he could feel them.

He had dreamt of reaching heights like this with his ability, and now it had finally come to pass.

Not just the Fae, he could feel it in everyone. The tiny electrical currents that kept their bodies alive. Lila. Taryn. Hannah.

Each of them. If he just tugged a little, he could manipulate them all without breaking a sweat.

The thought was intoxicating, tempting and dangerous. For a moment, it thrilled him, then he forced himself to focus back on the enemy.

Alaric reached out, instinctively with his ability and found the electrical impulses running through the Fae’s nervous system. He grabbed hold of the signals and pulled.

The Fae froze mid-motion.

A strangled sound tore from his throat as his body convulsed, his muscles seizing violently as the signals misfired all at once.

His hand flew to his chest, it was pumping so fast it wanted to burst from his chest.

But Alaric tightened his hold, pulling harder until the rhythm broke.

The Fae gasped, blood spilling from his mouth as his body failed him from the inside out. Then he fell, dead before he hit the ground.

Silence fell in the sacred groove.

When Alaric turned back, he found Lila, Taryn, and Hannah staring at him wide-eyed, shocked. Not just that, there was a new kind of fear in their gaze. Alaric Storm was a different kind of predator now.

Alaric glanced at his hand, flexing his fingers slightly as if testing the new sensation humming beneath his skin.

"Leveled up," he said callously, like his transformation was completely normal.

Before any of them could move on, the air rippled. Alaric felt the shift, his body already shifting into a defensive stance, lightning flashing in his iris as his senses locked onto the disturbance.

Then Annequin stepped out of thin air.

Queen Seraphira was draped against her, barely conscious.

"Baron’s killing her!" Annequin shouted.

Lila rushed forward and shoved Annequin hard, ripping the Queen from her grasp. "Get your damn hands off her, you betrayer!"

The Queen tried to speak, her lips parting, but instead, a cry of pain fell from her throat. Her body folded inward, trembling.

"Alaric!" Lila yelled, panic breaking through her anger.

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