Defy The Alpha(s) - Chapter 658

Chapter 658: Over for Her
Elsie Lancaster was not just a disgrace to her, no, the girl was a disgrace to the entire North Pack. To think Zara had even considered her as a mate for her precious son, Alaric.

One task. One chance to prove herself, and Elsie had gone ahead and escalated everything.

Get the truth from their mouths through

any means possible. Obviously, Zara had not meant nearly killing the girl. They were teenagers, for crying out loud. Ever heard of digging up dirt and using blackmail?

How could someone be so utterly stupid?

Zara knew she was doomed. She could only hope Elsie hadn’t dragged her into it, but who was she kidding? It wouldn’t be hard to trace the scheme back to her, not after her visit to Lunaris Academy.

Caspian would be onto her.

She needed to get out of here, return to the North Pack, and talk to him. Make him understand her action and fix this before it escalated any further.

Elsie Lancaster was on her own.

Zara picked up her bag of meagre things and opened the hotel door only to freeze. Standing in the corridor was Akim, her husband’s beta.

She swallowed and took a step back. For Akim to come all the way from the North Pack to find her in Aster City couldn’t mean anything good. She forced a calm smile. “What are you doing here, Akim? Shouldn’t you be in the North Pack helping Caspian?”

He did not smile. “Same question I’d like to ask the Luna of the North Pack who should be back home rebuilding her pack from the ashes.”

“I had business here,” Zara said with a light voice. She could feel the flight alarm inside her head like a bell. “But since you’re here, we’d all return to the North pack, then. Isn’t it wonderful?”

“No, that’s where you’re wrong,” Akim’s voice dropped, and something about him turned the air cold. “Taking into account your recent antics, Alpha Caspian has other plans for you.”

Whatever bravado Zara had evaporated. She realized, with a cold plunge of dread, that her husband had truly turned his back on her.

Panic answered before her brain could think. Zara slammed a fist into Akim’s face and bolted only to see a pack member standing at the far end of the hall, blocking her path. Of course, Akim wouldn’t have come alone. That was not the way they operated.

They must still hold some reverence, she thought, because the guard did not lay hands on her. He only said, “You should come with us quietly, Luna Zara.”

Survival lit something feral in her. When he moved to grab her, Zara lashed out, her sharp claws raking across his cheek and gut. He howled from the pain, clutching a torn shirt and a spreading stain. That would slow him down enough for her to escape.

Except two more pack members emerged from both sides of the hallway. With Akim, the three of them circled her, trapping her. The last of whatever mercy the pack had for her had gone. Luna Zara was a threat now, and they would take her down by any means necessary.

Zara Storm was scared out of her mind. This was the first she was in a situation like this – her pack turning against her. How dare they?! Everything she had done was for the survival of the pack! For her sons!

She launched herself at them like a feral wolf, the fury blurring her vision.

Zara hit the nearest werewolf and drove drove her shoulder into his ribs. Adrenaline made her faster than she’d been in years, clawing and kicking at them.

But these were elite wolves and they were done holding back. The second wolf dodged her strike and let her momentum carry her forward. Then be caught her arm in a lock that was all bone and steel. But Zara managed to slip through, hitting him hard with her head from behind.

Then she targeted Akim. When Zara swung at his face, he took the blow on the jaw. Her knuckles stung, yet his expression stayed flat as if that hadn’t hurt him. When Zara lashed again he did not attempt to dodge, and caught her punch.

Zara was strong, but a certain Beta was furious. Akim drove his fist into her stomach for the first time and the breath rushed out of her lungs. The hallway tilted while her legs found nothing beneath them and she went down.

Once on the floor, Akim pinned her there. Then he ordered, “Get the suppressors!”

“What?!” Zara shouted alarmed. Then she began to thrash against him but Akim wouldn’t let her up.

“How dare you lay hands on me?! I am the Luna of this pack. I will have you persecuted for this. I will make sure your head rolls.” Zara rained threats but it had no effect on the beta.

Instead, he tightened his hold and pushed. The pressure pinched her wind, and she coughed.

Akim told her, “I act on the orders of the Alpha, so your threat has no effect on me.”

But Zara laughed harshly. “Oh, you would see. I’ll get out of this and once I’m free, you’re as good as dead. I’ll make you regret eveything.”

But Akim didn’t care, instead his attention moved to the guard who now arrived with an injection.

“No, no, no -! ” Zara screamed at the top of her voice.

She thrashed harder and the other guard planted a knee on her shoulder and held her still.

“No, don’t do this please. Don’t -! ” she begged at the top of her voice but none of them paid her attention.

Zara screamed in both pain and betrayal as she felt that injection sink into her blood streams. At that moment, all she could think about was that day she had pinned down Alaric like this too, was this how he had felt.

Her thrashing slowed and they eased her hold on her. Zara bit a cheek so hard she tasted copper.

She could feel the effect of the drug kicking in. It was all over for her