Defy The Alpha(s) novel Chapter 624

Chapter 624: No Where To Be Found

Elijah’s face was unreadable as he strode down the long corridor of the hospital wing. The air around him was cold, his presence enough to make every werewolf step aside and bow their heads.

Their fear fed something inside him. Power. It was more intoxicating than any drink. The future of their kind was in his hands, and everyone knew it.

He reached the last private ward and opened the door without knocking.

Inside, Luna Zara lay propped up on crisp sheets, her pale hair spilling across the pillow. Two doctors hovered nearby with one checking her monitors, while the other quietly asked about her pain level.

They both froze as soon as Elijah entered, the air shifting immediately as the intensity of his aura pressed down on them.

Zara turned her head last, slowly and unbothered, her features impassive.

Elijah clasped his hands behind his back and said dryly, "Congratulations on returning from the dead, Luna Zara."

Her lips curved into a thin smile that didn’t touch her eyes. "Thank you, Your Majesty."

The doctors didn’t need to be told. They bowed once and scurried out, leaving the two of them alone.

Elijah took the chair beside her bed and crossed one leg over the other, studying her.

Zara had always been pale — that was a signature trait of the North Pack — but this was different. She looked ghostly pale, as if she had no blood in her body.

"You’re quite a vision," he said, voice dripping with sarcasm.

"If you’ve come here to taunt me," she replied, her tone cool and weary, "you’ll be disappointed. I don’t have the strength for it."

Elijah gave a wry smile. "Of course you don’t. Not when you’re this close to losing everything. I mean, even animals protect their young, yet you performed an experiment on your own son." His voice hardened, "On my heir. You do have some guts, Zara."

Her eyes flashed. "It would have worked," she snapped, then caught herself. Her voice shook with regret,"I improved the Mnemosyne crown. I eliminated the risk. It could have been a breakthrough. But..." Her shoulders sagged. "I see now where I was wrong. I’ve committed a great crime against my son, and he may never forgive me in this life."

Elijah looked at her without blinking. "Then I suppose you haven’t heard that Alaric is missing."

Zara’s head jerked up. "What did you just say?"

He leaned back, feigning surprise. "Oh? Caspian hasn’t told you? Seems he’s taking that divorce rather seriously, keeping secrets about your own son now."

For a brief moment, Zara looked devastated. So this was how far Caspian was willing to go to separate her from her children. But as she studied the Alpha King, realization dawned on her. That cunning intelligence in Elijah’s eyes gave him away.

Her expression hardened. "What do you want, Your Majesty?"

Elijah chuckled softly. "There she is, the smart Zara Storm I remember."

Zara’s voice rose an octave. "What happened to my son?"

For the first time since arriving, the smile vanished from Elijah’s face.

He said to Zara, "Your son, Alaric, is gone, alongside Violet. Any idea where your husband might be hiding them?"

Zara’s mouth fell open. "Why would Caspian hide—" She stopped midsentence as realization struck. Her eyes narrowed. "It’s the girl, isn’t it? Violet. She’s the one you want."

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