Defy The Alpha(s) novel Chapter 603

Chapter 603: Beloved Alpha

When Asher woke from sleep, the smile that had lingered on his face vanished as if it had never existed. His eyes glinted dangerously as he rose from the bed and stalked toward the adjoining room, where he could already hear Roman and Jeremiah laughing over some joke.

The moment he stepped in, both men froze.

Roman was the first to sense the storm coming. He pointed dramatically and yelled, "Run for your life!"

Jeremiah, acting on instinct, took off immediately, but Asher was faster. He moved like lightning, blocking the doorway before his beta could escape.

"I expected him," Asher growled, jerking his chin toward Roman, "to lie to me. But you, my own beta, keeping vital information from me?"

Roman’s eyes widened. "Wait—how did you—" then realization dawned, and his expression turned scandalized. "Don’t tell me... Violet visited you!"

He jabbed a finger toward Asher, accusing him. "No wonder you were grinning like some fool! You were having sexy time with our mate, weren’t you?"

There was no mistaking it—nothing else could make that stone-hearted bastard smile like that.

Maybe it was Roman’s ridiculous tone or the way he pouted like a jealous child, but Asher’s fury vanished away. He sighed, rubbing a hand over his face. Gods, he couldn’t deal with him right now.

Jeremiah seized the moment to explain, "I didn’t mean to keep it from you, Alpha. I just thought you needed rest. You were half-dead when we got back, and we didn’t want to burden you."

Asher’s jaw tightened, but the fight in him died. One could say that his encounter with Violet in the dream world had tamed his blood thirst for now. Not to mention they had good intentions — even though those secrets annoyed him as hell.

Still, his voice carried authority when he said, "Don’t ever let that happen again. Anything that involves Violet or my cardinal brothers... " Asher emphasized on that part, making Roman’s heart practically melt, "whether I’m dying or not, you tell me immediately."

"Yes, Alpha Asher!" Jeremiah replied without hesitation.

Roman had a hand pressed dramatically to his chest, swooning. "I didn’t know you loved me like this," he said, still basking in Asher’s earlier words.

Asher shot him a look that clearly translated to fuck off.

But Roman, being Roman, only grinned wider. "Don’t look at me like that, you’ll make me blush," he teased, then slung an arm around Asher’s shoulder before he could escape. "Now, tell me, what exactly did you and Violet do aside from the—you know." He wiggled his eyebrows in mock conspiracy.

"Why don’t you go ask her yourself," Asher retorted.

"Can’t. She didn’t visit my dream," Roman complained with theatrical misery. "So now, I have only you to fulfill my curiosity." He tightened his hold like a clingy octopus, ignoring Asher’s attempts to shrug him off.

"Go bother someone else!" Asher snapped, trying to twist free, but Roman only clung harder, making exaggerated whining noises.

What started as playful banter devolved into a full-blown scuffle with Roman wrestling Asher to the ground, the two rolling across the floor like overgrown pups. Asher fought to pry Roman off while Roman laughed shamelessly, refusing to let go.

And that was the scene Nancy and Ezra walked into.

By the time Ezra entered, Roman had finally released Asher, who stood up with an exasperated sigh. Roman was not doing his fearsome reputation in this pack any good.

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