Defy The Alpha(s)

Chapter 430: Threatened By Henry

Asher had escaped his father’s clutches, that much was obvious.

When Henry realized his son was gone, his eyes darkened with fury. Violet recognized that wild look instantly and took a step back. She tapped Griffin from behind. "Run?" she whispered.

"What?" Griffin didn’t seem to have heard her.

"Run!" Violet bolted before anyone could react. Sorry, but ladies first! She wasn’t sticking around to be collateral damage.

Henry roared, "Get them!"

Before the first guard could lunge at them, Griffin drove his fist against his temple, sending the man staggering sideways with a grunt.

The second guard seized Roman in a tight hold from behind. But Roman wasn’t having it. With instinctive finesse, he used the wall as leverage, kicking off it with both feet. His body arched midair in a tight flip over the stunned guard’s head. He slipped out of the grip just in time to land nimbly behind the man.

The guard spun around, but didn’t get the chance to strike because Griffin’s fist was already waiting. It connected with a sickening crack against the guard’s jaw, sending him falling to the ground.

Roman threw his hands in the air, exasperated. "Seriously? I had that handled!"

"You’re welcome," Griffin muttered and was already sprinting down the corridor.

However, to their shock, they saw Violet running towards them with a shriek, "There’s more of them coming!"

"Oh shit!" Griffin cursed beneath his breath. Fighting in a public hospital was really not the best.

"To the stairs!" Roman said, turning at once. Griffin took Violet’s hand and followed after him.

Roman yanked the stairwell door open, his feet barely touching the top step before he halted, his eyes going wide.

"Are you kidding me?!"

A swarm of guards were heading up the stairs as well.

Roman at once slammed the door shut and threw his weight against it.

"They’re here too!" he shouted.

The door jolted violently behind him with the first kick. They kicked again harder, the wood groaning under the pressure. But Roman held still with gritted teeth, his muscles straining.

"I can’t hold them back!" he yelled.

Griffin and Violet turned only to find themselves cornered. The guards had closed in, the hallway suddenly small with their numbers. Suddenly, the guards parted smoothly like obedient wolves as Henry stepped forward, his eyes hardened with cold fury.

He spat. "Where is my son?"

Violet rolled her eyes in utter disdain, then lifted her middle finger without hesitation, and barked back, "Go fuck yourself, asshole!"

Then she shouted. "Griffin!"

Immediately, Griffin hooked an arm around her waist, snatched Roman, and sprinted straight for the glass window at the end of the hall.

"Wait—what?!" Roman barely got the words out before they crashed through it.

Glass shattered around them like a thousand tiny diamonds as Griffin threw them all through the sixth-floor window. Violet’s shriek pierced the air while Roman howled a curse, and together they plummeted into the open air, free-falling. noveldrama

The wind ripped past their ears while the ground raced toward them like a vengeful god. At first, Roman clutched Griffin’s shirt in blind panic before he broke loose and was falling on his own.

"Roman!" Violet screamed with terror.

But she shouldn’t have worried because Roman exploded into emerald feathers, transforming into a bird with a sharp caw!

Oh right! She had forgotten about his ability.

Soon enough, Violet recalled she was still falling with Griffin and her breath caught in her chest. However, although Griffin was the one who carried her that fall, what hit the ground was Griffin’s seven-foot towering alter-ego.

The Beast.

He landed with an earth-shaking thud, knees bent, his arms shielding Violet. The pavement beneath him cracked from the force, but Violet did not have a scratch. She was safe.

Breathless, clinging to his monstrous shoulders, Violet blinked up into the Beast’s big amber eyes.

"Way to go, boy." Violet wheezed, still shaken. Then she reached out and patted his buzz cut. "And you’re handsome in this form too."

"Mate. Like Me." The Beast softly growled his response, his chest rumbling.

Violet laughed. He was so cute.

From the corner of her eyes, she watched as a green bird flew to the ground and in a flash, transformed into Roman Draven. A furious, naked Roman Draven.

"Perhaps next time, both of you should give me —oww, my eyes." Roman dramatically shielded his eyes at once.

And yes, the Beast was naked too.

"Dude, don’t scare me like that next time!" Roman complained.

Violet rolled her eyes. Leave it to Roman to make a big deal out of everything.

"We need to go!" Violet told them, looking upwards to see Henry staring at them from the shattered window.

Fucking psychopath!

"Seriously, this is not my finest moment," Roman murmured, grabbing a napkin left behind on a bench and awkwardly covering his front.

They had landed in the back of the hospital, startling patients who had been out there relaxing. Now, they watched from a distance with wary eyes, some even recording the scene on their phones.

"This is not intentional!" Roman called out, trying to clear his name as he walked ahead. "I’m not flashing! Think of it as a public photoshoot!"

"Oh, come on, already" Violet dragged him along, "We both know you’ve been in worse situations."

Roman grumbled what sounded like a protest but he went with them nonetheless.

Together, they made it to the hospital’s garage where they knew Oscar was parked.

As if Oscar knew the urgency of the situation,

the car screeched toward them or so they thought until the car’s window rolled down and they all shouted in unison:

"Asher?!"

What was going on here?

"Dude, where the hell did you come from?!" Roman exclaimed.

Oscar himself waved at them from the other side of the seat.

"There’s no time for this. Get in at once." Asher commanded. Typical of him.

Violet and the others didn’t want either. Immediately, they entered and Asher drove off.