My Alphas' Dark Desires novel Chapter 14

Chapter 14: The Alpha Kings’ Wrath

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Chapter 14

~Valerie’s POV~

Pain shot through me, dull at first, then blinding. My limbs were sluggish, my vision blurred and my body betrayed me. The poison was taking hold. I fought against it, fought to stay upright, but my knees buckled.

Arnold’s cruel chuckle echoed in my ears. "Well, well. It looks like the mighty little wolf isn’t so mighty after all."

My body trembled. Not from fear but from rage. I forced my head up just as she stepped forward.

A young girl looking no more than seventeen. She was tall and delicate, with silky chestnut hair and golden eyes that gleamed in the dim light. She looked like royalty.

Spoiled, entitled, dangerous royalty, but if she were one, I would have known. She was simply a spoilt daddy princess.

But I didn’t care about her. I cared about what was around her throat.

My necklace.

It sat against her collarbone, glimmering under the lights of the mansion. Mocking me like the smirk on her pretty little face. And something inside me snapped.

A low, guttural growl rumbled in my chest. Astra stirred, fur bristling on my hands, fangs bared. She wanted blood.

"I’m going to rip that off your neck," I snarled, forcing my trembling limbs to obey but they didn’t.

The girl tilted her head, clearly unimpressed. "Oh? You mean this?" Her fingers brushed the gem, stroking it like it belonged to her. "Daddy gifted me this. It’s mine now, not yours. Well, it wouldn’t matter if you died anyway."

I took a step forward, and everything suddenly changed.

A wave of pressure slammed into the courtyard. The air crackled with a force I’d never known and the ground trembled.

A presence like no other... No—four. The scent assaulted my nostrils like a tidal wave: dominance, fury, possession.

While my gaze searched them out, a deep voice cut through the chaos. "What the hell are you doing to my mate?!"

The entire courtyard froze.

Arnold’s face twisted in confusion, his smirk faltering for the first time. The girl in the nightgown took an instinctive step back while the guards hesitated, eyes darting between their employer and the sudden shift in power.

As if in cue, four figures dropped from the mansion walls like vengeful gods descending upon mere mortals.

I recognised them immediately. The Alpha Kings’ Heirs.

They landed around me in a perfect, deadly formation—Dristan to my left, Kai to my right, Axel behind me, Xade directly in front, surrounding and protecting me.

Their eyes glowed molten red. Their wolves lurked just beneath the surface, snarling, deadly.

Arnold’s guards—who had been arrogant just seconds ago—stiffened. Some stumbled back as the scent of their fear filled the air.

The ground beneath my feet trembled as Dristan stepped forward.

His cyan-blue eyes gleamed coldly in a calculating, merciless manner.

"I’ll ask only once," he said in a low, lethal voice. "Where is her necklace?"

Arnold exhaled sharply but didn’t move. He was smart enough to realize he was outmatched, but stupid enough to pretend he wasn’t.

A slow smirk crept onto his lips. "Looking for a fight, pups?"

A defeating silence ensued and I well as hell knew he had angered them but then again maybe that was what Arnold wanted.

A growl so low and dangerous erupted beside me.

Kai’s emerald-green gaze sharpened. "Pups?" The single word held the promise of destruction.

Axel cracked his knuckles. "D... looks like someone needs to be put in their place."

Dristan didn’t respond. He just rolled his shoulders, muscles flexing, his aura surging. The temperature plummeted. The ground cracked beneath him.

But before any of them could move, Arnold made his final mistake.

He snapped his fingers. Instantly, his guards lunged and as soon as they did, the courtyard erupted into chaos.

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