CHAPTER 4 - Defiance

The room held its breath as Ava's gaze locked onto the Alpha King's, her soul trembling beneath his piercing stare. She turned to her father after mind linking him and getting no response, seeking reassurance, but his eyes red, told a different story.

He stood there with a look pain, resignation, and hopelessness.

Ava's resolve hardened, fueled by her determination to protect her pack and family. She looked back at Dolion, her eyes flashing with defiance. "Please release me, Your Highness," she asked, her voice steady.

Nobody knew how badly her inside was trembling in fears apart from her pack who also share a bit of her feelings now, she noticed Beta Charlie take a defensive stance with her father.

They looked ready to leap onto the Alpha King if he as much as harm a hair on her body, even if it meant their immediate death. Such love and loyalty was not something Ava wants to mistreat.

Dolion's growl sent shivers down the spines of the Alphas present, but Ava stood firm, her gaze unwavering.

"You dare! You are MINE!" he thundered, tightening his hold on her.

Ava's response was a fierce declaration of independence. "I belong to no one but myself and my pack!" she shouted, breaking free from Dolion's grasp.

The room held its collective breath, wondering what would happen to Av for strongly denying her mate who happened to be the beast himself.

She only had the Moon goddess and her fate to blame for whatever happens to her from now on.

Ava stood tall, her back straight, her eyes blazing with determination. Dolion's face was a picture of shock and anger, his eyes flashing with a deadly warning, there was a limit to the rejection he could take.

"You are my MATE!" he declared, his voice low and menacing. "And you are coming with me, to where you belong!"

Alpha Bridge who was always after Ava was on his feet along with all other Alphas but his face particularly looked ashen and stiff, like he was watching a show he couldn’t accept its outcome.

As much as he couldn’t accept this result, he doesn’t dare to raise an objection.

He took in a deep breath and thought to himself "it’s a pity I never got to have her hot body once, it won’t be possible any longer” he sighed a bit disappointed and watched as she openly opposed the Alpha King.

Beta Charlie and Terrance were worse off, especially Terrance who feared for his daughter’s life with the way she is openly defying the Aloha King.

Terrance find it hard to believe he would not harm her just because she was his mate, he tried to communicate with her through the pack bond.

"Ava dear, please stop it, don’t set him off Ava”

"Don’t worry, father” there was an unsaid assurance in her reply, that almost made Terrance calm down before he remembered that she wasn’t up against just any Alpha. This was the Alpha King.

Ava's response was a calm, calculated defiance. "No, Your Highness. Where I belong is here, as the Alpha of my pack. Thank you for attending my coronation ceremony."

As she turned to leave, Dolion's anger boiled over. With astonishing speed, he blocked her path, his eyes blazing with fury. "How about I wipe your precious pack off the face of the earth and see if you're willing to let go then?" he sneered.

Ava's anger ignited, her green eyes flashing with a fierce determination. She pressed her body against Dolion's, her voice a whispered threat. "Hurt as much as a hair on their body, and a breathing mate is the least thing you'll have to worry about."

The Alpha King's eyes snapped to his mate, his expression a mixture of amusement and anger.

He, the Lycan Alpha, had just been threatened.