Defy The Alpha(s)

Chapter 25: True Evolution

"There you are!" Someone suddenly jumped in front of her, startling Violet out of her thoughts.

"Ahh!" Violet screamed, instinctively landing a punch on the person’s face, only to realize it was Lila.

Lila yelped in pain while Violet’s expression shifted to horror as she recognized her friend. She hadn’t meant to hit her, but years of always keeping her guard up had conditioned her to react this way.

Violet rushed forward, hysterically checking on Lila.

"I’m okay, I’m okay," Lila insisted, trying to calm her down. "See? No damage." She attempted a smile, but her face scrunched up in pain. "But damn, that was a mean hook."

With a deep breath, Violet slowly calmed her racing heart. But almost immediately after, her expression twisted in anger.

"What the hell is wrong with you?! Why would you jump in front of someone like that? Are you asking for death or something?" she shouted.

Lila rubbed her cheek, pouting. "I should be asking why your automatic response to a small prank is to punch someone in the face. What if the person was innocent..." She added with a pout, "Just like me."

"Well, where I come from, there’s no mercy for ’small pranks,’" Violet said with emphasis. "And it teaches people like you to never try it again." She retorted coldly.

Lila’s pout deepened, her eyes almost watering as she complained, "You’re so mean."

"If I’m so mean, you can remedy that by leaving me the hell alone," Violet replied bluntly.

At first, Lila’s persistent following had been cute, but now it was becoming increasingly annoying. Violet liked to keep her distance from people—no one could be trusted.

There were no friends, only selfish individuals capable of betrayal and cruelty. This jungle of a school wasn’t a place for friendships, either. Violet refused to admit, even to herself, that Lila was slowly breaking down her defenses. That could never happen.

"Not going to happen." Lila said defiantly, startling Violet. For a moment, she thought Lila had read her thoughts.

"What?"

won’t let that happen. I can see it in our future, we’re going to

confidence? Was she a psychic or

I saw your schedule, and we have both classes together. Come

grabbed Violet’s hand and pulled her along with such speed

screamed as she dashed through the crowded hallway, making

she could do except

of a numbered door. Lila flung it open and pulled them

teacher missing. Violet

hadn’t earned fame as the first freshman in Lunaris to make

luxurious. Violet could feel the cool air of the air conditioner, and they even used an

were human, but quite a few werewolves sat among them as well. Violet was glad to see that none of the Cardinal Alphas

at the back, trying to make herself as inconspicuous as possible.

gave up trying to drive Lila away, confident that the girl would tire of following her eventually.

but Violet ignored them all. Thankfully, it wasn’t

and an electronic device in the other. He

Radcliff is a racist prick who prefers werewolves and practically worships them. Good thing karma

could fully digest that tidbit of information, Radcliff was already in front of the board. Without any pleasantries, he scrawled the day’s topic in large, clear

The True Origin of

schooled her expression, unlike some of the

of disdain as he looked at the

asked, "Can anyone tell me the theory of evolution? Or, simply put, how did humans come

It was clearly a

anyone speaking?" Radcliff asked, his voice laced with mock

he muttered, "Humans. Always the cowards. And you wonder

been kidding. Radcliff was a