Defy The Alpha(s)

Chapter 40: Desire

"You staring at Alaric wasn’t baseless gossip," Dion said with a knowing smirk.

Violet, the way you looked at him was so captivating, I swear the sparks in your eyes could have rivaled Alaric’s own thunderbolts."

At once, a blush crept up Violet’s face, and she couldn’t exactly deny it, not when there was picture evidence. Yes, the Oracle had somehow captured her staring at Alaric while he slept during class.

But she had only looked because he was undeniably handsome at that moment. Unfortunately, her innocent admiration had been twisted into something more by the gossip column.

And to make matters worse, how dare that coward, hiding behind her pen and paper, suggest she had any kind of interest in Griffin? She would sooner cut her own throat than have anything to do with that bastard.

"Moreover," Dion said, the amusement fading from his face, "no one knows who the Oracle is, and neither do we search for her—"

"Why assume the Oracle is a ’her’? It could be a ’he’ for all you know," Violet interrupted.

"From the tone of the articles, it sounds feminine—like gossip between girls—so we assume it’s a she," Dion replied.

"It could also be a disguise, a trick to throw people off his trail in case anyone tries to find him," Violet reasoned.

"Whether the Oracle is a he or a she, the point is that no one searches for the Oracle. If anything, the Oracle finds you instead. She’s a collector of information, which means she probably has secrets on everyone here, making her either a dangerous enemy or a powerful ally. It all depends on which side you want her to be," Dion explained.

But Violet snorted. "She doesn’t scare me. I don’t have secrets."

Dion frowned. "Don’t push your luck. The Oracle has sources everywhere, making information retrieval look like a piece of cake. And look at what happened today, she doesn’t need an ugly secret to turn your life upside down."

While Dion’s warning sank in, Violet’s gears began to turn. "So, she might be able to find my parents then?" she asked.

Dion said

have. That is, if it even qualifies as a secret," Violet replied. "I’m sure the moment Asher pulled my records, he already

don’t

the rest

"You do

think of myself as difficult to

was

said, almost out of nowhere, "The Cardinal Alphas all had females satisfying their needs before you arrived." The comment was so sudden that Violet, still caught up in the euphoria of their joke, felt the smile vanish

out of nowhere and snatches away their

and she swallowed before saying,

replied. He leaned in, his gaze boring into hers, as if he could see through the deepest parts of her

some inexplicable reason, Violet’s heart began to pound, and she felt vulnerable beneath Dion’s unnerving stare. No matter how much she tried to

about his beast side. And then there was Alaric whom she might just

This was getting

Lila, the usual chatterbox, to have remained so silent, and from the looks of

the phone from Lila’s hands. At that action, Lila’s eyes widened

don’t, Violet! Don’t go to the

was exactly what Violet

Lila had been

using botted accounts—gods knew how many—to write positive remarks about her, then the situation must be

sinking feeling, Violet took a deep breath and clicked on the comment section, bracing

here we go again with another human trying to play in the big

Okay, but honestly, who wouldn’t? The Lightning Prince is a literal god.

That’s wild. 🐺🔥 She