Defy The Alpha(s)

Chapter 46: Teddy Bear Heart

"You’re lying," Griffin growled, his voice rough and feral, teetering on the edge of snapping. His animalistic tone sent shivers down Violet’s spine.

Violet’s entire body went rigid upon recalling that werewolves could tell when one told a lie. They could hear the slightest irregularity in a heartbeat, a telltale sign of deception.

Unfortunately, Violet had no choice. Griffin didn’t like her, and he could never know the truth she had learned. This was a dangerous game, but Violet had to make him believe her lie. Fake it until you make it, that was her only strategy right now.

With no other option, Violet suddenly screamed, her voice loud and filled with anguish. "The gods be damned! Why won’t you believe me?! Why are you doing this to me?! Is it because I’m a human? Is that why you’re bullying me? Why won’t you go ask Asher yourself why he’s doing this to me? I did not do anything wrong by getting accepted into this school, did I?"

Tears began streaming down her face, and Violet let herself go, bawling uncontrollably.

Griffin froze instantly. His hands on her hair stilled as he stared at her, wide-eyed, utterly dumbfounded. It was clear from the startled expression on his face that crying was the last thing he had expected from Violet.

"Griffin..." Alaric’s voice was heard through the commotion, calling his name with a grimace. There was an unmistakable accusation in his gaze, as if silently blaming Griffin for making her cry.

Alaric hadn’t supported this plan in the first place. Griffin had promised only to scare Violet into telling the truth, and Alaric’s role was to ensure things didn’t escalate further. God forbid Violet provoked Griffin into letting his beast out. The heavens knew it would be an unmitigated disaster.

at once, almost as if she had burned him. His gaze darted nervously between her and Alaric. Shaking his head desperately, he cried out,

"Why are you doing this to

I only grabbed her hair!" Griffin defended himself, his voice rising in

must have hurt her with your strength! Humans are much more fragile!

to stop dead in his tracks as Violet suddenly threw her arms around him. She buried her face into his massive chest, sobbing as if her

was supposed to be an interrogation had flipped entirely. Instead of scaring Violet

or occasional lovers ever dared to touch him. What many didn’t know was that Griffin had the most tender heart amongst all the cardinal

yet, here was this human girl, someone with no relationship to

in a shocking turn of events, his massive arms encircled Violet. He began patting

mama would be so disappointed if she found out I made a girl cry." His tone was genuinely remorseful as he continued to

had been pretending all along. Griffin would never have believed her outright, and being headstrong wasn’t going to get her

edge in—tears, or rather, emotional manipulation. Like before, she clung to her mantra: fake it till you

was that tapping into her emotional reservoir was a double-edged sword. The moment Griffin wrapped his massive, muscular arms around her, she didn’t notice when everything shifted. But suddenly, the floodgates opened, and the emotions she had pretended to feel

weighed her down every single