Defy The Alpha(s)

Chapter 185: What Are You?

The walk back to their hostel was a silent, heavy trudge. Violet, Lila, Ivy, and Daisy were dirty and exhausted, weighed down by the events of the night.

When they arrived at their house, they weren’t alone. Clusters of students still lingered in the common area, their idle conversations dying the second they spotted the four girls.

Violet felt their stares fall on them like vultures drawn to fresh carrion. However, none of them dared to speak. Good for them. Violet was not in the mood to tolerate anyone’s bullshit.

Her blood was still hot, and if anyone so much as breathed wrongly, she wouldn’t mind breaking one or two noses to show an example.

The students must have sensed the murderous energy radiating off her because, like instinct-driven prey, they instinctively stepped aside, parting like the Red Sea to allow her and her roommates passage.

But the second they disappeared behind their door, the whispers ignited like wildfire. However, Violet didn’t move away from the door immediately. Instead, she stood there, waiting....one... two... three. Then, without warning, she yanked it open.

A group of students who had been leaning in to eavesdrop, tumbled gracelessly into the room, their limbs flailing as they hit the floor in a heap of tangled arms and legs.

The moment they looked up, their faces drained of color. Violet stood over them, her eyes dark and merciless, her posture screaming one thing—run.

"W-we... it’s not what it looks like—" one of them stammered, their voice cracking.

Violet didn’t say a word. She just stared, the cold, ominous look on her face more terrifying than any threat she could have spoken.

"Fuck! Let’s leave!" another one yelped, yanking at the others as they scrambled to their feet and bolted out of the room as if their lives depended on it.

Violet remained at the threshold a second longer, her gaze flicking to the students still loitering outside. It was just one glance and they scattered like frightened mice. Satisfied, she slammed the door shut with a resounding bang.

"You shouldn’t have bothered," Lila’s voice broke through the tense atmosphere.

Violet turned to see Lila stepping forward, her hands moving in weird motions as if she were weaving something invisible through the air.

Ivy frowned. "What the hell are you doing?"

nonchalantly, fingers still moving through the air.

crawled up their spines as

I could see whatever it is you’re doing. It’d be

"I can see it."

the effect of a gunshot in a silent room. Three heads

more astonishment than surprise. However, Violet didn’t notice it because

Lila pressed, her tone eager now and her

reached out, watching as wisps curled around her fingertips before dissolving

was cocooned in delicate, pastel-colored threads, floating like mist, filling every crevice where sound

Lila lips curled into a knowing smile. "We call them muting cottons where I’m from. They block out spaces, ensuring

beautiful..." Violet whispered, entranced by the

interrupted the moment. "Enough of

stood with her hands on her hips, her sharp gaze bouncing between Violet and Lila as if she were watching two lunatics. All Ivy and Daisy saw

crossed her arms, her expression skeptical but curious. "Okay, what the hell is going on? Someone better start talking.

forest, Lila," Daisy continued, narrowing her eyes. "You’re not

have to swear

"And you expect us to swear like kids? What’s stopping any

binding," Lila said simply. "Even if you wanted

Ivy, and Daisy exchanged uneasy glances.

know," she muttered, stepping forward eagerly. "So how

the oath, then we slap each

squinted at her, unimpressed. "That sounds

"Try it and see."

Daisy took Lila’s hand, and

keep my identity a secret before the

"Agreed," Daisy said.