Defy The Alpha(s)

Chapter 186: The Princess

"Impossible!"

"Slap me!"

"No way!"

All three girls shouted in unison, their voices overlapping in shock, disbelief, and pure astonishment.

Violet’s pulse was thundering in her ears. Her gut had told her from the very beginning that something was off about Lila, yet nothing had prepared her for this. Lila? A Fae? It was mind blowing.

"This is mental!" Daisy exclaimed, nearly tearing at her own hair as if that would help her smart brain process the situation.

"This shouldn’t be possible! Fae don’t exist! They’re nothing more than stories from mythology classes but here you are, standing right in front of us... in the flesh and blood..." She trailed off, tentatively poking Lila on the face.

The moment her fingertips met Lila’s skin, she gasped. "Fuck! You’re real!"

Lila’s eyes twinkled with amusement.

"Oh, faeries are very much real. We just don’t mingle much. Bad history and all, especially with humans. So we keep to ourselves, hidden and safe."

"Humans don’t like the unpredictable,"

Violet pointed out, arms crossed as she processed this revelation. "Especially when it comes to creatures with supernatural abilities they can’t control."

Lila grinned at her. "Bingo."

While Violet and Daisy were busy wrapping their heads around the whole thing, Ivy had a completely different approach. She circled Lila slowly, eyes narrowing as she scrutinized every inch of her Fae features like she was studying an ancient artifact in a museum.

"Your ears," Ivy finally breathed, her fascination barely hidden. "Are they real?"

Lila raised a brow. "You’re staring at them right now, Ivy. What do you think?"

out. But realizing that might be

Lila shrugged. "Sure."

as she made contact. She had expected something unnatural, like hard cartilage or an inhuman texture, but instead they were soft. The skin was warm and smooth and wasn’t much different from her own ears, just... shaped

whispered, the

up and down, Lila suddenly let out a bubbling laugh, her shoulders

tickles!" she admitted,

grew bolder, tracing the delicate curve before finally brushing against the very tip—

aggressive snarl rumbling from her throat. Her

room fell into stunned silence as it dawned on them that Lila nearly bit

a creature powerful enough to kill them in the blink of an eye. Suddenly, that didn’t seem like such a

realizing what she had done, quickly took a step

sorry," she

Ivy demanded, still recovering from her near-death experience. Kind of. Losing

Lila sighed, rubbing the back of her neck awkwardly. "That spot is... sensitive. It’s an erogenous zone for us. Only our mate

"Oh."

turned a deep shade of red as it dawned on her. Her lips parted in mortification, and she quickly tucked her hands behind

touching... ever again,"

tension settled over the room again before Violet broke it, asking with suspicion. "There’s something

"What is it?"

you’re a long way from home. So why

been listening intently, nodded in agreement. "That’s right. You’re the first living Fae

rest are nothing but legends written in books, stories passed down through generations. And yet, here you are, hiding in plain sight. So tell

in the air

the Fae were now secretly integrating into the human realm, their presence could

supernatural was exposed, the world nearly

the wary tension between them growing.

lips pressed into a firm line.

they could voice their concerns, Lila quickly added, "It’s not what you think. I didn’t come here to start a war or reveal our existence.