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?"

unsure before reaching out. But realizing that might be rude, she caught Lila’s gaze. "Can

Lila shrugged. "Sure."

like hard cartilage or an inhuman texture, but instead they were soft. The skin was warm and smooth and wasn’t much different from

Ivy whispered, the texture

trailing her fingers up and down, Lila suddenly let out

she admitted,

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

Lila bared her fangs, an aggressive snarl rumbling from her

fell into stunned silence as it dawned on them that Lila nearly bit Ivy’s hand

enough to kill them in the blink of an

a step back and

so sorry," she

near-death experience. Kind of. Losing a finger

of her neck awkwardly. "That spot is... sensitive. It’s an erogenous zone for us. Only our mate

"Oh."

Her lips parted in mortification, and she quickly tucked her hands behind her

No more touching... ever again," She nodded slowly, completely

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

"What is it?"

said. "You’re a Fae which means you’re a long way from home. So why are you here? Specifically in

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

down through generations. And yet, here you are, hiding in plain sight. So tell us, Lila, what’s your real

question settled heavily in the air

Fae were now secretly integrating into the human realm, their presence could mean one of two things—either an attempt at peace or the prelude to war. And

nearly collapsed. Another revelation of this magnitude could

admitted, the wary tension between them growing. "I did come here with a

spine, Ivy’s stiffened and Daisy’s lips pressed into a firm line. It was exactly as they feared.The

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