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?"

realizing that might be rude, she

Lila shrugged. "Sure."

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

Ivy whispered, the

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

tickles!" she admitted,

by her reaction, Ivy grew bolder, tracing the delicate curve

away as Lila bared her fangs, an aggressive snarl rumbling from her throat. Her usually warm violet eyes had darkened with

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

enough to kill them in

what she had done, quickly took a step back and lifted her hands in a

so sorry," she said

experience. Kind of. Losing a finger

neck awkwardly. "That spot is... sensitive. It’s

"Oh."

parted in mortification, and she quickly

ever again," She nodded

awkward tension settled over the room again before Violet broke it, asking

"What is it?"

laced with skepticism as she said. "You’re a Fae which means you’re a long way from home. So why are you here? Specifically in Lunaris Academy, a school full

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

generations. And yet, here you are, hiding in plain sight. So tell us, Lila,

in the air as they waited for an

human realm, their presence could mean one of two things—either an attempt

time the supernatural was exposed, the world nearly collapsed. Another revelation of this magnitude could

right," Lila admitted, the wary tension between them

Ivy’s stiffened and Daisy’s lips pressed into a firm line. It

"It’s not what you think. I didn’t come here to start a war or reveal