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?"

before reaching out. But realizing that might be rude, she caught

Lila shrugged. "Sure."

her ear, her eyes widening 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...

whispered, the texture fascinating

she continued trailing her fingers up and down, Lila suddenly let out a bubbling laugh, her shoulders

tickles!" she admitted,

delicate curve before finally brushing

fangs, an aggressive snarl rumbling from her

stunned silence as it dawned

and Daisy instinctively tensed, exchanging wary glances. They were sharing a room with a creature powerful enough to kill them in the blink of an

step back and lifted her

she

experience. Kind of. Losing

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

"Oh."

red as it dawned on her. Her lips parted in mortification, and she quickly tucked her hands

more touching... ever again," She nodded slowly, completely

again before Violet broke it,

"What is it?"

way from home. So

agreement. "That’s right. You’re the first living Fae

And yet, here you are, hiding in

question settled heavily in the air as they waited for

werewolves coexisted without tearing each other apart. If the 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 if it was the latter, everything they knew could

nearly collapsed. Another revelation of this magnitude could

them

down Violet’s spine, Ivy’s stiffened and Daisy’s lips pressed into a firm line. It was

before 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