Defy The Alpha(s)

Chapter 187: Way Beyond Her League

"I’m sorry, but I can’t tell you that," Lila answered, causing both Daisy and Ivy to groan in disappointment. Although Violet had already made peace with the idea that she wasn’t the one, the truth still stung more than she cared to admit.

"Why tell us all that if you’re not going to reveal the identity of the princess?" Ivy wailed. "I don’t do well with suspense!"

"You don’t understand the situation here," Lila told her with a grave tone. "There are people who want the princess dead. The fact that you already know about the missing Fae princess makes you enough of a target."

Ivy and Daisy tensed, exchanging uneasy glances. It seems the matter wasn’t as simple as they had thought.

Violet wanted to keep her mouth shut, but she couldn’t rest, not until she confirmed what she needed to know.

"So... I’m not the princess?" She finally asked.

But Ivy let out a small laugh, unable to help herself. "Come on, Violet. Just because you’re an orphan and have that unnatural purple hair doesn’t mean you’re a faerie princess. Right, Lila?" She turned to the fae, waiting for confirmation.

However, Lila’s calm expression betrayed nothing and it made her frown. Ivy asked again. "Violet Purple isn’t the princess, right?"

Instead of answering, Lila posed a question of her own. "What do you think?"

"Oh, fuck," Daisy muttered, eyes wide with realization. She turned to Violet, her expression shifting as if seeing her in a new light.

"You’ve met her." Violet’s breath hitched as she recalled Lila’s words, reading beneath the line. "That’s me." It dawned on her.

"That’s why you’ve been following me around and wouldn’t leave me alone. You were sent to protect me."

you say so." Lila’s response was cryptic, but the truth was glaringly

slid down against the wall, her mind

spun toward Lila, her voice demanding answers. "But you just said you can’t reveal the princess’s identity. What is

reveal information about the princess," Lila explained calmly. "Violet Purple

even listening to their conversations, her pulse roaring in her ears while her breath came in shallow gasps as she tried to process everything. Just moments ago, she had wished she was the

Not human. Instead, she was a Fae princess. Just as she had argued with Alaric. Goddess help her, this had to be a

breathed, still grappling with the truth. "Violet Purple

hint of jealousy in her

had grown less hostile, Ivy still carried her aristocratic pride. She relished the fact she was the richest in their group. But now, Violet—the orphan girl adopted by a prostitute—was beyond her league. She was a creature of legend and

the craziest night of my life!" Daisy exclaimed, shaking her head

skeptical, asked, "If she’s a Fae, why

"but I can’t reveal certain information about the

are you sure she’s a

but Ivy pressed

hope?" She continued, her words

voice cracked through the air

the one doing the shutting up. And it was usually

Daisy wasn’t finished. She stepped forward until she was nose-to-nose with Ivy. "I get that you have some superiority complex. But guess what? This is the reality now. And someone in this room is

crimson as she

enough for tonight," she muttered with

marched toward her bed. Without another word, she yanked the blanket over her head, and turned her back

the silence that followed, Violet already found her bearings. Rising shakily to her feet, she approached Lila and touched