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."

so." Lila’s response was cryptic, but

the revelation was too much for her to bear. She slid down against the wall, her mind spinning

you just said you can’t reveal the princess’s identity. What is

reveal information about the princess," Lila explained calmly. "Violet Purple figured it out on her own. She exploited

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 missing princess, and now, the

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

breathed, still grappling with the truth. "Violet Purple is

jealousy in her tone didn’t go

now, Violet—the orphan girl adopted by a prostitute—was beyond her league. She was a creature of legend and Ivy didn’t know how

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

skeptical, asked, "If she’s a Fae, why doesn’t she have pointed ears like

I can’t reveal certain

she’s a Fae? Maybe you’re mistaken

but Ivy pressed

hope?" She continued,

it!" Daisy’s voice cracked through the air like a whip, silencing

blinked in surprise because this was the first time Daisy had ever snapped at her like that. Usually, she was the one doing the shutting up. And it was usually on Lila. Being on the receiving end for once didn’t feel

"I get that you have some superiority complex.

burned crimson as she stiffened,

I’ve had enough for tonight," she

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

bearings. Rising shakily to her feet, she approached Lila and touched her face