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."

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

the revelation was too much for her to bear. She slid down against the wall, her mind spinning like crazy. She was a Fae? Not

her voice demanding answers. "But you just said you can’t reveal the princess’s identity.

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

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

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

with the truth. "Violet

hint of jealousy in her

relationship 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

has got to be the craziest night of my

Fae, why doesn’t she have pointed

"but I can’t

how are you sure she’s a Fae? Maybe

warned, but Ivy

What if you’re giving her false hope?"

voice cracked through the air like

Usually, she was the one doing the shutting up. And it was usually on Lila. Being on the receiving end for

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 bigger than you. So get over

crimson as she stiffened, her

I’ve had enough for tonight," she muttered with

and marched toward her bed. Without another word, she

bearings. Rising shakily to her feet, she approached Lila