Defy The Alpha(s)

Chapter 200: Bring A Queen Down

"I’m all for letting people make their own choices, but...." She trailed off, her tone suddenly guarded, "I’m afraid I cannot let you go, Ivy. You know my secret, and that of the princess,"

Ivy bristled. "But you told me I wouldn’t be able to spill your secret."

"Yes, the spell is binding," Lila admitted, her eyes sharp with caution, "but you humans are tricky creatures. You might find a loophole, and I’m not taking that chances. You have to stay where I can see you."

Ivy let out a dry, humorless laugh. "So, I’m your prisoner now?"

Before Lila could answer, Daisy spoke up. "You’re no prisoner, Ivy. You swore to do this together."

"I swore to go to the same house, not this," Ivy snapped.

"This is a house," Lila pointed out, gesturing at the ramshackle walls. "House of the Rogues. They may never accept us, but we can start our own pack right here."

Ivy stared at her, dumbfounded for a moment. Then she burst out. "You all have lost your damn minds. It’s not enough that you’ve been reduced to—"

"We," Violet interrupted abruptly, correcting her sternly. "We have been reduced."

Ivy glared at her. "Excuse me?"

"You’re part of this just like the rest of us, Ivy. Refusing to admit it won’t change the fact that we are all social pariahs now."

start some sort of rebellion?" Ivy scoffed, disbelief laced in her

eyes flashing

you’ve now dragged us into," Ivy

about you too. The plan was to pick a house, sure, but she made a last-minute decision and even begged you to leave. But you stayed, Ivy.

just like that, Ivy’s

roses? Elsie has hated everything about Violet from the start. That includes us too, her supporters. Do you think she

the only difference between them was that Violet had a heart, unlike Elsie, the cold-blooded

her hesitation, Daisy stepped closer, placing both hands on Ivy’s

better or worse, remember?" she reminded her. "It might seem like the worst right now, but at least we’re together. We can

The Purple Storm has been cleared. Her fever is over. She has no

out her phone. The moment she saw the screen, her

ranking board. Even Ivy, Daisy, and Lila’s rankings were higher than hers, even

Violet growled under

had been at the top. And being at the top had given her leverage. It had let her challenge Elsie Lancaster.

She had

have really thought this through because how was she going

as she quickly opened her Moonstagram, the account Lila had set up for her before the bonfire party. Just yesterday, she had shot up to two million followers, all

breath when she saw that her follower count hadn’t dropped. It remained exactly the

blazed with relentless pings that Violet realized she was not as free as she had

notifications poured in and they weren’t praise. They

laughing at something he had said, while bathed in the