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

to you?" Violet challenged, her golden eyes flashing with fury. "If today’s fiasco was any indication, then this is only the beginning. Elsie

you’ve now dragged us

Daisy interjected, her voice cutting through the tension. "Don’t dump everything on Violet. This is 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. Why? Because you

Ivy’s mouth

do you really think it would’ve been all sunshine and roses? Elsie has hated everything about Violet from the start. That includes us too, her supporters. Do you think she would have

their own right, but the only difference between them was that Violet had a heart, unlike Elsie, the cold-blooded she-wolf. And if hurting those close to Violet was what it took for Elsie

hands on Ivy’s shoulders, forcing

the worst

was lesser now. "She’s off the ranking. The Purple

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

the ranking board. Even Ivy, Daisy, and Lila’s rankings were higher than hers, even though they had all been grouped at the very bottom, with her own name standing out as the lowest of

growled

top. And being at the top had given her leverage. It had let her challenge Elsie Lancaster. It had let her date Alaric Storm. It had let her make

now? She

should have really thought this through because

the account Lila had set up for her before the bonfire party. Just yesterday, she had shot up

remained exactly the same. They had pushed her off the ranking yet did not unfollow her? That

until her notifications blazed with relentless pings that Violet realized

poured in and they weren’t praise. They were

together, with her laughing at something he had said, while bathed in the glow of