Defy The Alpha(s)

Chapter 210: Game Of Thrones

Roman was slipping right through her fingers. Elsie had known it the moment he walked out of her room without looking back.

The Roman of the past wouldn’t have left her like that. No, he would have stayed behind, wrapped himself around her, and comforted her until she felt better.

But look at him now.

Perhaps she was reading too much into it. But her womanly instincts — that has never failed her — was tingling, especially with Violet Purple around. That filthy rogue still loomed in the picture like an unsightly stain she couldn’t scrub off.

It had been thrilling at first, knowing that Asher, the untamable one, the most ruthless of them all, had no choice but to attempt to court her. Until Violet swooped in, robbing her of that last shred of satisfaction

Elsie clenched her jaw. She had to act quickly. Asher be damned. Violet was a rogue, and rogues would be treated the way rogues should be.

Just then, Elsie’s phone rang from where it lay on the sofa, cutting through her brooding silence. She would have ignored it if not for the fact that this particular ringtone was assigned to only one person.

Her mother.

All at once, Elsie straightened, raking her fingers through her hair, ensuring she looked flawless. Her mother hated imperfections.

She walked over to her desk, adjusted the angle of her laptop, and within moments, the screen lit up with a familiar face staring back at her.

The woman in the video call looked so much like Elsie, they could have been sisters rather than mother and daughter.

Same golden-blonde hair. Same piercing blue eyes. But while Elsie’s beauty was softer, almost innocent, Caroline’s was effortless and sharper. There was an ageless quality about her that made her seem untouched by time, her expression poised in a way that only years of practice could perfect.

"Mother," Elsie greeted, her voice measured.

a warm, fully mastered smile. "How’s my little Alpha queen

refrained from rolling her eyes. Instead,

queen. That word is treasonous, especially while

will be, soon

Elsie’s stomach twisted.

will unite the realm," Caroline continued, her voice filled with conviction, "and usher us into

groaned, rubbing her temples. "You still believe that

Caroline’s expression didn’t

is a renowned seer. When I asked about your fate, she told me that the one chosen by the Alpha King would unite the packs. And glory be to the gods,

do you think I’ve been so insistent on you

heir. How can there be four heirs?" Elsie asked, even though she already knew what her mother’s answer

exactly why you would be their

to put me on the throne. That is

he even got a whiff of her mother’s plans, he’d have her head

remained

from the heirs themselves. If the boys agree not to fight for the throne and instead share

not the way of the North. Alpha Caspian and Luna Zara would never stand for it."

Zara were the very reason why the Alpha King decreed her as the mate

a pure-blooded werewolf female as a prize for his successor, the North had vehemently

the East, West, and South had, predictably, revolted. "We don’t want your incestuous matches," they had spat, refusing to have their

made. Caspian and Zara had scoured for someone that wasn’t too closely related but still carried

had been Elsie. Long ago, Alaric’s great-grandaunt had married into Elsie’s family. Though the blood was diluted, it was

won the throne, good, he still married into