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.

fully mastered smile. "How’s my little

refrained from rolling her eyes. Instead, she gave

is treasonous, especially while Luna

hand. "You will be,

Elsie’s stomach twisted.

the realm," Caroline continued, her voice filled with

groaned, rubbing her temples. "You still believe that

Caroline’s expression

one chosen by the Alpha King would unite

knowingly. "Why do you think I’ve been so insistent on you keeping a hold

be four heirs?" Elsie asked, even though she already knew what her mother’s

you would be their Queen. One ruler,

eyes flickered with apprehension. "You intend to put

doesn’t tolerate scheming behind his back. If he even got a whiff of her mother’s plans, he’d

remained unfazed,

If the boys agree not to fight for the throne and

sounds poetic, but unfortunately, sharing is not the way of the North. Alpha Caspian and

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

first proposed the idea of a pure-blooded werewolf female as a prize for his successor, the North had vehemently opposed

revolted. "We don’t want your incestuous matches," they had spat, refusing to have their future ruler bound to someone from the North’s notoriously close-knit

compromise had to be made. Caspian and Zara had scoured for

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

good, he still married into the North, ensuring