Defy The Alpha(s)

Chapter 240: Picture Your Mate

"Burn." Dion muttered under his breath, and the class erupted into laughter.

Amanda’s face turned beet red, her nails digging into the desk in frustration before she whipped her head toward Griffin, her voice high-pitched and aggrieved.

"Do something!" She demanded, her pathetic plea dripping with entitlement as if Griffin was supposed to step in and defend her honor.

But Griffin’s expression was the perfect picture of unimpressed as he gave her a look that clearly said, Are you stupid?

The whole thing was too much for Roman, and he crumpled forward in laughter, his shoulders shaking from the force of it. Apparently, this was shaping up to be one of the most entertaining classes he’d attended in a while.

Unfortunately, Mr. Radcliff was not amused. "Violet Purple," he called out, "you seem to have a problem with the sacred mate bond." The way he said it made it seem as if she had insulted it somehow.

Violet recognized the not-so-subtle accusation immediately and responded innocently, "Of course not, Mr. Radcliff. It’s just that the concept of the mate bond makes me question freedom of choice if the Moon Goddess is the one deciding."

Her voice was carefully measured, neutral enough to sound like it was an intellectual question, rather than a challenge. Violet wasn’t stupid enough to outright provoke the wolves, especially not now that she was at her most vulnerable.

"That’s a nice question that deserves an answer, don’t you think, Mr. Radcliff?" Griffin interjected, his voice calm and pointed, as if he too detected the teacher’s irritability.

Radcliff’s jaw tightened, but in the end, he forced a stiff response. "Yes, of course, it’s a good question," he said, walking to the front of the board.

Violet breathed a sigh of relief, grateful to have dodged that bullet. She then turned to silently thank Griffin but he had already turned away and Violet knew deep down that the move was a dismissal. It seems just like Alaric, someone else was mad at her. It was not surprising though. She fucked up.

interrupted when Mr. Radcliff began

from nothing. It merely enhances what is already there. For example, in cases where mates start

weeks, months, maybe even years, feeling a pull they don’t understand or refuse to acknowledge. They may mistake it for irritation, rivalry, or even hatred. But the truth is, their souls have already begun to recognize each other, even if their

instantly, they have to put in effort to maintain the relationship. So no, the bond does not force love. But it does make it

the man was an asshole pretty much most of the times,

"Clear, sir." Violet admitted.

brimming with such smugness that she half-expected him to fan out peacock feathers right

time, so that concludes today’s questions. Let us move on with the

next point. "Now, let’s briefly discuss the distinction between ’fated

toward the class, gaze sweeping over them as

Goddess herself, bound by an unbreakable spiritual connection. On the other hand, we also have chosen mates, wolves who form bonds outside the goddess-ordained connection. While these bonds may not have the same mystical pull, they are still highly respected in our culture. Not every

class was still digesting his words, when the bell rang and there was a sigh of relief.

rose from their

said, making everyone freeze mid-step. "Now before you go, your

groaned in unison.

Radcliff’s expression remained impassive as he

write an essay imagining one of your classmates as your potential mate. I expect thorough reasoning on why you believe they

the hell kind

write about, why this? How was she supposed to pretend someone in this class was her freaking soulmate? That was