Defy The Alpha(s)

Chapter 241: Broken Queen - 1

Everyone has a moment—right before disaster strikes—when the world still feels intact. That perfect second where the floor is steady beneath your feet, and the storm has not swallowed the sky yet.

Then, the ground shifts and the fall begins. And while some falls are silent, others echo like a war cry.

Violet had always known she was walking a precarious line here, balanced between defiance and destruction. She had played the game, danced at the eye of the storm, believing she could command the chaos instead of becoming consumed by it.

But the thing about storms is that they don’t ask for permission before they strike. Neither do the walls stop the world from watching when they finally collapse. And they did fall.

The wolves smelled blood. The everwatchful vultures of Lunaris had waited for a single crack in her armor, a moment of weakness—anything to rip her apart. And here it was, gift-wrapped and displayed for all to see.

One video.

One reckless moment, twisted into the proof of the one thing she’d fought so hard never to be: the daughter of a whore.

Like mother, like daughter.

The words had not yet been uttered, but she could already hear them being whispered in the hallways, sensed them winding their way into the next scandalous Moon Feed article, felt them shaping on sneering lips as they watched Violet Purple’s downfall.

Checkmate.

"Violet..." She heard Lila mention her name, and when her gaze slid up to hers, there was concern and pity there. Her protector looked at her as if she was the sparrow whose nest had been raided at dawn.

had captured Violet’s heavy petting with Alaric and Griffin at the bonfire in Silver Glade. Except this was no ordinary scandal, no simple humiliation, but her worst nightmare brought to life. And she knew exactly who would revel

Roman.

an inferno, and Violet whirled toward

his posture rigid."This is not my doing!"

flinch. Instead, she studied him. While the rest of the class looked shocked or horrified at the content of the

you knew about it, didn’t you?" she

jaw clenched. "It was a bonfire party, and the three of you—" He slanted a look at Griffin, "—weren’t exactly discreet. Anyone could have seen

hard. She hadn’t been careful, not that night. One moment, she’d been trying to

and to Alaric and Griffin’s hands on her body. Even with the darkness of

why had it been exposed now? Why not immediately? Clearly,

leak but had been posted through a blog, one owned by Nicole. And there it was an article titled, "The Truth About the Purple

her at once who did

at her. She spun around to storm off in search of that backstabbing

"Violet, don’t —!"

shoved him off, her eyes sparking

ceasefire so I’d let my guard down, and

"I swear I had no idea it was recorded. I only

see there’ll be no peace."

shifted toward him, and he met her eyes with a pleading gaze. But Violet wasn’t in any mood for