Defy The Alpha(s)

Chapter 282: Villains And Second Chances

Violet expected a thousand questions from Jeremiah, but he didn’t utter a word. Not until he brought her safely back to the Rogue house. Then, like a soldier who had completed his mission perfectly, he simply turned and left with style.

However, Violet barely stepped into the shack before her roommates descended on her like hounds.

"Where have you been?! Do you know how worried I’ve been? I almost thought something had happened and I might have failed in protecting the princess!" Lila peppered her with questions, rapid-fire.

Then her gaze dragged down the length of Violet’s body and locked on the oversize shirt she wore. Without a seer to tell her, she knew instantly that it was Asher’s shirt. Violet might as well have walked in with a neon sign flashing "Slept with the enemy."

Ivy added sternly before Lila could explode, "You have a lot of explaining to do, young lady."

Violet didn’t flinch under their scrutiny. Instead, she calmly smoothed the hem of the shirt and asked, "I’ll explain later. Where’s Alaric?"

Lila’s mouth pressed into a thin line. "He left."

"Shit!" Violet cursed, dragging a hand through her tangled hair. She had hoped to catch him before he stormed off, to explain, or at least ease whatever chaotic assumptions were brewing in his head.

"That’s not all," Lila said.

Violet turned to her, brow arching. "What do you mean, that’s not all?"

And moments later, Violet got her answer.

She stood frozen outside her bedroom door, her jaw slightly unhinged, and her eyes sweeping across the wreckage before her.

fuck happened here?" she demanded, whirling toward Lila with a

of ceiling littered the floor and the bed looked like it had survived a war and lost while dust still hung in the

said dryly, "the curse was stronger than

stunned. "Stronger than—Lila,

leaning in the doorway rolled her eyes. "Injure him, maybe. But kill a werewolf? Please. You don’t give them

and knowing Alaric had been in the middle of it sent a fresh stab of guilt through her chest. She had wanted

voice tight. "Is there a way to reduce it? Cancel

late. He absorbed the whole thing. It’s following him now like a shadow. He has to live it

Violet’s eyes, Lila added quickly, "But don’t worry. The curse wasn’t meant to kill him.

But one look at the state of her room and she could already tell Alaric Storm was in for hell

now that this drama’s over..." Daisy drawled, "why don’t you tell us where

to thinking something horrible happened. Like maybe Elsie finally snapped and kidnapped you to murder you in secret while we

out a sigh, rubbing her temple. "Well, thankfully nothing like that happened but you might want

then shuffled into the living room with anticipation. Once they settled and the room

sleepwalked last night," she started slowly. "And ended up at

manipulative bastard compelled you

sharply, her voice slicing through

clearly fuming but respecting Violet enough to sit back down and

same way she had seen in the memories. And finally finished

finished, the silence was

voice raspy. "That’s messed up. I always knew something had to have happened to make Asher

concurred, her hands clenching into fist. "And he will. One