Defy The Alpha(s)

Chapter 293: Taking Turns

Before revenge came sleep.

With her room half destroyed, Violet had no bed to lie on. Lila, of course, had eagerly offered up her own room for her to stay the night. And while the Fae could easily fix the damage, the situation was too precarious. What if Alaric returned unannounced and offered to handle it himself? What would they do then?

So, they left the room as it was. At least until morning, they’d figure something out by then.

Predictably, Violet had turned Lila’s offer down. As much as Lila was her guardian, it didn’t mean she was her servant. The girl couldn’t keep going out of her way just to make her comfortable. It just didn’t sit right with her.

Except that wasn’t the only reason.

Violet had a gut feeling that a certain "animal" might come sniffing around for her. And staying in Lila’s room? Yeah, that would’ve been very uncomfortable especially knowing how sensitive these creatures were to intrusions. Strangely enough, Lila hadn’t pushed it. She simply let her be.

So in the end, Violet ended up curled up on the couch in the living room.

And just as she predicted, a few minutes past midnight, a certain green snake slithered its way into the house through a small hidden hole. The soft hissing sound reached Violet’s ears, snapping her awake with a jolt. Her heart nearly leapt out of her chest when she saw the snake coiled near her.

Thankfully, she recognized the signature green scales and let out a long breath. She did glare at him though for almost scaring her into cardiac arrest.

In the blink of an eye, Roman shifted back into his human form, kneeling in front of the couch with a shit-eating grin plastered on his face.

"Hello, my lady purple."

Violet did not smile back.

"You are really pushing your luck here," she whispered urgently. "I thought I told you not to—"

Roman cut her off immediately with a deep, filthy kiss that curled her toes and had her lips tingling, her breath catching mid-sentence.

welcome," Roman said with a grin when

The audacity of

she was a hundred percent

scowled and tried to glare him into the ground, but deep down? She’d been expecting him. Maybe even hoping for him. Not that she’d ever tell him that. Roman’s

Trust her on that.

before her. Not just that, with the proximity between them, all she had to do was lean forward and his already hard

What was she

Not today, Satan!

her reaction and smiled, the bastard. That wolfish grin of his was all

huge slab of meat,

scowled, hissing, "Where are your

ma’am." He threw her a mock salute, then turned and began strutting toward the front door

wait—!" she whisper-yelled. "What are you

was

for any sign that someone might

now in pants with his bare chest on full display. That’s when it hit her that he must’ve stashed his

Smart bastard.

his clothes around for easier access next time—

was her brain cooking up the weirdest ideas

approached her. Without warning, he scooped her up like

even get the chance to squeal, too scared of waking the others. Not that Roman seemed remotely concerned about that. He simply sat down with her

confidence of

your room a mess? Snuck there room first, couldn’t find you, door was locked. Had to

collapsed under Alaric’s watch. Plus a bunch of other misfortunes that I

wolf! He must’ve taken advantage of