Defy The Alpha(s)

Chapter 344: [Bonus Chapter] When All Goes Rogue

"Thank you for seeing me out, but I really don’t see the need. I’m going to be fine," Violet told Griffin, who had insisted on being her escort that morning.

She had been in bed, blissfully relishing the warmth of her boyfriends when the message came into her phone.

[Daisy: Come to the shack ASAP.]

And just like that, Violet was forced to leave the fine sandwich of bodies she’d been stuck between.

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Roman had unconsciously shifted back to his human form during the night, Asher had sprawled on her other side, while Alaric occupied the foot of her bed like a loyal hound. Everyone was still dead asleep except Griffin, who had taken up guard duty on the couch.

The moment her phone beeped, Griffin was already up, alert as always. And now here they were.

"The message didn’t seem fine," he answered gruffly, his gaze cautiously scanning their surroundings as if expecting someone to pop out of the forest and attack her.

Violet gave him a teasing smile. "Or maybe you just wanted an excuse to spend more time with me." She leaned in and stole a quick kiss from his lips.

Now that everything was out in the open, Violet didn’t care if anyone saw. They could all go to hell. She was the Rogue Queen, and she’d do whatever the hell she wanted.

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Griffin’s rare smile broke across his face and Violet couldn’t help grinning like an idiot, swinging their hands together like they were kids.It was so nice.

But that feeling shattered the moment they neared the shack only to find a crowd of students gathered there.

"What the fuck?" Violet breathed, her heart racing.

to drop devastating news on her.

one of the students turned, pointed, and shouted, "There she

Violet could process what was happening, about fifteen students rushed

Griffin moved without thinking, stepping in front of her like a living barricade. At

girls, unfazed by

so cool! I

completely dumbfounded. Had she

student chimed in eagerly, "We saw the video of your

this time, but no one

Rogue Queen! We want to be part of your

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her life. Violet cursed under her breath as the crowd gathered even tighter around her, all chanting

want to be part of the Rogue Pack! I plead

swallowed hard as she turned

expanding or increasing the Rogue House after they dumped her there. Her intentions had only ever been to defy

about staking her claim. She had been satisfied with her close-knit group of friends, never once entertaining the idea

development — back then, when she wasn’t tangled in the complexities of the cardinal alphas

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increase of the Rogue pack would surely put their position under scrutiny, especially from

would not end well for Asher. Yes, Henry might have been banned from Lunaris, but Violet knew him well enough to know he’d find a way to remind his son of his place — and that place definitely did not involve letting a girl disrupt the structure of things here at

That much was obvious. But in the next

not going

just like that, the energy died off in

hand. "Why exactly? We could have renounced our houses right in front of the cardinal

another bellowed, rallying the

in front of you? We’re not afraid of him!" someone