Defy The Alpha(s)

Chapter 420: Her Side Piece

"Roman!" Violet was screaming now as she stumbled out of the treehouse. "Roman, please, just talk to me!"

But there was no sign of him, only the trees and the distant call of the birds, oblivious to her heartbreak.

Hot tears streamed down Violet’s cheeks, blurring her vision. She could feel it. Roman was slipping through her fingers, vanishing into the wilderness of his own pain.

In her desperation to get down and find him, her tear-blurred eyes missed a step on the precarious wooden staircase.

It happened in a flash. One moment she was rushing down, and the next, she was falling.

Panic crashed over her like a wave and her arms flailed uselessly, grasping at nothing. The fall wouldn’t kill her, but the impact would be brutal. She was stupid. what had she been thinking? Climbing a rickety staircase in the middle of an emotional breakdown?

Violet closed her eyes, bracing for pain. But it never came.

Something, or rather, someone, caught her mid-air, and the next moment they were rolling across the forest floor. His body cushioned the fall, taking most of the impact.

When they stopped, she found herself sprawled on top of Roman. His beautiful green eyes stared up at her. And that was it, the floodgate burst open.

"Why are you all doing this to me?" she sobbed. "Is it a crime to get a mate bond?"

The words left her like a raw wound, torn open in the middle of the forest. Violet was exhausted. She was tired of the drama. Tired of pretending. Tired of being pulled in every direction. She was just so tired.

Roman swallowed hard, his jaw tight as she cried on top of him. Slowly, he shifted and wrapped his arms around her, letting her bury her face into his chest.

nothing but the sound of Violet weeping while Roman simply held her. Then, cautiously, he began

like this. There was just so much anger and betrayal inside of him he didn’t know what to do

passed and Violet eventually pulled away, her eyes red, and her voice hoarse. They sat there in silence, the raw kind that stretches between two people

his feet. "You should leave.

well. "Seriously? That’s all

"What do you want from me, Violet Purple?" he snapped, his green eyes flashing. "You have your mate now. Go to

want you, Roman.

bonded you to Griffin, but you still want to keep the rest of us

sharp slap across Roman’s face. His head turned with the

eyes blazing with disbelief at first, then fury. He

face and pulled her in. Then he kissed her, fierce and bruising. Like he hated that he still

the second their lips crashed together. It wasn’t gentle. It wasn’t slow. It was anger and frustration

at his bare chest, dragging down his skin, needing him closer now. Their mouths moved fast, lips crushing, and teeth clashing. Violet felt his tongue push into her mouth and she met it with her own,

hips moving desperately against his, feeling all of him pressed against her. He was already hard and shaking with how badly he

was naked and that they were outside. If anything, she wanted

she wrapped her legs around his waist like it was second nature. The next second, her back was slammed against the rough bark of a tree, and still, they didn’t

grabbed his bottom lip with her teeth and bit hard. Roman grunted from the pain, but it only made him kiss her harder. His fingers dug into her waist, holding her so tight it hurt, but it felt

going to consume them whole. She could feel the heat in her core rising, fast, needy, and

heat building so

was going to be the death of

the kiss messy and their