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.

of Violet weeping while Roman simply held her. Then, cautiously, he began to pat

meant to hurt her like this. There was just so much anger and betrayal inside of

and her voice hoarse. They sat there in silence, the raw kind that stretches between two people with

to his feet. "You should leave. These

well. "Seriously? That’s all you’re going to

he snapped, his green

shouted back. "I want you, Roman. Is that so

now," Roman said bitterly, laughing without humor. "The goddess might have bonded you to Griffin, but you still want to keep the rest of us hanging. You want

His head turned with the impact,

eyes blazing with disbelief at first, then fury.

pulled her in. Then he kissed her, fierce and bruising. Like

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

lips crushing, and teeth clashing. Violet felt his tongue push into her mouth and she met it with her own, wet and wild,

him, her hips moving desperately against his, feeling all of him pressed against her. He was already hard

and that they were

second nature. The next second, her back was slammed against the rough bark of a tree, and still, they

it only made him kiss her harder. His fingers dug into her waist,

grinding, like the kiss was going to consume them whole. She could feel the heat in her core

Roman hissed between his teeth, the heat building so quick it almost knocked the

be the

kiss messy and their bodies grinding like they couldn’t get