Defy The Alpha(s)

Chapter 460: No Pretending

"Drink! Drink! Drink!" Violet and Alaric shouted enthusiastically, cheering the two shirtless alphas who were going head-to-head in a drinking contest.

Roman Draven and Griffin Hale were upside down, balancing on their hands with their mouths latched to the hoses as cold beer streamed straight into them.

"One-ninety-seven! One-ninety-eight—"

Griffin had started to choke, his legs twitching in the air. Sweat beaded down his temples, and his grip on the keg hose was beginning to falter.

"One-ninety-eight!"

"Two hundred!"

A cheer went up, but Griffin was done. He sputtered, dropped down onto the grass with a grunt, rolled onto his back, and groaned loudly.

"That’s it. I’m done. I saw the Goddess and she told me to stop."

Violet laughed at the statement yet went on counting.

"Two-oh-two!"

Roman was still going, upside down and wild-eyed, his jaw clenched around the tap like a man on a mission. At that moment, he indeed looked like a god of decadence.

"How is he still drinking?" Violet was impressed.

"Because Roman doesn’t believe in moderation," Alaric said under his breath, eyes on the south Alpha. "South Pack breeds them like that, clubs on nearly every block, high-stakes tables in every basement. They party like it’s tradition." He gave a dry smirk. "Lavida loca isn’t a phase for them. It’s their lifestyle."

"Two-twenty! Two-thirty!" Asher shouted since they stopped counting.

At last, Roman tore his mouth away, dropped to his feet with a fluid, acrobatic twist, landing perfectly. He was soaked with beer, his chest heaving, but his eyes gleamed like a man who’d just won the crown.

Then with a vicious shower, he grabbed the keg and tilted the rest of it upward, letting the remaining beer splash into the air and it rained down around him like a triumphant champagne shower, catching in the light as they roared.

"That’s right, baby!" Roman yelled, pumping his fists into the air. "I’m the god of pleasure!"

Violet shook her head, biting back a laugh.

"You’re disgusting."

Roman called back, wiping his soaked hair from

a

Then Alaric passed her a drink and she chugged it down, the garden coming alive again with the kind of energy

Roman said, and without waiting for her response, he was already

through her veins. She was tipsy, and had to start watching how much more she drank.

above cast a golden halo over them, and Roman pulled Violet closer into him. They moved slowly, their bodies swaying to the music. Roman’s hand was firm on

feel was Roman’s breath at her ear, his fingertips drawing invisible shapes on her bare

and her eyes found Asher. He was lounging on the nearest

eyes dragged over her slowly,

to give

moment. She rolled her hips, grinding back

to. His mouth pressed hot kisses against her shoulder, her neck, his teeth grazing her skin. His hands roamed up her sides, brushed the outer curve of her breasts before sliding down and disappearing into

never leaving Asher. And that was all

drink down and crossed the space in

His mouth met hers in a kiss that was all

melted between them. God, this was

back, kissing the slope of her shoulder, his hand now cupping her breast with his thumb grazing over her nipple through

and this time it was directly into

heat blooming over Violet’s skin, in her chest, and finally low in her belly. Her head was swimming and her body thrummed like it had been lit

men and in that moment, Violet didn’t

the kiss just to

added a second finger, stretching her, going deeper than before. His pace quickened, stabbing into her heat

keeping her grounded as Roman played her like a

think I’m

stars exploding behind her eyes as Roman rubbed

hard, swallowing the broken moans pouring from

from the intensity. Her fingers clawed at Asher’s back, grasping him with

and smug, and without hesitation, licked them clean, savoring her taste. At that moment, he looked downright feral with his eyes gleaming, lips wet, and smiling like a cat who’d just been

scooped Violet up without a word, carrying her over to the couch where he’d been sitting earlier. He

the two of them enjoying the moment until, of

he announced, far too