Defy The Alpha(s)

Chapter 634: Goodnight

Asher Nightshade was a fucking killjoy.

He’d kicked all of them out of the bathroom before Roman even had the chance to convince their mate that a "romantic shower together" was a brilliant idea.

Now Violet was bathing alone. How miserable was that?

How would she even reach her back?

Not to mention, Roman had recently picked up some massaging skills during his downtime in the West pack — and he’d been dying to put them to use.

He could already picture it: pressing out every knot from her shoulders while the others helped. Everyone would have their own role to play, but he would be the one in charge, directing who touched where. The thought of being captain of that glorious mission thrilled him to no end.

Unfortunately, that masterpiece of teamwork now existed only in his imagination.

But fear not, there would be plenty of time to make it happen later. They weren’t leaving the Fae realm anytime soon, he guessed.

And then there was Asher, lecturing them all about "staying focused." He didn’t trust the Fae or their intentions — as if Queen Seraphira would hurt her own daughter.

Well, scratch that. With each of them having had all sorts of parents and gone through quite the unimaginable — starting with Asher — it made sense he didn’t give anyone the benefit of the doubt, no matter how "beautiful and dreamy" Queen Seraphira looked.

Roman Draven swore they were kindred spirits. His instincts trusted Queen Seraphira.

Yet, he would still follow Asher, the cheeky bastard whose eyes wandered to Violet the moment she stepped out of the bathroom, even after warning everyone else to "keep their heads in the game."

He knew how angry and annoyingly jealous he had been when the goddess mated Griffin to Violet alone. So yeah, he understood. Their little spa moment would just have to wait until Asher

too long. Violet was a living temptation, and he

ended up in the shower together. A decision made, since everyone wanted to be the first to

get a head start to spend time with their mate before the others

"group shower" idea came up which was suggested by none other than him. And there, in that ridiculously spacious Fae shower, Roman tried to put his new massage skills to use. Not that

— and almost electrocuted everyone in

for Asher, his so-called bestie, he glared at him so hard that Roman didn’t dare mention it again. When he tried sneaking up on him anyway, the slit-eyed bastard

and bone, not soft, tempting flesh like Violet. And with the others threatening to finish

Then it was bedtime.

Alphas. Each of them wanted to be as

technically, not

simply shifted into his favorite animal form, the cute, adorable snake. Then he slithered toward the bed where Violet

like it had been spun out of clouds. He knew exactly how soft it was because he’d crept right over the fabric, curling his sleek, scaly body around her neck before resting his head between

play out. Not that it was the first time, but it still got him every

person will have to sacrifice

beast, any chance you can turn into a tiny man? You know, save some

scoffed, giving him

Asher said, "You guys go ahead. Someone needs to stay awake in case we’re

going to hack our necks off in our sleep?" Griffin snorted. "We’re

Asher muttered. "I’d still prefer

hack your neck," Violet said, rolling her eyes.

Even Roman knows

known her for one day," Asher shot