Defy The Alpha(s) novel Chapter 187

Chapter 187: Way Beyond Her League

"I’m sorry, but I can’t tell you that," Lila answered, causing both Daisy and Ivy to groan in disappointment. Although Violet had already made peace with the idea that she wasn’t the one, the truth still stung more than she cared to admit.

"Why tell us all that if you’re not going to reveal the identity of the princess?" Ivy wailed. "I don’t do well with suspense!"

"You don’t understand the situation here," Lila told her with a grave tone. "There are people who want the princess dead. The fact that you already know about the missing Fae princess makes you enough of a target."

Ivy and Daisy tensed, exchanging uneasy glances. It seems the matter wasn’t as simple as they had thought.

Violet wanted to keep her mouth shut, but she couldn’t rest, not until she confirmed what she needed to know.

"So... I’m not the princess?" She finally asked.

But Ivy let out a small laugh, unable to help herself. "Come on, Violet. Just because you’re an orphan and have that unnatural purple hair doesn’t mean you’re a faerie princess. Right, Lila?" She turned to the fae, waiting for confirmation.

However, Lila’s calm expression betrayed nothing and it made her frown. Ivy asked again. "Violet Purple isn’t the princess, right?"

Instead of answering, Lila posed a question of her own. "What do you think?"

"Oh, fuck," Daisy muttered, eyes wide with realization. She turned to Violet, her expression shifting as if seeing her in a new light.

"You’ve met her." Violet’s breath hitched as she recalled Lila’s words, reading beneath the line. "That’s me." It dawned on her.

"That’s why you’ve been following me around and wouldn’t leave me alone. You were sent to protect me."

"If you say so." Lila’s response was cryptic, but the truth was glaringly clear now.

Violet’s legs gave out from beneath her as if the revelation was too much for her to bear. She slid down against the wall, her mind spinning like crazy. She was a Fae? Not just any fae, but a princess? How was that even possible?

Ivy spun toward Lila, her voice demanding answers. "But you just said you can’t reveal the princess’s identity. What is this now?"

"I was spelled not to reveal information about the princess," Lila explained calmly. "Violet Purple figured it out on her own. She exploited the loophole."

Violet was not even listening to their conversations, her pulse roaring in her ears while her breath came in shallow gasps as she tried to process everything. Just moments ago, she had wished she was the missing princess, and now, the wish had come true in the most unfathomable way.

She had a family out there. She wasn’t a freak. She was just different. Not human. Instead, she was a Fae princess. Just as she had argued with Alaric. Goddess help her, this had to be a joke.

"Wow," Ivy breathed, still grappling with the truth. "Violet Purple is a fae princess."

The hint of jealousy in her tone didn’t go unnoticed.

Although their relationship had grown less hostile, Ivy still carried her aristocratic pride. She relished the fact she was the richest in their group. But now, Violet—the orphan girl adopted by a prostitute—was beyond her league. She was a creature of legend and Ivy didn’t know how to feel about that.

"This has got to be the craziest night of my life!" Daisy exclaimed, shaking her head in disbelief.

Ivy, still skeptical, asked, "If she’s a Fae, why doesn’t she have pointed ears like you?"