Defy The Alpha(s) novel Chapter 314

Chapter 314: The Hybrid

"So..." Violet finally spoke after a long stretch of silence. "You’re saying I’m powerful? More powerful than the other Fae courts?"

"Yes," Lila replied. "That’s why we stay away from their territories. If they ever sensed a threat from us, the four major courts would unite and strike. Even now, with the barrier down, tensions are rising."

"Wow," Violet breathed, staring down at her hands like she expected sparks or magic to shoot from her fingertips. Then she frowned. "So why can’t I use magic?"

"Your magic was bound by the queen right after you were born," Lila said, her voice darkening. "She sensed what your father intended to do with you. I know you have every reason to doubt me, Violet, but trust me when I say the queen only acted to protect you. Your father is the real villain in this story. He deceived your mother and tricked her into falling in love with him. And your mother..." Lila sighed, "She was a hopeless romantic, and the idea of falling in love with a werewolf—"

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, hold up!" Daisy cut her off, her eyes wide in disbelief. "Did I just hear you say werewolf?"

"That was a slip," Lila admitted, wincing. "I was going to get there eventually. I had a whole build-up planned before revealing that you’re a hybrid."

"A hybrid?!" Ivy nearly shouted. "You mean half Fae, half werewolf?"

"Oh gods," Violet whispered, her stomach twisting. Thank the stars she was sitting, otherwise if she’d been standing, her legs would’ve buckled.

So she was a hybrid? A freaking hybrid?!

Violet blinked once. Then twice. Then slowly, she dragged her hands down her face like the weight of reality had just sucker-punched her in the gut.

"So I’m going to turn into a werewolf?" she asked out loud, voice flat with disbelief. "I’m going 5 become some kind of wolf like Asher? Like Griffin?" Her eyes widened like she could already feel fur sprouting from her skin. "Gosh, doesn’t that hurt?!"

She looked around at the others, eyes darting from face to face, desperate for someone to tell her no. That it was all some magical prank. But the silence that followed was louder than any answer.

"No one’s going to say anything?" she asked, eyebrows shooting up. "Wait a minute, aren’t I past the age of shifting? Don’t wolves usually shift, like, way earlier? But then, what if I do shift and I don’t turn into a wolf? What if I turn into something weird? Like... a bat? Or a hedgehog?!"

She gasped. "Oh gods, what if I turn into a monster?"

Daisy leaned toward Ivy with a deadpan whisper. "I think she’s losing it."

"I’ll get her some water," Ivy said, already rising from her seat like this wasn’t their first supernatural meltdown.

"Nice idea," Daisy nodded, folding her arms as she watched Violet spiral like a drama queen possessed. "Maybe spike it with some calming tea. Or that knock-out herbs Lila grew."

"Preferably both," Ivy muttered under her breath.

"Don’t you dare put any herb in my tea!" Violet snapped, glaring at her like she might lunge across the room any second.

"Alright, your highness." Ivy taunted back, voice dripping with sass as she disappeared into the kitchen with a dramatic toss of her hair.

With Ivy gone, Violet sat there, trying to hold her soul inside her body. She groaned into her hands. "I just wanted to flirt with hot guys, not grow claws and howl at the moon!"

Daisy raised a brow. "I thought you loved wolves. You’re dating all four of them."