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.

For a while, there was nothing but the sound of Violet weeping while Roman simply held her. Then, cautiously, he began to pat her shoulder, guilt etched across his face.

He hadn’t meant to hurt her like this. There was just so much anger and betrayal inside of him he didn’t know what to do with it. noveldrama

Minutes passed and Violet eventually pulled away, her eyes red, and her voice hoarse. They sat there in silence, the raw kind that stretches between two people with too many unsaid things between them.

"It’s already evening," Roman muttered, getting to his feet. "You should leave. These woods aren’t friendly at night."

Violet stood up quickly as well. "Seriously? That’s all you’re going to say?"

Roman froze. "What do you want from me, Violet Purple?" he snapped, his green eyes flashing. "You have your mate now. Go to him."

"I want you!" Violet shouted back. "I want you, Roman. Is that so hard to believe?"

"Oh, I see what this is 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 to keep me. That’s not romantic, Violet, that’s whorish."

Violet’s hand flew before she could stop herself, landing a sharp slap across Roman’s face. His head turned with the impact, and for a second, even the forest seemed to hold its breath.

Roman slowly looked back at her, his eyes blazing with disbelief at first, then fury. He stepped forward, his body tense, and he looked as if he would throttle her.

But then, his hands caught her face and pulled her in. Then he kissed her, fierce and bruising. Like he hated that he still loved her.

Violet moaned the second their lips crashed together. It wasn’t gentle. It wasn’t slow. It was anger and frustration and everything they hadn’t said.

Her hands clawed at his bare chest, dragging down his skin, needing him closer now. Their mouths moved fast, lips crushing, and teeth clashing. Violet felt his tongue push into her mouth and she met it with her own, wet and wild, tasting him like she was starving. Indeed, she was.

Roman groaned low in his throat, his arms locking around her. She ground into him, her hips moving desperately against his, feeling all of him pressed against her. He was already hard and shaking with how badly he wanted her.

Violet didn’t care that he was naked and that they were outside. If anything, she wanted him to lose control.

Roman grabbed her thighs and lifted her in one motion, and she wrapped her legs around his waist like it was second nature. The next second, her back was slammed against the rough bark of a tree, and still, they didn’t stop kissing.

Violet grabbed his bottom lip with her teeth and bit hard. Roman grunted from the pain, but it only made him kiss her harder. His fingers dug into her waist, holding her so tight it hurt, but it felt good at the same time.

The both of them were moving, grinding, like the kiss was going to consume them whole. She could feel the heat in her core rising, fast, needy, and uncontrollable. Violet wanted to forget everything. The mate bond. The Heartbreak. Everything.

Fuck. Roman hissed between his teeth, the heat building so quick it almost knocked the air from his lungs.

Violet was going to be the death of him.

Both of them were gasping, the kiss messy and their bodies grinding like they couldn’t get enough.

He wanted to come inside her. Goddess, he wanted more than that.

The pressure was unbearable. He was so close.

Suddenly, Roman dropped her legs, stepped back, and spun around to the tree beside them.

"God—!" he growled, tilting his head back as he spilled his release against the tree bark instead. Roman shuddered, his muscles tense.

When he was done, he leaned his forehead against the tree, his chest rising and falling in ragged breaths.

Violet stood there watching him, her own chest heaving, her lips red and kiss-bruised.

Roman turned to her after catching his breath and said coldly, "Well, you’ve gotten what you wanted from your side piece. Now go enjoy your main one. Have a nice day with Griffin."

"What?!" Violet blinked, stunned. Was Roman serious right now? She knew he could be difficult sometimes, but this was a whole new level of petty.

Before she could say a word, Roman had already shifted into a green tiger and vanished into the forest.

What the hell just happened? Violet was dumbfounded.

Still, no matter how it ended, Violet knew she had gotten to him, even if just a little. And that was enough for now. There was time. She’d make him come around. She was sure of it.