Two centuries after the Great War, peace between humans and werewolves was finally achieved, or so everyone believes. Werewolves reign like gods, and humans remain blissfully unaware of their true place in the new world order. 

To maintain this fragile balance, each year, a handful of "lucky" humans are selected from various districts to attend Lunaris Academy, a prestigious institution that promises glory, status, and a chance to mingle with the elite. Those chosen are hailed as the lucky few, destined to marry powerful alphas and rise as luna.

This year, Violet Purple is among the chosen, much to everyone's surprise. For an orphaned girl adopted by a disgraced prostitute, this is a golden ticket to a better life or so she's told. But Lunaris Academy isn’t the paradise it’s painted to be. 

Everything Violet and her fellow humans have been taught is a lie. Humans are far from equal; they're pawns in a much larger game. The academy is nothing but a gilded cage, and the students are lambs led to slaughter, playthings for the alphas to toy with in their ruthless games. 

To make matters worse, Violet catches the attention of the most dangerous players in this game, the Terror Four: the Alpha of the North, Alpha of the South, Alpha of the East, and Alpha of the West. Each one is more dangerous, more twisted, and more powerful than the last. But even among themselves, the alphas are divided, each with their own deadly ambitions. 

Yet, they all have their eyes on her.

They expect Violet to play along, to fall in line like the others who worship at their feet, to break under their games. But Violet isn’t like the others. She refuses to bow. She’ll defy them all.

With her room half destroyed, Violet had no bed to lie on. Lila, of course, had eagerly offered up her own room for her to stay the night. And while the Fae could easily fix the damage, the situation was too precarious. What if Alaric returned unannounced and offered to handle it himself? What would they do then?


So, they left the room as it was. At least until morning, they'd figure something out by then.


Predictably, Violet had turned Lila's offer down. As much as Lila was her guardian, it didn't mean she was her servant. The girl couldn't keep going out of her way just to make her comfortable. It just didn't sit right with her.


Violet had a gut feeling that a certain "animal" might come sniffing around for her. And staying in Lila's room? Yeah, that would've been very uncomfortable especially knowing how sensitive these creatures were to intrusions. Strangely enough, Lila hadn't pushed it. She simply let her be.


Chapter 293 - Taking Turns