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.

Violet kept her expression polite, serene even, but inside, she was furious. The only thing stopping her from standing up and punching Lucien square in the face was the hundreds of Fae eyes fixed on her, waiting and watching her reaction.


She wasn't stupid. Violet understood exactly what Lucien had been doing since the moment they met. The peryton prince had been circling her like this was some mating display, and apparently, her rejection hadn't lodged itself properly in his skull.


Her mates were the only ones she would ever want. The only ones she would dance with, and the only ones she would share her life with. No one else.


And certainly not this arrogant, pushy, self-important prince who thought persistence was romance.


"Prince Lucien," Violet said in a composed voice, "I am truly honored by your request."


Lucien's posture straightened, hope shining briefly in his eyes.


"But," Violet continued, "my first dance has already been promised to my mates."


Chapter 736 - Gifts From Her Mates