The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy

Chapter 13

Chapter 13

I sigh and drop my head back on my pillow as I finish my sandwich, curling up tight and pressing my eyes shut, going over every moment of my conversation with Luca in my

head.

Thinking about his handsome face, the way his eyes fell to my mouth, the ran down his spine —

The fact that I did that to him…

This is…

I sigh, feeling suddenly overwhelmed.

Because this is getting into some dangerous grounds, isn’t it?

way

the shiver

Some wonderful grounds, my wolf corrects, curling into a little crescent and tucking her nose warmly beneath the edge of her tail. Sneak back over – let’s see if we can make him go all shivery again!

No, I growl inwardly, shaking my head. Because as much as I’m completely distracted and fascinated by my new connections, I have to resist the urge to explore them right now. There’s far too much at stake –

If I let Luca or Jackson in too much, I could get caught and then I risk losing my shot at trying myself in the Academy and I’ll risk having to go home and fulfill my promise to marry Prince Edward. As much as I’m intrigued…

I have to keep my distance. Which means doing my best to avoid my mates during the two weeks of candidacy.

I can do that, right? Mates are forever – I will have time to explore my connections with them later, and right now I need to turn my mind to other things.

I can do this, I tell myself with a steady nod, my eyes still pressed shut.

No you can’t, my wolf sighs sleepily, closing her eyes.

But I just ignore her, determined, and steady my breathing, willing myself to fall asleep.

When a hand shakes my arm the next morning, I gasp awake out of a much–needed deep.

in

Chapter 13

dreamless sleep.

me from his perch on the side of my bed. “Time to

here are a mess of noise, all the candidates getting ready at once. I

hopping silently down from the side of the bed. “We’re going for a

note of the single finger pressed to Jesse’s lips as he glances towards the still–sleeping Rafe. I grimace, realizing that if we’re going without my brother…

going to be

pulling on my boots and quickly lacing them before Jesse and I sneak quietly to the bathroom for our morning ablutions and then out the door of the barracks. As we pass my bunk I smile at

choice but to be able to sleep through

we walk out into the dawn light, the fresh morning

are we able to just walk in and out

towards the hills. “Candidates are all here voluntarily and they’re all determined to hold themselves to the rules. Because

come and go at will?” I

Which is what we’re doing.” He gives me a wink and a little squeeze around the shoulders before

jaw drops open before I scowl at

the track at a gentle jog. “Come on! You

then I hurry to catch up with my cousin, who I

paces, making me stay by his side until I’m panting for air while he, infuriatingly, barely breaks a sweat. When we get to the top of a hill he signals

fitter than me,” I gasp, glaring at him. “I do…ballet.

breath, looking out over the gorgeous, hazy countryside with a smile. I follow his gaze as my breathing comes easier,

contrast to such a beautiful landscape. “I hate that you and Rafe got to become bastions of athletic prowess and I got to train

out the

I ask, my eyes wide.

mate – so why the hell would we let you go into a

the whole time too? And wait – they

laughs a little and runs his hand through his hair.

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a little bit.”

laughing as I do. Jesse – he’s

seriously, Ari,” Jesse says after he dodges my hand, still smiling at me. “You trained your whole life to be a Queen, and it didn’t work out in that way, but the fact that your mate is here? Training for the Academy at the same time you are?” he shrugs and grins at me,

know,” I whisper, nodding with him. “It feels like…grandma has a hand in

our inside joke of calling an all–powerful moon

to him, a little surprised to hear him use my full name in

on my shoulder. “I get that you’re a big girl now, and that I have no right to tell you what to do, and that you’ve already got an overprotective big brother

a little

he hasn’t figured out who

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