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

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dreamless sleep.

perch on the side of my bed. “Time to

here are a mess of noise, all the candidates getting ready at once. I sit up and look around, realizing that everyone’s

on,” he whispers, hopping silently down from the side of the bed. “We’re going for

down softly, taking note of the single finger pressed to Jesse’s lips as he glances towards the still–sleeping Rafe. I grimace,

we’re going to be talking

to the bathroom for our morning ablutions and then out the door

choice but to be able to sleep through a great

the door to the barracks and slips a friendly arm around my shoulders as we walk out into the dawn light, the fresh morning air bracing

“Like, why are we able to just walk in and out of this place?”

here voluntarily and they’re all determined to hold

come and

to go for an early morning run. Which is what we’re doing.” He gives me a wink and a little squeeze around the shoulders before dropping his arm

jaw drops open before I scowl at him. “You

he says, grinning at me and starting off on the track at a gentle

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

for a long while as he puts me through my paces, making me stay by his side until I’m panting for air while he, infuriatingly, barely breaks a sweat. When we get

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

Uncle Dom have been prepping Rafe and I for this since we were kids.” He takes a deep breath, looking out over the gorgeous, hazy countryside with a

to become bastions of athletic prowess

out the truth. “That was all you. Mom was pissed as hell when Aunt

my eyes

nods and smiles at me. “Yeah, she said that she had seen your future at your moonlight baptism and that guy was not your mate – so why the hell would we let you go into a marriage that we knew would fail? But Aunt Ella said you had to be free to make your

stare at him, baffled by this. “So, you knew the whole time too? And wait

little and runs his hand through his hair. “I may

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a little bit.”

as I

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,

“It feels like…grandma

our inside joke

hear him use my full name in

have no right to tell you what to do, and that you’ve already got an overprotective big brother to play this role. But…” he hesitates and

I ask, a little

figured

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