The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy

Chapter 51

Luca’s lips just barely, barely brush mine before I gasp and shove him away.

“Luca!” I shout, stumbling backwards a few steps and staring up at him with wide eyes.

“Oh my god, Ari!” he shouts, digging his hands into his hair and turning from me in frustration, clenching his jaw. “What are you seriously!? What are we even here for if we’re not going to –”

“Luca!” I shout again, stomping my foot and going completely rigid with my own anger. “You are not being fair – you told me to come here tonight for a conversation, and then you try to –” I hesitate now, stumbling over my words in my embarrassment, “what, make out with me!?”

Luca laughs an ironic little laugh and turns back at me, glaring. “Well, isn’t that the point, Ari? What do you want from me? Why are you pulling me into a secret dream if not to –“

“I don’t know!” I half shout, half moan, my arms stiff at my side as I turn my head up to the sky and press my eyes shut, overwhelmed and frustrated. “We just – we are not on the same terms here! And I don’t want to do anything with you unless –”

–

And then I halt my words, my cheeks blushing scarlet as I realize that I just admitted that I would want to kiss him if the terms are right.

When I tentatively open my eyes, I see that Luca picked up on it too. He’s smirking a little

to discover that he wasn’t wrong about this thing now, still frustrated but pleased – I think that’s between us. That it is not at all one–sided,

–

“Fine,” he snaps, taking another step closer to me. “Let’s have this conversation then. Why won’t you let me kiss you?”

I blink in shock at the bluntness of his words, but the way his smirk deepens makes me realize that he did it on purpose that he’s trying to unnerve me, probably because he’s

pissed.

I just narrow my eyes, pissed in turn that he’s deliberately not playing fair.

I reply, a bit through my teeth. “I don’t know your

need

happy yips of excitement, but I just scowl at her, annoyed. “I mean, I don’t want

turning his head to

be kissed as

he says, his voice soft.

mean. “I want…” I say softly, speaking the words as my mind finds them, “you to kiss me…because you want to kiss me. Not just

his expression and his stance somehow

out, throwing my hands to the side. “Are you – are you gay,

to that, several dreams ago? I didn’t think I was attracted to guys, but then I met you,

staring at him, baffled.

he says instantly, narrowing his eyes at

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head at him,

“What?”

Chapter 31

live in a pretty progressive country and time, but it will affect your status in the world if people find out that you’re at Alpha Academy making out with a little shrimpy boy.”

care about any of that. All of that is outdated moral bullshit that should be tossed out the window. We get one life, and when you meet someone that you have a connection with? A connection like this?” He shakes his head, staring into my

dropping a hand from my cheek and wrapping his arm tight around my waist, pulling me suddenly flush

stare at him, searching for words, for

his lips to mine again, more firmly

it, I

of

to him is immediate, and

–

weight against him, not really intending to do it my body is moving beyond me now.

it just sings to me with how right it is. I pull my mate closer as his arms wrap tight around my waist, forcing me

pressed against