The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy

Chapter 71

Chapter 71

“Shit,” Luca whispers, staring down at me as he freezes.

The knock comes again, more insistent this time.

“Ari!”

My eyes flare when I hear Jesse’s voice outside the door. “Oh no!”

“Ari!” Jesse shouts again, pounding on the wood. “Let’s go!”

Luca jumps up, looking frantically around at the floor as I sit up, piling my hair on top of my head as he bends over and grabs my cap, flinging it at me. Hasty, I shove it onto my head, tucking my hair up beneath it as Luca moves to the door, his eyes roving over me to make sure that I’m disguised.

“Get up!” he hisses, and I jump to my feet, realizing that I’m still sitting on his bed –

Not at all compromising –

Luca takes a deep breath and then pulls the door open, leaning casually against the wall.

“Hey, Jesse,” he says, doing his best to keep his voice even and failing, just a little bit. “You change your mind about coming to the party tonight?”

“Nice try, Grant,” Jesse says, his voice dry as he puts a hand on Luca’s shoulder and shoves him aside, his eyes landing immediately on me as he looks into the room. “Oh hey, cousin,” he says, baring his teeth. “Whatcha doing here!?”

I scowl at Jesse, crossing my arms and not bothering to pretend that this isn’t precisely what he thinks it is.

Jesse just laughs at me, shaking his head and glancing over his shoulder, where Ben peers. into the room.

“I actually am here for the party,” Ben says, his voice light as he comes in and closes the door behind him. “Though you…

Chapter 71

me. “We’ve got to get you back to the room, Rafe’s on the

frowning at Jesse and looking him up and down.

you want me to flip out and pretend that I’m mad at you for making out with your mate, Luca?” Jesse

eyes go wide. “Wait, you

Ben gasps, staring between Luca and

as I finish tucking the spare strands of

thought you guys

knew too?” Luca asks, staring at

rolling his eyes, “anyone with a pulse knows that you’re deeply into Shrimp Clark.”

name,” I growl, stepping forward with my hands on

be the voice of reason, and you know I hate that. But Rafe does not know,” he says, looking significantly at Luca now. “And if you want to keep your head on your shoulders, I would suggest that you keep this a

clearly doing the math and trying to decide if he can take Rafe. But we both know

over towards me after a moment, sadness and regret all over his face, and I can’t help it – I move to his side, slipping

in for a much larger fight with a much larger Prince

shrug. “He’s not wrong.

rumbles in Luca’s chest but he squeezes my hand and nods, his head hanging. “Yeah, I guess,” he mutters, clearly displeased. I feel a sudden pang of anxiety

that Luca is anxious that

his to protect.

–

a lot of it is that we’ve recognized each other as our mates now solidified our bond, accepted it, even if

–

doesn’t want me out of his sight.

he laughs

and I hate to

this is very

  1. go.

Ariel!”

but then I stand on my tiptoes and tilt my head back, looking up at Luca, who obliges me by pressing

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