The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy

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My scream only intensifies, combining with my moan of pain as I grab my leg and fall to the forest floor. I’m panting with agony as I lay in the dirt and the leaves, my eyes pressed shut for a moment before I glance down at my leg, my hands quickly coating in my own blood as they go directly to the wound

Trying to do something, to end the pain, to apply pressure, something –

But there’s nothing – god, I think the bolt hit bone, I think it cracked it

I’m still moaning horribly when a shadow falls over me, and I look frantically up to see Wright standing above me, drawing back the crossbow’s string, that ugly sneer still on his face, though mixed with victory now.

“You deserve this,” he snarls, glaring down at me. “Every inch of pain – laying in the dirt. finally recognizing your failure – you’re nothing but a dirty cheat –”

“Please,” I beg, gasping for breath as he loads another bolt and raises the crossbow towards me. “Please, don’t –”

“Save it,” he snaps, pointing the crossbow directly at me, and then without another word he pulls the trigger again, sending a bolt directly into my gut.

The pain is…blinding this time.

I scream again, but I must pass out from it

Honestly, did I die? I might have died, a little bit

But when I open my eyes again, the forest is fuzzy above me, and there’s a dark form looming over me, shouting my name.

I flinch away, screaming again, and a hand goes fast over my mouth before a hand slips under my head, cradling it.

-Who did this to you!?”

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1 blink, trying to clear my head as I recognize Jackson’s voice, but then I moan and let my head fall back- because the clearer my mind gets, the more I feel the pain.

“Ari!” Jackson shouts, and suddenly he’s on the ground next to me, pulling me into his lap. “Ari, who did this!?”

I almost scream again as the movement jostles my stomach, and my hand moves to the bolt of wood that’s protruding from my gut, that aches with every movement.

“I’m sorry,” Jackson murmurs, and I blink again, trying to focus, trying to look up into his face. His voice – it’s so tight, so full of pain. Did he did he get shot too? But as my eyes focus on his face I see that his pain is all desperate agony for me. “Ari,” he murmurs, his hand shaking as he cups my cheek. “Who did it?”

“Wright.” I murmur, shaking my head.

growls, his head snapping up, sniffing the air like he’d go after him right now, like he’ll tear him

my head, my hands fisted in his shirt. Because I mean, if Wright’s

need

pain making everything dizzy

do know that I don’t need revenge right now. If by some miracle I’m going

at him. “Please, we have

at the blood pouring from my leg and my stomach,

out of this, Ari,” he whispers, his voice thick with his vow. “Okay? Just…

believing him or…or not wanting him to believe that I’m

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feel my

his face

frowning a

Jackson rips open the top button of my shirt and presses his hand flat to

body, not with his hand. But with his….his

–

it, quite suddenly, filling me a great deal of energy, and strength, and a glowing, rich sort of power. I gasp, my eyes flying open, and then I bat his hand away suddenly feeling replete – like I

for the pain, but it sure as hell wakes me up. I stare up at him, confused, not

than it was before.

wolf

–

my magic, Ari as much of it as you can hold. I think I think with the connection between our magic, it will help speed your own magic,

wanting

precisely what he means.

he does. But he continues, staring down at me as I pant through. the pain, eventually opening my eyes to look up into him. “I’m getting you out, okay?” he whispers, his whole heart in

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he could lose me so soon. But, above all, his sheer determination to make me live even if it means killing himself in the

simple, nodding to him, letting him

the odds,

through the trees. He doesn’t bother, anymore,

concentrating on the pain and then concentrating on the world, I see that this, actually, was precisely his

get to the bridge, every single one of the cadets who was waiting there has turned to us, their eyes wide. I look around at all of them through half–lidded eyes, my arms curled around Jackson’s neck when

–

us

the Academy, especially enraged like this, covered

this bridge,” Jackson growls, his voice loud enough that he’s shouting even though his words hum with anger. As I glance up I can see Jackson’s canines sharpening to points, can feel his fingers lengthening to claws as he looks around at every single man standing there. “Does