The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy

Chapter 101

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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.

the air like he’d go

his shirt. Because I mean, if Wright’s not here

don’t need –

pain making everything dizzy –

revenge right now. If by some miracle I’m going to

shaking my head up at him.

blood pouring from my leg and my stomach, as he

he whispers, his voice thick with his

him or…or not wanting

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as I feel my consciousness fading-

and I blink, looking back up into his face as I realize that I almost passed out

a little, not

button of my shirt and presses his hand flat

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

–

suddenly, filling me a great deal of energy, and strength, and a glowing, rich sort of power. I gasp, my

doesn’t do anything for the pain, but it sure as hell wakes me up. I stare up

asks, his voice sharper than it was

though wolf healing is fast it’s not

–

as much of it as you can hold. I think I think with the connection between our magic, it

hesitates, not wanting to say

he means. Enough to

with him in his arms. I moan again, almost a scream, as 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

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his grief that he just found me, that he could lose me so soon. But, above all, his sheer determination to make

reply, pathetically simple, nodding to him, letting him feel my

odds, I believe him.

once, sharply, and then turns in the forest, striding off through the trees. He doesn’t bother, anymore, to be

as my mind passes from state to state, concentrating on the pain and then concentrating on

wide. I look around at all of them through half–lidded eyes, my arms curled around Jackson’s neck when did I do that? – as he holds me high against his chest.

–

I can tell that the two of us make rather an impressive sight – or, at least, a terrible

the strongest Cadet in the Academy, especially enraged like this,

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.