The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy

Chapter 0220

Dad stares at me and then up at Jackson again. “What?” he asks. “I was just being polite

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“Jacks is…not great with polite,” I say, pressing myself warmly to his side. “Actually, I think he’d probably rather fight you than do the small talk thing.”

Jackson scowls, already coming back to himself a little. “Ari, I don’t want to fight him –”

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“I know,” I say, nodding and smiling up into his face. “Just can we all maybe take a bit of space? Try this again over midwinter, maybe over dinner?”

“Or an activity,” Rafe suggests, knowing that even a dinner might be a bit much for Jacks. ” Or a great, great deal of whiskey – barrels of it.”

“Enough,” dad snaps good–heartedly at Rafe, waving a dismissive hand at all of us as he turns away. “Fine, fine! We’ll do it all later! I need much more information anyway.”

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to the bed with mom at his side, and then

Jacks,” I whisper,

didn’t…say anything,” he murmurs, glancing after my parents. “Besides, like, my name

so well,” Rafe says with humorous condescension, patting him on his shoulder with a laugh. I laugh too and Jackson gives a tentative smile, I

opens again – suddenly, I long

says, looking around, a clipboard in his hand. “I’m looking for Cadets Sinclair, McClintock, and

of me, asking whether the professor is looking for Jesse or Rafe Sinclair, and in the intervening moment Jackson hands me his cap, which was apparently tucked into his back pocket. Hastily, I loop my hair up onto my

professor reveals that he’s looking for Rafe Sinclair, Rafe glances back at me and then nods to him, letting him know that we’re

good,” the professor says, looking anxiously over at the King,

wondering what the hell is going on. But he doesn’t

“the three of you have

a big hug. When we go all the way around before we

again. “It’s not an issue that Cadet…Clark…” here she glances at me, and inwardly I

full stop. I think,” he glances at my dad here, “they were written that way with this express situation in