The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy

Chapter 0232

“Luca!” Rafe shouts, just as Jesse shouts Jackson’s name, both of them baffled.

I shake my head at Jacks, begging him to understand as I keep moving forward, as I place myself between my mates. And the moment I step actually between them, holding out a hand, palm out, towards each, begging them to stop

I realize that it was a mistake.

I mean, I don’t know what else I could have done, but it was a mistake.

Because in that moment, each of my mates sees that I’m not denying the other. Luca’s eyes flash to Jackson’s just as Jackson’s move to his. There’s a brief moment of silence before Jacks releases a horrible, desperate snarl. Luca roars in response before, in a flash, they both shift into their wolves.

Ben realizes what is happening half a second before everyone else, and he’s the only one to move in time. My friend releases a shout, hurling himself up from the couch and leaping over the coffee table to tackle me to the floor jus

as the two wolves crash into each other

above us.

And god, the sound they make –

they release sound unending, so loud in our tight stone room that it feels my eardrums will shatter. Ben wraps an arm around me, pulling me away, back against the stone of the fireplace as I cover my ears with my hands, tears slipping down my cheeks. I try to look, but god, there’s blood-

emotions rage through me, I’m completely overwhelmed. I no longer have any idea which of my emotions are mine, and which are theirs scream, and scratch, and bite, and intercede, and stop them, and

I want to

Ben wrap me up in a tight ball as more noise adds to

suddenly, somehow, the feelings change shock and confusion

shame, and

–

–

senses slowly coming back to me, and my face goes still when I see that there are four wolves in front of me now Jackson’s scruff in his mouth, not biting him

wolf stands between Rafe, Jackson, and the fourth wolf, who is a lighter brown – almost blonde – panting and snarling his warning. But then Jesse

out between them.

the fuck back! We

his grip on his neck. Luca shifts then, and my eyes go directly to him, groaning when I

to check on his wounds – but Ben tightens his hands on my arms. “You stay…right here…”

can’t stop the whimper in my

my right, and when I look I see Jackson getting slowly to his feet. He didn’t come out of it as badly as Luca did, but I see his hand move