The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy

Chapter 0241

My lip starts to tremble as I listen, tears again stinging my eyes, but Jesse leans forward.

“Rafe,” he murmurs, glancing between us. “Slow down a little, man. I mean, if we’re aware of what they’re feeling, then she’s aware of it double – she can feel it all down their bonds. And that, on top of her own feelings?” He shakes his head, holding Rafe’s gaze, willing him

to listen.

Rafe takes a deep breath and sighs, pushing his cake around on his plate, clearly thinking it through. In the end, though, he looks up at me. “Can you seriously feel everything they feel?”

“Not everything,” I murmur, my voice tight as I look down at my plate. “Not unless the emotion is really intense, or they send it to me deliberately. And not…across great distances. Only when they’re nearby, or in the room. Like I can’t feel them now.”

“Weird,” he murmurs, quietly eating his cake as he puts his thoughts together for a second. Jesse does the same.

Rafe breaks the silence.

trusted me enough to let me know. I’d have

true sadness and hurt in his voice, and then my throat gets tight. I blink fast, not wanting to cry,

the tears start to fall down my

on Ari, don’t do that,” Jesse murmurs, leaning forward and putting a warm hand on my

the side of one hand. “I’m sorry, I’m

his arms around my body and pulling me into his lap. “I’m sorry, sis. I’m fucking livid with you but – god, fuck, I’m sorry

by my grief and confusion, knowing he’ll see me through it. Knowing

the coffee table, laying himself down on the couch so that all of our heads are very close together, so that we can talk and hear each other in barely more than a whisper, if we so choose. “We can’t get all the gossip if she’s crying like

my away all my tears,

head to grin at me. “Jackson’s fine, by the way, thanks to yours truly. Going to show up here to breakfast tomorrow, newly determined to try for your hand. In exchange for your genuine gratitude, my love…I will accept the whole damn story. Right

hell, and while…well, while he’s not precisely prepared to grovel for you…he’ll be here in the morning.