The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy

Chapter 0242

“Yeah,” Jesse says, considering, assessing. “Yeah, Ari, with all of it – I think you did as well as you could.”

“Really?” I ask, kind of shocked.

nueves to him. “I mean, you had to get to “Yeah, I agree,” Rafe says with a sigh. I turn know them first to know if you even wanted to tell them you were their mate. And then you certainly couldn’t have told one before the other. And if you had told me, I definitely would have gone running off to mom and then dad would have pulled you out of school. The way

you

handled this was messy but…” he shrugs again. “I get it.”

“Oh god,” I mutter, putting my face into my tired hands with a shaky sigh. “That…that makes me feel so much better.”

“Maybe you could have used the dreamscape,” Jesse murmurs thoughtfully, “and pulled them both in. And then they couldn’t have hurt each other physically, just their dream bodies…”

giving him a little glare, “sure, that

he says, waving a flippant hand.

my head back

this. And I do think you owe them apologies and explanations but…I don’t

propping himself up on his elbow to hear what Rafe has to

he looks between us. “I mean, you’re not just some mean girl who is dating two guys and not telling them about it. You didn’t pick

perk up a little to hear it said this

as well. “The Goddess put all three of you on this road together, and just because Luca and Jackson don’t like it doesn’t make it your fault. You have to remind them of that, Ari- and if they give you any shit about it, then we’ll remind them too.” He raises his

he intends to remind

“Luca, especially, is going to try to convince you to turn away from your bond with Jackson. But you have every right to explore your bonds with both of your mates,

himself, deep in thought, speaking his ideas as he figures them out. “I mean, mates are supposed to be a gift – and she’s your grandmother, for heaven’s sake. I don’t think you

agree,” Rafe says, looking at me evenly. “I think it would be a

—

I think she’d be pissed, and you’d do yourself a disservice. I think you should explore it. While being as fair as you can to Luca and Jackson,