The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy

Chapter 0248

Neumann laughs at my inappropriate remark, shaking his head. “I was hard on you to push you,

Clark. You work harder when you’re terrified. Someone has to herd you along towards your potential, after all,” he looks around the room now, glaring a bit at my friends and my family, who all beam at me. “These ones, I suspect, pet you a little too much.”

“Thank you, sir,” Rafe says formally, coming forward, but Neumann just waves a hand at him, turning his attention back to me. I grin, a little pleased to have a professor pay more attention to me than Rafe, who is usually the golden boy.

“Don’t listen to what those other Cadets said at the final test, either,” Neumann says, stern.

“Do you

hear me on that? Half of them failed anyway, so they don’t know what they’re talking about. You’re very promising, and we’re incredibly excited about your future in the department. Not every successful cadet needs to be a bastion of physical force in order to be useful to the nation’s military. Understood?”

I nod eagerly, tucking my hands behind my back and straightening my shoulders, bolstered by the fact that he believes in me. And, quite frankly, the fact that half my classmates failed

out.

Jerks.

tell him that I said that. And that if he has any questions about your aptitude and potential, that he can ask

little as I realize that Neumann… knows. He has perhaps

me,” my professor finishes, giving a sharp nod and then turning away and striding down the hall. “I wish you all a happy winter break!” he calls to us, “get it out of your systems, children! When

after him, shock and thrill pulsing

I turn to stare around at the group of Alphas standing in

room, all

fists up into the

I’m swept off my feet. I laugh,

hugs me, and kisses my cheeks, and tells me how wonderful I am and how they’re not at all

by the joy of it, when

huge smile on my face, to see Jackson standing

can hear in his voice that he’s pleased and proud. “Ariel passed! Top marks in Chemistry – top student

wide smile spreads over Jackson’s face. “What,” he says, slowly, looking around