The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy

Chapter 0251

“I think so,” I say, giving a little shrug. “That’s what she called it when mom and Cora talked to her, after all. A ‘gift.‘ She said all of her grandchildren would be likewise gifted. Do you know where yours comes from?”

Slowly he shakes his head. “No idea.”

“Well, maybe it’s also a gift,” I say, considering it as I stare up into his blue eyes, his dark head framed against the night sky. “After all, she clearly knows about you, if she picked you out as my mate.”

“That’s so weird,” he whispers, his eyes going a little distant, “to think that the Goddess… knows about me. I’ve always felt so…anonymous and inconsequential my whole life. I never in a million years would have thought the Goddess had an eye on me.”

“Of course she does,” I say, lifting a hand to idly stroke his chest. “You’re like…really good looking, Jacks. And she’s a woman after all.”

“Don’t be creepy,” he murmurs, his eyes focusing on me as he smirks. “That’s your grandmother.”

I burst out laughing, shaking my head at him. “I don’t like you thinking of yourself as inconsequential, Jacks,” I say with a sigh, nuzzling closer. “You’re everything.”

I think touched, and strokes my face with his thumb. “The city makes me feel more inconsequential, I think,” he says, lifting his head to peer around, though we can’t see the city around us from this part of the roof. “Though…being around these trees helps.” I nod, understanding. Mom was

up here tonight. There’s a whole Palace’s worth of rooms

quietly, genuinely wanting to know. Because, I mean, for better or for worse the city is my home, and if I’m going to be a part of this royal

spent here. If Jackson hates it…well, that will

he murmurs, thoughtful. “It’s better

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a little and peering at him. “It was worse for like…the fifteen minutes you waited for me to get off the train? What was so bad

“It was worse for the three months when I lived here.”

smacking him on the

he says, still laughing, pleased that he surprised me and made me squeak. He likes doing that, I know I can feel

and dying

men who sent me to the Academy knew that. I would have been so shocked at the way people act and talk, so…out of the loop of the culture. They sent me to live in the city for three months first, so I could become acculturated, not

much.”