The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy

Chapter 0173

My mouth pops open in mock indignation as my sister fights her urge to smirk. “I have always been badass and cool, Juniper!” I protest, laughing.

“Ariel, believe me,” Juniper sighs, rolling her eyes but letting her smile run free. “You have been the opposite of badass and cool. You were like, a pink bubblegum fairy glitter princess

“And I still am,” I return, laughing. “Except now I can shoot a tin can off of a tree stump from half a mile away.”

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“Ugh,” she groans. “Nevermind. Still not cool. Plus, now you’ve brought your mates home,” she murmurs, looking at Luca and then around to where Jackson is standing with our mom, clearly intuiting that he’s the other one. “Like this family needed more Alpha men around, all gigantic and eating everything in sight –”

“Not my Alphas,” I counter, grinning at her, my arm still around her shoulders. “I got them trained up real good.”

“So that’s the other one?” she says, raising her chin towards Jackson, her voice dubious.

with her arm around his

is quiet for a moment, her eyes flicking between Jackson and my mom. As we stand observing them,

her voice low with doubt as her eyes focus on mom’s arm around

with shock, staring at my sister, before I

room full of people – but…yeah. Maybe looking a little too close to my mate

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over him!” Juniper says, laughing with me, throwing out a hand towards them. Jackson frowns a little, not knowing what’s going on and clearly wanting

from me before grabbing her hand and tugging her towards Jackson and mom. “She’s just

as she is. “Don’t let dad see this – he’ll get all jealous, and then we’ll have a body to clean up. Which will be interesting, but messy.” I grin, ignoring her words. Because as much as she likes to pretend she’s a black sheep, Juniper is

for Juniper and me when we come near. “I love seeing you two get along! It’s so rare, to

about five more minutes of us being nice,” Junie sighs, letting mom fold her into

uncle Roger says as Ben and

drinks. Roger lets out a booming laugh at his own joke as he wraps me into

say, beaming