The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy

Chapter 0289

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My dad sits quietly by me as I finish telling him what Jackson and Luca have asked of me, I wipe a few stray tears from my eyes. Dad is strong and stoic as I speak – the rock in my life that I always need him to be, letting me feel my pain and sitting quietly by me as I do. And when it passes, he’s still there, holding my hand.

“What do you think?” I ask, my voice a little shaky, wanting to know.

He sighs. “Well, I’m not surprised,” he says, tilting his head to the side. “The

possessiveness I feel towards your mother – there was a moment when we thought she had a second mate too, and I…completely flipped out –”

“What!?” I gasp, shocked. Why – why are there all these things about my parents‘ past that I had no idea about!?

Dad laughs a little, squeezing my hand. “I ripped the door basically off its hinges, went tearing through the Palace looking for him, fully intending to murder him, scared poor Conner nearly to death.” He laughs again, like it’s a fond memory, as I stare at him with wide eyes.

“But he wasn’t her mate?”

head. “Just…a misunderstanding. We checked with the Goddess, who

go wider. “How does one check with

before reaching for his coffee. “Just summon her up –

as I just gape at him. Aunt Cora

the weather.

of his coffee, sensing that my sadness has passed fully now. “You should consider asking Cora to call the Goddess for you, or see if you can do it –”

do it!?”

a little demigoddess too, Ariel,” dad says, grinning over his coffee at me. “I mean, we avoided saying that to you as much as we could when you were a kid because we

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It…might have some

I blink myself out of my shock and concentrate on

mates. But, I think it’s worth realizing that if the Goddess gave you two mates, she probably had a reason for it. After

is I grin at dad now, seeing where this is going, and very warmed

fit the bill. So, maybe his first mate really was part of the Goddess’s plan