The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy

Chapter 0306

“What!?” I gasp, grabbing the magazine and lifting it up, reading the headline and realizing that the other half of the cover is, of course, a picture of Luca in his boxer’s getup – which, essentially, just means sweaty and shirtless. And, of course, he looks stupidly good with his boxing gloves up by his face, his expression all tough and gritty and determined.

But I tear my eyes away from the picture of my handsome mate to read the headline splashed across both of us.

“CONFIRMED: LUCA GRANT MATED TO PRINCESS ARIEL.”

“Ohhh my god,” I murmur, my fingers tightening against the cover in my shock. Because, I mean, it’s not a secret within our inner circles that Luca and I are mated – but this is not public knowledge, and certainly not something my parents would have wanted me to announce so openly and so early on in my relationship.

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And, especially, since I have you know a second mate that’s going to complicate all of this this is not at all a good thing for me.

But who did this?

told his mom and his uncle, but to everyone else he introduced me to last night – he always said girlfriend, never mate. Because that’s incredibly personal, and considering who I am, and

to the press? It’s a huge betrayal.

hesitate, a little, as I begin to flick through the pages of the magazine, because I am suddenly quite terrified that

proud to be mated to me. Someone who wants everyone

sigh, and press the

that Luca did this. I don’t know

up at my mother. “Mom?” I whisper, not really knowing

is breaking, and she reaches for me in an instant, wrapping me up in

it?” I whisper, horrified, not wanting an

her voice grave. “He…he didn’t

up straight, surprised and confused, wanting to see her face. “But

15 BONUS

mates,” dad says, and mom leans back a little so that I can look into my father’s stern face. He’s not mad at me, obviously, but I can tell that he’s keeping his temper on quite

his pockets, his face sorry for me. Next to him, Ben and Daphne look exactly the same. Jesse just looks pissed as hell, and starts across the room to pour himself a cup of coffee that he probably doesn’t need, just wanting something to do. As he does, Markie slips back

then again, she