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

this to the press? It’s a

through the pages of the magazine, because I am suddenly quite terrified that

who wants everyone to know that

suddenly I can’t. I can’t read the article. I sigh, and press the magazine shut in my hands like that could keep my

the confirmation, if it’s there at all, that Luca did this. I don’t know what I’ll do if that turns

up at my mother. “Mom?” I whisper, not really knowing what I’m asking, staring at her with all of my horror in

like her heart is breaking, and she reaches for me in an instant, wrapping me up in a hug and pulling me half off my chair, half onto

I whisper, horrified, not wanting an answer.

sugar,” she replies, her voice grave. “He…he didn’t deny it, when he was asked by the reporter.”

straight, surprised and confused, wanting to see her face. “But then, who…”

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that ‘a source close to Luca Grant‘ confirmed that you two are mates,” dad says, and mom leans back a little so that I can look into my father’s

early this morning,” Rafe adds from across the table. I look over to see him standing, his hands in 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 into his seat next

looks at me with more empathy than I’d expect. But, then again, she is