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?

family knows, and that Luca 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 what

the press?

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

be mated to me. Someone who wants everyone to

and press the magazine shut in

all, that Luca did this. I don’t know what I’ll do

knowing what I’m asking, staring at her with

sweetie,” she says, her words sounding like her heart is breaking, and she reaches for me in an instant, wrapping me up in a hug and pulling me half off

he do it?” I whisper, horrified,

“He…he didn’t deny it, when

and confused, wanting to see her

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can look into my father’s stern face. He’s not mad at me, obviously,

for me. Next to him, Ben and Daphne look exactly the same. Jesse

empathy than I’d expect. But, then again,