The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy

Chapter 0312

“Oh, come on,” Jackson says, keeping his spot on the window seat and spreading out his hands, the seriousness of his gesture ruined a bit by the fact that he’s holding a raspberry pastry. “Do any of you honestly think that my presence at the Grant family home is going to help anything today?”

“It’s going to help Ariel,” Jesse says, eyebrows raised, pointing at me. My own eyebrows go

because…I mean, is it?

up

“Ariel can handle herself,” Jackson sighs, rolling his eyes a little bit and dropping his hands to his knees. “I mean, I get being over–protective in the Academy where people are trying to beat the shit out of her

“You included,” Jesse says, crossing his arms and glaring at my mate.

Jackson just returns his glare and keeps going. “But, Ariel is smart and capable she doesn’t need her big brute mate coming along when she’s got her big brute brother and big brute cousin at her side. Besides, you know my being there is just going to set Luca off. It’s not worth it.”

I beam a little at my mate, because even if he is declining to come and defend my honor, he’s doing it because he thinks that I’m perfectly capable of defending myself. And there’s something really nice in that – in Jackson’s utter faith in me.

pulse down our bond, letting him know that I love that he sees me that way, and Jackson turns to give me a little wink before returning

be too much backup. Showing up to a knife fight with a rocket launcher. We want to keep this quiet, even if we do want to get to the bottom of it. Ariel’s

be outvoted. But then he turns his head to Jacks. “So, what are

between the three of us. “Ella said something about…shoes.”

into a grin,

it. Then he looks down at himself

grinning now as Jackson looks back up at us. “So that’s where the glow- up came

a glow up?” Jackson asks,

help my laughter as I grin at my

here,” he says, frowning a little at the memory.

+15 BONUS

says it

says, his face falling into mock apologetic lines as he points over at my mate. Rafe’s jaw drops open in pretend shock as he presses a hand to his heart, making me laugh. “Yes, we came to new terms on a cliff outside the Academy the

from his arms and putting his hands up like he gives in and just wants it all to end. I laugh and move over slightly, sitting next to him in the window seat instead of

grin, moving

“Car’s waiting outside to take us to Luca’s house. Time to go give him a piece of our collective