He points to the end of my bed and I see my black Cadet uniform there, along with some folded pieces of paper. I grin, encouraged by the sight of my Academy Black, hoping to hell this means my dad will let me go.

I mean, I'm an adult now - my decisions are mine. But, if he really doesn't want me to go he can absolutely blow my cover and just let the school know that I'm a girl. I scowl, hating it, but also trusting, deep down, that my dad will listen. S~ᴇaʀᴄh the ꜰindNʘvel.ɴet website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

"Are you coming to breakfast?" I ask, looking down at Jackson.

"Hell no," he says, shaking his head like I'm crazy. I laugh, grinning at him.

"One conversation with my dad was enough?"

"I need...a great deal of prep before the next time that I sit down with your father," he murmurs, covering his face with his hand and taking a deep breath. "That was terrifying."

"He was being nice to you!" I laugh.

"Ari," Jackson murmurs, shaking his head even as he refuses to look at me, "I have a very different relationship with men in positions of authority - yesterday I almost had a heart attack when I saw you yell at the King. Where I come from, you'd have been killed for that -"

my dad," I

his hand away with a sigh and looking up at me. "We don't have

up with him again. "We'll get Rafe to have some chats with you to teach you how to

shaking his head in disbelief. "And

my orders, more like," I mutter, smug, and he

about nothing, when suddenly the door opens. I sit up straight with a gasp, but then

very chaste. You're just...laying next to each other. Honestly, Ariel, I'm a little disappointed in you -" "Mom!" I gasp, horrified at her implications that Jackson and I would be, like, tearing into

Ariel!" She says

too much information, mother!" I shout, pressing my eyes

comes close and swats me on the head, laughing, before offering a hand out to

heart completely and is deeply, deeply fond of my

but not really using it to get up, instead pulling himself to his

aren't the rest of you this polite?" mom asks, grinning at me

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