The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy

"Luca!" Rafe shouts, just as Jesse shouts Jackson's name, both of them baffled.

I shake my head at Jacks, begging him to understand as I keep moving forward, as I place myself between my mates. And the moment I step actually between them, holding out a hand, palm out, towards each, begging them to stop -

I realize that it was a mistake.

I mean, I don't know what else I could have done, but it was a mistake.

Because in that moment, each of my mates sees that I'm not denying the other. Luca's eyes flash to Jackson's just as Jackson's move to his. There's a brief moment of silence before Jacks releases a horrible, desperate snarl. Luca roars in response before, in a flash, they both shift into their wolves.

Ben realizes what is happening half a second before everyone else, and he's the only one to move in time. My friend releases a shout, hurling himself up from the couch and leaping over the coffee table to tackle me to the floor just as the two wolves crash into each other above us.

And god, the sound they make -

me away, back against the stone of the fireplace as cover my ears with my hands,

my emotions are mine, and which are theirs - I want to scream, and scratch, and bite,

Ben wrap me up in a tight ball as more

somehow, the feelings change - shock and confusion adding to the anger, and

open my eyes, my senses slowly coming back to me, and my face goes still when I see that there are four wolves in front of me now - Rafe's huge dark wolf snarling as he holds Jackson's scruff in his mouth, not biting him but a warning growl rumbling deep in his chest. Jesse's familiar brown wolf stands between Rafe, Jackson, and the fourth wolf, who is

"Shift the fuck back! We are getting to the bottom of this,

pause as we all look around at each other before Jackson shakes himself, just a little, and Rafe loosens his grip on his neck. Luca shifts then, and

"You stay...right here..." he murmurs in my ear. "For just a little longer, okay?" Realizing that he's right, I stop, though I

right, and when I look I see Jackson getting slowly to his feet. He didn't come out of it as badly

to me in his rage. "Ariel!?" he says, glaring down at me. "Is there something that

the room, tears welling in my

just I have no