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 -

crashing roars they release sound unending, so loud in our tight stone room that it feels my eardrums will shatter. Ben wraps an arm around me, pulling me away, back against the stone of the fireplace as cover

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

I feel Ben wrap me up in a tight ball as more noise

confusion adding to the anger, and a sudden sense of shame, and

he holds Jackson's scruff in his mouth, not biting

glaring viciously between Jackson and Luca. "Shift the fuck back! We are getting to the bottom of this, right

his grip on his neck. Luca shifts

hands on my arms. "You stay...right here..." he murmurs in my ear. "For just a little longer, okay?" Realizing

slowly to his feet. He didn't come out of it as badly as Luca did, but I see his hand move instantly to his jaw,

says, glaring down at me. "Is there something

The two of us get to our feet and I look awkwardly around the room, tears welling in my eyes, not knowing where to begin. I feel so horribly selfish and overwhelmed - because I know I need to tell them

have no idea