The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy

To my surprise, Jackson makes absolutely no move to put me down. Instead, he just looks at Luca evenly for a second. "Your girlfriend?" he asks, the words low and light with disbelief. He hums consideringly and then turns his face back up to mine. "What do you think, Clark?" he murmurs, nodding over to where Luca stands, not bothering to look his way. "That your boyfriend over there?"

I can't help it then, loving the assurance in his voice, the calm way he dismisses Luca's jealousy. A slow, happy smile spreads over my lips as I stare down at him, not saying a single word regarding whether Luca's my boyfriend or not.

Because honestly, I don't know.

But Jackson's right - Luca doesn't get to boss him around on this, does he?

"Didn't think so," Jackson murmurs, low enough that maybe only I hear him. But then he grins at me and lowers me to the floor as Luca strides to my side, grabbing my hand.

"Okay, okay," Rafe says, stepping forward with a sigh. "Clearly, clearly we need some ground rules here."

And I sigh, glancing up at both of my mates, before crossing the room to Rafe's side.

- it's time we got some things straight and

even doing here?" Luca growls at Jackson,

a calm shrug. "I was

asks, starting to

says, crossing the room

"What is all this happy family nonsense!? Are we all just going to pretend that McClintock and I didn't try

coffee. I blink at him, a little surprised, wondering where all this confidence came from. This is, in some ways, a very different Jackson than

seem like the aggressor now that Jackson has proclaimed himself neutral. Then Luca grits his teeth, storming over to Jackson. Rafe grabs the back of my shirt, not letting me go to

look back at him. "This, weirdly, is not actually your

arms. "I'm going to go from two mates to none if they

laughs lightly, but we both

this, looking like the good guy - making me look like the bad guy But I'm the only one being honest here - you don't