The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy

"I think so," I say, giving a little shrug. "That's what she called it when mom and Cora talked to her, after all. A 'gift.' She said all of her grandchildren would be likewise gifted. Do you know where yours comes

from?"

Slowly he shakes his head. "No idea."

"Well, maybe it's also a gift," I say, considering it as I stare up into his blue eyes, his dark head framed against the night sky. "After all, she clearly knows about you, if she picked you out as my mate." "That's so weird," he whispers, his eyes going a little distant, "to think that the Goddess...knows about me. I've always felt so...anonymous and inconsequential my whole life. I never in a million years would have thought the Goddess had an eye on me."

"Of course she does," I say, lifting a hand to idly stroke his chest. "You're like...really good looking, Jacks. And she's a woman after all."

"Don't be creepy," he murmurs, his eyes focusing on me as he smirks. "That's your grandmother."

burst out laughing, shaking my head at him. "I don't like you thinking of yourself as inconsequential, Jacks," I say with a sigh, nuzzling closer.

careful in selecting the placement of our little roof garden - it feels very secluded up here - like our own little bit of

after all. And I picked the roof. "Do you hate it? The city?" I ask quietly, genuinely wanting to know. Because, I mean, for better or for worse the city is my home, and if I'm going to be a

hated it at first," he murmurs,

I say, sitting up a little and peering at him. "It was worse for like...the fifteen minutes you

and laughing a little. "It was worse for the three months

starting back a little and then smacking him on the chest,

- I can feel it

yeah!" I say, fascinated now and dying

head. "I would have been...a disaster, if I'd have done that, and the men who sent me to the Academy knew that. I would have been so shocked at the way people act

a little, putting my hands flat on my sweetheart's chest. "I hate to break it to you, Jacks," I say softly, "but you...still kind of stood out. As a complete