The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy

Luca, true to his word, showers quickly, continuing to tell me about his morning and how his uncle kicked the crap out of him, not impressed at all by anything that he learned at the Academy and taking the day to drill back into him all of his old techniques. sᴇaʀᴄh thᴇ FindNøvᴇl.nᴇt website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

"I mean," Luca says, turning off the shower. "He's not wrong - I've got to remember the basics that I've had drilled into me for years, or else I'll get sloppy. But I did learn some stuff at the Academy, and I'm a little frustrated that he won't even let me think of incorporating it into any of my strategy."

"Uh-huh," I say, completely distracted, sitting prim and straight on the little bench before Luca's small set of lockers, my hands on my knees, staring at the flimsy curtain, thinking hard about what's behind it.

I remember, suddenly, the first time that I saw Luca naked - in the locker room, while I was waiting to take my own shower, and I had gone completely still, just...staring at him. Watching the water slip down his skin, over his muscles. Watched him tilt his head back and fill his mouth with it, and then let it spill out over his lips...

God, god.

is leap forward and rip

beats

as he rips the curtain back, and my

damn it crap - crap but he's

low over his hips, running a hand through his hair that's darker now that it's all wet...I know precisely

He's just...beautiful.

years of determination and training, of hours and hours in the gym, working towards his singular goal of being the best at his art. Over his pecs and his insane abs that ripple like a damn washboard, all the way down

up to Luca's face - his perfect, too-handsome, even pretty face - I see him smirking at me, clearly intuiting my admiration and enjoying the hell out of my shell-shocked expression, probably feeling every inch of my insane

I blush, a little embarrassed to be caught out in my