The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy

I'm quiet for a moment, thinking of the ways that Bruce's assessment of his nephew - who is so much more of a son to him - line up with my own experiences with my mate. It's true that Luca is emotional,

though I'm not sure I'd have thought of him that way before now.

Luca's willful, and bossy, and controlling - and he can be a little petty when things go his way, like when he didn't talk to me after he found out, in the dream state, that I'm a girl. But I guess I never attributed all of that to Luca being hot-blooded, as it were. Of being someone who feels things so strongly that he has trouble controlling his intense reactions to them.

I turn my head for a moment, a little lost in my thoughts, because...well, because I think I've been thinking lately that Jackson is the more emotional of my two mates, deep down. sᴇaʀᴄh thᴇ (ꜰind)ɴʘvel.nᴇt website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

But secretly, is it Luca? Does he have an entire well of emotion that he likes to keep veiled under a thousand confident smiles and jokes?

how did

you," Bruce says quietly, again drawing my attention back to him. "To...help

can," I say instantly, meaning it utterly as I link my

my boy - you want to do right by him. And I appreciate and admire that for you. But...Luca has his own career, and his life, that I'm not sure lines up

eyes go wide,

it's anything you've done," he says, drifting his hand through the air between us in an ameliorating way. "I just...well, you're a Princess, aren't you? And you've got mixed up in this Academy just as he has. I told him not to do that - not to go joining the military, but he liked the idea of being a hero, of serving his nation." Bruce rolls his

because - well, because I'm kind of getting the impression that I'm being a little insulted, frankly. "What does this have

lifts his head now, meeting my eyes. "He bough this house for his grandmother and his mother, which was a good thing to do. He bought that gym, too, and he pays for all of those boys to train there - got them all off the street. He gives them a monthly stipend, too, so they can afford to not work -