The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy

Chapter 0320

After a moment Luca starts to laugh with me before he takes a deep breath and nods. "Fucking fight," he murmurs, running an anxious hand through his hair. "I have so much to do."

"I know," I say, resting my head on his shoulder. "But I don't want your mind on me at all, okay? Put all of this out of your head and concentrate on what you have to do. I'll be there, tonight, in the box. Just like I promised."

"Are you sure?" he asks, tentative - because he knows that there will be eyes on me now that this article is out - way more than there were before.

"Royal box," I whisper. "Dead center. I'll be right there, nowhere else."

"You're not just saying that you're not mad so that I won't worry about it?" He whispers, and I grin at him, shaking my head a little because he's overthinking it.

"You didn't do anything bad to me, Luc," I say, pressing another kiss to his mouth. "So, I've got nothing to be mad about. We're good. You just concentrate on the fight - bring me home a pretty new belt to add to my accessories."

me, swift and passionate, sending a great flood of love and gratitude and something very close to reverence down the bond. And I kiss him back for a good long time, not letting my own emotions travel to him, because I'm still mad as hell at his uncle and frankly a little sorry

he's so brash, and brave, and funny and charming and charismatic. But he's had someone behind him controlling a great deal of his life, hasn't he? And every part of me can see how a teenage Luca - so angry, so driven by his emotions - needed that control. Bruce and Luca - there's a great deal

I'm not sure I can countenance at all a man who has told his nephew that his only worth is in his ability to get into a

that's something Luca and I can talk about later. There's plenty of time for

and breaking our kiss, running my fingers through his hair slightly. "I'm going to go. You have to

bringing his face back to mine,

laugh, pulling

"Two!"

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he does too, and holds me tight for a second before letting me go. Luca stands with me, walking me to the door, and we kiss one last time before I leave him there and hop cheerfully down the stairs. He sends a warm pulse

floor and peek into the living room, I grin to see that basically all the cake has been eaten, and that Jesse and Gran are

at his image insistently. "Duke