The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy

Chapter 0342

"He's fucking huge," Jesse whispers, and when I glance at my cousin I see that his brows are knit together as he addresses Rafe over my head.

"Is that bad?" I burst out.

"Of course it's bad, Ari," Rafe growls, though I can tell his anger isn't for me. He flicks his gaze at me before snapping it up to meet Jesse. "This must be some kind of mistake -"

"It's no fucking mistake," Jesse growls out, tossing a hand towards the man as he strides down the corridor towards the ring." Obviously, they've sent a ringer."

Almost as if everyone's realizing it just as Jesse does, the crowd starts to echo with boo's, enough of them to carry out over the pounding music as the Atalaxian champion reaches the ring. The announcer, standing again at the center of the ring, looks around the room anxiously.

"Ladies and Gentlemen of Moon Valley, please welcome your contender - Anton Spiriatos of Atalaxia!" He smiles widely, raising a hand up to try to elicit a cheer, but the boo's just get louder.

between my brother, and my cousin, and Luca down in the corner of his ring. Luca leans casually back against the ropes in

do is reach out to him -

growls, soft, in my direction, "is a guaranteed win, a

him. "But - but Luca's so good! We were all

Luca's fighting in his weight class! But this guy - god, Ari, you

as tall as Rafe, and my dad, and Jackson. Maybe taller, even - it's hard to tell from

this off," Rafe grits,

now - because Rafe, he knows what a big deal that is. I move swiftly, peering around my brother to see my dad already there, moving towards

forward. Mom peers around dad in the same way that I'm peering around Rafe, and I can tell that she - like me - is deeply concerned but not truly understanding what's going

glance over my shoulder to see Jesse standing right

don't' know how they did it - some