The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy

Chapter 0452

Jackson blinks, clearly still working to clear the sleep away as Jesse and I peer at him from either side. "McClintock isn't a real name," he murmurs, looking between us. "We don't...have last names in the Community - they just assigned McClintock to me when they gave

me my identity paperwork, which was surely forged. The name doesn't mean anything to me."

"Wait, so," Jesse says, a devious smile curling his lips. "You're like...just Jackson? Like a pop star?"

"What?" Jackson asks, turning to him with a frown.

"Jacks," I say, a little breathless, completely captivated by the other part of his story. "Are you...do you seriously want to be a Sinclair?"

He turns his head back to me and takes a deep breath, blinking and still trying to wake up. "If you're a Sinclair then I'll be one too," he says, quite simply, holding out a hand to me. "If...that's how last names work. But I don't know how it works."

catches me even if he doesn't get it doesn't understand my reaction or indeed how incredibly sweet he is by offering to give up his last name for mine - for ours, my family. Because, of course, it's usually

Jesse says, reaching out a hand to clap Jackson warmly on the shoulder. "You can be a Sinclair if you want

is this?" Rafe asks, striding over to us already dressed in his Cadet uniform. "Are you three seriously still in bed? We have a workout

his gorgeous cheek as I hop out of bed. "You don't have to be all big brother about it - it will take six seconds to

big brother about it!" Rafe protests, opening his arms to the

to the bathroom. "Actually," he sighs, running a hand through his hair. "I'm

Sinclair," Jesse says, getting out of the bed last and wrapping an arm around his shoulder,

frowning

into the

groaning my misery, absolutely drenched with sweat as I trail after my three

he turns to me. "Breakfast soon, and