The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy

Chapter 0455

"Mom?" I ask, my voice tense, moving immediately to her side. Dad, too, looks over at mom with concern.

Mom blinks, coming back to herself, and holds out her arms to me as she stands, wrapping me in a warm hug when I come close enough. "Hi, baby," mom murmurs, holding me tight.

"Are you okay, mom?" I ask, pulling back a bit, and studying her. "What's wrong? What happened?"

"I'm all right," she says with a little sigh, glancing towards the door. "Just..."

I glance towards the door too. As Luca and my dad murmur greetings to each other, Luca reaching across the table to solidly shake his hand.

"Just what?" I ask, ignoring Luca and dad. "Was it something with Tony?"

She sighs and shakes her head - not denying it just...wanting to move on. "It's nothing, Ari - just...a strange interaction."

strange about it?" I push,

about the way my magic interacted with his," she says with a sigh, shaking her head. "Odd and...intense. I've only experienced something like it once before - my magic calling to someone else's like that - and this time it was very different.

was odd and intense, mom?" I ask,

me with another sigh. "He felt...god, he felt like...." She looks worriedly towards the door where

eyes go wide as I stare at my mother's drawn face.

like he was...already dead..." she whispers,

completely pale. Tony - Tony feels like he's death to

that guy he's got magic?" Luca asks, his mouth falling open a little as he

that Luca wasn't supposed to know that. Mom sighs, realizing

next to her. "We wanted to meet with you and Luca about something else - something

quickly cross

a good meeting!" mom says, smiling around at all

frown as he returns my kiss and I move back to

it's also fun," she says with a happy sigh, giving me a smile as she folds