The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy

Chapter 0459

"With my mind," I say, raising my hands to my temple and narrowing my eyes, working hard for a joke that doesn't land.

Luca just stares at me and goes a little pale.

"And I can light things on fire," I say, giving a shrug as I sigh.

"With your mind?" he whispers, still staring at me, his pace slowing.

"Kinda," I say, shrugging and looking anxiously down the hall towards breakfast, where everyone is waiting. "I mean, with my magic, it doesn't feel like I do it with my mind. It comes from somewhere else." "And... Tony does that too?" Luca asks, beginning to walk with me again as he adjusts to the information even though I can see and feel that he's a little freaked out.

"I've made some promises," I say quietly, my eyes begging him for patience. "I'll...ask if I can tell you. But I won't break people's trust if they don't want me to."

Luca nods to me, but I can tell he feels left out and betrayed.

I say, shaking my head as we come to the doors of the hall, not pushing them open yet. "You know I would have told you, right? If

get it," he says with a sigh. "But...try to convince them, all right? I'd be more

as we press into the breakfast room, obviously arriving quite late. A grin breaks out onto my face, though, as I see that our group is already arranged around our usual table, and that Jackson is there too, waiting for us. I quicken my pace, eager to see everyone as

me and the rest of the table as he keeps pace at

my voice mysteriously.

groans, tilting his head back. "Oh god, that's a yes," he

empty seat next to him that has Jackson on its other side.

say with a sigh, giving Luca's arm a brief touch before I scurry to the open seat and sink into it, smiling at my friend. "Tell

muffin from his plate to mine. I squeak happily, grateful and glad, and am already taking a

to maintain his Academy reputation for stoicism. "All okay?" he says, raising

and hooking it around the side, as much contact as I

I smile at Jackson and my wolf gives a happily little howl, her feet dancing to be near to him again. And I realize, ridiculously, that I missed him - even though I was only away for less than an hour. I pass everything that I'm feeling down