The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy

Chapter 0488

"Ariel," Rafe sighs, slumping down in his chair and covering his face with his hand, shaking his head. "Seriously? Do you always have to be so dramatic?"

"What!" I protest, turning to stare at him. "We agreed we were going to tell him! What's the big deal?"

Rafe sighs. "The big deal is -"

"Wait, you're...you're Ariel?" Tony says, drawing my attention back to him as he stares at me with wide eyes. "Not...Ari?"

"Yeah," I say, taking off my hat and letting him see the braid of rose-gold hair arching over my head which tends to be the nail in the coffin of people's doubt. "I'm sorry we didn't tell you - but we didn't tell anyone who didn't need to know! And this semester we all agreed to let you in on the secret, because I thought you deserved to not be the only one in the classroom who didn't know."

Jesse says, and when I turn to look at him I laugh a little

a happy smile. Tony smirks a little, looking me over as he lounges back in his chair and folds his arms over his chest. "All right. So the fact that your face is identical to the Queen's makes a lot more sense now. Damn it," he murmurs, shaking his head and continuing to stare at me like he's getting used to the new concept of who I am.

and frowning at Tony. "When did you meet

was " Tony starts, shifting his eyes to Rafe's,

irritated by us. I bite my lip a little, kind of

each of us and explaining what we're going to be studying this semester. But only Rafe and Jesse

everything, my wolf is more on her toes about Alvez than she's been before. Don't like it, she grumbles to me, sniffing the air in his direction. Not right. Like the Prince from Atalaxia. Not right, not right. She

it always been this...not right? I ask her, curious.

growls more, not answering, perhaps not really knowing. Still, I

to stand, and as I look up at the clock I realize that

says, giving me another hungry smile as he comes around the desk. "About when you should come to my office for that... private