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."

look at him I laugh a little to

my brother Rafe, and my cousin Jesse," I say, re-making the quick introductions and giving him 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

and frowning at Tony. "When did you

his eyes to Rafe's,

could please get back on track," he sighs, loud, apparently irritated by us. I bite

out a set of textbooks that he hands out to each of us and explaining what we're going to be studying this semester. But only Rafe

slump a little in my seat, staring at the book, wondering if I should trust it. Because honestly, after 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

little inwardly. Has it always been this...not right? I ask her, curious. Or is it something

more, not answering, perhaps not really knowing.

and as I look up at the clock I realize that I've spaced out more than

another hungry smile as he