The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy

Chapter 0525

Even as everyone returns to their homework, though, my eyes keep darting back to the little pile of chocolate on the side of the map. Delicately, working hard to use my espionage skills, I casually lean forward and slip my hand out -

Only for Luca to swat it away. I gasp in shock, mock appalled.

"Hands off," Luca murmurs, not looking at me as he looks down at the notebook in which he hastily writes. "I'm using those." "They're mine!"

"You can wait, Ariel!" he says, laughing a little, "until I'm finished!"

"But I want one now," I moan, truly craving the little treat. "Can't I just have one of the dead troops!?"

"No!" Luca replies, laughing and glancing up at me, "I might need to set up the scenario again. Just...have a little patience, please."

those," Daphne says at my side, and I turn to her with interest. "They're down in my room. If you're really dying

you get down there and back up Luca will be finished -" Rafe says on a sigh, holding out a pleading hand

still looking down at his paper. "Slow

minutes," Daphne says, putting her sewing into its basket and reaching out to take my hand. "Besides, I could use the chance to stretch my legs." "But," Rafe sputters out, looking anxiously between us, "it's dangerous

says, laughing, "I wander around this castle all the time, and I'm

"But Ariel!"

his arms over his head as he smiles as Daphne as me. "As the muscle. I'm always down for a late-evening chocolate run." Daphne and

enjoy seeing her suffer. But I'm under a sincere oath to deny Daphne nothing in this world. As such," he

Jackson sends a warm pulse down the bond, encouraging me to have fun and be safe in his own little way. Smiling, I slip out the

raising my

believe me," he says,

for the chocolate, Ariel. Jackson really worked up an appetite in me,