The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy

Chapter 0540

"Okay, buddy," I say with a grin. "Juice me up."

"Don't call me buddy," he mutters, "or Jacky. Or anything that ends in -ie."

"Yes, puppy," I sigh, my grin deepening. But Jackson just rolls his eyes before he closes them and begins to concentrate again. Immediately I feel the energy fill me, a warm buzz of power that floods into me like an ocean wave. But as soon as it gets quite near the point where I start to feel full of it like I can't hold anymore - I concentrate on my hand in Rafe's, on the bond I have with my brother which I know has always been strong.

And suddenly I feel it happen - feel the energy start to siphon off like a stream from a wide lake. I grin, turning to Rafe, watching, waiting...

And when he starts to feel it, his eyes go wide. I give a little push, letting it flood into him a little, and Rafe gasps, his hair nearly standing on end.

"Holy shit, holy shit!" Rafe stutters, dropping my hand and scrambling away from me. "Are you...are you serious!?"

"Whoa," Jackson says, his eyes going wide, the energy still flowing into me but now with nowhere to go.

Laughing, a little desperate to put the energy somewhere before I get overfilled, I reach out for Jesse, giving him a bunch of power in a single rush.

Jesse gives a little shriek, jumping away from my touch and scrambling, like Rafe, away from me and towards the headboard.

towards my brother and my cousin, who just gape and stare back at us. "Now we're all awake."

have a bond, like a literal one," Jesse says, gesturing towards me and Rafe. I turn to listen to him, but my eyes go wide at what I see. "I mean," he continues, little puffs of shadow starting to spill from his mouth as he goes, "I guess Ariel and Jackson can share because they have a bond? Which means

all of

immediately starting to get freaked out.

say gently, leaning forward and gesturing towards my own

looks down and

he mutters, and then he takes a deep breath, closing his eyes and continuing to breathe deeply. As we all watch, the shadows slowly slip back into him.

still a little freaked. "Yeah. We need

Jackson. "Do you think that

says, looking down at

"No cryptic mate-speak when it involves my magic.

a little, looking at

Ariel's," he says. "Probably has the same effect on yours. Sorry, man, we

little shrug. "No harm done. I think." He looks down at himself again,

enough magic play

go for our run,"