The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy

Chapter 0547

Rafe doesn't respond, just looks up at Jesse. "Can you do anything? To...tell if he's still in there?"

"If who's still in...where..." Alvez murmurs, raising a hand to his forehead and pressing it over his eyes like he has one hell of a headache.

I watch, completely still in Jackson's arms, as Jesse's shadows snake across the floor.

Ben gasps in shock, taking a step back, and Luca's whole body goes tense next to me. "Fucking magic..." Luca whispers, awed and I think a little horrified, "of course, I always forget that you're all...fucking magic."

But I ignore him, watching as the shadows slip over Alvez, begin to explore him.

Alvez gasps in surprise, his eyes flying open, going a bit stiff. He stays perfectly still as the shadows finish their exploration, clearly not hurting him even if he does look very, very freaked out by them. Then Jesse's shadows begin to slide away, reeling back into my cousin's body.

"I think he's...gone," Jesse says, crossing his arms as the last of the shadows disappear. "I mean, I don't know, I've been doing this for less than ten hours now. But...I could sense him in there at first - and now I think it's just...this guy."

"Come on, Ben," Jackson says with a sigh, loosening his arms around me and urging me a little towards Luca. Luca immediately opens his arms, taking me into them as Jackson waves Ben to come along as he strides for Alvez. "Let's get the professor down to the infirmary."

"Where am I?" Alvez asks, exhausted, looking up as Jackson takes him by his hands and pulls him to his feet.

in on the way down," Jackson says kindly, draping one of Alvez's arms over his shoulders as Ben moves to support his other side. Luca loosens his arms around me, starting to move towards Jackson

sigh, letting him take some of my weight, wanting the

my voice a little choked as Jackson and Ben move Alvez towards

gives me a steady nod and then

around me as Jesse kneels again by Rafe's side, helping my brother peel his shirt back so that they can fully inspect his wounds. "Rafe, what the hell...happened," Jesse murmurs, looking closely at his chest that I originally thought was burned?

think he

Rafe murmurs,

always-Alvez's power, right? Of, at least what

is...horrible," Jesse whispers, looking up into my brother's face, his

get far on Rafe...but give a few more

QUMS

God.

head away from my brother, unable to look

unsteadily up

wolf and I both turning

me with worry.

glancing over at my brother and my cousin on

as I wrack my brain for something he