The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy

Chapter 0562

more streamlined, flowing around him a bit as they did when he was in bed.

We all watch quietly as Jesse becomes...acclimated to himself, to his new power. And I watch with a great deal of pride as Jesse's breathing evens out, as he settles more comfortably into his chair, and as the shadows themselves become less chaotic clouds and instead "Okay," Jesse whispers, looking down and observing them as they swirl around him, faster and slower, like he's experimenting with them. "I can...do this."

"Can you shape them at all, baby?" Cora asks quietly, turning her head to the side.

"I don't know," Jesse murmurs, frowning at them, curious, ignoring or missing the pet name he previously forbade.

I sit forward, desperate to see what he can do.

"You did before," Rafe says, unable to keep the eagerness out of his voice. "You made them fish. It was...very cool."

Jesse glances up at Rafe for a second, a smile on his lips, before he glances down at the shadows again. I gasp as they immediately begin to take shape - fish again in streams. We all lean forward, I think delighted at this change, and then I can tell when Jesse gains confidence, becomes more experimental, changing the shape of the fish and making them chase each other in little schools.

then dashing out, scaring some of the minnows away. But the way Jesse laughs

from me as I clap

glances up at me and then at everyone else, as we all begin to murmur encouragement. And then Jesse's laughing and his shadows change form again, this time gathering into two small cats at his side that begin to walk slowly around him, their dark smokey tails brushing

and begins to call the shadows back into himself, apparently finished with his experiment for the day. The cats fade

all of us, grinning

dashes across the room towards her eldest son who

than she

does.

up at mom who is, unsurprisingly,

murmurs, laughing and stroking her back even as he

bit. "I'm just really proud of you, kid," she sighs. "Look

a bit

smiling around at us. And I can't help it - I smile back at him, because it definitely feels like things are

very little control too,