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.

the form of a shark and then dashing out, scaring some of the minnows away. But the way Jesse laughs when it happens

laugh bursts from me as I

And then Jesse's laughing and his shadows change form again, this time gathering into two small

day. The cats fade into vague streaks of darkness before that darkness rushes through the air, to

up at all of us, grinning like it's the

so proud of you, baby," Cora says, her voice choked. I look in surprise when Cora dashes across the room towards her eldest son

than she

does.

them before looking up at mom who is, unsurprisingly, crying, one hand pressed to

as he blushes.

wiping at her own eyes a bit. "I'm just really proud of you, kid,"

still blushing a bit as Cora steps away. "Just...little ones. For

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

little control too, in