The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy

Chapter 0564

"Ariel," Jackson breathes, turning towards me with his eyes wide. "It's hypothetical - I don't think I never -"

My body's temperature begins to increase exponentially as I just stare at my mate, my wolf whimpering and snarling in me at turns as I turn the idea over in my mind, unable to turn away from it. Jackson - with another mate. Jackson - another girl - who he met when he was younger - someone else - me having to share him, to watch him look at another girl the way he looks at me -

"You need to calm down," Jackson whispers, his eyes flicking to my hands pressed against my desks. He leans forward, taking my face in his hands, staring deep into my eyes. "Calm down, Ariel. Seriously."

But his touch-something in me grabs onto his power. And quite suddenly, the table beneath my hands gets very, very hot.

"Shit, shit," Rafe shouts, jumping to his feet and leaping for Jackson, intending to push him away from me -

But it's too late - I gasp as the desk beneath my hands begins to superheat, smoke starting beneath my palms. I panic, but it only makes it worse, and Jackson shouts as he jumps to his feet, dropping his hands from my face. Even with him gone, I suddenly feel my power moving without my intent-flowing into the wood, following my wild emotions' order to burn without any way for me to stop it, to pull it back.

"Ari!" Tony gasps, jumping out of his own chair and reaching for me. Jackson turns to knock him away, growling, protective - but Tony ducks under his arm, reaching for me, his hand coming to lay flat against the back of my neck.

floods me - as it did before, so many months ago,

but instantly I feel coolness like snowmelt flood my body, my veins. And I welcome it - welcome Tony's

and fire," he whispers, holding my gaze, giving me a little smile as he glances at my hands and sees that I

my shaking hand away from the desk, not surprised at all but certainly

control, I look around to see everyone staring at me with similar

me again but then hesitating, not

learned," Jesse says quietly, "to never, ever mention the

eyes flashing as my emotions flare, my palms again

and he puts his hands up in apology. "Apparently," he says quietly,

his hand still wrapped lightly around the back of my neck, quietly lets

then I reach out my hand for Jackson, whose

already know what we will find, because there's absolutely no pain. When he turns my hand over in his

tiny fire goddess. Of course I'm immune

eyes, wondering how