The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy

Chapter 0570

The Goddess beams at my question. "You really like this one, don't you?" She nods her head to the side to indicate Jackson, still frozen next to me.

I raise my chin, my teeth clenched, not bothering to answer. Because I'm sure she can see it, read it in every line of me - that Jackson is the most precious thing in my life right now. And that if she takes him from me and gives him to another mate? There's going to be hell to pay.

I mean, I have no idea how I would wreak vengeance on a Goddess but...I would figure it out.

The Goddess laughs, light and tinkly, and again comes close, wrapping me up in her arms. "No, my flame," she says, enveloping me in her grace, allowing it to flood and comfort me. "You are his only mate - I am not so generous with my gifts as you might think me. I don't know what sparked his magic - probably puberty, or something like that. All of your mates are only mated to you. They are my gift! Enjoy them."

When she pulls away I wipe briskly at my face with my wrist, wiping away the fast tears of relief that sprung to my eyes.

"Okay," I say, nodding and sniffing, looking down at my feet. "Th...thank you."

"Oh, I do like you, little girl," the Goddess says with a graceful sigh, drawing my eyes back to her face. "You are living up to your promise. Now. Get those marks." She points a willowy finger at me and gives me - of all things - a cheeky wink.

But there's no time to consider my shock as time snaps back into place, everyone jumping a bit and looking around in confusion. I grimace a little, seeing what everyone else sees - that the Goddess is in a different place than she was what they perceive as half a second ago and that I'm suddenly standing with my chair knocked over.

for me, a hand going around my wrist. "What - are

my chair, picking it up and settling a little awkwardly into it, trapped as I am under six wondering stares. "Um. No

to stare at me,

here?" the Goddess asks, smiling beatifically

Cora says, pulling her gaze from me and turning towards her mother with a

dismissive hand. "Everything is perfectly clear and I have business to which I must attend." To my shock, her form

to his feet quite suddenly, his own chair skittering back - though perhaps not as dramatically as

Goddess's light

Rafe says, his eyes fixed on the Goddess. "When...when will I meet my mate?" My heart twists when I see my brother's shoulders shaking with emotion, see how badly he wants that connection. A sly smile takes the

questioning the wisdom of my timeline, little grandson?"

then he sighs, looking down at his desk. "I just want

grandchild clear in her voice. "Your mate will come along and make you the craftsman you were meant to be,

her words, looking up into her face, more confused

as she stares across space...maybe across time. Then she blinks and