The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy

Chapter 0571

"Nope," Tony says instantly, staring at her warily, holding his hands up as if to protest his innocence. "I'm...good."

The Goddess laughs then, the sound somewhere between the tinkling of bells and the soft shush of ocean waves. "My boy likes a mystery, then."

"Your boy?" Tony asks, shocked. "But I thought you said my magic -"

But the Goddess just laughs again, wrinkling her nose at him like she thinks he's cute, and begins to fade.

And quite suddenly, as if she was never here...

The Goddess is gone.

Silence rings between us for a long, long moment, each of us processing our wonder and our fear, all of the information we got that will, I'm sure, be keeping us each up at night wondering how to deal with this.

"Well, that was sufficiently stressful," Tony murmurs, crossing his arms and staring down at his desk as he tries to make sense out of the Goddess's cryptic words.

"What happened?" mom whispers, turning towards Cora even as she moves to Rafe, who hasn't looked up from his own desk. Mom wraps her arms around Rafe's shoulders and he rests his head against her, eyes shut. "What did she say?" Jesse and Cora move to mom and Rafe, filling her in, while I turn to Jacks.

side of my desk, reaching for me. A desperate little groan breaks from me as I reach for him, wanting him close. I stand so I can wrap my arms around his neck. Jackson instantly

head down against the soft space between his neck and his

against me and I press my right hand to his chest, willing it to slow,

back, assuring him. "I just...it was

asks, even as I feel him start to relax down the bond

stopped time," I murmur, suddenly exhausted.

lift my head to look

head to see my family looking at me, apparently having heard

mutter, giving them a

on his

the favorite," I sigh, putting my head back down on Jackson's shoulder even as I grin at Jesse. "And the prettiest. She told me

goes pale at the realization that he's right, Jackson turns so that we can both see Tony standing by the desk at the front of the room, his bag over his shoulder. "Is it okay to call an end to class now?" he asks, clearly unsettled, looking around at all of

"We'll see you next week - and don't hesitate to get in

got it," Tony murmurs, giving a little

the Games. We're going to have a little unwinding celebration and we'll want to see

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