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.

from me as I reach for him, wanting him close. I stand so I can wrap my arms around his neck. Jackson instantly takes my meaning, lifting me up off the floor so that I'm pressed against his chest, one arm solid under my

rest my head down against the soft space between his neck and his shoulder, my face turned in

anxious. I can feel his heart pounding against me and I press my

him. "I just...it was so much at once,

asks, even as I feel him start to relax down the bond now that I've assured him I'm okay. "Why were

I murmur, suddenly exhausted. "We

shocked. I lift my head to look into

my head to see my family looking

mutter, giving them

returns, putting his hands on his hips. "Why did you

I grin at Jesse. "And the prettiest. She told me so." Jesse scoffs. "I am

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 us. "I mean, it was for sure the most informative class we've ever had but..." he shrugs, "a

course, Tony," Cora says, her eyes crinkling as she nods to him. "We'll see you next week - and don't hesitate to get

murmurs, giving a little

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

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