The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy

Chapter 0606

I groan, snorting awake when Jackson lays me down in my own bed.

"What's happening," I murmur, looking around, completely confused.

"You fell asleep," he replies, smirking at me as he climbs in next to me and reaches out to un-hook the curtain, letting it shush shut. "I figured you'd rather continue doing that in bed, rather than half sprawled out on the floor with your head in my lap." "Both good," I sigh, snuggling close as he settles himself next to me, wrapping his arms loose around my shoulders. "You're the best pillow I've ever had."

He laughs lightly, pleased to be of service.

I blink for a minute, not eager to fall back asleep now that I have this quiet moment with him, not while I have a second to hold him close, to get a deep sniff of his scent. Jackson growls a little, possessive, pulling me tight, feeling precisely the same. "How are you doing?" I ask, fighting a yawn and failing as I tilt my head up to look into his face. "About the Games? And...everything else?"

"What else?" he asks, frowning down at me.

I laugh a little, shaking my head at him. "I don't know, Jacks, your life? Which has changed drastically in the past week, let alone the past six months. I'm just checking in on all of it." "Checking in on me," he murmurs, lifting hand to brush over my hair, "when you're the one who discovered today that she can fall into a new dimension."

I'm too sleepy. Maybe because with Jacks warm in my bed, it all feels very far away. "Yes,"

exhales a long breath and turns his face up to the ceiling, clearly considering it, which fills me with a great deal of pleasure. Because I think that it's Jackson's instinct to always ensure that m okay and that my emotions are all right,

everything that happened in the Games," he murmurs, thoughtful. "Glad we won, proud of you, pleased that Tony's showing that he's on our side and wants to be part of...whatever it is that we're doing. I think he's a good guy- my

us that we can."

to my mate, encouraging,

honest," Jackson continues, raising his eyesbrows at me. "I've been spending a

"Why

- never really interested in the provenance of his magic and instead just

don't know," he murmurs, frowning a little as he puzzles it out, "not too many others in the Community had gifts so we never really... talked about where they came from. It was just something we could do -

to

your family," he says, continuing to pet me absently, "the more I

about this stuff.