The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy

Chapter 0645

I stare at my name's spot on the list, alone under Redman Blythe's, completely shocked, as our entire table erupts in protest - just like every other table in the breakfast hall. "Jacks!" I hiss, turning to him. "You didn't pick me!?"

"Of course I picked you, Ariel," he snarls, his voice low, leaning close. "I made deep cuts across my entire draft lift - and Rafe didn't try to draft you at all, to give me the best chance of -"

"Rafe!" I gasp, turning towards him, my eyes wide. "You didn't even pick me!?" My voice is squeaky with my betrayal.

"Don't even start with me, Ari," Rafe snarls, holding a hand out towards me with a single finger held up. "It was part of the plan."

"The plan that went wrong," Jesse growls, turning to glare at Rafe. "Seriously, what kind of shit plan was it that it ended up with Ari completey unprotected by any of us -"

Rafe and Jesse begin to bicker, their words getting lost in the noise of the room.

Ben glances at me, anxious, as Luca comes around to my other side. "There has to be something we can do," Ben says, turning to look around at the chaos of the breakfast room. "Some sort of negotiation."

Everyone bursts out with ideas then going to the Captain to protest this, demanding a re-draft, offering Blythe a private trade, even pulling a Daphne and giving him some poisoned wine tonight to eliminate him completely from the Game. And as everyone spins out ideas I go very still, my breath coming short in my chest because...

Because as far as I've come in this Academy, and despite everything I have learned, I am definitely, definitely not ready to be alone in the woods with a stranger without any of my Alphas by my side.

earth could Blythe want with

- like Wright - want

As one, each of my boys goes silent and turns towards that voice, snarls breaking from between their teeth. Slowly I turn to

murderous glares from the Alphas all around me, smirking down at my face. "I'm

him for a long moment, and then I bare

Rafe growls, taking a step towards my Captain and making all of our heads turn to him.

casually re-adjusting the book satchel stung at his side as he gives Rafe a pretty grin. "I didn't do anything illegal at the draft. It's not my fault you guys didn't think of it

QUMS

he speaks, taking in the fact that he's tall and well-built, like most of the Warrior cadets

power and magnetism but...

he's

give him a little mental shove - we have bigger things to worry about. "How the hell did

boy," Blythe says, laughing derisively at Jacks and taking a step back. "Give

just closes the distance, keeping the pressure

“I

that matters," he shots me a

mouth falls open - one? He only drafted me? But - why? What the hell