The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy

Chapter 0647

But as soon as I begin to pull on my bond with Luca, I feel an immediate...stop. Or a plug, or a...dam or something.

I turn to my mate, frowning up at him. Luca, I say, directly into his mind, making him turn his eyes to me. Can you please open the bond? This is...important to me.

He clenches his teeth a little bit, looking deep into my eyes. This is all freaking me out, Ariel.

I glance around at everyone watching and then look back up at him. Please, Luca, I say, letting him hear my little wolf whine her tiny plea. I think it's important that we...know.

Luca sighs and looks away from me, but slowly I feel the wall drop, feel our bond open, as it was so much more often at the start of our relationship. I mean, it's not like it was that night in the woods, but it's better than a few moments ago. I send Luca a warm pulse of thanks and then turn my eyes back towards the little log, concentrating on it as I connect. As I start to pull, as I do with Jackson.

The heat within me engages, concentrating on the log, but to my utter shock something...else begins to stir as well.

And all through the little clearing, a slight wind begins to blow, warm like a summer breeze.

I gasp a little at the same moment that Luca does, and our eyes flash to each other as we both simultaneously remember the sensation that we used to notice when he touched me - that tingle across my skin, and across his - that tingle that's still there, but which we just...I don't know, got used to or something.

That tingle which I never, ever realized feels exactly like a breeze blowing across bare skin.

this air

whispers, staring down at me

a smile and I

can't help it then, his own face breaks into a smile and he shakes his head in

his mom's side with the fire blanket in his hands, at the ready. "What's happening? I don't get

little as I turn my

looking around, delight bursting

"Yeah," I say laughing.

taking an eager step towards me. "Can

much I can push and pull on it.

letting it whip through

leaves - a breeze kissed by the summer sun, just like Luca's warm summer scent

me, her expression thrilled as she looks around too. "Another little weather goddess in the family! Oh, Ariel, this is

laughing. "I can just...make a little

at him and then

okay," Gora says,

stunning, actually I think the heat in the air is from Ariel, but the movement - the wind – is from Luca himself, which kind of