The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy

Chapter 0649

"Can you...can you move it, Ari?" I hear my mom whisper, and I glance to the side to see tears streaking down her face, her fingers pressed delicately to her lips as she stares up at this incredible thing that we've created.

I turn back to the fire, concentrating, and as I sway slightly to the left...yes! My smile deepens when I discover that the whirlwind itself moves left too. I move back to the center and again to the right, moving like a dancer - like the ballerina I was raised to be. The whirlwind

of flame and shadow goes too.

"Amazing," Tony whispers, delighted and awed.

Suddenly, Luca lets go of my hand and steps away.

The shadow fire immediately sinks to the ground and I scramble, a little, to catch it in my surprise. But ultimately it's easily done, the fire simply obeying gravity again, attached to the ground instead of lifted high in the air. Jackson turns his head to glare at Luca, having felt my shock and surprise, but Jesse exhales a long breath and takes his hand from my neck too. "Okay," he whispers. "I think that's enough for me too. For right now."

The shadows rise like smoke from my flames and suddenly there the colors are back - cheerful and yellow and red, burning happily through the little pile of wood.

I turn my head to Jackson next, who grins at me and drops my hand.

And then, when I look back at the fire it's...

happily through the

long, long moment, each of us just staring - I think trying to figure out if...if we all shared some kind of insane

up in his arms, being twirled around, laughing so hard that

seen!" he roars.

stops spinning me, holding me high against his chest so that I beam down into his face, my hands already

staring up into my face like I'm the great marvel

down at him, tears springing to my eyes, completely overwhelmed by how much he means it and how much he loves me and how proud

still stroking my trembling fingers through his hair. "It didn't hurt you, did it? Didn't take...too much

he says, his smile deepening. "I'm good, tiny - it took less energy than I'm sure it looked

didn't hurt?" I ask,

just shakes his head at me, and snarls again, and drops me a bit in his arms so that my face is even with his, so that the kiss he

kiss Jackson back with all

for a long

Line

that we're not alone here. I wiggle in his arms, begging to be put down, and he growls-hating it - but obeys, letting me slip down the length of his chest and stomach to set

It goes like that for a few minutes,

stilted, his wall still up. I peer up at him, curious, and he does his best to give me a warm smile - but suddenly I'm pulled away into my mother's