The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy

Chapter 0664

"Hey, Blythe," I say as I approach. He looks up at me with a bit of surprise.

"Hey, Clark," he says, breaking into a smile. "Didn't think I'd get you here without a bit of kicking and screaming."

"Well, I'm here," I say, giving a little shrug. "Any chance you want to make a last minute trade?"

He just raises his eyebrows and stands.

"I have it on good authority," I say quietly, "that both Rafe and McClintock will work together to trade you their best guys if you just give me to one of them. You don't even have to give me my gun to go with me." I give a little kick to the familiar case that I now know holds my paintball sniper rifle.

Blythe twists his mouth to the side and gives a shrug. "My plan is to still work with you, Clark. I'm...kind of sorry to hear that you hate it so much that you don't even want to try working with me. I didn't do all of this to be a dick. I was looking forward to getting to know you. Building a team."

"I already have a team," I say quietly, looking off to the side. "So, is that a no on the trade?"

"It's a no, kid."

I clench my teeth a bit, but shrug, letting it pass. "Okay." I look around at the rest of the pile of supplies. "Is any of the rest of this for me?" "Sure," Blythe says, giving me a small smile. "A lot of it, actually. Since I only requisitioned one Cadet, we got a lot of really good supplies."

crouching down and looking around at

says, laughing a little, cheerful to see me cooperating instead of continuing to fight. "Let's

we land we start to strap on what we can, knowing that the game starts as soon as the helicopter takes off and that at least one of the other teams

that onto my back and then begin to strap on the hip and thigh holster that Blythe ordered for me, which is small and precisely measured enough for me to guess that Daphne had a hand in making it. I smile, silently thanking

these?" I ask,

I start to strap them on too. "Larger pistols and extra

strapping it all to my body and then drape my bandolier of sniper bullets

"See? I knew we'd get along, once

back to him but don't

else, just peering

of the helicopter as he begins to lay out his strategy for me, which involves attacking Rafe first and going from there. I

have other

I climb out at our assigned base. The field today is very different than before gently rolling hills covered in trees, much less advantage for a sniper than the previous cliff faces. I wonder if the Captain thought about that when he chose

from the chopper since it's just the two of us and Blythe plans to abandon the base immediately. "We've

started?" I ask, peering up after

looking up at