The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy

Chapter 0675

Slowly, I shake my head. Because even if my grandmother hadn't forbidden it, I still know that it's true. That I still want Luca - he's still my mate.

Jackson nods, closing his eyes just for a moment, processing it. And I feel the hurt swelling down the bond, but also feel him shutting it down, not wanting to let me feel that. Not wanting me to feel guilt.

I sigh, wiggling a little so that I rest lower against Jackson's body, resting my head on his chest, tucked beneath his chin. He tightens his arms.

"Even if...even if I gave you my mark, though, Ariel...it wouldn't have been right. Your scent would have changed, and everyone would have known, and people would have figured out that you're a girl. It would have been a big deal - and you have so much on your plate already."

I sigh, nodding, knowing that he's right.

Still, my wolf bares her teeth, disappointed. Our mark, she growls, inwardly, just to me. We need it. Want it. Ours.

I murmur softly to her, stroking a hand over her fur, even though I feel precisely the same. I mean, I know Jackson's right, but a very fervid part of me wants to just tell everyone else to go fuck themselves. He's my mate - I want his mark, my mark. Why on earth are we tiptoeing around everyone else to get it?

"Hey," Jackson says softly, worried, drawing my attention back up to him.

I lift my scowling face to meet his and his eyes crinkle into a soft smile.

in love with you, Ariel. You don't need to worry - I promise, I'll

laugh. "I just...love you a lot, Jacks. I know everything you said is right. I just..."

that I sprawl over his chest. I laugh, cheered a bit, sitting up a little so that I can grin down at him. "Very greedy too, wanting to lose your virginity and get a mark in one day? Honestly, Ariel, save

so

with taughter, grabbing

close, but I resist - continuing to smack him and call him

me

sheets until I'm pinned back against the

Jackson of course wi

honestly, I don't mind.

and wiggle my body beneath him, making him clench his jaw in order to focus and

playfully back and holding one finger up to his mouth.

he asks, his face breaking as he grins down at me. "What the hell is a

like a teeny tiny little mark!" I burst out, grinning playfully up at him, "here, on my finger, where no one will

you deny me a little tiny miniature mark that no one will ever see or notice but which I can

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