The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy

Chapter 0698

"Fatigues aside," Jesse sighs, coming over and picking up my body armor. "This is...not going to work. This is going to hang down to your knees."

I laugh, shaking my head and pressing my hands to my cheeks. "God, what are we going to do?"

Rafe curses lightly, glancing towards the door, clearly trying to come up with a solution fast because dad ordered him, Jesse, and Jacks back to the tent to discuss strategy as soon as they get changed.

"It's cool," Tony says, coming around the corner from the little latrine already changed and buttoning up the front of his fatigues. "I'll take you down to the requisition point to see if they have anything smaller. You can't be the only Shrimp in the army." Luca nods, pulling off his Cadet shirt and starting to shake out his new grey fatigues. "Wait two minutes, I'll come too."

As I take a moment to quietly ogle my shirtless mate from the side of my eye, Rafe and Jackson look at each other and simultaneously give a nod, agreeing to the plan.

"I, the person in question and the ultimate decider, also agree to this plan!" I say loudly as I snap my attention back to them, not-so-tacitly reminding them that I'm in charge of my own life and decisions.

Rafe, Jesse, and Jackson both just look at me like I'm crazy for a second and then move on. "Cool!" Rafe says, pointing a finger seriously in Luca and Tony's faces. "Protect her with your life."

"Yes sir," Tony says, giving him a half-assed salute as Luca just sits down on his bed, tugging off his boots and nodding. I mean, that command is nothing new to him - he's heard it a thousand times.

I sigh, giving into it and gathering the useless uniform up into my arms as the boys finish getting changed and Jacks, Jesse, and Rafe all head out. When Luca is likewise suitably disguised as a military grunt instead of an elite Cadets, he and Tony duck out of the tent with me. We head down the dirt path between the tents, looking around for where the supplies might be kept.

a soldier in the path ahead to ask for information about where to go for

to the tall soldier, whose handsome face sports a familiarly straight nose,

my side and looking around with concern for any

a hand on his arm. "Sorry. I just...crap, I forgot to ask Rafe again about

Tony asks, frowning

dropping my hand and stepping close to my friend. "He just...said something in the Game.

Tony asks, shocked, his

mean, it was just an off-handed comment,

shut

more serious than I've ever seen it. "That guy - don't trust him. He's a

I

frowning and looking down the dirt road between

the richest

in a

and

to them until

else he can

I ask, staring up at Tony. "How do you - how do you know all