The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy

Chapter 0706

"Troops!" Rafe barks out, clearly seeing what I'm seeing - what we all are. "Ready!"

"I" I stutter, anxiety and adrenaline starting to race through me as my eyes focus properly on the two huge helicopters heading directly for us. "I thought we weren't supposed to see action -"

"We weren't," Jackson snarls, falling into a fighting stance that's clearly muscle memory in the face of a threat, like he's ready to pounce into the air and take the helicopters down himself. "It doesn't make sense to attack this part of the line..." "Either way," Luca says, soft and confident, "they're coming."

"Hold!" Rafe shouts, his voice still echoing powerful and strong as he moves to stand just before me, falling back into line so he's not an obvious target. "Hold!"

He holds an arm out like he could physically hold the troops back. My breath starts to pant as I look frantically around at all the warrior-track Cadets, who all look so much calmer than me.

But of course they are - they've been preparing for this -

"And...." Rafe says, bending forward a little, staring at the helicopters that swiftly approach, growing larger and larger as the milliseconds pass.

"What's he waiting for," I whisper, my eyes darting between my two mates.

"For them to be close enough to hit," Jackson replies, his words a fierce snarl that I know is not for me.

"NOW!" Rafe screams, dropping his hand, and the guns on either side of me explode.

out a calming hand towards me, Jackson's landing on my shoulder while Luca's goes to the small of my back. But I look at neither of them, my eyes instead on

for the helicopters and then a constant spray of

stop breathing as I watch the shells arch high - but they

all fucking miss

"Reload!" Rafe shouts.

begin to hit the helicopters in tiny sparks but the helicopters keep coming - protected either by excellent design or some kind of forcefield

scramble

and another is fired,

helicopter closest to us - but it's too late. We can all see it -

-

they, too, begin to open

us now

to spray, hitting the ground in front

schoolmates - begin to be

bloody and senseless

I snart,

are on my body, determined. "JESSE!" I scream, my eyes on the helicopters that come

for

the first helicopter in front of me, my lips pulled back in a