The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy

Chapter 0709

Jackson lets out a sharp, impatient snarl, and Jesse laughs, giving me a little shove towards him. "All right, all right, I'm sorry, take him."

I stumble forward a step into Jackson's arms, where I'm wrapped up tight. "You're being very indiscreet, you know," I murmur, wrapping my arms as far as they'll go around his waist. "People are going to figure out that you're in love with the Shrimp." "Who cares," he says, utterly dismissive. "They'll still be scared of me. And you now, too."

I lift my head to grin up at him and then push away, turning for Luca, who is waiting.

"That was really cool," he whispers, folding me into his arms in turn. "I mean, I know it was violent but...I could feel it, Ari." He shakes his head as he lowers it to mine. His wolf anxiously paces at the other end of our bond and mine crosses it to him, pressing herself warm to his side, pleased to be there and pleased that he's open to us in this moment.

"I think you have magic, Luc," I whisper. "I think...I think it's more than just us."

"I know," he sighs, shaking his head. "And just when I thought I couldn't get any cooler..."

I grin, looking up at him, very pleased to see him start to embrace this part of himself instead of being afraid of it. "We'll figure it out, you know."

"I know," he whispers, nodding down at me.

"Okay, come on, it's still an active battle," Rafe says, snapping his fingers at me and Luca with a frown, one hand on his earpiece, clearly listening to some sort of report coming through. "Eyes on the horizon, kids."

"Don't call me kid, I'm older than you," Luca murmurs, smirking at Rafe.

act it," Rafe bites back, giving Luca a little glare and turning away. But then Rafe turns back with a

my eyes as I look up at Luca. "Alpha bullshit?

he asks, smirking back

eat something." Jackson murmurs, stepping close and holding a

I ask, looking up at

just growls deep

wrapped food. "Jacks,

Ariel," he snarls, holding out the bar more insistently. "I'm going to watch you eat that. And then you're going to drink water. And then you can blow up more helicopters. But not

liking being bossed like this. But he just raises an eyebrow and I take the granola bar, unwrapping it and taking a petulant bite. "Thank you," he murmurs, looking away towards the horizon for both of us and stroking his broad,

standing between my mates, and likewise turn towards the

of us stand just like

Atalaxians don't send

that it's a surprisingly well-defended position and a dead end. As dawn approaches, the assaults on the Atalaxian entrenchment slow and then stop. A huge number of trucks, tanks,

does this mean?" I

Jesse says softly at

look to him with

-

- sending troops to occupy that land mass once the Atalaxians have retreated so they can't re-take it. This means we pushed