The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy

Chapter 0715

I open my mouth to say more, to explain everything, but Jackson wraps a gentle hand around my arm.

"They already know about what Blythe said about Juniper," Jackson whispers to me. I turn my face up to him in surprise. "I told them when you were in the shower."

"We have a call out to mom," Rafe says quietly, looking at me curiously. "But you don't have...like any idea about how he knew her? Just that she said something to him about...you?"

I shrug, shaking my head. "I don't know anything else," I say. "I was trying to get out of there as fast as I could. God, I should have -"

"Don't, Ari," Jesse says, looking at me sadly with his kind brown eyes. "There's no way you could have known."

I let my eyes drop to the floor. "Two," I whisper, exhausted. "Two boys dead in one day."

"It's horrible," Rafe agrees, nodding. "But if it helps...you saved a great deal more."

I look up at him, not understanding.

we were shit with those guns. We had one, maybe two full days of training on them. If you hadn't used your magic and taken down those helicopters, they'd have continued firing. They'd have taken many, many more of us out and

And even though it does nothing

nod to him, grateful

sighs and stands. "We have

puts me on my feet, clearly hating to do it but knowing he has a

me. "Let's go bother Daphne. Drink a bunch

little smile turns the corners of my mouth as I slip

standing there. I frown in confusion at the little grey cat sitting on her shoulder, but there's no time to think about it as she falls forward, wrapping me in a hug the moment I step into the

so sorry," she whispers, holding me tight. "I

start to cry again, unable to help it, hating myself for it just a little bit. But hating so, so much

Daphne, we just got

so sorry," Daphne murmurs, pulling away from me and wiping at her own wet face, the little cat peering at me curiously. "When...when

Jesse's," Daphne says,

Ineq

arms open. Jesse steps immediately into them, wrapping her up in a hug, pulling her tight against him. I can't help but smile a little