The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy

Chapter 0724

And then I'm screaming and crying aloud as Luca's wolf fades away, as the sense of Luca's physical presence fades from my mind - meaning that he's gone, he's gone -

I turn my face into the pillow, sobbing, physically unable to do anything else, the pain wracking through me.

I barely notice the stir at the door as I reach inwardly for my wolf, calling her back, wanting desperately to touch her, to ensure that she's okay. There are muffled curses and then shouts for someone to come -

I don't know how much time passes, but all I can do is concentrate on my poor bleeding wolf, who comes limping back towards me, her motion shaky, her eyes terrified and sad as she finally reaches for me, slipping her snout under my prone hand, wanting to be close but in terrible, terrible pain.

"Holy shit," someone mumbles behind me. "Get the fuck out of here! Right now!"

"Ben?" I whisper, turning my head towards him, recognizing him despite the change to his usual friendly tones.

"Get Jesse and Rafe Sinclair right the fuck now!"

There's a pause.

"I don't give a fuck if you don't know where they are! Find them! NOW!"

A door slams and my eyesight is fuzzy as I try to see - but honestly - I'm so broken -

"Ari?" Ben whispers, coming close.

gasp, turning fully towards him,

gathers me up into his arms, pulling me down on the floor to sit naked in his lap, rocking me back and forth. Ben doesn't

he does, I'm aware of the tension in him, the way he looks over me, the way he gently

happened? I'm seeing a little blood here, but

behind my ear, sees the mark that Luca left high on my

"Oh...holy shit..." he murmurs.

still sobbing, pulling myself closer to his chest as Ben reaches for the blanket from the bed and wraps it warm around me. "He broke the bond -" "He did what?" Ben

into Ben's pretty eyes for the first time, my entire body trembling. "Benny - he - he rejected me

I'm sobbing again, unable to say

comes out of Ben's mouth

me tight and rock me gently, trying to give me what

can. But nothing

nothing can heal

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He reaches for me, ripping me from Ben's arms, lifting me high against

sob harder, so grateful that my brother is here, tucking

Rafe," Ben snaps out, getting to his feet. "He marked her and then he

gasps, and