The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy

Chapter 0742

Mom hears the worry in my voice and snuggles down next to me. "The boys say Jackson's fine, Ari. Worried but fine. I wish you wouldn't worry so much. But, I do understand."

"They didn't say he's fine," I say on a sigh. "They said he's been prowling around as his wolf, all full of woe, snapping at anyone who gets too close. And that he doesn't sleep and just goes and wolfishly gazes at the moon.'

"Because it reminds him of youuu," mom coos, laughing a little and snuggling closer to me. "And me. Because we're elegant moon goddesses."

"Yes, I understood," I say, rolling my eyes but unable to keep the little smile on my face.

But still, my poor wounded wolf lifts her tired head and gives me another nudge in my soul, even as Cora

and Daphne continue to sing, messing up the words and tripping over their own feet, laughing hysterically as they do.

"Will you keep a special eye on Junie at home, mom?" I whisper.

Mom turns to me, curious and concerned. "Of course, if you think I need to. But why?"

my head, not knowing how or why I'm feeling this way. "Just...something about her knowing Redman Blythe and him being dead. She lost someone too, though I don't know what he meant to her.

will," mom promises. "It's good of you to think

missed her birthday," I whisper, closing my eyes against the guilt. "I'll

whispers back.

as, for the third night in a row, he lopes after Jackson in wolf form in the fields and forests that surround

have such athletic

who wants to drown his sorrows in a

this is what Jackson wants to

because Jackson

with him, or done more

in the morning on the third night, Jackson shifts on the cliffside outside the Castle. Jesse comes to rather a hard stop to

avoid

human body, running a hand through his rumpled hair and panting a

you didn't," Jacks murmurs, only glancing at