The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy

Chapter 0745

I fall to my knees at his side, my shoulders shaking. "What the hell were you doing outside?" My question is tremulous, a whisper.

"Um," he says, glancing backwards at Jesse and Rafe. "I was just...being close. Because it was hard to be far. And Jesse said I should let you take charge? And wait until you asked for me, in case you...didn't want to see me?"

Jesse groans. "That's not what I said!"

"Why are you listening to Jesse?" I ask, shaking my head as tears well in my eyes. "He's the worst at emotions.

"Hey!"

"I don't know, Ariel," Jackson murmurs, sitting up and reaching for me the moment he sees me starting to cry. "You're right - that was dumb - I'm so sorry -"

I groan in relief the moment Jackson wraps me up in his arms, pulling me into his lap and cradling me against his chest, pressing as much of my body to him as he can manage. He murmurs again and again

his apologies, and I whisper back for him to stop - that he doesn't need to- that I need to -

And then I just cry, and Jackson just holds me, and his wolf moves fast across the bond to mine. She shies at first, wary after Luca's wolf's attack, but Jackson's wolf skids to a stop and lets out an

she does, finally pressing herself warm to his side, a fierce

Jackson and the

you...have a minute..." Jesse murmurs, stepping over us and heading out of

room.

to see him looking worriedly down

up straighter, holding my brother's pretty green gaze. "It's fine, Rafe," I say, my voice croaking. "Thank

behind us. I turn in Jackson's lap, taking

whisper, shaking my head at

you didn't

so...so so filled with grief, and yet so deeply happy to be here with him, to feel him,

mom said that it hadn't -

whisper, gulping and looking at him seriously. "I'm not blameless in any of this. I had a lot of time to think about it - and Luca - he was very bad to me, but he...he wasn't totally wrong - I was

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come along with it that any attempt to excuse Luca's rejection of me, the fact that he stormed away from the

shaking all over. "I - I can't talk about that

me up closer in his

really sorry, Jacks," I whisper, wrapping my arms around his neck. "I know the last three days

asks, pulling