The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy

Chapter 0746

Jackson just stares at me. "Ariel, what are you talking about? What would have changed?"

I shrug, my hand awkwardly coming up, my fingers brushing the bandage over Luca's mark. "I would...I mean, I understand. If things are different for you now that I'm...marked. I know I'm not the same as I was before. I would...understand if you felt differently about me."

"Ariel." My name is almost scolding as it falls from Jackson's mouth, as his fingers snap up and capture my chin, raising my eyes to meet his. "Don't ever doubt it. Nothing - nothing about how I feel about you has changed, okay? If you feel differently, I'll understand that, but -"

"I don't," I croak out, shaking my head vehemently, tears again streaming from my eyes. "Jacks, I don't -" "Well I don't either - I'm - I'm fucking in love with you, Ariel - I'll take you in whatever form - I don't care a stupid mark -"

"But you did care," I whisper, shaking my head, taking his cheeks between my hands - not wanting him to lie just to make me feel better. "You saw it - saw me and you threw up -"

He groans, shaking his head. "Please, Ariel," he murmurs. "Forgive me - you have to forgive me for that. I was shocked, and confused, and your scent was weird, and the sight of it turned my whole world upside down but it's different now, I promise -"

But he doesn't get any more words out because I throw my entire weight against him, sobbing my heart out with relief.

- as he

wraps me up close, and falls back to the floor, and takes me with him so that I'm sprawled out over his chest. Where I

that the events

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past happened - and it changes us.

time laying on the floor like that, letting me cry myself out, his wolf carefully inspecting every inch of mine, licking her little face, nudging her paw so he can better see where she twisted her

commiseration with her pain.

the bed together. "At some point," he murmurs, his lips against my hair. "I'm going to need you to eat. And

if not yet perfectly happy after all I've been through - all I've lost. "Okay,"

that the door is properly locked and then to bring over some of the food that Jesse ordered up hours ago from the kitchen. I perk up when I see the selection of cakes and pies that Jacks carries

surprise he moves around the bed to take the little DVD player out from its

at random and turning

it on.

face as I eagerly stab at a piece of sponge cake, because as weird as