The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy

Chapter 0767 It does her good, I know, to see her daughter so loved when she's not around to do it.

My dad inhales sharply through his nose when we step close and I shift my gaze to him. "Things are complicated, Ariel, but we need to -"

He gasps mid-sentence - we all do - as a huge sound breaks through the air, something loud and horrible soaring through the air over our heads. I gasp and clutch Jackson's shirt in my hands, and he wraps his arm more firmly around me, one hand tucked behind my head. We all turn towards the sound as it passes us and then wait a beat before -

BOOM.

A huge explosion sounds somewhere in the distance, but obviously on our side. Clearly, the attack has begun.

I snap my head to my father to see him pale, his jaw set. "Roger," he snarls, a command.

"On it," Roger says, striding away, tugging Cora with him as he goes, unwilling to be away from her any more than he has to.

and as father whose youngest daughter is missing, who is about to ask his eldest daughter to risk her life. "Whatever you need, dad," I say, taking as much of a step

nod, swallowing as I do,

and strangling his voice in a way I've never heard before. "I know what you've been through these past weeks -

—

"You don't have to ask, okay? I'm here. I want to be here."

"I don't know what this world did to deserve you, Ariel," he murmurs, pressing a kiss to my hair.

wel

to be your

come, and worry about...about whether or not I can

Roger barks, he and

grip on me, looking over at my