The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy

Chapter 0796 Pippa looks up at me with a great deal of sadness in her eyes, her hands falling from my dress as she finishes the last button. I turn towards her, concerned and sad for her sake.

"I'm really sorry," she whispers, shaking your head. "That you didn't get to meet that Gabriel. That you have this one instead. I think..." she bites her lip and shrugs. "I think you would have liked him."

I frown, desperate to know more and concerned. "What happened?" I ask, stepping close, intuiting that it's some sort of secret. "What...changed him?"

Pippa glances towards the door, anxious, clearly weighing the consequences. "Look, Ariel," she whispers, "no one knows this, so please don't tell, but if you're to be his Luna you should know, and...you're going to figure it out sooner or later."

I nod eagerly, my wolf standing up straight, her whole body still as she waits.

"Gabriel...about five years ago he pledged himself to the God of Darkness," Pippa whispers, looking into my eyes, her own shining. "In exchange for the power to protect this palace, and all the people in it, from the weapons and the magic of Moon Valley."

My mouth falls open a little, my eyes going wide. "What does that mean?"

dome? A magical dome of protection? When Gabriel is here in the palace, none of your Goddess magic

Moon Valley has never just...exploded the entire thing. I mean, beyond the ethical concern of murdering thousands of innocent people -

would never do it. That even if

back to the woman who is supposed to become my sister-in-law in a week. "And that dedication to Darkness...it made Gabriel different? Changed his

told us once, early on he

-

as I remember, suddenly, the glimpse of his wolf that my wolf saw. Of the horrible wolf in his soul, with glowing eyes,

it?" she asks, her hand reaching out to clasp my arm. "Did you...did you see his wolf?

I nod. "Pippa," I breathe.

a friend she's lost, one she can't

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