The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy

Chapter 0876

Maryam scowls and clenches her jaw, leaning back against the cushions of the couch and glaring down at her knees. Rafe raises his eyebrows, surprised. Because of all things, he didn't think it would be the accusation of a poorly made argument that stopped Maryam in her tracks.

God, but Hank's intellectual family is...very different than his own.

But Maryam...she's his family now, right?

...Right?

Rafe takes a moment, while Maryam is distracted in her anger, to study this girl - his mate. His mate. God, how had he never known it before?

Because it's not the first time they've met - no, Maryam and her little sister were fairly frequent visitors to the palace when they were children, always accompanying their parents when Hank and Sarah came down to the city. Rafe and the other Sinclair children had always played with them, but...well. They really always had seemed so incredibly delicate -

Juniper could always keep up in a way that Maryam and Annabell couldn't. Their human bodies simply weren't as responsive and strong as a wolf's. They had done their best to adjust the games, but...well,

on Maryam and she fallen hard on her knees, scraping them deeply. She had burst into tears. Rafe had helped Maryam to her feet and done his best to comfort her, but she hadn't spoken to him - to

that's maybe the last

be surprised if her apparent hatred for Alphas had started on that

present. Rafe refocuses his gaze to the doctor as Hank begins to push himself up out of his hair. "I wanted to have a conversation with you

a bit still in her chair, her teacup balanced

with a shrug, getting to his feet. "Is he here? There have been some... developments, in the Community. He asked me to

some rather strange

her feet, looking at Hank

a solo

get Ariel back."

bullshit," Maryam grumbles. "One guy, alone, thinking he's