The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy

Chapter 0884

Rafe's eyes fly wide as he stares at his cousin, shocked.

What...what the fuck is this?

"Hey, guys!" Jesse says, his voice tight and falsely cheerful as he strides over to his family, all of them staring at him, agape. Jesse keeps his smile fixed on his face even as he glares around at his parents, his uncle, and his favorite cousin, silently demanding that they play along. "This is my mate, Midnight! She's really fantastic and I'm sure she'll be glad to meet you soon but she...she did not like the helicopter."

"Infernal machine," Midnight hisses, lifting her face. Cora gasps at the sight of the hollow pits of darkness the place of the girl's eyes, the shadows that stream from the dark ruin of her mouth. "Cursed metal bird - carrying people in its belly like eggs! We are lucky to have survived! It should be destroyed - I will destroy it!"

She spins then, casting shadows out from her hand that streak towards the helicopter. Rafe gasps as the pilot's eyes go wide, but Jesse turns and grabs at the shadows himself, almost like grabbing a cat by the tail, hauling them back.

in his arms. "What did we agree on, regarding the destruction of vehicles?" The shadows suck

little frown, her personal shadows receding almost completely from

A really, really frightened, tiny, skinny girl with big brown eyes and a sweet, heart-shaped face that has masses

agreed to temporarily contain the urge for destruction," she whispers. "Until we have more information and can make an informed decision regarding whether or not it a vehicle or...a foul beast that needs to

at her, laughing a little bit. When he turns his face back to his family, Rafe is shocked to see a little more of his cousin there

else is

around

around a crackling fire, watching Midnight work her way through her fourth bowl of ice cream. The Atalaxians begged to be let to rest and so Ben was charged with showing them to their room and

towards Midnight the moment she heard even the barest outlines of her story, gasping and ushering the girl to a warm seat by the fire, covering her with blankets and ordering her up a great deal food even before she took the time to wrap Jesse in a warm hug and tell him how glad she was that he's safe and home, how very much he was missed and worried

to Jesse's surprise, Cora is...taking a bit more time in