The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy

Chapter 0893

"I – what?" Jackson sputters out, looking between all of us. "What beans?"

"I explicitly asked you not to, Jacks!" Jesse says, appalled. “As a favor to your best friend!"

"I didn't spill any beans! I didn't even have any beans!"

"I still maintain that I am his best friend," Rafe murmurs, looking smugly up at the ceiling.

"It's a turn of phrase, Jacks!" Jesse continues, ignoring Rafe and pointing an accusatory finger at Jackson. "It means you told her what I told you about the Underworld!"

Jackson gasps, satisfyingly scandalized, and steps back a little to glare at me, his hands still on my shoulders. "Ariel! I did not!"

"He told me a little bit," I say, smirking at Jesse.

"Jackson!" Jesse gasps again, smacking his hand to his chest, the picture of betrayal.

"I hate this," Jackson groans, tiling his head back in agony and closing his eyes. "Can we go back to the desert? This is so much - there are so many people here, and every other word is some kind of verbal trap - "

him, kind of delighting in his torture. "How dare you insinuate that they're

Seraphina shrieks, dashing over to wrap her arms around Jackson's leg and smile up at him, her sharp

down at

you tell Ariel, because seriously – that was a secret! I've been looking forward to

right, all right," Cora

Puppy and cousin are going to go clean up, because they're all bloody and

we take

say, narrowing my eyes at Jesse.

be scandalized by

"Almost cry," Jackson grumbles,

warning at

an arm around my waist and tugging

it, Ariel, why do you

cause so

into his face and

that he walked