The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy

Chapter 0922

Ella's ears perk and her head snaps up, her eyes immediately moving towards the door of her cozy little office because...

That's a child crying somewhere down the hall.

She tilts her head to the side, assessing, realizing that...

That she doesn't know this one. She knows the sounds of all her nieces and nephews crying. This one young older than an infant but not yet a proper kid - and the only child she knows of that age is Seraphina. But Sera - that's not her...

Ella stands quickly, heading for her door, her ears collecting more information as she goes. That the child isn't in pain, but is instead scared - freaked out, really. And that with every moment, the child is coming closer. Ella whips open the door, her eyes already wide and going wider when she sees the group of boys standing just outside.

Her boys - Rafe and Jesse, and Jackson at their center, and Mark and Ben flanking on either side -

And held in Jackson's arms, a tiny little girl, her head tilted back as she screams to the ceiling.

"Help," Jackson says, looking between the girl and Ella in panic. "Please - please I need your help -"

Ella gasps and waves all of the boys into her office, glancing down the hall with a snarled warning at anyone who might be coming close. But there's no one there, so she slams the door shut and spins back towards the room, her eyes moving immediately for the crying child.

before pausing in her shock in

stills as she looks between Jackson and the little girl, the connection between them immediately obvious. Because even if the little girl's face is red with emotion

dark hair, and her coloring, and that strong turn to

Immediately it's obvious who her father is

help the little smile that

young men just stare at her, completely freaked

and Jesse. "You're both big brothers who a whole hoard of children, and you're going to let

stare at Marigold, shame taking its rightful place

get this sorted," Ella says, joy flashing through her alongside her worry and her

motherly instincts kicking in as she moves quickly towards Jackson, reaching for the little girl. Because even if his life just got complicated as hell, a child

snessing,

my goodness, young lady," Ella says, laughing a

are making a

pauses for a

surprised, turning towards Ella's

him. Ella's heart absolutely swells as she moves her eyes to Jackson's face, sees his heart break in a moment to see the little girl scared and clinging to him - either because her instincts are telling her to trust him because of their genetic connection,