The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy

Chapter 0925

Jackson nearly trips over his own feet when he feels it.

"Are you all right?" Ella asks, pausing in her steps to turn and look up at Jackson, frowning slightly.

He just goes still, ignoring Ella, staring at the little girl because...

Was that...a question? He felt? Down...down the bond?

The little girl shrinks away from him, her mouth pulling into a thin line, and he groans a little - realizing that he's frightening her, just staring at her with the ferocity and intensity of a lion. Jackson immediately turns to the bond, very carefully passing assurance and calm down it, hoping that it's...right. That it's okay. That she can feel it and it's... normal to do that.

The little girl goes still for a second and then perks up, smiling at her father.

Smiling.

Jackson groans aloud, his heart breaking at the sight of his little girl smiling at him for the first time. He reaches out a hand and strokes it over her dark hair,

marveling at the silky softness of it.

little girl.

And she smiles.

clasped tight against his chest, and he closes his eyes, tucking his

a happy sigh. "That's better. That's

eyes a little to peek at Ella, a tiny smile

her hands clasped beneath her chin. "Daughters are

starts forward again, eager to keep going, to get Marigold something to eat. Because he can feel it

sends a mental image of cheese down the bond and feels her respond with

up. When they reach the kitchen Rafe smiles at the

step inside and Rafe laughs a bit to see that Mark did his job - that the big industrial kitchen is empty of people, and that

I thought was good," Mark says, gesturing towards it and anxiously running a hand through his hair as he stands at the stove

laughs as she looks over at Marigold, who stares wide-eyed at the incredible amount of food on

enough, Markie," Ella says, laughing and going to a closet, pulling out a

familiar routines of mealtime. Jackson settles Marigold onto the chair and

wondering quietly about onel

what

apple, murmuring to Mark that he might want to