The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy

Chapter 0970

Mark watches Pippa carefully, still completely at a loss regarding what to do or say to calm her down, to let her know that it's all right. Because she's right - completely right. None of this is simple. She is, by all accounts, married to another man and newly the mother of his child.

But despite all of that, besides her slim little chest heaving with anger, Mark notes that.....Pippa doesn't leave the alcove.

And it's not because he's keeping her here by force.

Be cool, be cool, his wolf cautions, even has he fails to take that advice himself and darts anxiously back and forth in Mark's soul.

Mark exhales slowly and holds Pippa's gaze. "Your situation is even more complex than you're painting it," he says, doing his damn best to stay calm.

Pippa stiffens, her shoulders straightening as she glares at him. "By which you mean?"

He raises an eyebrow at her. "You're leaving out the fact that your Alpha is mated to someone else as well. Happily so, by all accounts."

Pippa inhales deeply through her nose, her eyes flaring as she glares at Mark. His wolf howls in his soul, anguished, wondering if it was the wrong thing to say. But damn it, what the hell is the right thing to say in a situation like this?

says, her voice tight, lifting the baby higher in her arms. Mark's eyes move for a moment to little Bianca, seeing that she's calming somehow, his heart gladdening for it. Because that little baby - she's not even his child, and he feels...such a tie to

with Elias right now," Mark says quietly, sighing as he runs his hand through his hair. "Pippa, can we just...talk? Normally? I mean, you're so resistant to this,

wish you would!" she

can hang out alone in the alcove?" Mark asks, sarcastic, waving around to it. But then he drops his hand, a little ashamed at

at him,

mate," he says, sighing, shaking his head at her, pressing a hand to his heart. "I know

towards him, her mouth pulling down

says, wary, knowing that this is a

would you suggest we do that?"

little as he realizes that he has...absolutely no answer to that question

Pippa's mouth. "My entire life is falling apart, and you want to

not getting it, but knowing that this

what does one do when they hang

Pippa. We