The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy

I can't help it. I just get incredibly jealous.

"Tell me," Jackson urges, feeling the shift in my emotions, tightening his arms

around me.

"I just want to do that," I say, laughing a little, shaking my head, feeling petulant. "It sounds so cool, and important, and... vivid. I want to do that work, Jacks. I want to help."

He nods, humming his understanding, letting me have the space to speak.

"I just...Jacks, I don't know if I'm going to be a very normal kind of mom," I say quietly, worried about it. "I don't think I can do it."

"What's a normal mom?" Jackson asks, genuinely curious.

"Like my mom," I say quietly. "Dedicated to raising the kids and keeping the family together. Letting the man in the house take charge."

"She does more than that."

"I know," I say on a sigh. "But...mom and dad fall into some really normal gender roles. It works for them. Family has always come first for mom - she loves it."

think you'll love

country. "But I love other things too.

I'm okay with that." Jackson gives me a warm little nudge with his nose, letting me know that he means it. “If it helps, I don't think I'm going to be a normal dad either. Mostly because I

his face. "You're going to do

a kiss

have any knowledge to back this up with, but I think that's all that really matters. And

I ask, a little smile

them..." Jackson murmurs, his voice clearly belying the fact that he has no idea what he's talking about. Or what that punishment

Or how he'd ever actually have the heart

out laughing and

letting me feel precisely how much I'm loved. Which is a great deal. Marigold looks over

at it," Jackson whispers, kissing

say on a sigh, resting against him. "We are,

his very real worry that we have no idea what we're doing. But the confidence wins. We're going to figure it out and love the hell out of our

is," Jackson says.

I whisper, turning my head to