The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy

Chapter 1002

Midnight bursts into tears, looking down at her wolf, her entire body starting to tremble. "I - I didn't know," she whispers, starting to shake her head.

"Mids," Jesse calls, his voice breaking, kneeling down at the edge of his soul and reaching for her. "Midnight, please, are you okay?"

She just continues to cry, her face tucked into her hands, her shoulders shaking.

I push my fire a little further as the wolf gets to the edge of her gigantic pit, her snout stretched out as far as it can go, and my heart sings when I see just the barest edge of oil burn away from her snout, revealing -

My eyes go wide when I see that the fur beneath is a creamy white. I groan again, pushing the fire further, and Midnight's wolf gives a pitiful little howl, shutting her eyes, letting the warmth rush over her. More oil peels back, revealing more plush white fur along the length of her snout, the tips of her ears...

"Stop!" Midnight cries out. My eyes flash to her as she drops her hands from her face and begins to shake her head, vehement. "Please, stop – I can't - I can't – I'll lose everything."

I pull my fire back, as I promised, but keep it burning.

Midnight's wolf whips her face to Midnight, a sorrowful, plaintive little howl slipping from her lips. Midnight looks down at her wolf and shakes her head again, apology everywhere alongside her fear.

"Midnight," Jesse says, the single word a plea, begging for her to continue.

her head, looking down at her

desperate for me to continue,

I don't even know how much I could do from this

groans, knotting his fingers in his hair and pressing his

her voice creaking. I

little howl, sinking back into the depths, scrabbling to find her

reaching for me. "I

last plaintive look back at the wolf, I take his hand and we return to the real

and holding her close through her pain and her grief, her worry and confusion. Ariel moves close as well, taking Midnight's hand, squeezing

her mind coming back to her. Eventually she finds the strength to give one last big sniff and

you okay, baby?" Ariel whispers, leaning close and stroking a hand over her hair. Midnight can't

big coward. It didn't hurt at all - it felt wonderful. Warm - warm. Her...her wolf didn't even know that she

all of her

Jesse murmurs, pressing a kiss to her hair. "You're allowed to be scared. It's

and her thoughts and her heart together. Her wolf howls in her soul, begging for the warmth

then guilt rushes through her, because she knows it's wrong. Her wolf. Her poor wolf. Slowly, she opens the door again and lets her wolf's howls echo through her soul, finally listening to what