The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy

Chapter 1009

She has to admit though...the stars are a pleasant addition.

Midnight's wolf gives a little worried howl, sprawled out in her soul, her little legs too weak to carry her much or far these days. But Midnight smiles a little and strokes a mental hand over her wolf's fur, pleased to see her free and clear and happy. Excited now to have that for herself too.

The world just...open for her. Infinitely possible. Midnight smiles, looking up at the stars in the velvety black sky, full of hope.

But beneath that hope curls...worry. Dread. Because she knows...

Well, I know what I want now, don't I? she thinks, sighing long through her nose. And to get it...I have to hurt the one who loves me most.

Midnight turns her head towards the creaking of the window, and then the footstep that sounds on the roof next to her.

"There you are," Jesse says, strolling over to her with his hands in his pockets, a little frown on his lips. "We were worried for you, Mids. Are you okay up here?"

"I'm okay," she says, giving him a soft smile.

His frown deepens, his eyes narrowing, suspicious. "You're all...calm," he murmurs. "I don't trust it."

She grins, patting the roof next to her. Her mate sits down with a sigh, looping his arms around his knees. They sit that way for a long time, just looking up at the sky together, basking in the cool air and the quiet and the solitude. But then he leans closer to her, nudging her shoulder with his, inviting – or requesting - for her to tell him what's wrong.

eyes to the roof tiles. "I...I think I

right," he says, his voice low.

her eyes, frightened and out of her element, but determined all the same. "Can

"Of course."

takes a deep breath. "My whole life, Jess," she says quietly, the words spilling off her tongue like they've been waiting there a long time. "I've been...just

silent,

and that we would raise them all to worship Darkness. And that you would love me and everything would beright. And I...I was so excited

her eyes and turning them to

she whispers, her voice creaking, tears coming to her eyes. "I was...I watched you all for hours. And you were

getting choked up

promised, in the end," she

a little, a

says, sniffing, the tears finding their way down her cheeks. “You saved me instead of the other way around. And you brought me home and made me family. And gave me...so much. I love you so much, Jesse, I -

arm around her and pulling her

"Do you promise not to hate

"What? I mean...I mean, yes, Midnight. I'll never hate you

shaking her head, her black curls bouncing lightly. "I'm