The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy novel 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.

But she just continues to shake her head, looking down at her wolf. “I can’t,” she whispers.

Jesse looks up at me, desperate for me to continue, not knowing what to do.

“Jess,” I say, pulling the fire back so that it becomes a ball in my hands. “I – I don’t even know how much I could do from this distance – I can only get so close…”

He groans, knotting his fingers in his hair and pressing his eyes shut.

“I – I’m going back,” Midnight says, her voice creaking. I turn my head to her just in time to see her vanish. Her wolf gives a terrible little howl, sinking back into the depths, scrabbling to find her footing and keep her fresh, clean fur out of the muck in a way that just breaks my heart in half.

“Come on,” Jesse grumbles, standing and reaching for me. “I – I don’t want to leave her alone.”