The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy novel Chapter 455

“Mom?” I ask, my voice tense, moving immediately to her side. Dad, too, looks over at mom with concern.

Mom blinks, coming back to herself, and holds out her arms to me as she stands, wrapping me in a warm hug when I come close enough. “Hi, baby,” mom murmurs, holding me tight.

“Are you okay, mom?” I ask, pulling back a bit, and studying her. “What’s wrong? What happened?”

“I’m all right,” she says with a little sigh, glancing towards the door. “Just…”

I glance towards the door too. As Luca and my dad murmur greetings to each other, Luca reaching across the table to solidly shake his hand.

“Just what?” I ask, ignoring Luca and dad. “Was it something with Tony?”

She sighs and shakes her head – not denying it just…wanting to move on. “It’s nothing, Ari – just…a strange interaction.”

“What was strange about it?” I push, wanting to know.

“Just, something odd about the way my magic interacted with his,” she says with a sigh, shaking her head. “Odd and…intense. I’ve only experienced something like it once before – my magic calling to someone else’s like that – and this time it was very different. A long time ago, before you were born.”

“What was odd and intense, mom?” I ask, worried.

“He was just so cold, baby,” mom says, turning to me with another sigh. “He felt…god, he felt like….” She looks worriedly towards the door where tony left.

My eyes go wide as I stare at my mother’s drawn face. “Like what?”

“It felt like he was…already dead…” she whispers, shaking her head.