The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy novel Chapter 481

I sit up straighter, surprised. “The one with the crown?” I ask, a little horrified at the idea. “Or – the one next to him?”

“The one next to him,” Ben says, nodding seriously, and I feel a whoosh of relief – because the one with the crown…my wolf raises her hackles at his memory. There was something wrong with him. But the one next to him – I suddenly remember the pulse that went through me when our eyes locked. Not a mating bond – no, I’d recognize that anywhere – but…a connection.

A real one I can’t explain.

“Did you find out who he is?” I ask, excited.

“Of course I did, Ari,” Ben says, leaning back in his chair and waiving a dismissive hand at me. “What do you think I did all midwinter? Actually, Rafe is the one who told me who it was.”

“Really?” I ask, my eyes going wide. “Does Rafe…know?”

“No, only you know,” Ben says, looking at me a little hard, and I nod quickly to reassure him that I’m keeping the secret. The stakes are high, after all, on this one. “But…I asked some questions about the Atalaxian delegation and got enough information out of him to figure it out.”

“Well come on, Benny,” I growl, smacking the table between us and making him laugh. “Spill! I’m dying here!”

“All right, all right,” he says, leaning his arms on the desk and grinning at me, I think enjoying himself more than he has in a while now that he has someone to talk to about this. “His name is Elias. He’s the son of a minor Atalaxian Prince named Calvin, their third child.”

My eyes go a little wide at the name, because I recognize it.

“What?” Ben asks, frowning at me.