The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy novel Chapter 503

“Well, it’s fancy,” I say, gesturing to the gun. “And it has a scope. You point the crosshairs at the target and you shoot – it should work!”

He laughs at me again, I think genuinely pleased and entertained. “It’s going to take a long time to get good at it, kid,” he says, smiling at me and patting me on the shoulder. “You’ve got to learn the gun, how to adjust to the height, the wind patterns, your own bodily movements. Then once you’ve done that, I want you to master it sitting, and standing. Then we’ll move the target further out, and so on.”

He nods to me, smirking as my eyes go wider and wider at each item on the list.

“It’s going to take a long time, kid,” he says. “And I want you out here every day practicing on your own time. If you only come once a week with me, it will take seven times as long to get you where we need you.”

My mouth falls open a little at this because when – when the hell am I supposed to fit that in!?

“Problem with that order, Cadet?” he asks, an eyebrow going up. “Because I can take the gun back…”

I snap my mouth shut and straighten my shoulders. “No sir,” I say immediately, putting a possessive hand on my new favorite possession. “I’ll do it. I’ll…figure it out.”

“Right answer,” the Captain says. “Now let’s get out of here.” Together we pack up the gun and sling it over my shoulder, heading down the makeshift ladder towards the ground. I hold my breath almost the whole way, hating going down much more than I hate going up, and only half listening to the Captains instructions about saving my targets from my individual practice so that he can evaluate them.