The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy novel Chapter 650

“Oh, you’re wonderful too, cutie,” mom says, stumbling over to Jesse to wrap him up in a hug. “Now come on, everyone! We need to get back to the classroom – we have to talk about the potential consequences and use of this! And how to similarly experiment with everyone else’s magic too! We’re going to do great things!”

Mom and Cora turn towards the palace with Jesse between them, talking closely to him about what the fire felt like mingling with his own magic. Rafe and Luca follow, likewise talking close, while Jackson and Tony fall in on either of my sides.

“That was incredibly cool, Ari,” Tony says, grinning delightedly at me, his eyes crinkled with joy.

“Thanks, Tony,” I say, bumping shoulders with him, likewise pleased.

“Makes me wish we had a bond,” he says, gesturing between us.

Jackson snaps his head towards Tony and lets out a low growl.

“Oh back off, biggy, I don’t mean like that,” Tony says, reaching out his long arm to give Jacks a shove on the shoulder. Jackson narrows his eyes but nods, letting the statement stand. Tony turns back to me. “Just like, imagine what we could do –“

“But wouldn’t we just like…” I smack my hands together and bounce them apart, “clash? Your water just putting out my fire?”

“Nah, I don’t think I’m just water, I think it also has to do with like…breath?” Tony says, shaking his head at me, clearly excited. “But even then – fire and water don’t just cancel each other out,” he says, talking fast. My eyes go wide as I realize that he’s right.

“We could like – boil oceans –“

“Make like, a whole bunch of steam –“

“It could be like a fog that spreads out over a countryside –“

Tony’s eyes go wide. “That is such a good idea. What if we could like –“

Jackson walks stoically at my side, still warm and proud, as Tony and I chatter all the way back to the castle.

Even so, I can’t help but notice that even as Rafe moves forward to join in on the conversation with Jesse and our moms, Luca doesn’t fall back to join in with Tony and I.

Instead, he walks alone between the two groups, his head hanging.

And when I send my wolf forward to try, I already know what she finds to be true.