The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy novel Chapter 956

The next few minutes pass calmly, the girls getting lost in their games, Jesse splitting a can of orange soda between him and Midnight, pouring some into a glass for her and taking the can for himself. Then he sighs, leaning back on his hand, studying his mate.

“What?” Midnight asks, taking a sip of her drink before resting her cheek on her knee.

“You just look…better, Mids,” Jesse says, his eyes moving over her. “You’ve put on some weight. You look healthy. It makes me happy.”

She narrows her eyes. “Are you going to try to seduce me now?”

He laughs, shaking his head. “No, I didn’t mean it like that.”

“Good,” she murmurs, turning her face away, again watching the girls like a little dragon that has unwillingly let intruders into her cave and isn’t happy about it. “I’m not doing any of the romance stuff. Gross.”

“No worries,” Jesse says on a sigh, searching his heart. But still, even as he does, he realizes with a rather strong assurance that even if Midnight is his mate, and even if he can admit that she’s a beautiful girl, he is…still not attracted to her. Not in that way.

His wolf turns in his soul, anxious and confused, not getting it. Shouldn’t he be attracted to her, if she’s his mate?

Maybe it doesn’t work like that, his wolf says, pacing back and forth. Ariel said she had a stronger sexual connection with Jackson than Luca…

Yeah, Jesse murmurs inwardly. But she still made out with Luca. A lot. She was still attracted to him.

Maybe our relationship is different, his wolf says with what can best be described as a wolfish little shrug. Maybe it reflects what she needs, which is less passion and more…companionship.

Jesse’s wolf shifts his gaze, looking towards the space where the bond would be if Jesse accepted it, beyond which they can still see Midnight’s poor little wolf, still stuck in that oil, panting, her eyes lit with that manic glow.

Or maybe, his wolf says, hesitating, maybe things would be different if she wasn’t corrupted.

Jesse hums aloud, considering. Wondering.

“Oh, just tell me,” Midnight says, rolling her eyes.

Jesse blinks back to the moment, shifting his gaze to her. “What?”