The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy

Chapter 0222
And so I just curl up against mom at the head of the bed, listening to my dad and
my brother fight about whether or not I should be at the school, and what the hell
Rafe was thinking taking me there, and how I've survived so far. I can hear Rafe
supplying information that Jackson told when they were away at the shower,
apparently, about the identity of the cadet who shot me with a crossbow and
whether or not he has a further vendetta against me, but I quickly find myself
slipping into sleep as I lean against mom.
“Come on, baby,” I hear mom murmur from my half daze. I blink into
consciousness, realizing that dad and Rafe are still going at it, and then I look up
at mom next to me. “Let's get you cleaned up,” she says, unhooking me from the
IV and tugging me away.
I nod, following her to the second door in the room, yawning as we pass through
it and a few more doors before we enter a pretty utilitarian private bathing
chamber. She helps me strip down and then I shower as mom fills me in, quietly
and calmingly, on the gossip from home. Markie is fine he doesn't like school,
loves sports, wants a pet squirrel more than anything in the world. Juniper hates
everything, apparently, and won't wear anything but black dyed her hair black,
too, in a fit of rebellion.
I smirk, thinking fondly of my taciturn little sister, missing her with a sudden
intensity that surprises me. But I dry off with a scratchy towel and then pull on the
supplied one-sizefits- all-Alpha pajamas — which, obviously, swim on me. But
mom laughs and helps me pull the drawstring of the pants tight before leading
me out into the hospital room again and back to the bed.
Dad and Rafe, I'm interested to see, have fallen silent and aren't looking at each
other.
“So,” mom says, overly cheerful. “Did we men come to any decisions about
Ariel's fate in the world without consulting her?”
Rafe balks a little bit, staring at my mom, because he has been fighting for me for
the past few hours. She just winks at him, because the critique was mostly for my
dad.
“Enough, Ella,” dad murmurs, massaging his temple with his left hand. “We
decided to pick it up again tomorrow, after we've all slept on it. We're not getting
anything done here anyway.”
“Wow, you're kidding me, I thought you were making such progress,” mom
murmurs with over—cheerful sarcasm as she tucks me into bed. Dad just glares
at her half-heartedly before turning to me, leaning down to give me a kiss on the
cheek and then run his hand over my
hair.
“I love you, Ariel,” he says, and I look up at him, hoping he can see in my face all
the love I
so much that it aches. His face falls a little then, and I smile, have for him in my
heart because I think he sees it. “I just want what's best for you.”
“I know, pops,” I murmur, reaching for him, wanting a hug. Dad obliges me,
wrapping me up tight for a long, long moment. And then he lets me lay back
down in the bed, standing up. As soon as my head hits the pillow, my eyes start
to drift shut.
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