The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy

Chapter 0223
When I wake up the next morning or, at least, I think it's morning — it's not like this
weird mountainous hospital room has windows — I smile, because I smell
Jackson.
But then I frown, rubbing at my eyes, because...
I mean, I took a shower. His scent wouldn't be all over me anymore, so why...
But then, when I follow my nose and peer over the side of my bed, I burst into a
smile because I have my answer.
Jackson's laying there, on a way—too—small mattress of all things, dead asleep. I
grin, looking at him, wondering how the hell he got here and why he’s not back at
the Academy yet, but...
Well, also, I just look at him. Because he’s so damn handsome, even with his
mouth hanging open and his arm splayed out to the side, and so incredibly
precious to me, even though we've only been bonded for less than two days.
Before I can stop myself, I crawl out of bed and drop down onto his mattress,
curling up at his side with my head on his chest. Jackson jumps the moment I
touch him, but he instantly calms when he realizes what happened. “Don’t scare
me like that,” he murmurs, instantly wrapping his arms around me and pulling me
tight.
I laugh. “Good morning to you too.”
“Yeah yeah,” he mutters, and I can almost feel him rolling his eyes at my
insistence on a greeting. “How are you? Are you okay?”
“I'm fine,” I say, though my stomach instantly growls in response. “Starving, but
fine.” Jackson frowns down at me and starts to sit up, like he’s going to go get
me some food immediately, but I laugh and stop him with a hand on his chest.
“Just stay still with me for a moment, Jacks,” I whisper, wanting nothing more
than to have a peaceful few minutes with him before the rest of the world catches
up with us.
My mate lays back down and exhales like he’s exhausted, but also like
everything, in this moment, is...completely fine. Which, honestly, is precisely how
I feel.
After a few long minutes of just holding each other, our breathing slowly coming
to match, our heartbeats synching up, I raise my chin to look up at him. “Jacks,” I
whisper, curious. ” Why aren't you at school? And where did you get a mattress?”
He laughs a little. “I'm not at school because I refused to go.”
“What!?” I squeak, sitting up to stare at him. He tightens his arms, making me lay
back down and relax.
“I wouldn't go,” he says, as if it's simple. “I wouldn't leave without you. The
professors got pissed, but what are they going to do, carry me? I'm bigger than
they are.”
“Jackson,” I breathe, staring at him. “One night with me in the hospital is not
worth getting
kicked out of school
“I'm not getting kicked out,” he says, his voice completely unworried. “I'm just
getting at demerit on my record.”
“What's a demerit?” I ask, fascinated, worried.
“Who knows. Who cares.” He peers at me for a second. “Ari, I'm like...very good
at this military stuff. They're not going to kick me out and lose everything I can
offer just because I slept in the wrong facility one night. I haven't done anything
bad.”
“I don't like you arrogant,” I murmur, giving him a little smack on his chest that
makes him laugh. “You have to follow the rules, Jacks you don’t get a free pass
just because you're big and nobody can boss you around.”
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“Your mom did that,” he says, and I can hear the smile in his voice. “She found
me curled up outside your locked door —”
“Jackson!” I gasp. He just grins down at me.
“She pulled me to my feet and yelled at me a little-"
“Which you deserved —" I say, my brow furrowed.
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Yes, she looked just like that,” he
murmurs, raising a hand—to cup my

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cheek and making me grin. “But then,
while she yelled at me, she dragged
me off to where they keep the spare
furniture and helped me carry this in
here. And then she left your clothes
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