The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy

Chapter 68
“Because,” Daphne says, giving a happy little sigh and taking a long sip of her
wine, “you're
right the boys here would throw themselves at my feet just because I'm the only
girl here
— at least, the only admitted girl here.”
I raise my glass in toast to her, conceding the point.
“But,” she continues with a shrug, “I'm not going to throw myself at the first boy I
find myself attracted to — fall in love, get wrapped up in a marriage I haven't really
considered, find myself ten years from now tied to a life that I didn’t want. I want
to be more careful than that.”
I nod, understanding. “So, you want to choose your boys carefully. Clever work,
Daphne.”
She grins at me, accepting the compliment. “Seems a waste sometimes, though.
All these boys for the pickings and I just....leave them on the vine.”
“A job perk left unused,” I murmur, agreeing. “Is the job worth it, besides that?
You seem really isolated here.”
“I am isolated,” she says, shrugging before grinning at me, “which is partially why
I'm so
glad you're here now seriously, you'd better make it through to the spring
semester, I'll be desolate if you leave me after only a couple months.”
“I'll do my best,” I say, nodding seriously, “just for you.”
She laughs along with me but then I tilt my head to the side, considering her
again, wondering about her past. “Daphne, how did you end up here?”
“My uncle got me the job,” she says quietly. “He was the tailor here before me he
brought me in two years ago, when his heath started to fail and he couldn't keep
up with the work. And then when he died, they gave me his spot, because I'm
fast, and I work hard, and I know the uniforms inside and out.”
“I'm sorry,” I say quietly, realizing that she really is all alone here now that she’s
lost her
uncle as well.
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“Don't be,” she says, her smile soft. “He had a long life, and I'm not unhappy
here. I'm cozy. and warm, and busy I like all that. And the Academy pays
incredible wages, so it's well worth being alone for a little for the money I can
stash away and send home to my mom. I figure a few more years of this and
I'm... totally free.”
“What's that mean to you?” I ask, genuinely curious. “Total freedom?”
“Doing whatever I want, whenever I want to,” she sighs, her eyes going a little
far-off at the idea. “I don’t need a big mansion or anything — just...the ability to
travel where I want, to support myself. Maybe get a cat.” She shrugs.
“That does sound nice.” I say quietly, considering that...well, I never even
thought of that as a possibility for myself. Total freedom, a life on my own terms...
“You can come along if you want,” she says quietly. “But... would request that
you bring your hot brother.”
I burst into laughter at this, stretching my leg across the bed and giving her a little
kick. “Do you seriously think he’s that hot?”
“Ari,” she says, laughing a little low laugh. “Every girl in the nation. human and
wolf- has had a crush on Rafe Sinclair since he hit puberty. That height? Those
shoulders, those eyes?” she sighs, leaning back against her pillows.
“Ewww,” I say, wrinkling my nose at her but laughing anyway, “you wouldn't think
he's so cute if you had to listen to him snore day in and day out.”
Daphne smiles but shakes her head, letting me know that not even that would be
enough. I sigh because I mean, I know Rafe’s reputation in the world I've seen
the tabloids, and I'm aware that my brother is objectively good looking. But still, a
national heartthrob?
1 guess I'm just too close to it. “Poor Jesse,” I sigh, resting my head against the
wall. “You'll break his heart, you know, crushing on Rafe like that.”
“Yeah well,” she murmurs, smirking at me. “Something tells me your Jesse needs
to have his heart broken a bit, doesn't he?”
“Probably,” I say, nodding and meaning it. Jesse — I love him so much, and I
know his heart. is in the right place, but all of my friends? He would certainly
deserve it.
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But still, he’s my cousin and I love him. He deserves some loyalty, after all.
“Jesse’s not a bad guy, Daphne, I don’t want you to think that. Just a flirt.”
“I don't think he’s bad,” she says, nodding with a smile. “I just think he’s maybe a
little bit... dangerous. A little too easy to fall in love with, that one you've got to
watch your step around him before you find yourself swept off your feet.”
“But not Rafe?” I ask, curious,
“Rafe’s impossible,” she says, grinning at me. “Nobody actually expects Rafe
Sinclair to look their way. You cousin the duke,” she shakes her head, “a little too
possible.”
I huff a sigh through my nose as I look down at my wine, not precisely disliking
learning about this side of my brother and my cousin that I hadn’t thought of
before, but certainly unnerved by it. Daphne, perceptive, moves on.
“So, enough about me,” she says, leaning forward and smacking me on my knee.
“Tell me everything. Ari — how the hell did you get in here!?”
The time passes fast, then, as I fill her in on my journey. Daphne’s a good listener
— rapt, asking questions when necessary, but always letting me take the lead. But
as the story continues, I see her perk up a little, her intuition tingling, when Luca's
name starts to be repeated more and more as I go on. By the time I get to the
part where Luca and Ben are coming over to our room every night for dinner,
there's a full-on smirk on her lips.
“What!” I say suddenly, interrupting my own sentence to lean forward and give
her another little kick.
“Nothing!” she says, bursting into a laugh and grabbing the bottle to refill my
glass of wine, just a little bit. “Just...you light up a bit, when you talk about Luca
Grant.”
“I do not,” I protest, but my cheeks redden..
“You don't blush like that when you talk about Ben,” she teases, her voice sing—
song as she leans back against the pillows.
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“Fine,” I sigh. “I like him.”
“Ariel!” she shrieks, giggling, “that is so cute!”
“It's not cute” 1 protest, sitting up and laughing too. “It’s terrible
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up together.”
My blush deepens and I put a hand on my hot cheek. “It's so dangerous though.”
“Yeah,” she says, agreeing. “You've got to be careful. But...you should also
totally make out with him.”
I burst into laughter, shaking my head. “You sound like my wolf,” I murmur.
“Wolves are very wise,” she says sagely. “You should listen to her. And then
come back here. And tell me everything.”
“You just want gossip,” I grumble, but I can’t keep the grin off my lips.
“Ariel,” she sighs, “beyond an enduring friendship that we can trust and build?
Yes. Gossip is precisely the thing I am starved for most.”
I burst out laughing.
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