Their Hidden Princess (Zora) novel Chapter 193

Chapter 193

My mood somehow became worse after my conversation with Kairos. I was hoping it would end in sunshine in rainbows but as soon as he walked away from me, I realized how delusional I was. Everything was a nightmare at that point.

Thorne had rejected me.

Maximus was livid with me and trying to break our bond.

Valentin didn’t want me.

And Kairos wanted me so much he was willing to risk having me at all to have me alone.

How had it all become so complicated?

I gave up on my classes for the afternoon and slunk back to my dorm room to wallow in my misery. I was relieved that my room was empty when I got back to it. I threw my book bag on top of my desk. Then, I dragged my feet over to my bed and threw myself into it, face down.

I laid there for long enough that all of my anger boiled up and over. I screamed into my pillows for long enough that my lungs were burning. When I finished, I finally rolled over onto my back.

You know, Mona mused in the back of my mind. It could be worse.

“How?!” I said out loud to the no one in the room. Mona huffed in the back of my mind.

You could be human.

I grabbed the pillow next to me and slammed it over my face. Then, I screamed again.

Even my inner wolf couldn’t understand me. I was on my own. Just when I thought I’d finally met some people who could understand me, I was left on my own yet again. The silence in my room was deafening. For a girl with four fated mates, I’d never felt more alone. I stared at my ceiling in silence for more time than I could count. Then, my stomach growled so loud that it echoed off the walls of my room.

Finally, I slunk out of bed and threw my coat on in favor of some semblance of food. I pushed my way out of my room then out of my building and back into the cold. Maybe I’d eat my feelings instead of sleep through them.

I got about halfway across campus before I was stopped in my tracks by a large crowd on the campus lawn. There was a fair bit of yelling and calling around them. One of my classmates peeled away from the crowd. She was shaking her head in disbelief. I darted out to stand in front of her. She stopped short, eyes bulging when she realized who it was.

“Smith,” she gasped. “You–what-”

“What’s going on?” I said, quickly.

The girl pointed over her shoulder. “Moonraiser,” she started. “He grabbed Maximus after class. They started getting in each other’s faces and then people started to gather.”

“Kairos?” I breathed. “What- oh, fuck.”

Immediately my brain spun back to a few hours before. When Kairos had gotten in my face and told me that he was going to challenge Maximus. I hadn’t expected him to actually challenge Maximus.

“Thank you,” I told the girl. She nodded once and went on her way.

I looked back at the crowd. It somehow got bigger in the moment I’d spoken to my classmate. My eyes narrowed in on a head of purple–red hair. I rushed forwards and yanked her background. She spun around and looked me in the

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eyes.

“Zora,” she hissed.

“Meg,” I breathed.

I knew I’d recognized the purple red hair somewhere. Of course, it had to be Maximus’s sister. I hadn’t seen her since the previous semester. I had a hundred and one questions for her but none were more important than the one prodding at the front of my mind.

“Where’s Max?”

“In there,” she pointed towards the center of the crowd. “fried to get through but I couldn’t. You have to do something! Moonraiser has gone mad!”

“I–I-“Istuttered. “I don’t know what to do.”

“Moonraiser was claiming that he’s your fated mate,” Meg shoved me towards the crowd. “He’ll listen to you!”

“I can’t get past them!” I protested.

“Please, Zora,” Meg begged. “You have to help Max.”

Immediately, my heart ached. I felt the electricity that usually spurred from when I touched Maximus roar through my veins. Then, warmth flooded my skin and radiated off of it. There was a flash of light and then, the crowd had parted in front of me. Everyone was staring back at me with wide eyes.

Maximus and Kairos were in the center of the circle. They were only an inch apart, torn between glaring between one another and taking in the way that I looked. Finally, Maximus did a double take. His face fell as he raked his eyes over my body.

“Zora,” he said. “You’re glowing.”

I looked down at my body and, sure enough, light was pouring out of my skin and creating a halo around me. I gasped and it fizzled away.

I looked back up and met the eyes of both of my fated mates I stormed forwards, angry again. I jabbed a finger

towards Kairos.

“The fuck are you doing?”

“What I said I’d do,” Kairos snapped.

“He told you?” Maximus cut in.

“Vaguely,” I waved a hand. “I didn’t think he was going to actually do anything.”

“I don’t play games,” Kairos threw at me. He looked back to Maximus. “I said what I said. You want to be with Zora then you’ll have to face me in a challenge.”

Maximus looked back at me. His eyes scanned all over my face before he turned back to lock eyes with Kairos. He nodded once.

“I accept,”

“Accept?!” Someone behind me squeaked. I turned and saw that Meg had followed me into the center. “Max-

“I accept,” Maximus spat out again. “Drop it Meg.”

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