Their Hidden Princess (Zora) novel Chapter 214

My eyes were locked on my classmates. They learned in and whispered to one another. I felt the rumors beginning to take shape around me. The swirled and curled around me and left as I left the classroom. They scattered across campus in seeds as I was paraded down the hallway and out of the building.

Then men put me into a large, black car. There was a barrier between the front seat and the back seat. One man shoved in the back to my right and the other to my left. I bit down on my tongue as they did. I knew it was better to keep quiet than to start a fight.

I’d learned that through my years in the orphanage.

Two men got in the front. Their radios were chattering with words I didn’t understand in codes I’d never get. As the last door slammed, the car took off. They drove me away from my class hall and into the unknown.

Luckily for me, the unknown seemed to be the campus jail cell. They parked me in and locked the door, keeping my hands in the uncomfortable handcuffs. I slunk down on the bench in the back, completely dejected.

“MOVE!” I heard barked around the corner. The military men skittered out of the way as someone barreled through the jail cell. I also cried in relief when I saw who it was.

Valentin had stormed through the small police force and was trying to pry open the bars of my cell with his hands. I ran to the bars and placed my hands over his. “Don’t!” I cried. “I don’t need this to incriminate me more.”

“Do you hear what they’re saying?” he barked back. “That you’re working with the vampires? This is bullshit. Utter bullshit.”

“I know, I know,” I said, squeezing his hand where it was placed on the bars of my cell. “But I have nothing to hide. No involvement to keep from them. If I cooperate, they’ll let me go, right?”

Valentin’s lip curled into a snarl. He leaned closer to the bars so that only I could hear what he was saying. ” They won’t keep you here if you tell them who you are,” he said, quickly. “I could tell them. I would keep you safer-”

“No,” I said quickly with a shake of my head. “It will only make people think I have more to hide.”

Valentin frowned. He dropped his grip on the bars and stepped back. He took in the military men around him. He glared at all of them.

“This is my school,” he spat. “You have no right to come in and manhandle my students like this!”

“Sir,” One of the men cleared his throat. “With all due respect, this is above your level of authority.” Valentin seethed, his chin tipping up as he continued to glare at the officer. Valentin stepped closer to the guard and I watched him swallow thickly. “Do you know who I am?” Valentin spat.

“Of course, High Alpha Lunerly,” the man sputtered. “We thank you for our freedom.”

“As you should,” Valentin’s eyes darted to look at me then leveled back with the guard. He jabbed a hand towards me. “If I hear one word about her treatment being less than optimal, I will raise the Hells.”

Chapter 214

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