Their Hidden Princess (Zora) novel Chapter 230

Zora

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In the morning, I woke up comfortably warm. Maximus’s body was wound around me like a snake and he was lightly snoring into my shoulder. I blinked to adjust my eyes in the darkness before nudging him awake. It was quarter to five. We were to meet in front of the admissions building in half an hour.

Maximus grumbled, pressing his face further into me before I fully rotated and shoved him in the chest. Then, one of his eyes snapped open.

“Come on sleepy,” I grumbled, voice thick with my own exhaustion. “Your bag is empty and car leaves in thirty, so we leave in twenty.”

Maximus grumbled again, this time something about being a drill sergeant, before wrenching back my quilt. He stumbled out of bed and began rummaging through his wardrobe. He threw things into the empty bag on his floor with an admirable lack of care. Then, he chucked in a few of his toiletries before zipping the bag up and hiking it over his shoulder. He picked up one of mine and jerked his chin towards his door.

We walked out of his room, and I made sure to give my own door its own sad little wave of goodbye. I had no clue when I’d be seeing it again, if ever. Then, we trudged down the stairs and out of the dorm hall.

Campus was near silent as we trekked across it. The snow had mostly melted but a crust of frost was still lingering on the dried, wilted grass. Our feet crunched as we walked across it. With two minutes to spare, we arrived in front of the admissions hall.

A black sedan was parked outside. Valentin stood next to the driver’s side. He was wearing tactical gear in all black and had a black beanie on his head. His eyes were glued on his phone, but he slowly lifted them as he saw us approaching.

“Bags in the back,” he said, shoving his phone in his back pocket. “Wolfham, you’re in the front with me. Moonraiser will sit in the back with Zora.”

Max gave him a curt nod then opened the trunk of the car. He loaded in our bags before walking around to the passenger side of the car. He returned back to press a kiss to my temple before hopping in. As his door slammed, I watched Kairos emerge from the path to his house.

“You’re late,” Valentin barked from the driver’s side.

“It’s the bloody ass–crack of dawn,” Kairos hissed. “Give me a break.”

“Vampires don’t take breaks,” Valentin snapped back. “They don’t even fucking sleep.”

He dropped his ass into the driver’s seat as Kairos rolled his eyes so violently, they almost disappeared in the back of his head. He threw his bag in the back before looking at me. He gave me a curt, robotic nod before moving around the side of the car to sit behind Maximus.

I cringed. I really needed to talk to him.

“Coming, Princess?”

I looked up to meet Valentin’s eyes in the window he rolled down. I gave him a pointed look before getting into the car with the rest of them. The door slammed shut and Valentin put the car into drive. The admissions

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building slowly faded to nothing in the rear window.

Just like that, Alpha Academy was a thing of the past.

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I lost track of how long we were in the car. I think we all passed out again. Valentin drove right along as were something he did normally. Sleep dragged my body in and out of consciousness.

I woke with a start at one point, to someone shaking me. My eyes flew open as I gasped. My eyes immediately fixed on familiar dark gold ones. Kairos held his hands up in defense.

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