The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy novel Chapter 648

Luca hesitates, starting to close down the bond a bit.

“Please,” I beg, shaking my head at him. “Don’t get freaked out – this is…this is part of who I am.”

Luca stares at me for a long moment but then nods, re-opening the bond.

Jackson takes my other hand and I turn my head to him, eager warmth building in me.

“What are you doing?” Cora whispers, confused and fascinated. My mom stands next to her with her hands pressed to her cheeks, thrilled.

“Get goin’, trouble,” Jackson murmurs, leaning forward to press a kiss to my forehead.

I lean towards him a little, not able to help it, a little laugh sputtering from me.

But then I turn my gaze to the pile of wood in front of me – not the little log, the big one.

And I set it ablaze.

A little gasp breaks from the group as everyone turns towards it, watching the fire rage, much more powerfully and higher than it should for just that little pile of wood. And then I call on Luca’s gift as well – on the wind, the breeze, the oxygen he provides.

And I add that to the mix.

The flames roar, reaching higher, and begin to turn, wind sucked in from every direction towards it. A rich, eager joy builds in my chest and with every heartbeat pulses through my entire body as I watch the flames climb higher into the air, carried on the waves of Luca’s wind, powered by the energy that Jackson gives me.

My flames, my heat – my magic.

Mine.