The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy novel Chapter 702

We all turn towards the entrance, though – me going stock straight with fear – when the flap lifts and a silhouette appears. I shy away from it, remembering again Gibson’s dark form against the door –

“It’s just me,” Jesse says, seeing my fear and reaching out a hand for me as he steps into the tent. “It’s all right, Ariel.”

Shaking a little, sniffing hard, I straighten up. “Is Tony okay?”

Jesse’s face falls a little as he steps into the tent and lets the flap fall, slipping his hands into his pockets. “It’s not good, cousin.”

I moan, my head falling. Jackson snarls again and I hear Jesse sigh at Jackson’s implicit command to stop saying things that upset me. But I shake my head, declining to be coddled, because I need to know.

“They don’t think he’s going to survive?” I ask.

Jesse sighs, deep. “They don’t know,” he murmurs.

“Is mom coming?” I raise my eyes to my cousin, desperate for him to say yes.

But Jesse just pauses and looks at me, I think deciding what to say.

I flash my teeth, a growl building in my chest alongside my demand.

He just sighs and shrugs. “I don’t know, Ari. They didn’t tell me.”

I clench my jaw, frustrated, and look away.

The flap opens again and two nearly identical dark heads appear. I sit up straighter, looking between my father and my brother. “Is he okay?”

Dad just sighs and snaps his fingers at Jackson and Luca, demanding a little space so he can sit and talk to me. Luca immediately gets to his feet but Jackson hesitates.