The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy novel Chapter 777

Rafe just…stares.

His mouth hangs open and he stands still as he just…looks at the place his sister was standing just – just a fucking moment ago –

Where Jackson is now roaring his rage and pain as he turns, fruitlessly, looking everywhere for his mate like he’s just going to find her sitting on the ground behind him or something. But she’s gone – Ariel is…is fucking gone.

Vanished, like Jesse.

Like Juniper.

Who…who is taking his family, one by one?

“Let’s go,” Roger snarls, grabbing Rafe by his arm and striding forward, the needle still in his hand.

“Roger!” Rafe snaps out, digging his feet in, shaking his head. “We have to – we have to stay – she’s here –“

“She’s not here!” Roger snaps, spinning his head back to glare at his nephew, his canines elongated, his eyes alight with rage and with pain. God, his niece – his perfect niece – gone now too? Like Jesse, his fucking son? And Juniper, who had no god damn part in this war? “We’re getting out of here, Rafe! We need to regroup!”

“No!” Rafe roars, giving a mighty shake of his head. “We’re not leaving without her!”

Roger yanks, hard, pulling the boy to him. “You have a responsibility to this realm, Rafe,” he snarls, shaking his nephew, making him hear it. “You are second in line to this throne. Some mysterious force has just snatched the third in line from right under our eyes. I’m getting you out of here! Now!”

Rafe quails at this, at the idea of just…just leaving. Of not even looking for her.

“We’re getting you out of here,” Roger snaps, pulling Rafe forward, and striding for Jackson. “And I need your help with him. He needs medical attention.”

Confused, Rafe follows Roger with stumbling steps as he strides for Jackson, even as gunfire continues to explode on either side of them. Medical attention? Jackson doesn’t need –

But then Rafe’s eyes fall to Jackson’s hand, which is blistered with burns.

Burns from where he held Ariel’s hand, passed her his power, even when her power roared so powerfully that she nearly burned herself out. Rafe’s stomach turns at the sight of Jackson’s ruined palm.

But the agony on his face…