The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy novel Chapter 820

I make it about a mile around the perimeter when suddenly I hear my name shouted angrily in the air.

I spin immediately towards Gabriel, knowing that it’s him – that it can only be him. I was expecting him eventually, after all. For a second I consider flitting back to the Castle and evading him more but…no. It’s not necessary. This encounter is going to happen, and I don’t need any more information within the Castle to elongate the chase.

He’s still quite a distance away, though, so I turn and keep running, both to keep up my façade of trying to escape as well as to put him through his paces a bit. Gabriel – he’s annoying, and I think I’m fitter than him, so the more I can make him work to catch me the better.

It doesn’t last long, though. I never had a chance – as with Rafe and Jesse and Luca and Jacks, I can’t outrun those long Alpha legs. Plus, I am wearing slippers, which are very impractical for running.

“Ariel!”

Gabriel snatches my arm, pulling me backwards to him, snarling with his rage.

“Let me go!” I shout, trying to rip my arm from his grip.

“God damn it, Ariel!” he shouts, smacking me hard across the face. I gasp, a hand flying to my cheek as I glare up at him.

“Stop doing that, you fucking coward!”

“Stop being disobedient, you tiny whore –“

I narrow my eyes. “How dare you. How dare you speak to me like that. How dare you hit me.”