Their Hidden Princess Novel

---- Chapter 126 I'd never been more uncomfortable than standing across from Valentin's desk, sandwiched between Thorne and Maximus. The three of us were silent, heads bowed down as Valentin glared at us. Outside, | could hear the snarky murmurs of Loren and Bella. Time seemed to move at the pace of a snail as we stood in front of Valentin, awaiting judgment. He'd barely spoken as he walked us across campus. He'd old told Loren and Bella to sit outside once we arrived at his office before ushering myself and my two mates into his office.

It was precisely how | landed in a room with three of the people I'd thought | had some sort of mate bond with. The room seemed to hum with the unsaid words and the small spark of power that emanated from each of the High Alphas. My hands shook with the desire to use the magiks coursing through me. Stay calm, Mona commanded. An outburst isn't likely to help. this situation. I'm trying, | grit out from between the barriers of my mind | was about at my breaking point when the tension in the room snapped as Valentin sighed heavily and slumped in his seat.

His hands went to pinch the bridge of his nose as he glanced at the three of us. ---- "I have bigger shit to deal with than petty rumors," he said, sounding utterly exhausted. "Sir," Thorne addressed Valentin, who lazily looked at the younger Alpha. "They're not necessarily rumors. You saw how Zora attacked the Princess. As the future High Alpha Consort-" "I'm aware of your title," Valentin cut Thorne off with a wave of his hand. "I also know you watched the entire spar and saw what actually happened. The crown has no use for liars, Blythwitch." Thorne's jaw slammed back shut.

He dipped his head, eyes wide as the searched the carpet in front of his feet. Maximus crossed his arms back over his chest as he pinned the Headmaster with his gaze. "So, it was just a rumor?" he asked. "Zora didn't try and kill the Princess?" "To some degree," Valentin sighed and dropped his hand to his lap. "Though | will say some of the attacks Zora launched in defensive were far more advanced than I've been teaching her. Good to know rumors of her second trainer were not rumors as well." Maximus said nothing, expression neutral and focused on Valentin.

| glanced to the side at him then looked back at the Headmaster. ---- "| asked him to help me," | cut in. "After -" After you dropped me because | told you we should be together and then you rejected me which caused my wolf to freak out, | regret nothing, Mona said between cleaning her paws. | resisted the urge to roll my eyes. | looked back at Valentin. His mouth was set in a thin line. He licked the front of his teeth before speaking. "| see," He sighed again then stood. He pressed his fingertips into the desk in a tent. He looked at all three of us.

"What | am about to tell you," he warned. "Is to stay between us and us only. It is of utmost importance. Do you understand?" All three of us nodded. Valentin blinked slowly then sighed again. "We found a vampire on the boarder of the campus last night," Both Maximus and Thorne stiffened. | knitted my eyebrows together. "| thought they'd all been killed during the aftermath of the war?" "Majority of them, yes," Valentin said. "A few escaped. They haven't been hear of or seen in the last two decades. We assumed their threat had dissipated.

Then our scouts caught the scent of one by the northern dormitories." ---- "The northern dorms?" Maximus confirmed. "That's where-" All at once, the three male Alphas turned and looked at me. | didn't need them to say anything to know that was where | lived Nor did | need them to say anything to let me know they thought the vampire was looking for me. For what, it seemed Thorne and Maximus were stuck on. But Valentin's gaze told me all | needed to know. The vampires knew | was the Princess. "So now what?" | asked Valentin. "You caught it. Threat gone?" "We caught one of them," he corrected.

"Scouts smelled at least two. Likely three." "They've been growing," Thorne said, as if working through his own thoughts.