Their Hidden Princess Novel

---- Chapter 139 Valentin looked down at me. | watched his eyes trail over my face and down to my hands. He lingered there before noticing how close my ass was to Maximus's crotch. His nostrils flared slightly before he stepped back. His hand went to his mouth as he turned around. Finally, he looked back at the three of us and sighed. "How | train Miss Smith is up to me on my time," he said, sounding exhausted. "How you train her in your own time is up to you." With that he turned on his heel and walked away from us. | stepped towards him to protest but was yanked back by Maximus.

He pinned me to the front of him as Valentin left the gym, door slamming behind him. My heart ached. | whirled around and glared at Maximus. "What the fuck was that?" Maximus looked down at me and shrugged. | pierced him with my eyes. Loren laughed nervous behind Maximus. She waved slightly at me. "I'll meet you back at the room," she mumbled. "You guys clearly have something to talk about." ---- On that note, she skittered out of the empty gym and shifted into her wolf form as she broke into a sprint across the dark campus. Then it was only Maximus and | in the gym.

| thought about the last time we we're alone in the gym and heat flushed my face. Maximus seemed unphased and looked back at me with those deep gold eyes. "What the fuck was that?" | repeated, softer this time. "Lunerly called me into his office a week ago," Maximus stated." After that business with Amara's rumors. Asked if I'd been training you. | said yes. He told me it was 'unwise' and 'unethical' to train you in such a way. | told him he was going to get you killed. Then | left." "Jesus," | hissed under my breath, pinching the bridge of my nose.

| dropped my hand back to slap against my thigh. "You're going to get yourself expelled." "Better me expelled then you dead," Maximus said back, quickly. | narrowed my eyes at him, and he raised an eyebrow in response. "Now is it my turn to ask what the fuck was that?" | stiffened. "What was what?" Maximus gave me a pointed look. It was one that sent a shiver down my spine. He took a step closer to me, causing my chin to tip up to look him in the eye. ---- "Are you fucking him?" he whispered. "No," | said, evenly. Maximus leered closer.

"Do you want to?" | slammed my mouth shut and that was all it took for him to slink away from me. | almost reached out for him but stopped when he turned around. His broad was facing me for a second as he heaved a breath then he whirled back around to face me. "Why are you even with me?" 1 "What?" | said, my voice small. "Like what are we doing?" Maximus continued. "I think you're my fated mate, no - | know you are. But you were looking at him like he was about to climb your bones. Do you feel nothing for me?" "| told you," | started. "I do. But | - | feel a similar way for Valentin.

| feel whole with him." Maximus jerked back. | felt like I'd been stabbed in the chest. He looked like he'd been. He shook his head before starting out of the gym "Max, please," | called after him. He paused, glancing over his shoulder at me. "You have until the ---- end of the semester to decide," he said. It reminded me of how he spoke to me the first time we'd me. He lifted his gaze to look me in the eye. "| won't be second. Not even to the Headmaster." With that, he stormed off.