Their Hidden Princess Novel

---- Chapter 19 The rest of the day went by pretty smoothly. Whatever Valentin did held off the wolves for the rest of my day. | went to sleep thinking maybe my first week wouldn't be so terrible. That thought left my mind on the fourth day of school, a Thursday, when Loren and | were walking to Introduction to High Magicks. It was the only class we had together and Loren was buzzing with excitement. "High Magicks are so fun!" she squealed. "Unless you're not a High Wolf. Then it's kind of a tease." | frowned and Loren followed. But then her smile reappeared.

"Maybe you're some magick High super-secret Alpha!" "Maybe," | mumbled. Entirely, my inner voice protested. | ignored her. | looked across the campus. People were seemingly ignoring Loren and |. It felt nice to be a shadow instead of a target. That was, of course, until a blonde wolf jutted into my vision. Her gold eyes were pierced on me. It was the same wolf who'd cornered me on the first day of the hunt. It looked like she was on the prowl again. Her little posse was close behind her. | nudged Loren and we both picked up pace a little.

The wolves followed and soon, all of us were ---- running across campus towards the Magicks building. Loren and | burst through the doors and slammed them behind us. We heard several snarls from outside. | sighed heavily. Guess the Valentin Lunerly protections were gone. "Um, Zora," Loren said. | lifted my head slowly and gasped at what | saw. My picture was littered around the hall. | don't know how someone found my high school yearbook photo but they did. It was me with pigtails and braces. Wide eyed and smiling. However, the photos on the wall had giant, red ""X"s through them.

It was if someone had placed a bounty on me and was advertising it across campus. "Kairos," | spat. | marched down the hall and into the classroom. Loren scurried behind me, protesting. "Zora, let's be rational!" she said. "There is no rationality to this man," | snapped back at her. "Why should | afford him the same behavior?" | scanned the classroom and sure enough, there he was. In the highest level of the atrium sat Kairos. He was surrounded by Maxius, Thorne, Peytr and another wolf who | hadn't met yet. He was burly with dark red hair and piercing brown-gold eyes.

Ignoring Loren, | marched up to the steps of the atrium and ---- affixed myself right in front of him. | placed my hands on my hands on my hips and glared down at him. Kairos seemed to not notice until Peytr nudged him gently He rolled his neck to look at me, seemingly bored yet annoyed at my prescense. He snapped the gun in between his teeth and | thought that it made the same noise as if | snaped his stupid, pretty neck. "Yes?" he drawled. He snapped his gum again. "Don't 'yes' me, you asshole," | hissed. Maximus looked up at me as if | shot Kairos. Thorne seemed utterly indifferent.

So much for my knight-in-no-armor. | didn't care, | kept going. "I don't know where the fuck you got that picture of me but | demand you take it down!" "Demand?" Maximus snapped. "Who crowned you princess?" Apparently, your ancestors, my inner voice said. You are the least helpful in these situations, | replied. You know that right? | could've sworn my inner voice shrugged. "And here | was thinking you'd finally come to apologize," Kairo said. "Apologize?!" My voice cracked with anger. "You almost beat ---- me half to death!

You have half the school running around like feral animals trying to kill me. What the fuck should | apologize for?" "That's the future king you're talking to," Peytr chimed in.