Their Hidden Princess Novel

---- Chapter 22 "| have you to train me, don't |?" | retorted. "You do," he said. "But two weeks isn't enough time." "It is, you can help me. | know it," | said. Valentin's lip twitched. | knew I got him. | kept going, taking a step towards him in the process. "Teach me, Valentin. Show me how to be a good wolf. Show me how to be strong." Valentin's lip twitched again. My heartbeat was back in my ears, same with the humming. It increased again before Valentin licked his bottom lip and stepped away. He faced the way, away from me and ran a hand through his hair.

The stray strands not in his bun flew off his face. "Fine," he bit out. "But you must practice without me! Every day." "| will," | replied. "I-" "And know this, Princess," he threatened. "The moment you lose, your identity and your safety are mine to decide. | will tell everyone who you truly are. Whether your mother agrees or not." | nodded, afraid of how stern he was being. He truly meantit. "I was here last night," | said. "! tried the run again. Did some shadow boing and core work." ---- Valentin nodded. "Good," he said.

He turned back to face me." You must know your strength will not be your advantage." | rolled my eyes. "Duh," | looked back up at Valentin. His pupils had blown out, dark and wide. They neared made the white- yellow of his eyes disappear. His jaw ticked once. | slunk back on myself. Clearly, | hit a nerve. "You're flexible and fast," Valentin said, he started to circle me." But you're all that for a human. You need to train yourself to be fast for a wolf. Better reaction times and higher precision." "and how do | do that?" | said. | crossed my arms over my chest.

My eyes were following Valentin around as he circled me. "There's some drills | have in mind," he said. "On top of that, we need to fix your posture. It's atrocious." | snorted unattractively and rolled my eyes. Valentin disappeared behind me. Then | felt his hand, snake around my waist. My breath caught in my throat. The fire within me starting burning again, right where he held me. | felt his breath ghost over the shell of my ear. My entire spine started to burn as | shivered. | bit down hard on my lip to escape the moan that was working it's way up my throat.

Valentin let out a sigh that shook me again. "You roll your eyes one more time, Princess," he whispered. "And ---- we're going to have bigger problems than this posture." My lips parted immediately. Something about the threat seemed so seductive, so tempting. My head fell back slightly. | felt Valentin's nose trail down the line of my throat. My heart was in my ears again. Along with that humming. The same "lub dub" | heared last time we trained. | ached in all parts of my body, burned in the ones not aching. | needed something. I needed him. | slow clap broke me from my thoughts.

| gasped as Valentin pulled himself away from me. Once again, the electricity was gone. The noises stopped and | was left cold and alone. | looked up to see none other than Maximus walking across the gym, still clapping. He had a sick smirk on his face. "Professor Lunerly," he greeted. "I do have to say, it's shocking to see you with the wolfless human. But | suppose the rumors are true. You do have a favorite student." "Wolfham," Valentin said sternly. "This is a closed session. I'd like you to leave." "Closed session?" Maximus said, eyebrow arched.

"I thought you only reserved those for the future High Alpha Princess." He turned to look at me. "Unless you're trying to tell that little Miss Zora Smith is the ---- Alpha Princess?"