Their Hidden Princess Novel

---- Chapter 52 "Very well," she said before moving to the center of the open circle. "Today we're going to split into two groups. The more seasoned shifters will be with me, working on running shifts. The younger shifters will be with Mr. Moonraiser working on shift control." | didn't even need to ask to know which group | was going to be in. | threw Kairos a glare. He returned back the same look, licking the front of his teeth. Clearly, he wasn't in the mood for my bullshit either. "Split up," Valencia continued. "Smith, Rigert, Hanson with Mr. Moonraiser.

The rest of you are with me." | looked to my left and saw the two asshole who were taunting me walk towards Kairos. Great, just great. | huffed before walking in towards Kairos. Valencia and the rest of the wolves shifted immediately and took off into the forest in a flurry of paws and tails. Then, we were alone with Kairos. "Controlling your shifting is important for a look of reasons," Kairos said, pacing in front of the four of us. "If you can't control your shift, it'll be hard to do so when you're under pressure. Your emotions fuel your wolves.

Any dramatic shift of them will ---- cause your wolf to take over. It is because of this that we must keep a level head at all times." Rich of him to say, | thought. Moonraiser does have anger issues, but he controls his wolf and that makes him strong, my wolf chimed in. | rolled my eyes. Who's team are you on? The winning one. I twisted my face. Kairos caught it and used it to glare back at me. Level head, my ass. "Now, in order to practice keeping level, we're going to focus on some meditation," Kairos stopped pacing and stood in front of us, hands behind his back.

"Take a level stance with your feet hips width apart. Hands slightly to the side. Close your eyes and breath in through your nose for four seconds, then out for four seconds." | narrowed my eyes at Kairos as | assumed the stance. He must be crazy to think I'd take my eyes off of him while there was no Professors around. Who knows what sort of fuckery he'd get up to. Besides me, Hanson and Rigert both closed their eyes and sucked in a deep breath. | followed suit, eyes still pierced on Kairos. He smirked at me. ---- "Eyes closed, Smith," he teased. Rigert and Hanson chuckled next to me.

The flames licked my body again as | glared at Kairos one last time before slamming my eyes shut. Keep in control, my wolf added. I'm trying, | gritted through my mind. | kept breathing with Rigert and Hanson, aware of every shift in the grass around me. | could hear Kairos move closer to the three of us. He started with Rigert then walked down besides Hanson. "Good," he said. "Remember this when things become too intense, emotionally." He around Hanson and stood behind us. | took another breath in, trying to calm myself but something about him being so close to me set me ina rage.

| remembered the times he'd pinned me down. The way his hands were locked around my wrists. | heard Kairos step away from Hanson and towards me. The hair on my skin immediately perked up. | bit my tongue to keep myself steady, focusing on my breathing. Then, | felt a hand snake around my waist Immediately, electricity surged through me. | slammed my mouth shut, biting my lip to keep the whimper from escaping my lips. It felt heavenly but | knew who was behind it. The hand kept ---- pressed to my hip while Kairos's chest came against my back Another pulse of electricity.

| tried to keep my breathing even. Control, my wolf warned. Then, Kairos's head dropped down, his mouth ghosting above the place where my shoulder connected to my neck. | let a noise escape from my lips as | continued to breathe. My eyes squeezed shut even more. Then, Kairos's mouth met my skin. An explosion of electricity erupted within me. | yelped and flinched away from him, letting the fire simmering in the low point of my chest consume me. | felt the cracking sensations I'd felt the first time I'd shifted all over again. My yelp turned to a pained animalistic noise.

| landed flat on my stomach, paws pinned to the forest floor as Kairos stood above me, mouth set in a disturbing thin line.