Their Hidden Princess Novel

---- Chapter 58 | cringed at the names but shifted my hearing to another conversation. "-she's sleeping with like half the school! So desperate for attention after being rejected it's kind of sad." "Do you blame her? | mean she had one of the rarest bonds and rejected it. Couldn't be me" Another conversation flooded my brain. "-saw Maximus Wolfham leaving her room last night! She must be sleeping with him too!" "What a slut. I'd be so embarrassed if | was her-" | slammed my walls back up, entirely shocked at the accusations being passed around about me. | looked towards Loren.

Her face had gone slightly pale, a frown melted into her lips. "You heard?" | whispered. She nodded slowly then gestured to in front of us. Bella was standing in the space we needed to walk passed to get food. Her arms were crossed over her chest and she was glaring at both of us. Two other girls were flanking her sides. ---- The one | recognized as the blonde wolf who'd chased me the first day of the hunt. | think her name was Mallory. The second was even scarier than Bella with brown hair and deep black eyes. She looked like she wanted to kill me.

Loren and | stopped short of Bella and her lackies. Loren immediately puffed up her chest and tried to make herself look taller than she actually was. "| didn't know the bitch club was meeting in the cafeteria," she spat. "Personally, I'd pick a better place to meet. You're kind of in everyone's way." "Fuck off, Moonbeam," Mallory sneered. "This isn't about you. It's about the bitch who can't keep her legs closed." Loren made a noise of fake concern. "Everly, that's no way to talk about Glass," she mocked, motioning towards the scary brunette.

"She's literally right there!" "Mallory wasn't talking about Kate," Bella snapped. "She was talking about Sleazy Smith." | blinked at the nickname. It surely wasn't the nicest name I'd been given. Yet, somehow, wasn't the worst. "| have no idea what you're talking about," | said as evenly as | could to Bella. "So if you'd move-" "We're not moving anywhere until you admit it," the scary ---- brunette, Kate, said "Admit what?" | said. Mallory sneered at me. "Don't play dumb," she snapped. "We all know your fucking our boyfriends." My eye twitched.

| glanced towards where Kairos, Maximus and Thorne usually sat. All three of them were watching the altercation with Bella and company. Kairos had a wicked grin, Maximus's face was neutral and Thorne rolled his eyes as he looked back towards his meal. "Your boyfriends," | said slowly. | looked back at the girls. "Right. Yeah. I'm not fucking anyone." "Liar!" Kate hissed. She raised her hand and slapped me hard enough across the face that the crack echoed through the cafeteria. My head whipped with force and | skittered across the floor. | brought my hand to my pulsing cheek.

It was hot to the touch. Slowly, | stood back up. Everyone who wasn't looking at us, was after that. Even Thorne, who seemed annoyed with the whole altercation, was staring now. He was looking back and forth between Bella and | like he was debating intervening. Maximus was up on his feet, nostrils flaring again and eyes pinned on Kate. ---- | looked back and forth between Kate and Maximus. In the blink of an eye, Maximus was marching across the cafeteria. | squeezed my eyes shut, waiting for him to start bashing on me as well.

However, | was surprised when | opened my eyes and saw Maximus's back in front of me. The man who'd screamed at me for being too loud the night before, was now standing between me and the woman who'd slapped me across the face. I'd never been more confused in my life.