Their Hidden Princess Novel

---- Chapter 72 Valentin Valentin felt his eyes slowly closing as he struggled to focus. Then someone slammed something on his desk. He snapped his eyes open to be face-to-face with his fiancée and future bride. She was glaring down at him with her golden eyes. Her long black hair was swishing around by her waist. "Did you even hear anything | said?" she snapped. Valentin rubbed his eyes. "No, I'm sorry. |-" "| know I'm not your first choice," Bella snarled, cutting him off." But could you at least act like it." "What do you mean?" Valentin snapped back.

| gestured towards where she was crowding his desk. Her shirt skirt was riding high up on her thighs. It was a sight that previously would've sent a shiver down his spine and a jolt to his cock. But now, since her, he was merely annoyed. "You haven't paid attention to anything I've said in the last hour," Bella hissed. "It seems like you're entirely uninterested in anything to do with wedding planning. Don't tell me it's not because of her because | know itis." Anger coursed through Valentin's skin, He stood up at his desk ---- abruptly, causing Bella to jolt back.

He stood up straight, chin pointed up before he glared down at the student in front of him. "| have chosen to marry you," he grit out. "That should be enough for you. | am the Headmaster. | don't have time for nuptial planning nor. do | give a fuck to do so." Bella gasped, face twisting into a frown from a scowl. "But-" "Now get out of my office," Valentin sat back down, definitive. Before you make a fool of yourself again." Bella scowled at him one more time, waiting for him to say something through the silence.

Then, she gathered the brochures and pamphlets she'd scattered across his desk and left the room in a huff. The door slammed behind her and Valentin sunk down in his seat. He ran his hand over his face and sighed heavily. What the hell was he doing? He looked longingly at his phone, as if Victoria was going to call him and demand he break his pending marriage to Bella right now and marry her daughter. Her secret daughter. That no one else knew was her daughter. His head pounded as he mulled that over.

He thought of the way people were going to throw themselves at Zora's feet once that tidbit of information got out. Especially, her three other marriage ---- candidates. Another shiver of anger rolled through him as he thought of the High Alphas' sons. He'd never liked High Alpha Wolfham or High Alpha Moonraiser. They were arrogant and overly confident. They only managed to become High Alphas after the War due to their support of Victoria. Both packs had sent a fair amount of their people to fight for the Queen.

Victoria then awarded the houses the title of High Alpha, much like the Lunerly house had been granted. In that award, she'd passed a sliver of her power to them, making them more powerful than the rest of the alphas. Victoria created the High Alphas. Alpha Blythwitch was a great man, Valentin's friend even. He was not given the title of High Alpha for political reasons. Some felt his role in the war was lesser than High Alpha Moonraiser or Wolfham. Valentin, being a key figure in the war as well, knew that Blythwitch was incidental in winning the war.

However, he was a behind the scenes man and not the figurehead that he or Victoria were. When he passed, Valentin was deeply upset. It was actually his idea for Victoria to take him under her wing. He considered it penance for not allowing the Blythwitch name to be ascended to a High Alpha. He regretted that decision he moment the Moonraiser and Wolfham sons came to the castle and brought Thome into their little group. ---- Now, the Thorne he knew, the one that Alpha Blythwitch would've been proud of, was gone. He couldn't help but resent the other two Alpha sons because of that.