The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy
“Did he like…eat a bunch of psychedelic mushrooms in anticipation of the party?”
“Maybe food poisoning,” I say slowly, agreeing.
“Sounds like he just met his mate,” Midnight says, taking a casual sip of her orange soda.
We both go still and stare at her.
“What?” I ask, leaning forward towards her.
“All the things you’re saying,” Midnight says, reaching for one of the cookies I dropped. “It just sounds like the way people feel when they meet their mate. Fascinated, acting all strange. I mean, I followed Jesse around all googoo-eyed for days in the shadows, listening to his every word, watching him sleep, thinking he was the most fantastic thing ever.”