MATES

Jack raised a brow, then narrowed his gaze on me. “I thought there was something familiar about you. What could a princess like you want with Fire and Fluorite?”

I had no idea what came over me, but I was up and out of my seat within a half-second, then I was in Jack’s’s personal space in the next half. My hand grabbed hold of his wrist, twisted his arm, and I used the leverage to put him on his ass. “I’m not a fucking princess.”

So much for not feeling the need to challenge him.

He stared up at me and chuckled. “Noted.”

I reached a hand down to help him back up, thankful he hadn’t taken my impulsive move the wrong way, but I was tired of people thinking of me as something that I wasn’t.

Jack dusted himself off and shook his head. “All this time and nobody knew you existed. How is that possible?”

I shrugged. This guy didn’t need to know anything about me that didn’t pertain to this House. My past was my own and nothing more.

“I can only guess, but what good would that do?” I asked. “I