I realize that he definitely, definitely already knows.
“Oh god damn it, Ben!” I shout, lashing a foot out and giving him a good solid kick in the thigh. “How long have you known!?”
His face suddenly bursts into a grin as he flinches away from me, a relieved laugh stumbling from him as he sees that I’m not going to kill him, just kick him. “From like, the first time we did after-hours training, Ariel –“
Jesse gasps to hear my name coming from Ben’s mouth.
Ben turns when he hears it. “I mean, that’s it, right?” he says, looking between my brother and my cousin before coming back to me. “She’s – she’s Ariel Sinclair, right? The Princess?” he turns to Rafe now, who still has his teeth bared. “Your sister, not your cousin?”
Jesse groans, covering his face with his hands and falling back i
