A Beauty In An All-Male Alpha Academy

Chapter 48: Are You Really A Girl?

Angela waited, but no one said a word. The silence grew heavier with each passing second. She could only imagine what was going through their minds. She understood it perfectly. They had just found out that she was not who they thought she was. She had been lying to them from the very first day. It was a lot to take in, even she knew that.

"I understand if you don’t want to keep this from the school or the Alphas," she said quietly, wiping the tears that rolled down her cheeks with the back of her hand. Her chest hurt, but she was trying not to fall apart. It was time to accept whatever was coming, without looking weak or begging for mercy.

"A-are you really a girl?" Stales asked, his voice breaking. He couldn’t even look her in the eye. The words barely came out. The shock was still fresh.

"It’s hard to believe, I know," Angela replied. "I cut my hair short," she said, running her fingers through her dark hair, "and that’s why I always wear baggy uniforms."

Alex had not said a word yet. He kept staring at her like she was something beyond what he could explain. If the world had seven wonders, then Angel, no—Angela—was the eighth. How did she manage to fool everyone? How did she live among them without being caught?

"You’re a girl?" Stales asked again. He started pacing around like his body needed to move for his mind to think clearly. "You’re telling us the truth, right?"

"Yes," Angela said, her voice firm though her hands were shaking. She held the edge of her oversized shirt and looked at them. "I can prove it. I’m going to take this off."

"No... nooo," both boys said at once, quickly covering their faces with their hands.

"Relax," she said gently. "I’m wearing a vest and a wrap underneath. I wouldn’t take it off if I had nothing on."

Still looking unsure, the boys slowly brought their hands down. Angela pulled off the shirt, revealing the tight vest wrapped around her upper body. Even with that on, it was clear she wasn’t built like them. Her frame was different. Softer. Smaller. She didn’t need to say anything more.

"Wow..." Alex finally said, blinking as if he still couldn’t believe what he was seeing. "Even with the vest, it’s clear now. You’ve been hiding this all along."

"I never once thought Angel was a girl," Stales added, still stunned. "You acted like one of us. You never slipped. Not even once."

"I guess I’m just good at pretending," Angela said with a broken smile. There was no joy in her voice. Only pain. "So if you’re going to report me... do it now. I’ll understand. You both have been good to me. And me? I’ve just been lying to you from the start."

"What do you think we are?" Alex was the first to speak. His voice was calm but firm, filled with a little surprise that she would even say something like that. "If I was going to tell anyone, I would have done it in the afternoon...right in the obstacle test field. You wouldn’t be standing here talking to me. It would have been Kaito standing in my place. But I didn’t tell him. I waited because I wanted to believe that whatever you were hiding, you would tell us."

can’t even imagine going out there and telling anyone," Stales said with a soft sigh. "You had your reason for dressing as a boy. You could have left this Academy on the first day. It’s not been easy here. The Alphas made everything hard. Your grades were falling, yet you stayed. That tells me something. You’re here because you have a

could barely breathe. Was this real? Were they actually agreeing to keep her secret? She had prepared herself for rejection, for the worst kind of betrayal. She had seen it happen before. But not this time. These two—these boys she had come to call her friends—were

stop them. She stepped forward and wrapped

so much," she whispered, holding

you’re a girl now," Alex said as he gently pulled away from the hug. He gave a small smile, trying to keep things light. "We can’t pretend everything will stay the same. I’m not comfortable hugging you again, to be honest. I don’t know about

friend. She’s Angel to me, so

I wanted to know how you managed that kind of strength during the obstacle test. You pulled

that too. It’s my second secret," she said quietly. "I’m a

deep breath and began pacing again, running both palms

almost suspected it," Alex said with a soft laugh. "But I got confused. You registered as a human when you came to the Academy.

you were a werewolf all this time?" Stales asked

calm they were. She had expected yelling, anger, or maybe even silence. But they listened. They stayed. "That night... my wolf spirit woke up and my eyes glowed for the

this while? Didn’t your

lowered her head. Her voice shook as she spoke. "My mother never told me. And my father... I don’t even know who he is.

with those tears," Stales said gently. He hated seeing her like this. It wasn’t the strong, brave Angel he had always known. This was

that I’ve never talked about this with anyone. I found out I’m a wolf, and I don’t even know what to do with that. I don’t know where to begin. It feels like everything

closer to her. "We’ll take it one step at a time. I

at them with soft eyes. "So... you’re really going to keep this

with us. We’re in this with you. That’s what friends

again, his voice a little softer than before. "I shouldn’t be the one saying this. Kaito, as our Alpha, is supposed to be the one to welcome you. But since he hasn’t noticed a new

in the eyes and

are one of us now. A wolf of the

this was real. They were not only accepting her, but they

sure. "And not just that. We’ll also help you figure out who you really

tell them about the mates—the confusing feelings, the bond she had started sensing—when a sharp pain tore through her chest. Her hand flew to the spot, the same place where the crescent-shaped mark lay on her left breast. She

you okay?" she heard both Alex and Stales ask at once,