A Beauty In An All-Male Alpha Academy

Chapter 64: Love And Secrets.

Hiro opened his eyes after what felt like a lifetime. He had been in bed for more than twenty-four hours. It was all Taros’ idea—his crazy way of forcing Hiro to rest. If it wasn’t for the damn medication, he wouldn’t have stayed still for that long.

And to make it worse, it was Saturday morning. Nothing to do. No action. No mission. Just an empty day.

He sat up and looked down at his chest. That was where the bullet had hit him. The pain was gone, but the scar was there—clear and ugly. That wasn’t like Taros. He never left a scar behind. Hiro was just about to complain when the door opened, and in came Taros and Kael.

"Thank goddess. I was about to send for you," Hiro said, looking at them both. He noticed the way they glanced at each other, confused by his welcome. He shook his head. "Taros, man, why the fuck did you leave a scar? You know how much I love my skin. It sparkles, bro. Why?"

Taros didn’t look amused. He walked over to the drawer beside the bed, pulled out a bottle of pills, and placed them in Hiro’s hand.

"It’s a reminder that you should stay away from trouble," he said.

Hiro frowned and touched the scar on his chest. It was just above his heart. A close call. Too close.

"That’s not a good enough excuse," he muttered. That guard hadn’t missed by accident. Whoever sent him wanted Hiro dead. He aimed to kill.

"And next time, you’ll remember that when you look in the mirror," Taros replied, handing him a glass of water. "Take the pills. They’ll clear out any poison left in your system."

Hiro didn’t argue. He took the pills and swallowed them quickly, chasing them with water. Then he looked at Taros.

"Thanks," he said. "But not for the scar. Just the meds."

Taros smiled a little. "All the same."

He sat beside the bed while Kael remained in the chair, silent. Hiro glanced at him and could already guess what was coming. That same damn question.

And just like he feared, Taros didn’t wait long.

"Tell me, bro," he said. "How did you get shot? What did you do this time?"

the same thing last night. Now it was Taros. Renn would come next. The questions wouldn’t stop. And him? He wasn’t planning to

leaned back into his pillows. He had hoped they’d be glad to see him awake. But no, they were all too busy trying to dig into

bullet. If we were one second

die. Thanks to you," Hiro said with a small chuckle. But inside, his thoughts were far from light. He didn’t understand why the blue-eyed Alpha was so interested in what happened to

scar," Hiro added, touching his face.

to laugh too loud. But Hiro couldn’t hold it in and laughed

jokes and laughter to cover up the pain. But I know you. You’re hiding something. Since you don’t want to talk, fine.

accident," Hiro said quickly "Thanks for finally getting that it was just

Kael said, his

an accident," Taros said, his voice low and serious, "then you’ve just created a mess that could pull us all into danger. You know that weapon used on you wasn’t ordinary. It was made especially for alphas. Rare. Expensive. Not something you just find anywhere. If someone had that kind of

through Hiro’s body, though he didn’t know why. It was just his brother talking.

Hiro said, trying to sound calm. "If there’s a

asked, "Have

the night you got hurt," Taros replied. He noticed the small smile that formed on Hiro’s face and found it strange. "Don’t get out of bed till tomorrow. Got

said with a lazy

was close. Taros had almost seen through him. Almost uncovered the truth. Hiro knew he had to fix the damage he caused. But if what

be that Principal Valois

**

Kaito mentioned that Angel had

the whole day attending to Hiro, he

He had gone to the East House. Taros didn’t bother asking what took him there or why.

catch up on all the time they’d missed. But even as he walked, he wondered why he was trying so hard.

thought about Angel every

They had almost kissed, and he wasn’t ashamed of it. What hurt more was how much he thought about that moment afterward. Maybe something inside him changed. Maybe he had started to like

why just one?

would be easier. He would have told him how much he cared. How deeply he felt. Because this wasn’t a crush.

Angel wasn’t a girl. So Taros told himself he’d make it work

Mother Goddess wouldn’t understand why he wanted someone who wasn’t his mate. But not