A Beauty In An All-Male Alpha Academy

Chapter 114: Not Good Enough For Her-Alpha Hiro

Kael managed to find his Alpha by following his scent. He stood at the edge of the malynster water and saw Hiro staring into it. Taking a deep breath, Kael walked down until he was beside him. Hiro didn’t look at him or make any move to show that he noticed his presence. He just kept staring into the water with that heavy silence Kael had come to fear.

"I am sorry you had to experience all that today of all days," Kael finally said, his voice low. He had no idea what to say that would ease the weight on his Alpha’s chest. Maybe he should have let Stales take his place because talking to anyone else would have been easier. But not Hiro. Not when Kael knew what he had been through.

Hiro had been consumed by Angela from the beginning, obsessed enough to risk his life, even getting shot just to know more about her. He had seen them grow close, even have her spent a night in his room, and watched how much she meant to him. To make things worse, Kael himself had unknowingly helped his Alpha prepare for a picnic with her, never realizing until later that it was Angela.

"I know you’re hurting so much right now that no matter what I say it won’t change how you feel, but I’ll say it anyway," Kael went on quickly, afraid Hiro wouldn’t listen. "You fell in love, Hiro. That’s not a bad thing. It’s what I always wanted for you. Whether she turned out to be your fated mate or just a girl who truly loved you and gave you life again, I always wanted you to find her."

Hiro didn’t speak, but Kael noticed the way his shoulders shifted, the way he seemed to be listening. So he continued, "I wished you had met her sooner, before all of this. So that when you ascend the throne, you would have started a family of your own. It would have given you peace, eased the pain of everything you’ve lost. You deserve to be happy now, Hiro. After all you’ve been through, you deserve it."

"It didn’t work out," Hiro finally said with a soft, broken chuckle. He bit his lower lip and turned to Kael. "Do you know how much I’m hurting right now? It’s like my lungs can’t take in air anymore and I’m forcing it down. My chest feels like it’s going to burst, like my heart is going to tear its way out of me. I don’t want that to happen, Kael."

"I know," Kael said, his voice firm but gentle. "Trust me, it’s not going to happen. Angela didn’t mean for it to turn out this way. She must have wanted to tell you the truth long ago. You remember her first day at the Academy, how frightened she was? I don’t blame her for hiding."

"I remember," Hiro whispered. He looked away for a moment before turning back to Kael, pain filling his eyes. "I apologized to her, but it doesn’t erase the fact that she lied, that she deceived everyone. When I found out she was a girl, I was angry, yes, but I tried not to judge her or add more to her pain. But this new truth, Kael... this one is different."

mate we have been searching for all this

with pain. His eyes were red, filled with hurt that Kael could clearly see. "Slade was by my side. He saw how I barely made it through that night. I have been so angry at this so-called promised mate, furious that she was impossible to find. And today I find out it’s the girl I

yes, but not because she wanted to hurt you. You have every right to be angry

torn apart," Hiro cut him off, his voice low but

many times. "Don’t take your anger out on her. If you must, then blame the moon goddess. She made it this way, not Angela. If you want to shout at someone, shout

gaze fixed on the distance. "You

never give you bad advice, Alpha. You

bitterly as though mocking himself. "What I had with Angela... it wasn’t even serious. We were just beginning. So yes, we will get over it.

at his words. "Do you really think the pack will accept that? Do you

do?" Hiro’s voice rose with anger, sharp and wounded. He hissed under his breath and turned,

refusing to let the distance grow between them. "I expect you not to give up," he said softly but firmly, praying his Alpha would hear

me. There is Taros, who is perfect and down to earth. Then there is Kaito, the guy everyone admires.

is you..."

joy those guys can. I am still trying to figure out my own life and fighting the shadows of my past. I am not good enough for her, Kael. Can’t you see that?