The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy

Chapter 0680

I unclasp my hands from behind my back as I speak and calmly raising one at my side, palm up. Whatever words the Captain was going to say get stuck in his throat as he just stares at me, stunned by my claims. But they're not claims. My wolf howls in my chest, proud and angry, knowing that they're true. That I'm all of that and more.

"Now I've seen you listen to Jackson when he interrupts your plans," I say quietly, not looking to my mate but feeling his wolf close to mine, just at the other edge of the bond, ready to race across it should I need him. "When he told you that he wanted to train me differently, to teach me how to sharpshoot on the run, you listened to him. In fact, you immediately approved the addition to my training. Because he's short-listed for Command."

The Captain closes his mouth, standing straighter.

"And I don't know whether it is simply because I am ineligible for command," I continue, my voice quieting now, "or if it is simply because I am a girl, and I am small, and I am pretty, and have a tendency towards a sweet disposition. But despite the reason, I find that it is true that you will hear out Rafe and Jackson. You took two meetings with them regarding the draft, heard their case for why I should be reassigned." I pause, turning my head to the side and considering him. "But when I asked you for the same courtesy last night - for you to simply hear me out and watch a simple demonstration that proves incontrovertibly why I should not be trained separately from my team - you refused."

The Captain inhales a deep breath, clenching his jaw, realizing that I'm right.

"And now that I've done enough to finally get your attention, sir," I say, "that's again all that I ask - for you to simply hear me out as you do Jackson and Rafe. And once I have finished explaining you why I should not be trained separately from Jackson, Jesse, Luca, and Tony, I will follow every single one of your orders without hesitation or complaint."

Finished, I stand straight before the Captain, evenly meeting his eyes.

He takes a long moment, standing very still, before he inhales a deep breath and crosses his arms across his chest. "I am not so arrogant as you would believe me, Cadet," he growls. "I can admit when I've made a mistake."

preen at his tacit admittance that I'm right - that he did dismiss me, a little, because I'm an Espionage cadet and a girl. That had it been Rafe demanding a demonstration last night, he would

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