Lahat ng Kabanata ng Alpha Academy: The Omega in Disguise : Kabanata 131 - Kabanata 140

Elias's POVI woke up slowly.Everything felt wrong. Heavy. Like my body didn't belong to me.I opened my eyes. Unfamiliar ceiling. Gray walls. Small room.Dr. Senne's clinic. Right.The memories came back in pieces. The injection. The heat. The pain.Ronan.I turned my head. He was sitting in the chair next to the bed. Awake. Watching me."Hey," he said softly."Hey.""How do you feel?""Like I got hit by a truck.""That's normal."I tried to sit up. My body protested. Everything hurt. Muscles I didn't know I had were sore.Ronan helped me. Propped pillows behind me."What time is it?" I asked."Six AM.""Six? How long was I out?""About four hours. The heat lasted three hours total. Then you passed out."Three hours. It felt like days."Did it work?" I asked."Yes.""How do you know?"He touched his neck. Then gestured to mine.I reached up. Felt the bandage on the side of my neck. Over the scent glands.The bite."It's there," Ronan said. "The mark. Dr. Senne cleaned it and bandage

Ronan's POVThe question hung in the air between us.“Is that why you love me? Because I remind you of him?”I wanted to say no immediately. Wanted to deny it completely.But Elias deserved honesty. Even if it hurt."At first," I said slowly, "maybe that was part of it. When I figured out what you were hiding, something in me responded. Recognition maybe. Or guilt. I don't know."Elias's expression didn't change. Just waited for me to continue."But that's not why I love you now," I said. "You're not Adrian. You're nothing like him actually.""How?""Adrian was soft. Kind. He wanted everyone to like him. He tried to please our father even after everything. You? You don't care what anyone thinks. You fight. You survive.""Maybe I'm just better at hiding.""No. It's more than that. Adrian would have broken under what you've been through. The suppressants. The constant fear. The isolation. He couldn't have done it.""You don't know that.""I do. Because I knew him. I know what he was cap

ELIAS'S POVThe morning started with stares.I knew it would happen. Ronan warned me. But knowing something and experiencing it are completely different things.We walked through the main corridor toward our first class. Students lined the walls, clustered in groups, heading to their own sessions. The moment they saw us, conversations stopped.Everyone turned. Everyone looked.At us. At the bandage on my neck. At Ronan walking beside me, closer than usual.The whispers started immediately."Is that them?""They're really bonded?""Look at Arden's neck.""That's a fresh bite mark.""When did this happen?"I kept my eyes forward. Focused on walking. On breathing. On not showing how much their attention made my skin crawl.Ronan stayed close. His hand brushed my lower back briefly. A subtle touch. Through the bond, I felt his message clearly: ignore them.We made it to Advanced Combat Theory. More stares as we entered. More whispers.Marcus and Chen sat near the back. Marcus raised his e

RONAN'S POVI didn't sleep that night.Instead, I sat at my desk with my laptop, searching through legal databases and government websites. Bonding laws. Omega protection statutes. Medical privacy rights. Everything I could find.Elias was asleep on my bed. Finally. He'd fought it for hours, too anxious to rest. But exhaustion won eventually.I had to find something. Some legal protection we could use. Some way to block Mercer's investigation before it destroyed everything.The first few hours were frustrating. Most bonding laws focused on Alpha rights over their Omega mates. Protection from other Alphas. Territorial rights. Inheritance issues.Nothing about protecting Omegas from government investigation.But then I found something. Buried in a subsection of family law. A clause about bonded pair privacy."Bonded pairs are recognized as a single family unit under federal law. As such, investigations into one member of a bonded pair require consent from both parties or legal authorit

RONAN'S POVWe got back to campus around noon. Missed two classes. People stared as we walked through the main entrance together.By now, everyone knew we were bonded. But leaving campus together in the morning and returning hours later? That would start new rumors.I didn't care. Let them talk.We went to the dining hall for lunch. Needed to act normal. Act like a bonded pair with nothing to hide.Marcus and Chen were at our usual table. They looked up when we approached."Where were you guys?" Marcus asked. "You missed Combat Theory and Strategic Analysis.""Personal matter," I said, sitting down. Elias sat beside me. Closer than he used to."Personal matter that required leaving campus for hours?" Chen asked quietly."Yes."Chen exchanged a look with Marcus. They knew something was going on. But they didn't push.We ate in relative quiet. Other students kept glancing over. Whispering. The usual.Halfway through lunch, my phone rang. Unknown number.I answered. "Yes?""Mr. Ronan. Th