Chapter 21: A Temporary Disguise
Evaline:
Alpha Kieran noticed the masks and the cap in my hands when I returned to the front section of the store. Instead of asking it out loud, he just arched his eyebrows in a silent question.
I hesitated for a moment before deciding to tell him the truth.
"I want to keep my identity hidden," I said, gripping the fabric between my fingers. "At least until I pass the exams and make it into the academy as a student. If one of your brothers is there during the exams, I don’t want to risk them recognizing me. The masks and the cap will help with that."
He listened quietly with an unreadable expression on his face. But as I spoke, a new, horrifying thought crashed into me.
How could these masks and cap help me hide? If the brothers were indeed going to be present during the exams, wouldn’t there be possibility that they would have lists of the students’ names taking the exams?
"Are they going to be there?" I asked, completely failing in hiding the panic in my voice. "Your brothers, are they going to be present during the exams?"
My mind was starting to fill with questions. Could they disqualify me from taking the exams? And if yes, then would they?
I was still struggling to get a grip on myself when I felt fingers softly brushing over one of my eyebrows. Startled, I looked up in time to see Alpha Kieran pulling his hand back. The look on his face almost made me believe that even he was surprised by what he had just done.
He buried his hands in his pant’s pockets as if to physically stop them from doing something unnecessary again. "You don’t have to worry about my brothers. Draven is still a second-year student at the academy. So, he can’t be present at the entrance exams."
That was one down.