A Beauty In An All-Male Alpha Academy

Chapter 12: Game Time

It wasn’t just a bird. It was a damn phoenix with claws so long they could rip her open. It flew fast, wild, like it had only one goal...to tear her apart.

Angela ran.

The forest was the only place to hide. Maybe the bird wouldn’t fit between the trees. Maybe it would lose her in the dark.

She didn’t know. She just ran, her legs shaking, her heart pounding like it would explode.

What the hell was happening to her? Was Hiro messing with her head? Was she stuck in his mind, or was he stuck in hers?

She had no answers. She wished Stales was close. He would’ve known what to do. But he wasn’t here. No one was. Just her. Alone. Running like a mad dog.

The forest was creepy. The kind that made your skin crawl. Animal sounds echoed from all directions. She didn’t care. She would rather face wolves than that firebird chasing her.

She spotted a big tree and pressed herself behind it, trying to catch her breath. Her chest ached. Her hands shook.

Why did she even come to the Alpha Academy?

Was this all a mistake?

Maybe she should’ve run away to a far-off place. Somewhere her uncle would never find her.

But she didn’t.

And now, she was stuck.

Tears slid down her cheeks, hot and fast. Everything felt like it was falling apart. Everyone hated her. Everything hurt. Maybe it was her fault.

Grace once told her that her father died the day she was born. Angela had always found it hard to believe. There were no photos, no keepsakes, nothing. Just words.

The neighbors whispered things too. That no one had ever seen her father. That she was just the result of some one-night mistake.

but they kept falling. Maybe

cut through the silence. The cry of

She held her breath.

this, with

footsteps... heavy, slow—echoed behind

tree like she could melt into it

She was scared.

the bird

it hurt? Would it be fast? Was this how it would

Hiro thought this was a good idea. Some twisted test. She wanted to scream. What kind of Alpha did

Kaito know? Did the

none of them stopped

her eyes, and her

stared back

She screamed.

screamed back,

She ran.

hurt. She could run, yes. But

flew past her, its wings stirring up dust and pain all at once. It vanished ahead, but the damage was done. She should never have stopped to test it.

felt like it was on fire. The cut wasn’t deep,

Instead, she pushed herself up, slowly,

She needed help. She could feel

might hear her. But

Not a single soul.

thing. This had to be planned. The Alphas had to know.

to stop the bleeding, but her arms wouldn’t stretch far enough.

she thought it couldn’t get worse, the bird came back. But

Her heart nearly stopped.

What now?

tried to move, to crawl away, but it felt like something had locked her in place. Something stronger than fear. A force she didn’t understand. Of