Chapter 21: Reporting To Alpha Kaito

With Hiro still echoing in her mind and her thoughts racing, Angela struggled to calm herself. Her chest tightened, her fingers trembled but then she felt a warm hand slide over hers.

Taros.

His touch was gentle, grounding her in the chaos. "Hiro won’t hurt you. I’m here," he whispered, his voice calm and steady like the eye of a storm.

Angela tried to stay calm, but her body didn’t listen. Her head was full of the memory of yesterday’s game, the way Hiro cornered her this morning, how he spoke with that quiet warning. He was digging, threatening to uncover something she wasn’t ready to face. Her connection to Kaito. Her secret. Her fear.

And it felt like he wasn’t going to stop until he tore her apart.

"Hiro, man—stop it! You’re scaring the boy," Taros suddenly snapped, rising to his feet with tension in his voice.

Hiro only gave a lazy wave and that sly smile before walking away, leaving behind a silence that seemed to breathe relief into the air.

"He’s gone," Taros muttered, settling back down.

Angela felt it too. That heavy pressure around her chest faded. The strange energy, the chill in her bones was gone. The air felt lighter and safer. But she couldn’t rest. Not yet.

She needed to find Kaito.

She needed to tell him what Hiro had said, what he had found out. The last thing she wanted was the entire school knowing the truth about her admission—that it wasn’t earned, that it came from a favor. A secret deal with the Alpha of the West, they would say.

"I need to see Alpha Kaito," she said suddenly, grabbing a napkin and wiping her mouth, barely tasting the food she had just eaten.

her, caught off guard by how quickly everything shifted. "We can go

back as she stood up. She caught the expression on Taros’s face. He looked disappointed, and deep down, she felt a sting of guilt. She knew she was being selfish,

she added softly. "I really do appreciate it. And I... I’d love to spend more time with you, Alpha Taros. You’re

something she couldn’t quite read. "Thank you, but..." he sighed and stood too, brushing a hand through his

for the senior students. Angela noticed the difference immediately. Everything looked sharper and more serious. The halls were quiet, the air carried a

Taros, and as always, eyes followed her every move. It made her skin crawl,

the window. His eyes met hers almost instantly, and he

she asked

want to go in?"

head. "No. I’ll wait

already enough chaos in her life. The last thing she needed was to walk

the window, she finally spotted Kaito sitting in the far back. He was bent over his phone, completely unaware that she was standing right outside the door.

stepped into the room, and just like that, the

"Isn’t that Kaito’s roommate?"

that the boy?

out slowly. The

away. They were so clueless. And that was exactly how she needed

classroom went quiet, and Angela turned to see what caused it. Her breath caught in her throat when she saw Kaito standing right in

she muttered,

pack in one hand, and stared at her. "What were you

Her eyes flicked toward the

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