A Beauty In An All-Male Alpha Academy

Chapter 22: The General Board.

On her way back, Angela spotted Stales standing in front of her classroom, clearly waiting for her.

"We have the same class," he said with a grin.

Angela blinked, caught off guard. "What? They’re putting form three and form two in the same class?" That didn’t happen at her old school. Things were definitely different here.

"What class is it?" she asked as she headed down the corridor toward the West wing where her locker was. It was right next to Alex’s. She grabbed an exercise book and a pen, but Stales let out a laugh and gently pushed them back into her locker.

"You won’t need those," he said. "We’ve got combat class. That’s why they combined the forms."

"Combat class?" Angela stared at him. That was definitely new. Her old school didn’t even allow rough play, let alone actual fighting. But instead of being scared, she felt a thrill rush through her. "Finally, something in this school I might actually enjoy."

"Really?" a familiar voice said behind her.

She jumped and spun around. "Alex! Can you not do that?"

Her hand flew to her chest. He always moved so quietly. It reminded her too much of his alpha, strong, silent, and unpredictable. The way he just appeared out of nowhere made her nerves jump.

"You scared us, man," Stales said, frowning a bit. He knew Alex, of course. Everyone did. Top of the form two class, Alpha Kaito’s trusted beta. Stales had always wished he could trade places with him.

Alex didn’t respond to the comment. His tone was cool as ever. "Stop acting like girls. Come on, the ranking board just got updated for the whole school. We’ve got to check it before combat class starts."

With that, he turned and walked off, leaving Angela and Stales staring after him.

Angela shook her head, a small smile tugging at her lips. This school was nothing like she expected and she kind of liked that.

"Fine, I’ll close my locker and come," Angela said quickly. She shoved it shut and turned to follow them. For a second, her eyes lingered on the box inside...the new phone she hadn’t even opened yet. Her first ever. But there wasn’t time for that now. Maybe later.

buzzed with chatter. On the far wall stood a giant black board... so big it looked like

stopped in front of it. He sounded excited, like this

they met. Right below him was Kaito. Then came a tie—Renn and

on the back and cheer like he’d won a

closer to Stales and whispered, "What does this list even

on performance in each subject," he explained, "but also on news rankings. You know, the stuff going around the school. Kaito was trending number one yesterday, but after your fight with Renn, he dropped. Renn went

"Wait, what? So my little drama with Hiro put him in

it for now. But someone else could take it anytime, if something big

here felt upside down. Back at her old school, it was all about exams and classwork at the end

returned, holding his phone. "History class results just dropped in the group chat," he said, his voice calm like always. He

Stales to check hers. Her stomach turned the moment her eyes found her name—dead last. Number

heart sank. An

bit her bottom lip, trying to hold it together. Deep down, she already knew she wouldn’t be near the top, but a part of her

turned to the general ranking board. Hundreds of names filled the space. It

a grin.

whisper. She was genuinely happy for him, but she couldn’t stop the sting in

find yours. I bet it’s not too far off," Stales said, scanning the

and pointed to her name. "You’re ranked one hundred and twenty on the news board. That’ll help your score go up

in her favor. But then she asked the question that

five hundred and fifty to seven hundred, you’re out. They’ll be sent home at the end of the

had left everything behind to be here. Her home. Her past. Her secrets. Going back wasn’t an option.

one day, it would be on her own terms and not because

minutes, she spotted her

hundred

the bottom. Even with her news ranking helping a little, she was still hanging on by a thread. One wrong

breath, trying to swallow