A Beauty In An All-Male Alpha Academy

Chapter 53: A Protective Mate?

Angela stepped back slowly, her eyes fixed on the bloody message. Her whole body felt cold. She wanted to scream, but doing that would only make things worse. Students would rush over. Someone would record it. They’d upload it to the school’s gossip page, and by the end of the day, she’d be the laughingstock of the entire Academy—again.

She slammed the locker shut and leaned against it, trying to steady her breath. This felt like a nightmare. A sick, twisted dream she couldn’t wake up from. Someone was threatening her. Someone hiding in the shadows. And they had given her a deadline—the next full moon. Her heart sank. When the hell was that? Who would do this to her? What had she done this time?

"Hello, beauty."

She flinched. The voice startled her, and she turned to find Stales approaching with Alex beside him.

Angela forced herself to breathe. Her mind was racing, but she kept her voice steady. "Where were you two? I looked for you in the cafeteria."

"We were asked to take breakfast to Alpha Hiro," Alex replied. His eyes scanned her face, and his tone shifted. "Are you okay? You don’t look like it."

Angela hesitated, but then stepped aside. "Maybe you should check this out yourself."

She glanced around, making sure no one was paying attention, then slowly opened her locker wide enough for them to see inside.

Stales gasped. "Mother goddess..."

The smell hit him immediately. The blood was still fresh. His face twisted in horror as he read the message.

Alex, on the other hand, didn’t flinch. His calm reaction bothered Angela. It was like he wasn’t shocked at all. She watched him closely, suspicion flickering in her chest.

"Won’t you say something?" she asked, not hiding her frustration.

Alex finally looked at her. "Someone’s playing a game with you. A dangerous one. Whoever it is, they want to push you. Scare you. Make you act without thinking."

"Or rush you into making the wrong decision," Stales added. He was trying to stay calm too, but he couldn’t ignore the way some students were now watching them from a distance. Their eyes lingered on Angela’s locker. Did they see it? Had someone already spread the news?

Then Stales pulled out his phone. A new notification had popped up. His face dropped as he read it. "Guys... something’s going on."

him. He opened the

forty seconds. But it was enough to ruin

and bold:

sank. Her brows pulled together. "I never said that," she whispered, eyes wide with confusion. The boys stared at

sick feeling when someone twists your words, or worse, fakes your voice. Whoever was doing this wasn’t just after her position. They wanted

know," Alex said softly. "But what did I say about not

away the sting in

he added, almost like a sigh. "But whoever’s behind this knew

planned to go train together at the gym this evening, but I don’t think we’ll be able to do that now.

and I will. But first, we have to find this bastard. He made that first video of me during combat class. I don’t know how he did it, but he twisted my words, made it sound like I was insulting Renn. That video caused half of

in my locker and a second video going viral... It all points to the same thing. Either this person wants the Alphas to hate me or they want me to leave. Or maybe they want me

This new one shows you in the obstacle hall. Then the blood message. All three happened within the same group. This person is close. If he’s not in

him, his tone heavy with realization.

said quickly, and

that posted the video. I’ll message him now. For now,

to Angela, his expression softening. "Don’t be scared. It’s going to

lower now. "I just

her back gently before

left before class started. Angela and Alex entered the room, and she went straight to her seat. She unlocked her phone and checked the timetable again just to be sure. Politics was their first class, then combat training.

Renn.

hard. After everything—the videos, the stupid dream—she knew

he say about the dream? What would his

to clear her mind. She didn’t want to think about

was still lost in thought when a loud bang jolted her. She opened her eyes, startled, and

His face was twisted

Or do you need me to kick

better behave yourself," Alex said sharply as he stood up, his glare locked on