A Beauty In An All-Male Alpha Academy

Chapter 140: Stales Lost His Memory?

"Don’t tell me you slept in Hiro’s room?" Stales asked, his eyes wide with disbelief. They were already

dressed, ready for the combined class of racing and long jump, though none of them were sure it would even hold.

"Nothing happened, Stales," Angela rolled her eyes, regretting the words the moment they left her mouth. Now he would never let it go. She knew he would keep teasing her. It would not have been wrong if something happened between her and Hiro since he was her mate, but nothing did, and Stales would never accept that. "I slept on the bed, he used the couch."

"Really?" Stales laughed so hard that his voice echoed across the room. "Can you believe this, Alex? She wants us to buy that story."

Alex didn’t respond. He seemed far away, lost in thoughts that weighed him down. Angela had noticed since morning that something wasn’t right with him. She asked, but all he ever said was that nothing was wrong. She knew he was lying.

"Are you okay?" she asked softly, placing her hand on his arm. He startled as if she had woken him from a dream. "I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to scare you."

"Are you alright, buddy?" Stales stepped closer, worry written on his face. "You’ve been like this all morning."

"I’m fine, you don’t have to worry." Alex tried to smile, but it didn’t reach his eyes. Still, it was better than nothing. "So tell me, have you chosen your race partner?"

"Yes, I have. You and Angela are on my team," Stales replied. He turned, scanning the group to see who else he might want to add. With Alex by his side, many would fight for a spot, but he wanted to be careful with his last choice.

That was when his eyes landed on Xavier, standing quietly in the corner with his arms wrapped around himself. Stales frowned, wondering what had happened to him or if he had still not recovered from what took place.

we add him?" Stales pointed in Xavier’s direction. Angela and Alex both followed his gaze, their surprise

voice sharp with rejection. "We don’t need a bully in

for days now. Maybe he has changed," Angela replied, though even she wasn’t

something to him," Stales teased. "Maybe

Angela shrugged, refusing to carry the blame for Xavier’s strange

so sure, then let’s call him over and see," Stales said, and before she could stop him, he waved at

still doing it?" Alex shook his head, watching Xavier closely. His former seat mate would normally have glared at them or even growled by now. But instead, Xavier

time he reached them, her chest was so tight she could hardly breathe. Xavier kept his

by the silence. Xavier only gave a small nod, and Stales went on. "You don’t

up. His voice carried confusion, not anger.

blinking as though she had not heard

his voice calm but firm as he stepped closer, resting a hand on Xavier’s shoulder. He could feel the boy’s heart racing beneath his touch. "We are sorry for the way we treated you, even though you brought some of it on yourself. What happened the other day was

day?" Xavier asked again, his eyes filled

threatened Angel with a knife," Stales reminded

his head slowly. "I honestly don’t remember anything like that. Maybe it wasn’t me. Please, just let me

the one to stab Xavier that day, he would have sworn Xavier was telling the truth. His stomach

last, pulling his hand back. Xavier stepped away at once, eager to escape, and walked off

though she didn’t want them to put the blame on her. She had done nothing except exchange