A Beauty In An All-Male Alpha Academy

Chapter 43: Investigation Starts Again!

Hiro checked their class for Angel, but he was nowhere to be found. The whole building felt strange and empty,

not even a single student in sight. It didn’t feel right. He pulled out his phone and checked the timetable for the

Junior classes. Then it made sense. There was a combined test today—form one to three—so they had all been

moved to another venue. That explained the silence, but it didn’t explain the tight feeling in his chest. Angel had

a lot to explain once he saw him.

He turned toward the direction of the combined class, but just as he was about to take another step, he froze.

Angel's scream echoed in his head. Loud. Sharp. Desperate. Hiro stopped moving, staring around with wide eyes.

The place was still empty. No voice. No presence. Nothing but his own racing heart.

What the hell was that? Why did he hear Angel's scream in his mind? This wasn’t the first time. The night of the

initiation, when Angel called for help and Kaito had responded, Hiro had heard the scry too. Back then, he

thought he was just overthinking things, but now... it was happening again. He wondered if it had something to

do with all the mind tricks he had been playing on Angel. Maybe he had created sstrange connection

between them without knowing.

"Hiro?"

A voice called his nand snapped him out of his thoughts. He knew the voice before he turned around.

Principal Valois.

He smiled and bowed playfully. "To the most beautiful woman on earth, good afternoon."

She rolled her eyes and let out a deep sigh. She looked like someone trying very hard to stay calm. That was

always her mood whenever she had to deal with Hiro’s madness. As long as she remained in the Academy, she

would have to endure him.

"Have you seen Angel?" she asked.

"Angel?" Hiro raised a brow. "I thought you toldto stay away from that boy."

He said it to remind her. She might have forgotten, but he had not. The night he broke into her office, she had

warned him clearly. If he didn’t stop digging into Angel's matter, she would strip all the points from his house.

She had meant it too. The way her eyes had burned that night was something he wouldn't forget.

It had been strange. Suspicious. The fact that she was so protective of Angel only made Hiro more curious, but

for the sake of his House, he had agreed to let it go.

"I did," Principal Valois said, watching him closely. "And | hope you are still following my instructions?"

She looked the sas always. Black suit that hugged her figure like it was made for her. Her skin glowed under

the sunlight, and those red lips of hers were enough to drive any boy in this school crazy. Hiro wasn’t blind. She

was the hottest principal alive.

"Yes, I'm following it. I'm not that stupid," he replied, his voice calm but filled with quiet frustration. He wished he

could het inside her head, to know what she was hiding. What was so special about Angel that made her act like

this?

"So now that I've dropped the case," he said, staring at her face, "will you let things return to normal?"

"Sure. | have no problem with you or your House," she replied, turning away as if the matter was closed. But Hiro

wasn't done. He stopped her before she could leave.

"So why are you protecting Angel?" Hiro’s voice was calm, but his eyes were filled with questions he could no

longer hold back. "I know something is going on, and you don’t want to talk about it. Even Kaito is hiding the

truth from us. | get Kaito. He has always been that way. He only shows people what he wants them to see, but

you? You are our guardian. You're supposed to protect all of us, not just one person."

Principal Valois slowly turned to him. There was a cold look in her eyes, and a flash of surprise. "I thought you

said you dropped the case?"

"I did. If I hadn't, | wouldn't still be here in this school. | would have gone north to find out the truth in Angel's

town," Hiro replied without flinching.

"I will take three hundred points from your house if you ever askabout Angel again," she warned sharply. Her

tone was hard, and her words were final. She knew this was the only way to shut him up. Hiro was too curious.

Too bold. She had dealt with many students, but none like him. "You may go."

"You didn’t callhere," Hiro muttered under his breath as he turned and walked away. His heart was already

burning with suspicion. Now he was completely sure. Principal Valois had been the one giving Angel the nerve to

act the way he did. She had made him feel untouchable. That was the only reason the boy had lied to his face.

But Angel was going to explain. He was not going to let this go.

As he got closer to the obstacle test field, that sscream from earlier replayed in his mind. It was loud and

painful. Without thinking, Hiro dashed toward the door. He wasn’t even sure if it was his primal power or just

pure instinct that pushed him to move that fast, but he got there in seconds.

He stopped at the entrance, heart pounding, breath sharp. Angel was there. Safe. Standing with the other

students. Nothing seemed out of place. A few students looked tired, maybe swere already eliminated, but

no sign of pain or danger.

Then he saw Kaito. He was there too. Hiro studied his face, wondering if he had also heard that sscream.

Maybe that was why he showed up as well.

Angel turned and looked at him. The moment their eyes met, he froze. He didn’t need to say anything—his face

gave him away. He knew what he had done.

Hiro’s lips curled into a slow, dangerous smile. It was that ssmile he always wore when someone crossed

the line and he was ready to deal with them. Angel quickly turned away, pretending he hadn't seen him. That

was fine. Hiro preferred it that way.

He walked straight to where they were standing and said, without hiding his irritation, "Hello, Alpha Kaito. | have

a problem with one of your house members. Your roommate to be exact."

Kaito turned quickly, clearly surprised to see him there. His eyes flicked to Angel. "Angel?"

"Him, of course, brother," Hiro answered, still smiling but with a sharp edge in his tone. He slid both hands into

the pockets of his trousers to keep himself from acting on his anger. He was burning inside, but he needed

Kaito’s permission before dragging Angel out of there. "There's only one Angel in this Academy, and | thank the

heavens for that. If there were two, the world would fall apart."

Kaito looked at Angel, then back at Hiro. "What has he done now?"

"He..." Hiro paused. He had stormed in here with fire in his chest, but now he realized he couldn't say too much.

If he told Kaito the truth, then Kaito would know their mate had been around on the night of the full moon. Hiro

wasn't ready for that.

He shook his head and said instead, "It's not something big. | just need a few minutes to speak with him alone.

We'll sort it out."

Kaito didn’t look fully convinced, but he stepped aside and nodded. "If you say so. You can talk to him."

Angel didn’t move right away. That hesitation made Hiro even more certain. The boy knew what he had done,

and now he was scared. He should be.

At last, Angel followed him as they moved toward a quiet corner, away from the rest of the students.

Hiro didn’t waste time. His eyes were locked on Angel's face as he asked, "Now tell me. What exactly happened

on the night of the full moon?"

His voice was low, but every word was filled with warning. Angel could see it in his eyes. He wasn’t joking.

"If you lie toone more time," Hiro said through clenched teeth, "I swear, | will skin you alive."

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Angela’s mouth went dry, and for a moment, she forgot how to speak. Her heart beat faster as her mind raced

for answers. How did he know she had lied? She slowly turned her head and caught sight of Kaito watching them

from a distance. If she didn’t make Hiro believe her now, Kaito would soon realize she had been telling too many

lies about that night.

"I'm asking you a question, Angel," Hiro said, snapping her out of her thoughts. His tone was sharp and cold.

"Last t| checked, you had a loud mouth that never knew when to shut up."

"I... I didn’t lie to you," Angela said, folding her arms across her chest. Her voice was shaky, and her body had

begun to tremble. Fear had started to creep in, knowing that she was standing on the edge of being exposed.

"You're a liar," Hiro said with a quiet shake of his head, as if the very sight of her disgusted him. The way he

looked at her made her feel smaller than she had ever felt. She could tell he wanted to say worse things, maybe

even hurt her, but something was stopping him, and she didn’t know what it was. Whatever it was, she was

grateful, because it gave her a small chance to fix things.

"I didn’t lie to you. | really did meet your mate," she said, her voice barely above a whisper. She watched his

face, hoping something would change, but it didn’t. He didn’t believe her. She had underestimated how smart he

was. But what part of her lie had he figured out so quickly?

"What makes you think I'm lying?" she asked, trying to keep her voice steady.

"You said you met my mate in her wolf shape, right?" Hiro stepped closer, and with every step, her fear grew. "So

tellsomething—how did you know she clooking for me? You can’t understand a damn thing a wolf says.

You're not even a werewolf."

Her breath caught in her throat. She hadn’t thought about that. Not at all. When he asked her earlier that

morning, she had panicked. The words had just cout. Lies built on lies. Now, he had caught her. There was

no way around it.

She glanced at Kaito again, but deep down she knew he wouldn't save her this time. She had to save herself. If

she failed now, everything would fall apart.

Then something cto her. It was a small idea, but it was all she had. She forced a smile onto her face and

turned to Hiro. "I didn’t lie to you. When your wolf pusheddown that night, she started walking around like

she was searching for someone. She didn’t say anything, but she looked restless... then she left."

"That still doesn’t answer my question," Hiro said. He didn’t move, didn’t even blink. His eyes were locked on

her, and every second felt like he was peeling her lies apart, one layer at a time.

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