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Wu SuoWei stared at his bank account, the measly number of his savings blinking up at him mockingly.

He let out a soft sigh, the sound echoing in the spare room in his best friend's clinic. The grip on his phone loosened, the object falling on the bed with a dull thud as the screen went black. He paid it no mind, eyes darting around the clinic's small garden as he tried to delay his unfortunate reality.

SuoWei was officially broke.

He let out a humorless laugh, refusing to let any tears fall and laid on the bed. The room was quiet. He was quiet. He had been since the night before. His heat was coming up and his pre-heat was already settling in. His body was increasingly sensitive to fabrics, discomfort found in every thread of his cheap sheets. It didn't help that his body's temperature had risen, staining him in a glowing pink—announcing to the world that he would soon be a panting, sopping mess of tears, slick, and cum.

SuoWei had delayed his purchase of heat blockers. The ones he needed way too expensive as his body had become accustomed to the cheap ones. Though, he couldn't delay anymore. He needed to work this week and going through with his heat would disrupt that. The low number in his bank account was a necessary evil.

He curled into himself, knees up to his chest as he settled on his side and stared at the white wall. His self-pitying thoughts were interrupted by the buzz of an incoming call. He ignored it thinking it was the pharmacy calling to corroborate his purchase. The buzz died and he breathed a sigh of relief, but it buzzed again.

And then again, and again.

With a groan, SuoWei reached a hand out and picked his phone up. He swiped to answer it, bringing it up to his ear. Tired, he said, "Hello?"

"Is this Wu SuoWei?" a panicked voice asked.

He frowned. "Yes."

There was a sigh of relief at the end of the line. "Hello, Mr. Wu. I'm calling from Shanghai's Prime Cycle Facility. Currently, we are experiencing an emergency and it seems you are our solution."

SuoWei sat up, sluggish from his pre-heat, and pinched his inner thigh thinking he was hallucinating that the wealthiest heat/rut facility was calling him "their solution". What the fuck?

He cleared his throat. "Excuse me, I don't understand."

"We have taken in an alpha in rut though his current state is… feral."

SuoWei blinked, trying to understand what a rich alpha experiencing a feral episode had to do with him.

"We tried to placate the alpha with the omegan and beta scents in our system—none worked. We had no choice but to reach out to other heat/rut facilities and we stumbled upon yours from Sugar Tree Facility," the staff member explained, tone apologetic. "We understand that it was a breach of privacy, so all affected with be financially compensated."

SuoWei perked up, breathing out, "How much?"

"1,400 yuan."

Oh?

His lips quirked into a smile. Sure, was the breach of privacy ideal? No, but if such a wealthy facility was willing to compensate for it then he would take it. Maybe he won't have to skip his heat again and he could call the pharmacy to cancel the heat blockers order.

"I appreciate the call," he began, sinking back into the scratchy sheets on his bed. "Do I need to provide my banking information?"

There was a moment of silence from the end of the line before it crackled and distress carried into the staff member's voice. "Mr. Wu, I'm afraid that we require more of your scent."

"What?"

"Your scent soothed the feral alpha," they said, voice completely serious..

SuoWei nodded dumbly before remembering that nobody could see that. "Yeah, ok. I can send over more scented clothing—"

"No, sorry Mr. Wu but his family has requested for you to spend his rut with him."

SuoWei's mouth dropped, pre-heat muddling his brain and turning his insides into goo. The only thing running through his head was: alpha likes your scent, needs your scent—good to breed, good to be filled.

The omega shifted in his coarse sheets, eyes shutting and his brain supplying the image of an alpha over him, large hands on his skin. He shivered, mouth suddenly dry as he spoke into the phone, "When?"

A few hours later, SuoWei was walking down Prime Cycle Facility's hallway, his footsteps soundless against the plush dark purple carpeting. His right hand clenched in the absence of the pen he had held a moment ago, the one he used to sign his name in messy calligraphy for the Chi family's contract.

The Chi family.

None of them had been present like he had expected. The staff member that had called SuoWei had emphasized how dire the situation was—they had no idea what induced the feral episode. The alpha had to be tranquilized in order to be brought into the facility as to not endanger himself or others. The contract was succinct:

• Story of this experience will not be divulged publicly

• Birth control will be taken

• Once Young Master Chi's rut was over, the omega will be extracted

• Any emotional, physical, or sexual damage will be financially compensated within reason

• Total financial compensation: 70, 000 CNY

  • If the omega breaks one or more of the clauses they will face legal retaliation and lose on the financial compensation

SuoWei let out a stuttered breath as he reached the indicated rut room. This facility was a far cry to the ones he was used to. Gone were the sterile grays and hospital whites. In was the warmth of dark wood with deep colors to match. The door in front of him seemed heavy and his hand inserted the key into the brass knob. It clicked, the small sound resounding in the empty hallway and sealing his fate as he shoved the door open with a shoulder.

His senses were already hyper-sensitive from the pre-heat, but heavens, he gripped onto the doorknob as his knees threatened to buckle under the weight of such a mouth-watering scent. He took lungfulls of red sandalwood and myrrh, legs shaky as he shut the door before sliding down it. He blinked, trying to focus on the rut room he was now in, knowing he had walked into a precarious situation.

He only managed to make out a large bed, the sheets a mess, before a large hand—the heat of it searing like a brand, hot and claiming—fully wrapped around an ankle of his. The breath of SuoWei's lungs was further punched out of him as his body was dragged across an impossibly soft blanket. He gasped as the dim light was further overshadowed by a considerably big figure.

The weight was heady, the heat was tantalizing and despite any nervousness SuoWei might've felt, it melted away. Instinctively, he craned his neck and shivered as the growl from the alpha draped over him seeped into his skin and found a home in the omega's boiling blood. SuoWei clutched onto the blanket under him hoping for an anchor as the alpha gripped onto his small waist hard enough to bruise.

The alpha tried to mouth at SuoWei's heat flushed skin, but growled when he couldn't. Something metallic was obstructing the alpha from marking the omega. SuoWei looked up at the muzzled alpha. His eyes were tantalizingly dark, sharp eyebrows to match the snarl. The alpha's teeth were bared and his chest heaved as he looked back at the omega. Something stirred within SuoWei at the sight of the muzzle.

He assumed it was for his safety, but the contract flashed in his head and hummed to himself. The Chi family wanted to minimize any potential damage or union. SuoWei squirmed, lip tugged between his teeth as he reached underneath the muzzle. He wasn't sure if it was the right move, but the look in the alpha's eyes was anything but feral.

Lust-filled, absolutely. But did SuoWei feel as the shinning canines of the alpha would hurt him? No, matter of fact, he needed those teeth on him.

Quite patiently, the alpha waited as SuoWei wriggled his fingers into the muzzle and gently tugged it loose. The muzzle had been designed for an alpha, especially one as big as the one before SuoWei, to not be able to slip their fingers in. The omega was careful with the metallic muzzle, not wanting to harm the alpha's face. Once it was loose enough, the alpha tugged it off without a care and tossed it somewhere in the rut room.

The next thing SuoWei knew was that the alpha buried his face in his neck, purring as he laved at the omega's scent gland. His breath hitched, cheeks darkening, nobody had ever been so close to such an intimate area. SuoWei had only used heat facilities to ride them out in a safe space, away from lurking alphas or daring betas. Even when he was dating Yue Yue, his inner omega had never fully acclimated to her alpha and he felt safer spending it alone.

Now, beneath a strange and feral alpha, he wondered if he had just put out if she would've stayed with him. A deep growl rippled from the alpha, the sound echoed in the room, not allowing SuoWei any escape from it. Almost involuntarily, he whimpered.

"My omega," the alpha hissed, enlarged canines dangerously dragging against the thin skin of SuoWei's neck. The alpha then licked a stripe up to the omega's earlobe eliciting a shiver. "Why, is my omega thinking of another alpha?"

A sense of shame flooded SuoWei, but he refused to inflate the ego of a strange alpha. SuoWei bit back, "Not yours."

He knew the alpha was feral, but he had no true frame of reference of what that entailed. He gauged that it meant the alpha might be more aggressive than usual, but he was wrong. SuoWei's eyes rolled to the back of his head, his mind lagging as his core clenched tightly around two long fingers. His back bowed, hands scrambling for purchase on muscled arms, as somehow his legs were spread wide.

The stretch—god, the stretch stung, the sharp sensation finding a home at the base of his spine and spread as he was impatiently scissored open. His folds were wet, whe-when had he gotten wet? It was so embarrassing, but the feeling faded as a mouth found his. He felt the alpha grin, his enlarged canines grazing SuoWei's parted mouth. That was when the omega registered that he was moaning.

He tried looking away but a hand caught his chin. As two fingers thrusted eagerly into his wet hole, SuoWei's eyes met the gaze of the feral alpha. His pupils were blown, all color gone in favor of desire. The omega's moans stuttered, thighs trying to squeeze together to seek any resemblance of decency, a contrast to the way his mouth watered at the sharp, handsome alpha looming over him.

The alpha's knee was an obstruction to his decency and it seemed to please said alpha. His voice was gruff as he said, "Chi Cheng."

The two lithe fingers inside his stretched hole curled against his sensitive walls and a moan was ripped from the oemga's throat. He clung tighter to the alpha's arms, barely registering that they were bare and so was the rest of the alpha. SuoWei's eyes caught the sight of glistening, sweaty skin—a bead dripping between well-defined pecs, down the planes of a taut stomach before slowing down in the dark thatch of hair sitting atop a thick—

SuoWei writhed as a thumb pressed down on his swollen clit, right below his small, tight balls. He cursed, nails digging into the alpha's skin.

Said alpha growled, "Chi Cheng."

Through the tingles of pleasure he managed to understand what the alpha was telling him. At the next cruel crook of the fingers inside his pulsing pussy SuoWei keened, "Chi Cheng."

The alpha groaned before crashing his mouth on SuoWei's. The omega made a high-pitched sound as a third finger plunged into his slickened opening. His eyes were at half-mast, trying to register what was happening, but all he could do was react. Breathy gasps and moans were drawn out of the omega by the alpha's insistent, hot tongue. It swept into SuoWei's mouth, desperate to claim every inch of it.

A large, heavy hand found SuoWei's chest, leaving a trail of raised flesh in its wake. A slightly calloused hand laid flat on the omega's chest before fingers grazed his nipples. All form of coherent thought escaped him—where had his shirt gone? He gasped into Chi Cheng's ravaging mouth when the alpha twisted and pulled at a pebbled nipple.

"Hu-hurts," he whined, but it was no use—his body betrayed the pang of pain as it arched into the touch, searching for more.

Chi Cheng's mouth dropped to the omega's jawline, sharp canines dragging against the skin, tongue occasionally easing the sting. He caught the flesh beneath SuoWei's earlobe and bit drawing blood alongside a whimper. The alpha purred, fingers finding the omega's sweet spot and prodding at it.

The gentle sound was a contrast to the attack SuoWei had been enduring so far. It tugged at something in his chest. His hands left Chi Cheng's shoulders, slipping them into the alpha's sweaty hair and tugging.

Chi Cheng dislodged himself from the omega's neck, but his fingers continued to stimulate the insides of SuoWei's pussy. The omega found himself grounding his hips down to meet Chi Cheng's fingers, a silent request for more. After all, the kindle inside him had sparked leaving his throat dry and knot-starved.

SuoWei was fully in heat.

And he was open on a feral alpha's fingers. They felt so good, he wanted—no, needed more. He took his bottom lip between his teeth as he observed the alpha. They had said Chi Cheng had gone feral, but he didn't seem it. SuoWei had heard hushed whispers in passing about feral alphas, but Chi Cheng—he looked gorgeous, all his desire hinging on SuoWei.

Any other alpha would've taken SuoWei already, wouldn't have acquiesced to his request to pull away. Maybe the omega could finally have a satisfying heat partner. He'll never experience another one with Chi Cheng, per the contract he had signed, but he'll enjoy what he can.

Batting his eyelashes, SuoWei breathed out, "Chi Cheng, my alpha."

Chi Cheng's eyes gleamed darkly, restraint fully breaking as he removed his fingers from SuoWei's pussy. The omega let out a disappointed whimper, but was quickly silenced as something hot and heavy plunged into his gaping entrance.

"Fu-fuck," he cursed, breathless.

The omega's hands fell to Chi Cheng's neck, clutching onto it for dear life as his body tried adjusting to the intrusion. But he was given no reprieve. His walls fluttered around Chi Cheng's large cock, sucking him in despite the stretch, but the alpha pulled back. His cockhead was the only thing that remained inside the omega whose pussy clenched on the weeping head.

"Omega," he growled out, voice gravely and low.

SuoWei dazedly looked up.

"Think only of me," the alpha commanded before driving into SuoWei.

For the next few moments, the omega could not focus on anything else besides the way that Chi Cheng buried his cock in deep, punishing thrusts seemed to make the fire within him go haywire. SuoWei was sweating like never before, thighs quivering with each slap against skin and the slick spilling from his sopping pussy didn't help his disoriented senses.

His sense of smell was clogged by the mix of his and alpha's pheromones, his slick adding a layer of sweetness. One that Chi Cheng seemed to enjoy lapping from his chest, his free hand finding SuoWei's neck. It rested there, firm and definitely aware of the omega's racing pulse. Chi Cheng bottomed out, grinding his cockhead near the omega's sweet spot drawing a needy whine.

It didn't help that the alpha's muscled abdomen stimulated SuoWei's omegan cock with each grind. Chi Cheng ground his hips again as if he could reach deeper within the omega who managed to find the strength to wrap his legs around the alpha. He too needed Chi Cheng deeper inside. The heat within him was going to kill him, but Chi Cheng's scent, his breathing, sweat, and cock were doing a good job at dissipating some of it.

A surprised yelp left his kiss-swollen mouth as the alpha took SuoWei's left leg and raised it to his broad shoulder. The omega had no time to adjust before Chi Cheng began to snap his hips into him with renewed vigor. The angle was deeper, more satisfying but no less intense and in no time it had SuoWei writhing against the blanket. He could feel his pussy clenching in an unknown rhythm, his gut tightening with each thrust.

The sounds that tumbled from the omega's mouth were out of his control, hips canting to meet the alpha's carnal motions almost instinctively. It was when he looked down at his stomach that his brain melted.

SuoWei knew he was abnormally tall for an omega. It was hard not to notice that he wasn't small and dainty like the other omegas. Physically, he lacked the stereotypical omega stature, but spread open on the floor with Chi Cheng's gaze solely focused on his every reaction—he felt and saw himself as small. The alpha had no issue maneuvering his 180 cm body in whichever way he pleased.

Every time the alpha's cock buried itself to the hilt, its cockhead bumped against SuoWei's sweltering insides—distending the omega's stomach.

SuoWei let out a hopeless, "Oh."

He was enraptured at the lewd sight. It wasn't just the tip, but the whole length reshaping his body and SuoWei was loving it. He hadn't known his body could take something so huge and heavy. The omega reached a hand down to his taut stomach and moaned, the sound high, as he felt Chi Cheng's cock through the bulging skin. Another growl was ripped deep from the alpha's chest and SuoWei was once again being kissed senseless.

He tried keeping up with the licks and the nips, the tugs to his lips. It truly did seem like Chi Cheng wanted to eat him, own him, consume him. The alpha's hand on his inner thigh clutched tightly on the skin, nails digging and claiming into sensitive flesh. God, it was so big—the meat of SuoWei's thigh fit perfectly in the palm of one hand.

The fire within him was climbing higher and higher. Panting, SuoWei managed to gasp out, "Cl-close."

The hand that had been resting on his neck tightened at the words. His breath was taken from him. It should've been scary—there had been no warning. Yet, it was like nothing he had ever experienced. SuoWei's eyes rolled to the back of his skull as his mouth opened into a shout. His eyesight was getting blurry, lungs twinging, but the intoxicating smell of Chi Cheng's cock driving into him, the sound and, god—the zaps of pleasure heightened at the loss of breath.

The alpha loosened his grip allowing SuoWei to gasp for air, though for only a moment and once again, he was at the mercy of the feral alpha. He was writhing, abdomen constricting as the coil in his gut pulled tighter. It wasn't until Chi Cheng's mouth dropped to his mating gland that SuoWei's back bowed as he came.

For a moment, all he could see was white, ears ringing until slowly, his breath returned to his lungs. There was a faint buzzing sensation from his lower half and a twinge of pain on the side of his neck. He groaned and his eyesight cleared at the sound of a satisfied grunt next to his right ear. He blinked, aware that his limbs were heavy. The heat inside him had been quenched for the moment, but he could feel some radiating from—

Oh.

SuoWei was no longer on his back.

Instead, he laid on his front, face nestled in the crook of Chi Cheng's neck. The alpha was asleep, chest rising and falling in a steady rhythm. His soft breaths puffed against SuoWei's ear eliciting a light shiver. That's when the pressure on his lower back caught his attention. When he tried glancing over his shoulder, SuoWei let out a groan of pain. He raised a hand to his throbbing neck and widened his eyes.

His fingers tentatively traced the deep indentations of teeth marks. The skin was sore and tingling in sensitivity, but it soothed something within SuoWei. His inner omega purred at being claimed, at being wanted. More cautiously, he twisted his neck to carry out his mission—checking out his lower half, SuoWei's face reddened tremendously as he realized he was stuffed.

Chi Cheng had knotted him.

Worse, it seemed that it wouldn't be going down anytime soon, leaving them tied for the unforeseen future. With a squeak, SuoWei hid in the crook of Chi Cheng's neck, reality settling into him little by little.

He had helped Chi Cheng, a feral alpha, through his first wave of rut.

SuoWei was no longer a virgin and he had missed the most important part!

It was so embarrassing passing out during his orgasm. He thought he had just been lost for a moment, but no, SuoWei had missed being knotted. At least he had faint pieces of the claiming, but even that… It wasn't like their claiming bond would last beyond their time at the heat/rut facility, but SuoWei had wanted to remember the experience. He pouted into the heated skin of the alpha beneath him. That was an important first time for a lot of omegas!

Stupid, feral alpha. If Chi Cheng hadn't been so…so, ugh! So good at fucking SuoWei's brains out then the omega would've retained enough consciousness to feel his walls extended to accommodate his first knot.

A spike of pleasure jolted up his spine, The he felt it—the rumbling of Chi Cheng's growl. He licked his lips in anticipation at what the encompassing sound meant. His omegan cock twitched between their heated and sweat-slicked bodies. One of his hands that had been resting on the alpha's chest twitched as he felt something inside his pussy stir.

"Ah!" he moaned, body lurching up Chi Cheng's.

There was an amused smirk on the alpha's face as their gazes met. Another moan fell from his lips as Chi Cheng thrusted into him again, knot still caught on SuoWei's opening. Soon, the heat within him began to spread across each available nerve, igniting his need to be bred.

Another curse fell from his lips as he clenched on the knot stuffing him. Chi Cheng stopped his staring and dropped his mouth to the omega's shoulders, teeth and lips making quick work on the unmarred skin. SuoWei held onto the alpha as slow, rippling waves of pleasure coated each ignited nerve. He was panting, voice hoarse as he said, "Mo-more."

Chi Cheng planted his feet on the floor, drawing his hips up. SuoWei would've slid down the alpha's lap if not for the inflated knot and the hand on his waist. He mewled, both at exposed in a new way and for enjoying the way his waist disappeared under such a large hand. The alpha was gazing up at him, lust-laced eyes trailing every inch of SuoWei's bare skin, eliciting goosebumps.

The omega whimpered, hips seeking out more friction as he braced himself on the alpha's chest. He curled his fingers into sweat-slicked skin with each punched thrust. His omegan cock bounced against his bloated abdomen, smearing its precum over the taut skin.. A faint strange feeling prodded the back of his mind. Would SuoWei have been so attuned to another alpha the way he seemed to be with Chi Cheng?

It was almost masterful the way he ground down in time with Chi Cheng's thrusts upwards. Their moans and grunts creating an enticing cacophony of sound. They were both seeking their release, working together through the knot that connected them, enjoying the feel of SuoWei's slick running down his inner thighs. There wasn't much space, but every drag against the omega's clenching walls was delicious. The alpha was grunting too, his free hand wrapping around the omega's small pink cock.

SuoWei gasped at the searing heat, tears pricking at the corners of his eyes from the second point of pleasure. He whimpered when Chi Cheng's knot tugged at his opening, the pain slipping into intense pleasure as the alpha surged to his mouth.

The omega kissed back fiercely, hands caught between their chests, nails raking against the rippling muscle. The bounces on Chi Cheng's cock weren't enough. With a desperate sob he ground himself down on the cockhead, clenching tightly to hold the length in place painfully aware of the sticky cum swirling alongside it. His hips swiveled to stimulate his sweet spot constantly. A brief yet dangerous thought flickered—if Chi Cheng went deep enough would he be able to impregnate SuoWei? Could he bypass the birth control?

"Deeper," he demanded. "Don't you want to stuff me with a pup?"

The alpha only growled faintly into SuoWei's mouth, one hand still playing with his cocklet. The hand on his waist traveled to the back of his neck, keeping him in place as Chi Cheng rocked into him.

"Pup," the alpha panted hotly, hips slapping against the underside of SuoWei's ass.

Tears spilled down the omega's ruddy cheeks as the coil in his gut got tighter, the heat within him finding greater heights, and he felt like a ignited firecracker.

"Alpha," he keened, high and breathless.

Chi Cheng huffed against his slackened mouth. "Omega, mine."

He tried nodding. SuoWei blinked; aware that he was writhing in Chi Cheng's lap, chasing pleasure like a proper omega. He knew he needed one more thing to bring him to the edge. His omegan canines dropped—small, little things that could bring damage if they wanted to.

SuoWei didn't even get to moan out his request. Chi Cheng caught his eye, the alpha's blown-out pupils filled with a dark intensity that made SuoWei's spine tingle. The alpha drew his mouth back from the omega's, a faint thread of spit connecting them until it snapped from SuoWei's lurching body. Chi Cheng craned his neck, exposing his mating gland—vulnerable muscle and sinew.

He wasted no time. With the next deep, dirty grind against his sweet spot, SuoWei sunk his canines into the alpha's neck. The taste of copper filled his mouth as his hole spasmed around the heavy, throbbing length. He moaned in satisfaction at the taste and sighed as he spilled over Chi Cheng's hand. He hissed as the alpha worked him through his orgasm, but keened when he felt his insides flood with the alpha's spend.

SuoWei was sure that if he hadn't taken the birth control he would've caught by now. The alpha had been relatively silent throughout their second coupling, but reaching his climax, Chi Cheng's mouth loosened.

"Smell so good," he grunted against SuoWei's neck, nose seeking more of the omega's scent.

SuoWei was lapping the bite he made, shivering as Chi Cheng caged him in the circle of his arms. The alpha's hands couldn't stop roaming on the omega's skin, each new patch of skin eliciting a satisfied purr from Chi Cheng. Eventually, they each craned their necks and slotted against the other. They both sighed as their scent glands met, the raised skin pulsing gently as they bathed each other in their combined scents.

The omega tried not reading into the tender actions, a complete one eighty to what he thought his experience was going to be. Speaking of, in his lucidity he recognized that their mating bond would be dissolved once their cycles ended, but there was a selfish voice at the back of his mind that wanted to keep it. He desperately wanted to blame it on his loneliness and pent-up horniness, because which omega wouldn't want a gorgeous alpha like Chi Cheng?

Face burning, he shook his head and accepted a kiss from the alpha cradling him gently.

The rest of their shared cycle was drowned in a haze of pheromones and slick. SuoWei's recollection of his experience was muddy, with his body being the sole evidence of what happened between them. The red and purple marks littered his skin, making it easier to ask: what part wasn't bitten, nipped, or sucked? In accompaniment, the shape of Chi Cheng's lithe fingers found themselves on his waist, his neck, his thighs, and ass.

Glimpses of positions and acts flashed through his mind. SuoWei on his knees, mouth wantonly stretched open as his lips sucked on Chi Cheng's reddened cock. He had never given a blowjob before but he found himself enjoying it. He was enraptured at the sounds the alpha let out as he buried his length deeper and deeper in the omega's wet mouth. He had chocked, but that only drew more pleasure.

Their scents cloyed the air, draping them in the heavily mix of red sandalwood and anise. Eventually, the alpha cradled his straining jaw and sunk even deeper, cockhead distending the omega's throat. SuoWei whined at the stretch, the trembling sound enough to have the alpha spilling down his throat as his knot inflated. SuoWei was crying softly, overwhelmed at his taut pleasure and the feeling of his stretched mouth, but the purr from his alpha satisfied him.

There was no doubt that SuoWei had been thoroughly claimed.

But it meant nothing.

He stared at the now sleeping alpha, one finger gently tracing the slope of his nose then sliding down his jaw. They had said Chi Cheng was feral, said that he was a risk to himself and others. SuoWei didn't believe it. Even at the alpha's more silent moments he managed to get SuoWei to drink water and eat some snacks to keep his energy up. Sure, he had been needy and constantly buried in SuoWei, but he was patient when the omega had insisted on building a nest.

Which feral alpha did that?

SuoWei let out a startled breath as the alpha's eyes opened.

It was the first time he was looking into that intense gaze without any lust clouding it. Chi Cheng's dark brown eyes were beautiful.

Shyly, SuoWei swiped a tongue over his bottom lip before clearing his throat. "I-I, my heat is over. I think your rut is too, so… this is goodbye."

Chi Cheng frowned.

"I won't inconvenience you any further—"

"We're mated," the alpha said, voice gruff but the most coherent he had sounded so far.

SuoWei nodded slowly. "Yeah, but the contract—"

"What contract?" Chi Cheng was sitting up, hair in disarray. SuoWei couldn't help but lower his gaze to the alpha's chest—the skin had been equally marked by the omega. with red streaks and bites too. He lifted his gaze back up at Chi Cheng's next words. "I want you."

SuoWei bristled before letting out an incredulous laugh. "No, your alpha wants me. It liked my scent which is why your family essentially hired me to spend our cycles together. You don't know me, so how could you want me?"

Chi Cheng's eyes narrowed, chest rumbling with the start of a growl.

"Don't growl at me!" SuoWei pointed an accusing finger at the alpha.

With a wicked grin, Chi Cheng grabbed onto the offending finger and drew SuoWei into his lap. The omega tried to scramble away, but it was no use—Chi Cheng was bigger and stronger, SuoWei was at his mercy.

He huffed in annoyance. "Let go!"

"No," Chi Cheng said petulantly. "Mine."

SuoWei sighed, his chest twisting uncomfortably in agreement with the alpha.

"it's just the hormones, Chi Cheng," he sighed, trying to make sense of their situation. "Your alpha connected with my scent in your feral state. I assisted you through your rut—knotting and claiming is normal. But I signed a contract to dissolve the bond. Trust me, you'll be happier without it."

Without me, went unsaid.

"Besides you're a young master—surely you've got plenty of potential mates, all much more qualified than—"

"I don't want them," grunted Chi Cheng. The alpha was nosing along the underside of SuoWei's jaw. He breathed out deeply, "I want you."

SuoWei shifted in incredulity, a frown marring his features. "No, you don't."

Chi Cheng looked up at the omega before bringing their foreheads together. This up close and sober, SuoWei could make out the alpha's beauty marks. He resisted the temptation to kiss each and every one.

"I've seen you before," the alpha said lowly as if he were sharing a secret; perhaps it was. "You play alone more often than not. Always thinking, but always kind enough to extend a hand."

SuoWei's mouth went dry in shock.

"So gorgeous too," Chi Cheng added, a dopey smile on his face. "The moonlight doesn't do you justice."

"You've been watching me?" the omega whisper-yelled, afraid that if he said it any louder that it would sound less believable.

"Wasn't intentional, WeiWei."

"Huh."

"Well at first." Chi Cheng shrugged, cheek resting on SuoWei's chest and arms firmly wrapped around the omega's middle. "You were right, my alpha really liked your scent, but I like you too. And now you're mine."

SuoWei must still be in a heat-induced dazed because there was no way that a rich alpha like Chi Cheng had taken a liking to him—little ol' broke and cheap Wu SuoWei.

The alpha purred, the sound reverberating gently into the omega's chest and cradling his beating heart. "Fuck whatever contract my family made you sign—I'm not giving you up."

He took a sharp inhale, the words too good to be true.

Ever since he walked into the room, SuoWei had been feeling strange. Every glance, every touch, every taste he and Chi Cheng had exchanged felt exhilarating yet familiar. He thought that the ache within him had something to do with his heat, but what if…

"Chi Cheng," he whispered, eyes wide and expectant.

The alpha straightened, nose bumping against SuoWei's as he hummed.

Swallowing, he asked, "Do—are we true mates?"

"Took you long enough," Chi Cheng huffed out in amusement.

He slapped a hand on the alpha's chest, embarrassment crawling up his spine. "Shut up! How was I supposed to know?"

All other complaints died in his throat as Chi Cheng surged up to kiss him. The pressure was delightful, the slide of their lips easy and eager. He moaned into it because it felt like coming home. He sunk further into his alpha's embrace and shuddered out a whine as they broke apart.

Chi Cheng chuckled before placing a kiss on the omega's forehead. With a mischievous glint in his eye he said, "Felt it, didn't you? I'm yours and you're mine."

SuoWei rolled his eyes, desperately trying to contain his smile. "Just kiss me."

And so his alpha did.