I feel relieved now that the thoughts that were circling around my mind have disappeared, but instead, my head is filled with something else.

Wondering if it’s because I’ve been lying down for too long, I raised my body only to quickly lie down again.

A pleasant scent wafts from somewhere.

It is a dense scent, like lighting a fire in my hollow heart.

I know the owner of this scent.

It’s the protagonist of this novel that Jeon Jae-young described as a ‘romantic hot spot’ and said it was ‘more exciting than a morning drama.’ A kind and considerate protagonist who marked me as his child’s mother and wants to take care of everything for me.

For some reason, my mouth was salivating.

Knock, knock.

“Carl, I’ve come to deliver the completed magic tool.”

Before our eyes could meet while I was lying on the bed, he abruptly halted then rushed in and slammed the door behind him.

As I watched his neatly swaying hair and his face showing confusion for the first time, I felt a strange thrill.

It was strange to see myself wanting what was in front of me, straining my spine the way both salivary glands tense up on their own after discovering something sour.

“What’s wrong? Your pheromones are suddenly like this.”

Adrian slowly approached the bed.

My chest rose and fell when he suddenly filled my eyes.

“I don’t know. There’s something wrong with my body.”

My lips opened on their own. My voice, even to myself, sounded weak and feeble.

“Haa, this. Since when has this been happening?”

“Am I bothersome? Why are you sighing?”

You said you wanted me.

I wiped away the tears that gradually welled up as I leaned my body against the bed sheet.

Adrian, whose whole body stiffened, reached out his arm and wiped away the sweat on my forehead.

“It seems like your heat cycle has come. Tremendous amounts of pheromones are coming out of you as if it’s trying to kill me.”

Ah, so this is it. That’s exactly what is happening to me now.

I felt a moment of confusion and tension, like a girl starting her first period.

“What should I do?”

Whether it was because of the beginning of my heat or the realization that this day had finally come, a tear fell from my eye and rolled down my cheek.

Adrian’s face froze in a terrifying manner.

It seemed like he was convinced that I was crying because I didn’t want to experience something with him.

“Are you scared?”

“Ung.”

His eyes seemed to swallow me whole with that look.

His eyes were colored with despair at my response.

The way he bit his trembling lips and clenched his fist seemed like he was trying to contain his anger.

No, not anger. Sadness.

Usually, I would gently observe and console him, but today I didn’t want to do that.

It would be good if he would be swayed by me even more.

A strange desire emerged in me.

Heat cycle really makes people strange.

His joy and sorrow at every word I say is really…

“Haa, this seems like I’ve stepped into a trap.”

Adrian’s face showed bewilderment at my unintentionally revealed true feelings.

“What?”

This irresistible impulse to fearlessly grab and shake this man, who is twice as big as me in size, handsome enough to trigger feelings of inferiority, was like a trap.

Adrian couldn’t hide his emotional turmoil as he constantly wiped his face.

Without knowing what consequences it would bring to me.

Just like now, I had never seen Adrian’s face twisted in a way like someone who had heard the most horrifying sound in the world.

“Do you hate it that much? Even if I were to tell you that I’m the only one who can control your heat?”

Growling, Adrian approached and effortlessly broke through the wall of pillows I had piled up, invading the bed.

The large bed didn’t feel crowded even with two men on it.

An irresistibly intense scent emanated from Adrian’s body.

Everywhere his gaze touched, I felt like I was about to open up all the hurt I felt, and as someone who had led a modest life for several years, it was truly a difficult situation for me to endure.

Omega and Alpha, how often do they fight against such urges?

Adrian, who lightly pressed me with his thigh as I floundered, had a sad expression.

“I’m curious about what you’re thinking while living like this. Being so close, seducing me with your scent while saying you won’t die anytime soon.”

You misunderstood. I’m just being cautious. I don’t dislike you.

I have a lot to say, but I can’t find myself to open my mouth.

I simply stared at his beautiful lips as if enchanted.

“There’s nothing I can do but to take ahold of you. Even if you hate it.”

Just hold me.

If it were the me now, I would accept it, but Adrian noticed it and hesitated.

He couldn’t hide his fierce aura or his sorrowful gaze.

I wanted him, but due to the prejudice I learned, I couldn’t approach him readily and hesitated.

Our clearly aroused two bodies, unable to mix, maintained a certain distance and stayed like that for a while.

In the end, it was me who made a move.

Whether it was because of the pheromones or whatever, I didn’t want to see my beloved younger sister’s favorite character crying in sadness.

Actually, this is also an excuse.

I lay back, breathing heavily, and reached out my hand.

I wanted him to hold me, but Adrian’s face turned pale.

“You’re in so much agony, yet you still refuse?”

Hey, how can you interpret it like that?

I wanted you to hold me.

Ah, our protagonist. After holding an Omega’s hand once, you got scared and were living in solitude, right?

Moreover, because my hand was turned outward as if requesting a high-five, it must have seemed like I was asking him to leave.

“That’s not it.”

Even at this moment, can I really do this?

How does contraception work?

While worrying about unnecessary things, my hand kept reaching towards Adrian.

“It’s a trap, haa. A sweet trap.”

Adrian’s eyes widened until they couldn’t get any bigger.

I brought my parched lips to his lips.

“I didn’t expect to have our first kiss like this, but it’s not bad,” I said and giggled.

Adrian’s hand hastily slipped into my shirt, undoing all the buttons.

After whispering, “This is really an important event for us,” Adrian smiled bashfully and then bit my lips.

With his strong arms holding my waist firmly, he deepened the kiss, wearing an expression filled with delight.

“Is this… how it’s… supposed to be?”

Is it supposed to be like this?

“Shh, focus. It’s my first time too, you know.”

Adrian laughed.

“You feel like the whole world to me.”

Adrian laughed at my words.

He laughed genuinely.

And it seemed like his eyes were sparkling.

Jae-young, what should I do? Your favorite character might become my favorite too.

“Hng? Is this how it’s supposed to be?”

As I panted and asked, Adrian answered, “But it’s my first time too?” and rested his head on my shoulder.

Ah, it’s your first time too. I keep forgetting.

“But I keep feeling hungry. It wasn’t like this when I was alone.”

Adrian, raising his body with his thighs locking my waist, discarded his shirt, revealing his wonderfully toned upper body.

Wow, look at those well-developed pectoral muscles.

It may not be at that level, but I had well-developed chest muscles in the past too.

Whether it was nostalgia for those times or the influence of pheromones, saliva kept pooling in my mouth.

Is my saliva dripping? I thought as I placed the back of my hand on my lips, but Adrian was quick to grab hold of that hand.

Adrian slowly brought my fingers to his own mouth.

As I watched his movements in a trance-like state, a tingling pain coursed through my fingertips, and I gradually sank into the abyss of pheromones once again.

Adrian whispered in my ear, as if casting a spell.

“If I devour you completely, this hunger might be appeased.”

What will happen to my life if I let it continue like this?

My eyes glazed over with anticipation and fear.

* * *

“Our parents usually take at least three days when in heat.”

Belfry, unable to hide his fluster, anxiously observed the closed door of the prince’s chamber.

It had been two full days since Adrian had locked himself in the prince’s room.

“Don’t worry. The Crown Prince is not in a rut and the prince is in his first heat cycle, so it’ll be over soon.”

Leia said nonchalantly.

Belfry glanced at Leia.

No, isn’t she worried that her younger brother is going to mate before he’s even married?

“Well, it’s his future spouse anyway, so what does it matter?”

“It’s not a good timing, Princess.”

Belfry, who stared at Leia with his eyes squinting, clicked his tongue out when he saw a boy and a dog standing in front of the door like a stone statue.

The boy, who was a servant of the prince, with a pale face, and the dog, who had been lying down without drinking any water since yesterday, until Leia forcefully made it drink just now.

Thanks to the soundproofing of the chamber, they didn’t have to hear embarrassing noises from the owner, which was a relief, but it made the boy even more anxious.

They don’t know what’s happening inside at all.

In Heineken, there is a separate manual for the Alpha and Omega nobility, and experienced and older attendants are assigned specifically for their rut or heat cycles.

He saw that he hadn’t been eating properly and was just looking for water from time to time.

Marco couldn’t hold back his tears and burst into sobs.

“Princeee.”

“Kkiiing.”

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