Chapter 12 – The Belated Heaven-Sent Grand Gift
Gu Zhuoran stared intently at Shen Yan on the bed.
The early stages of presenting were the most dangerous for an Alpha.
Because of their innate territorial awareness, newborn Alphas would attack their own kind.
And this offensive power was explosively formidable.
It would instantly trigger the energy that had been suppressed inside the Alpha’s body for years.
To a certain extent, the level of ferocity during presenting dictated what kind of potential the Alpha would have in the future.
Simultaneously, their self-control during presenting indicated how strong the Alpha’s mental control would be later on.
An outstanding Alpha needed not only tremendous potential but also immense mental self-control.
Otherwise, a lunatic whose strength was unmatched by anyone would absolutely be a lethal cancer to the entire safe zone.
Any Alpha whose mental self-control wasn’t strong enough would be strictly confined and managed by the safe zone during the early stages of presenting.
In severe cases, they might even be ‘purged’ by the safe zone.
Gu Zhuoran tensed all his nerves, ready at any moment to face Shen Yan’s explosive attacks post-presenting.
But as he waited and waited… the explosive attacks from Shen Yan never came. Instead, what arrived was an incomprehensible sense of losing control within himself.
His eyes seemed to gain a mind of their own, inching across the exposed skin of Shen Yan’s body.
His heart pounded wildly, accelerating as if tempted toward madness by something.
His legs felt like they had lost control, involuntarily wanting to step closer to the bed.
His hands… wanted nothing more than to pounce and violently tear apart everything on the other person.
“Damn it, this is…”
This stress reaction, which rarely appeared in him, truthfully told him that things were developing in another, bizarre direction.
Gu Zhuoran looked at the person across from him with even more terror than if he had seen Shen Yan present as an Alpha.
He was extremely terrified. He shrank his pupils, gritted his teeth, curled up his limbs, and desperately pressed himself against the wall to stay as far away from the presenting Shen Yan as possible.
Yet, on the other hand, he hopefully twitched his nose, taking a deep breath of the cold, secluded fragrance permeating the room.
The cold and profound scent was like the most primal breath of nature from an ancient forest.
It spread outward explosively, deep and haunting, from Shen Yan, who was curled up in pain on the bed.
It left him with nowhere to hide.
This belonged to… the pheromones of an Omega!
Because he himself suffered from Omega pheromone rejection syndrome, Gu Zhuoran was equally sensitive to Omega pheromones.
What surprised him was that he didn’t feel any rejection towards Shen Yan’s pheromones; instead, they were highly compatible.
Only a pair whose pheromones were highly compatible would trigger such an irresistible reaction.
Someone once told him that he would reject the pheromones of almost all Omegas, except for his ‘absolute match’.
To an Alpha, an absolute match was their ‘fated partner’!
“Hah!” Thinking of this, Gu Zhuoran suddenly let out a low chuckle, laughing at his own stupidity.
This unfamiliar yet familiar cold, secluded fragrance—he had previously been madly jealous over it, thinking it belonged to someone else.
But, dear God!
How could fate play such a massive joke on him?
Shen Yan, the person who possessed absolutely outstanding Alpha genes, was actually presenting into… an Omega?!
Waves of heat surged up from within his body. His eyes stung slightly from the hot steam, his mouth felt terribly parched, and his throat uncontrollably swallowed. All five of his senses were mobilized, burning away at his sanity like fire.
Gu Zhuoran slightly turned his head to glance at Shen Yan, whose face was deathly pale from pain on the bed.
A profound and dark emotion slowly gathered at the bottom of his icy-blue eyes.
No, even if this was truly a joke played by God, this super heaven-sent grand gift… he was absolutely taking it.
Gu Zhuoran slowly loosened his vein-bulging hands and tried to gradually steady his breathing.
A faint, crisp woody scent lingered in the air, bringing the refreshing sensation of an entire forest.
He worked hard to adapt to this cold pheromone scent while desperately suppressing his instinctive urge to claim a highly compatible Omega.
However, the crazed thoughts born of instinct were so intense they were difficult to parry.
He leaned tightly against the wall, ruthlessly digging his fingers into the flesh of his own arms until the veins on his forehead popped. He buried his face deeply in his arms and slowly slid down into the corner, enduring the torture of his instincts.
While Shen Yan curled into a ball of pain on the bed, Gu Zhuoran suffered bitterly in the corner.
He couldn’t help but continuously stare at the back of Shen Yan’s neck, wishing he could pounce and viciously bite through the glands there.
“It hurts so much, hss—” Curled up on the bed, Shen Yan was completely unaware of the danger he was exposed to.
Having presented late, Shen Yan’s reaction to Alpha pheromones wasn’t too intense yet. But gradually, he also felt that there was an incredibly pleasant scent in the room, strongly compelling him to draw closer.
The tearing sensation inside his body had already tortured Shen Yan into weak exhaustion.
The bedsheets beneath him were soaked through with layers of uncomfortable, damp cold sweat.
Following that pleasant scent, he slowly shifted his body and looked toward Gu Zhuoran in the corner.
The scent… was coming from him.
“Come here…”
Gu Zhuoran abruptly reached out and grabbed his arms fiercely. His long silver hair swayed gently, and a face mingling unbearable suffering and terror fell straight into Shen Yan’s sight.
What was Shen Yan saying…
Go over?
Right now?
Author’s Note Bows, thank you for waiting, my dear great readers. I wrote this chapter during the day but was never satisfied with it, so I kept revising and revising. At least I made it in time~ The word count for this chapter is quite a lot~~ So~~ Miao Miao is very good, right? Love you all, wishing you happy reading~~ Thank you for your support and love!
【”Come Here” Mini Theater】 Shen Yan licked his lips: Xiao Ran, come here~~ Gu Zhuoran: …… (He is no longer the little Xiao Ran from childhood, he has grown up~ A lot~) Gu Zhuoran: No, I’m not going over. (Struggles~) Shen Yan picked up a slipper and threw it, hitting Gu Zhuoran on the head: Are you coming over or not? If not, get out and sleep outside! Gu Zhuoran: ……Is there a difference between going over, getting beaten up, and sleeping under the bed, versus not going over and directly sleeping outside? Certain Miao: Yes there is!!!! The difference is huge~ You see, one is inside the house, and the other is outside~~ Gu: …… (Where did this silly Miao come from, throw it out~) Certain Miao: Meow meow meow~~
Translator’s Note / Glossary:
- Absolute Match: A pair whose pheromones have an incredibly high compatibility rate, naturally attracting them to one another.
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