CHAPTER 65: SUDDEN RETURN! 2

"Father..." Julian whispered as his eyes became watery. It hurt! Really bad! Not the cut his father made on his neck but because he finally got caught.

After hiding it for so many years, he never thought his secret would get discovered by his father. He felt the blood trickling down to stain the collar of his shirt.

"Forgive me, Father..." He muttered, unable to hold back his tears.

Just then, he felt the cold steel pulling away from his neck, followed by a fist grabbing his hair, making him snap his eyes wide open. He gasped loudly, holding back his urge to moan in pain. He didn’t want to look weak in front of his father.

"Forgive you?" His father asked. "Tell me one reason I should forgive you. Go ahead, Julian,"

Evan stood there, waiting for Julian’s response but it never came. Just when he was about to speak again, the door opened and someone walked in, falling to his knees.

"Please, pardon him, Your Grace!" He said, with his forehead slamming the floor.

Evan turned his head, wondering who would dare to enter the dining room. Julian heard his voice and struggled to look at him.

"You fool! Why are... why did you come here?" He gritted his teeth, wincing in pain.

"I see... You have an accomplice?" Evan had questioned before he threw his son to the floor, close to the intruder. "How are you two related? My son’s lover? Were you the one helping him with his heat all along?"

They said nothing. Dorian just remained on the floor, with his eyes lowered and his heart beating fast in his chest. He had no idea why he came in here when he had nothing to do with the Vortellions.

But he couldn’t stand to watch Julian get hurt by his father.

’I’m a fool!’

The duke pulled his gloves away from his hand, stretching his hand towards them. He was going to freeze them both with his ice affinity.

"If there’s no answer, I guess I should just kill two of you,"

"Father!" Julian leaned forward, his hand stretched as if he were trying to protect Dorian. "I’m the one who has wronged you. Please, leave Dorian out of this,"

Dorian’s eyes widened hearing Julian’s words. He never expected a day to come when the young master would try to protect him. No... He never thought a noble would try to protect a slave like him.

The duke heard the name Dorian and withdrew his hand, rubbing his chin.

"Dorian? Why does that name sound familiar?"

Dorian gently shoved Julian aside, stepping forward with a bow.

"You brought me here as a slave years ago, Your Grace,"

"Ah!" He finally remembered. "You were the one who’s always stuck with Lucien. So, why are you here?"

"Since the young master is busy with his exams, he ordered me to return to the estate to keep Young Master Julian safe,"

The duke suddenly burst into laughter after hearing that. He walked back to his seat, leaving Julian and Dorian stunned.

"I see. So, my son sent you here to keep my other son... safe. From who? Me?" He asked and laughed again.

"Hmm, I guess I can’t kill you again since Lucien knows about your identity,"

Julian heaved a breath of relief when he heard that.

"However... You’ll have to give up your right as the heir and hand it back to Lucien,"

Julian’s shoulders dropped when he heard that. He expected his father to say that. He immediately clenched his fist, hiding his anger.

"Is it because I’m an Omega? You can’t hand over the Estate to me, because I’m an Omega?!"

He never liked the discrimination. His father always treated Omegas like trash and he knew he was no different.

"Yes, son. It’s because you’re an Omega. Your role is to get pregnant and become an entertainer to whoever you’ll be bonded with later. Nothing else. There’s no way I can hand over the entire fortune to you,"

"Why are you doing this, Father? This is the reason Mother left you,"

The Duke didn’t flinch when he heard that. He just leaned forward, hands resting on the dining table.

"Why am I doing this? You tried to kill someone, didn’t you?"

Julian frowned.

’I knew it! It’s because of that man whore!’

"Anyway, I’m guessing Lucien would also refuse to take back the title... I think I’ll have to allow him to choose between the little omega he has gotten obsessed with or his own brother getting thrown into the ’Game’. I wonder who he’ll choose,"

"Father!" Julian yelled.

"Dorian?" The duke called and he lifted his head to meet the Duke’s eyes.

"Yes, Your Grace!"

"Take my son back to his room. You should keep an eye on him till the original heir returns to the estate,"

"Understood, Your Grace!"

Dorian bowed and turned to Julian who was already burning red with anger.

"Let’s leave, Young Master... Please, come with me before he changes his mind,"

He added and finally dragged Julian away. The Duke leaned back on the chair as he exhaled deeply. His hand slipped into his hair.

"I guess I can return back to the academy..."

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And that’s how the Duke spent the night in the estate and returned to the academy the next morning. He folded his hands in the carriage, bored, with his eyes glued to the window.

"There’s no way I’ll sit here forever,"

He took out the golden scroll and ripped it.

Immediately, he appeared at the academy gate. He looked around to make sure he was at the academy. Seeing the students walking about, with their Pheromones hanging in the air...

"I’m indeed at the academy,"

He mumbled and walked his way to the mansion.

He opened the door and saw Ezra running down the stairs.

"What’s going on?" He asked.

Ezra looked at the Duke and bowed.

"Welcome back, Your Grace!"

"Hmm..." The Duke replied. "Where are you heading to?"

Ezra turned and walked towards the bag he had placed on the couch. He took out a few bottles of holy water.

"Rin rushed up to his room a few minutes ago. When I returned to check up on him, I could sense demonic energy in his room,"

"Demonic energy? What the hell happened to Rin?" The Duke furrowed his brows.

"I have no idea, Your Grace! He looked pale and sweaty and..."

"Pale? Curses!" Evan rushed up, skipping two stairs at a time till he grabbed the door. It was locked. He pulled out a spare key from his leather pouch and opened the door.

As soon as he barged in, the sweet floral scent mixed with honey hit his nose.

He slammed his hand over his nose, trying not to inhale it. But, just a whiff was able to get him hard. His pants got so tight that his dick wanted to burst out.

"His heat came quicker than expected," he mumbled to himself.

"Oh my..." Rin’s honey-filled voice hit his eardrums. "You’re back home... Duke,"

"This tiny creature is driving me crazy..." He grinned, stepping forward. The more he got closer to Rin, the denser the scent got. He knew he couldn’t avoid it even if he stopped himself from breathing.

Rin reached for him first, his small hand brushing against his bulge.

"Did you return just for me, My Duke?" He asked again with that same sweet voice.

"If I did, are you going to reward me?" Evan asked, reaching for Rin’s jaw.

Rin grinned, taking a bite from the Duke’s hard-on through his clothes while maintaining eye contact. Evan let out a short wince, tightening his grip around Rin’s hair.

"Fuck... Rin,"

He pulled him by the hair, pressing his face on his erection.

"Go ahead... Reward me, little Omega."