CHAPTER 24: _FIRST HEAT

(Warning: Mature Content Ahead.)

Elian’s POV

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"Shit!" He cursed, trying to shove his dick back into his pants. But in the process of scrambling, he stumbled backwards.

And the person at the door?

Beta Axel!

"Oh, is... Is this a bad time?" Axel spoke so calmly but Elian could feel the lust in his voice.

[Just in case you were wondering about Beta Axel’s bars...]

[Seduction meter: 20%... Ooop, sorry... 21%... Oh, 24%... It just keeps increasing—]

"Shut up!" Elian yelled out with frustration, his hands still tugging at his pants trying to shove his dick into it.

Unfortunately, as he hopped around the room like a rejected ballerina, trying hard to avoid Axel’s gaze... He finally fell.

"Woah!"

Just when he was about to hit the ground, a pair of strong arms caught him right on time, causing him to hold his breath.

A musky scent wafted into his nostrils as he blinked, staring at Beta Axel and his shoulder-length brown hair. The man’s golden eyes seemed like they were going to peer into his soul.

[ALERT! Host’s erection is still visible to the Beta and throbbing back to life. Proceed with operation: "let him suck it"?]

What the fuck?!

"Your..." Axel smirked, staring at Elian’s dick as he helped him back on his feet. "Did I walk in at a bad time?"

Elian’s face heated up with a violent blush as he slowly brought his hands to his dick, about to gently shove it back into his pants for the third time.

But then...

Axel grabbed his wrist all of a sudden, causing his heart to skip a beat. His breathing hitched as he slowly raised his head, meeting the Beta’s intense gaze.

"... Or are you just happy to see me?" Axel asked with a whisper that sent tingling down Elian’s spine.

The Beta was dressed in an armless grey shirt which emphasised his god like arm muscles. The chandelier light above them made it seem like the beads of sweat still sticking to his body were sparkling diamonds.

Long story short... The man was hot as usual and his manly pheromones almost swept Elian off his feet all over again.

"I... I..." Elian tried to speak in response to the Beta’s last question.

However, the latter placed the index finger of his left hand on his lips. "Shhh."

Elian’s eyes widened when he felt Axel’s right hand suggestively brushing against his dick. It was brief... Barely brushing across it, but it made his knees buckle with need.

Elian held back the urge to moan, staring into Axel’s eyes as the latter finally wrapped his index finger around the shaft of his dick.

"Should I stop?" The Beta asked, inching his lips closer to Elian until they brushed against his ear.

Before Elian could even stammer out a response, he felt a strange warmth spreading from his chest to his lower abdomen. A tingling ache settled behind his navel, and his legs trembled.

[ALERT! The host’s pheromone output is peaking. Projected time to first heat: 10 minutes.]

His heart nearly dropped. "No, no, no..." he whispered.

"Elian?" Axel muttered, adding to his emotional spiral.

[New Milestone Unlocked: The Awakening]

[Your Omega body is preparing for its first heat. Symptoms include: elevated arousal, slick production, scent overload, emotional fragility, irrational attraction to dominant partners—oh wait, you already have that last one.]

"You’ve gotta be kidding me," Elian muttered.

Axel tilted his head. "What’s wrong?"

"I—" Elian gasped, reaching for the wall behind him for support.

But then he realised too late that he was far from the wall.

[WARNING: Heat onset may be accelerated by close proximity to Alphas or Beta-level partners with high compatibility. Like, say, the one groping your dick right now.]

"Your scent..." Axel said suddenly, his nostrils flaring. His voice went rough. "Elian. You’re... sweet."

Elian panicked. "No. You need to leave. Now. Before I... before something happens that I can’t control."

Axel froze.

For a second, Elian thought he’d misunderstood—but then the Beta’s jaw clenched, his fingers twitching like he was physically holding himself back.

"You’re... you’re right, Elian," he whispered. "This isn’t the right time. You’re vulnerable. You’re—"

He stopped. His nostrils flared again, like the scent of Elian’s pheromones alone was tearing down whatever logic he had left.

[WARNING: Beta Axel’s seduction bar is spiking at a dangerously high pace. Suggestion: Proceed with caution, fruitcake.]

"I—" Axel took a step back, but Elian stepped forward, trembling. His own scent was thick, sweet and clinging to Axel’s skin like a second layer.

"Please..." Elian whispered.

And that was the moment the dam broke.

Axel yanked him into a deep, raw and desperate kiss, stealing Elian’s breath.

It wasn’t gentle, it wasn’t planned, and it sure as hell wasn’t restrained.

Elian gasped into his mouth, clinging to the Beta’s shirt as their bodies pressed together.

And when Axel’s hand slid down to his hip, brushing just close enough to his erection to make him moan, Elian didn’t stop him.

He didn’t want to.

[Mate #2 Seduction meter: 41%... 44%... 51%... Ding ding ding! We have traction, baby!]

"You’re in heat..." Axel rasped against his lips. "Gods, I can’t even think straight around you."

He still hadn’t truly touched him—but the threat of it was driving Elian insane. They kissed again, this time even harder.

It was their first kiss.

He was actually kissing the Beta right now!

But it was unlike anything he had expected or imagined.

Elian thought their first kiss would be under a moonlit garden. Or a date. Or something more gentle to fit the Beta’s character.

Never would he have expected to be getting kissed while his dick was sticking out like a flag.

"You’re so... Irresistible," Axel muttered, pulling away briefly as his eyes glinted with desire. "Lucian was a fool for even trying to reject you."

Elian’s face heated up but so did his entire body. His legs were shaky, and his sweat glands were working overtime because of the abrupt biological change his body was undergoing.

"Can you feel it?" Axel asked with a soft grunt, his right hand brushing against his erection again as his left rested on the back of Elian’s head. "Your pheromones are intoxicating."

Elian swallowed hard.

He was shirtless and Axel reminded him of that by slowly tracing his fingers from his head and then down his back, sending shivers through Elian’s being.

"What do you want?" Axel asked slowly, his voice tempting as he withdrew his hand from Elian’s dick.

The latter felt like his body was about to explode just from that small distance.

"I... I want..."

Just when Elian was about to say something, the system made a loud ding sound.

[ALERT: Incoming Alpha pheromones detected. Collision course: 5... 4... 3... 2...]

Wait, what?

The door suddenly slammed open.

And this time... Lucian stood there, his silver eyes glinting with an unreadable light.

"Shit."