ANMELDEN"I'm sure this is a syndicate," said Doctor Victor, examining the business card Coach Joe had given him.They were now in Doctor Victor's car, after Coach Joe had finished dinner with the three suspicious men at the next table."Damn, why did you just leave me without briefing me first? What scenario are we going to play out?" Coach Joe said irritably.Doctor Victor laughed. "I have faith in your abilities. You'll definitely be able to improvise well. Here's the proof.""Tsk! I feel like a jerk for playing the role of a lecher who likes to seek out Omegas to satisfy his lust," Coach Joe said with a shudder. "If my wife finds out, she'll divorce me immediately!"Doctor Victor laughed. "This is for Adrian's sake, Coach Joe. You're said so. If Adrian's okay, then Ethan will be okay, and the team will be even more successful."Coach Joe sighed. "I don't know. At first, I thought Adrian was just like any other kid, except he happened to be an Omega, so I felt I needed to take care of him
"An aunt?"Adrian's eyes narrowed, staring at Coach Joe as if he'd just told him he'd won a luxury car in a lottery he didn't even enter.Coach Joe nodded and held out the pendant to Adrian.Ethan sat closer, pressed against Adrian, to examine the pendant."Open it," Coach Joe said. "You might believe me once you see what's inside."Ethan took the pendant from Adrian's hand, watching the Omega struggle to open it. Ethan opened the pendant easily. He'd often played with such items as a child, belonging to his mother.Adrian stared at the two photos on either side of the pendant. At first, he looked confused, his brow furrowed, then he brought the pendant closer and examined it, stunned.Adrian slowly looked up and stared at Coach Joe. "This is... My family. My parents and me as a baby. But this is... My father and... Who?""Mrs. Agnes Monroe," Coach Joe said.He then began to recount everything he'd heard from Agnes earlier. Luckily, his memory was good, so he didn't seem to miss a be
"I'll double your fee for just a dozen photos of Adrian. Take his best angles to make him look even more charming. Three days from now, usual location, usual code: 6t+2."Ethan reread the message on Ronan's phone, a Gamma assigned to monitor Olken."What does this mean, 6t+2?" Ethan asked."That's the code for the meeting time between Olken and his client, young master," Ronan said. "That means 6:00 twilight plus two hours, so they'll meet at 8:00 PM.""That bastard is really after Adrian," Ethan growled angrily. His eyes turned silver, and sharp claws glinted like blades from the tips of his nails."That's right, young master. He had Olken take photos of young master Adrian from the best angles, probably to promote him for sale," Ronan said gloomily."Let Olken do his job," Ethan said. "Just have him take blurry photos, then do as his client tells him to, and monitor his every move, then arrest whoever puts the money in and takes the photos.""Yes, young master, I'll arrange it so we
Olken stared at his mother's body lying on the bed in the VIP room at White Wings Hospital, his eyes welling with tears.He was grateful that Ethan hadn't stabbed his chin with the knife she was holding and killed him in that luxurious underground room.Instead, he'd gotten him to explain his condition more clearly, leading him to take the job of taking photos of him and Adrian, even though it wasn't a good idea.And now, his mother was safe, and there was even hope for a recovery. He was determined to repay the kindness of those who had captured him."My father was a normal human. He was a vegetable farmer from a small village in the south. When my mother fell in love with him, her parents were vehemently against it because she was a high alpha and said she would be crowned Luna after marrying another high alpha," Olken said, his voice trembling."But they got married anyway?" Adrian asked."Yes, they ran away and got married. When her parents found her, I was already eight years ol
"What time is your first class tomorrow?" Ethan asked."After lunch," Adrian replied. "Morning classes are canceled because the professor has excused himself for a seminar out of town and will be replaced with an assignment.""Good. Then text Irene to have her take the assignment for you," Ethan said. "I don't have class tomorrow because it's already doubled as last week's lab.""But where are we going?" Adrian asked, confused. He looked out the window, but the pitch-black night made the road unclear."Leonard's vacation home. Specifically, my mother's house, which she bought to get away from my father," Ethan said, holding back laughter."Her Gamma took that person there?" Adrian asked again."Yeah. My mother has a dedicated Gamma squad of about 50 people guarding her, and my father has three times that number," Ethan said."Wow, that's a lot," Adrian said. "What about you?"Ethan snorted. "I threatened to never go to college or play hockey again if a Gamma followed me, even if it w
"M-Mom?"Adrian felt all the blood in his body freeze. His heart was beating erratically, his hands were sweating, and his back was clammy.Ethan turned and took Adrian's hand, then turned back to Sara. "Mom, this is Adrian. My lover."Adrian wanted to run away. He felt like he was in the wrong place. He shouldn't be here, facing a woman so beautiful, graceful, and dignified.A woman even more famous than the president's wife, who gave birth to a Supreme Alpha, because she was a prime Omega.Adrian's knees buckled as his eyes met Sara Leonard's dark gray ones."So, you're Adrian," Sara said.Her tone was calm like water in a tub, without waves or ripples, just flat.Sara released Ethan's grip on her arm. She could feel it tighten slightly when Ethan mentioned Adrian's name to her, as if her son was worried he might raise his hand to hurt the young man who looked uncomfortable in front of him.Sara approached Adrian, who looked like he was about to run. Then, she reached out both hands







