CHAPTER THREE

KAO

There was something about my sister’s new fiance, the so-called alpha named Asai Wrynn. Something that triggered something in me I’d always thought were dormant. I sat across from him now, watching as he sent a smile in the direction of my omega father, the food on his plate was practically untouched, he was nervous, but was far too good of an actor to show it.

Saki sat next to him, looking radiant and beautiful, I almost felt bad for her. She thought she’d found the love of her life, but I knew this alpha was a scam, and so was his mother, probably. One of my fathers told a joke, and I watched Asai laugh, even if it didn’t reach his eyes, he made it look good. I suppose it wasn’t too difficult when he had a face like that.

He was beautiful.

I wasn’t one to mince words, and I called things as I saw them. It was one of the first things I noticed about him, aside from the ill fitting clothes, was his face. He had feline-like features, almost feminine in their softness, with his pale pallor, sky blue eyes, and hair that looked like spun gold. I’d taken one look at him and thought, ‘What kind of alpha had a face like that?’

There was something about him that didn’t sit right with me, and I was going to figure out what it was. I stared at him long enough that he couldn’t pretend not to see me anymore. While Saki and his mother were in conversation, he finally turned and met my gaze.

“Is there anything I can help you with?”

I shrugged, smirking as a dark fissure of pleasure trails down my spine at his obvious discomfort. “I don’t know, dear brother in law, is there?”

“You’ve been staring at me all evening.”

I shrug again, noting the way his gaze follows the rise and fall of my shoulders. “Is it not natural to be curious about the kind of man my sister is about to be wed to?” I raise a brow, deliberately mocking him. “Or don’t tell me I’m making you uncomfortable? Afterall, you must be used to a little bit of alp

Shocked, he swung his head up and stared at me with wide eyes, obviously recognizing the pheromones as mine. I stared at him until he began to cough, reaching up with a shaking hand to press against his mouth.

“Asai!” Saki called, taken aback. “What’s wrong? You look red, are you okay?”

The alpha shook his head, still coughing as he pushed to his feet on trembling limbs. “S…s…sorry, I n…n…eed some a…air.” Without waiting for an answer, he turned, and stumbled out of the dining room, taking the back door out into the garden. I watched him go with a satisfied smirk.

His mother got to her feet, her face pinched with worry, but I beat her to it. “Mrs. Wrynn.” I called, pushing to my feet as well. “Please, have your seat, I’ll go check on my brother in law myself.”

The older alpha did not look very convinced. “But. . .” she started,

I didn’t let her finish. “He’s probably feeling a little under the weather. I’ll take care of him, alpha to alpha. Don’t let this ruin our lovely little dinner.”

Before anybody else could raise another protest, I pushed away from the table and went in the direction Asai disappeared to. I found him standing by the fountain, bent over the marble slab, his chest heaving beneath his heavy jacket. He smelled me before he heard my footsteps, and he whirled around, pressing his hand to his nose as he stared at me with wide eyes.

“How very strange.” I purred, stepping closer even as he backed away. “I’ve never had another alpha react this way to my pheromones.” With his hair wild and sticking every which way, his eyes big and wide, and his skin flushed pink, he looked very similar to how the omegas I’d fucked looked when I was done with them. The thought sent heat to my cock, and I stepped closer before I could help myself. Asai backed away until the back of his knee hit the slab of the fountain.

He was trapped.

“What are you doing?” he hissed sharply, it had no bite though because his voice was shaking.

“Are you that affected by my pheromones?” I murmured, reaching down to take his trembling hand. His wrist was fine boned and delicate, fitting perfectly in my hand. He had the limbs of an omega. “You’re trembling dear brother in law.”

“Please…” he gasped softly, “Your pheromones…stop.”

I stared down at him, watching the way his chest heaved and his lashes fluttered. The sight of him like this was doing things to my cock that I didn’t even want to think about. Without thinking about it, I leaned down until my lips were brushing his neck, close to where his scent gland would be if he was an omega. Slowly, I caressed my lips against it. “What kind of alpha are you?”

Asai gasped, a loud broken moan escaping him as he collapsed against my front. I stood there, stunned, feeling him shiver and tremble in what I could only assume was pleasure. Because any other alpha would have punched me for daring to come so close. I stood very very still as things started to make sense, but before I could come to a definite conclusion, Asai pushed himself away from me with more strength than I expected, sending me staggering to the grass. By the time I glanced up, he was already gone, and in his wake, was the floral scent of jasmine and peach.

The sickly potent scent of an omega.

Laughing under my breath at how blind I'd been, I pushed to my feet and followed the scent trail back into the house.