The air in the gymnasium storage room, moments after Lucian’s crushing final sentence, tasted like ash and betrayal to Thalynn. The heavy, potent sweetness of his uncontrolled Omega scent still clung to the dust and canvas, a thick, undeniable confession. Thalynn remained slumped against the workbench, his body a battlefield where years of chemical suppression were losing the war against a primal, terrifying instinct. The door had locked with a final, chilling click, but Lucian’s presence—his scent, his touch, his whispered words—remained. Thalynn was shivering, not from cold, but from the systemic shock of the sudden pheromonal release. His mind was in chaos, revolving around a single, paralyzing fear: He knows. Lucian knows everything. Thalynn knew he had to move, to clean the evidence, to rally his defenses, but his limbs felt heavy, disconnected. His body, starved of its natural state, was reeling from the pure, unadulterated dominance Lu
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