Liking His Pheromones

Noah stumbled into Ning Zhao's arms.

The guards beside the Crown Prince were alarmed and tried to drag him away, but Ning Zhao stopped them.

"Don't come any closer. Go find a Beta attendant."

An Omega whose pheromones had leaked out and who was very likely in heat was in great danger if an Alpha approached.

The guards had indeed been somewhat affected by the pheromones and hurriedly turned to find someone.

Ning Zhao, however, remained calm. He pulled Noah away from his arms and asked gently, "Are you all right?"

Noah's face was flushed, and he could not help leaning into Ning Zhao's arms. "Your Highness... I... I don't feel quite right..."

He deliberately tilted his neck toward Ning Zhao, exposing his already swollen, reddened gland.

The scent of pheromones grew even stronger.

Ning Zhao's expression changed for an instant. "Your pheromone scent is quite unusual."

There's hope. Noah looked at Ning Zhao with hazy eyes and deliberately softened his voice. "It's iris... Your Highness."

He was an Omega to begin with, and he had a beautiful face.

Everyone knew that Crown Prince Ning Zhao was gentle and kind, especially tender toward beautiful people.

Noah pretended to lose control as he pressed himself into Ning Zhao's arms, the scent of Iris Fragrance becoming increasingly intense.

Ning Zhao comforted him, but where Noah could not see, there was no smile on the Crown Prince's face.

Such high-quality Omega pheromones had no effect on him whatsoever. Yet as he inhaled the scent of irises, his gaze turned as cold as snow in the depths of winter.

"Your Highness, what are you doing?"

A careless male voice interrupted Noah.

Ning Zhao turned around and saw Izel leaning by the roadside, a smile still on his face.

"If I'm not mistaken, the one in your arms seems to be my dance partner."

The moment Ning Zhao turned around, his expression had already returned to normal. His back was straight; although one hand politely supported Noah's arm, he kept a considerable distance from him.

"Izel, you came at just the right time. Your Omega doesn't seem to be doing very well."

Izel smiled without really smiling. "Your Highness may be mistaken. My dance partner is a Beta."

"Is that so?" Ning Zhao raised a brow. "A few years ago, I heard you were looking for an Omega with Iris Fragrance. Isn't that this beautiful little one?"

Noah suddenly whimpered beside them.

Izel's earlier indifference vanished. He stepped forward, pulled Noah over, and asked with a gentle smile, "Are you all right? Don't worry. We'll go home now."

This is bad. Noah could only put on a dazed expression.

Ning Zhao watched coldly as Izel showed Noah such tender concern. Just as the two turned to leave, he suddenly spoke.

"Wait."

Noah hurriedly looked back.

"He doesn't seem to want to leave with you." Ning Zhao smiled. "The royal family has also been remiss in its hospitality today. Why not let him stay and have an Imperial Palace doctor examine him?"

Izel tilted his head slightly, his voice languid. "I didn't expect Your Highness to be so warmhearted."

Ning Zhao's eyes curved. "No one could fail to cherish a beautiful Omega, could they?"

"But he belongs to the Carlos family," Izel said slowly. "There's no need to trouble the Imperial Palace doctors."

The smile at the corner of Ning Zhao's lips stiffened for a moment, then quickly returned. He stepped forward and lightly held Noah's arm.

"It seems you truly care about him." Ning Zhao smiled. "Then what if I insist on keeping him?"

"Izel, would you defy me for an Omega?"

Izel narrowed his eyes.

The two Alphas silently faced each other beneath the moonlight.

If Shi Sheng could see this scene, he would surely cry out that the plot was moving far too quickly.

After an unknown amount of time, Izel lazily let go. "Since Your Highness insists, then as you wish."

Both Ning Zhao and Noah froze.

But Izel had already put some distance between them. As he left, he even waved to Ning Zhao without turning around.

"His condition doesn't look too good, Your Highness."

Noah had begun to feel genuinely unwell and unconsciously toppled toward Ning Zhao. "Your Highness..."

"Someone," Ning Zhao called, the smile gone from his face. "Take him to see a doctor."

The Beta attendant who arrived pulled away the bewildered Noah. Ning Zhao remained standing there as moonlight coated his chestnut hair with a layer of silver radiance.

Meanwhile, Izel strolled leisurely out of the Imperial Palace. A small object slipped from his sleeve and fell into his palm. He tossed it twice in play.

It was Yumian's cufflink, which he had slipped from Noah's pocket while touching him earlier.

Shi Sheng woke amid a pheromone scent that put him at ease.

At that moment, he was the only one in the enormous hospital room.

The air was full of an unfamiliar yet familiar scent. The pheromone scent intertwined with Champagne Rose should have been cold and sharp, but to Shi Sheng, it felt very gentle.

His entire body felt warm, as though the pheromones had woven themselves into a warm quilt that gently wrapped around him.

[Oh my God, this must be Elaine's pheromones. So this is what they smell like.]

[You've already been soothed. How far can a mark be now? Shi Sheng, you lucky devil!]

When Elaine pushed open the door, he saw the Omega hugging the blanket and rolling around. Before long, Shi Sheng even twisted himself like a pretzel.

He rarely paused in surprise, until Shi Sheng noticed his arrival and stopped twisting.

"Your wound was just bandaged. Be more careful."

Elaine was, after all, the Empire's marshal who had seen great storms. He calmly sat beside the bed, pulled open the blanket Shi Sheng had kneaded into a ball, and covered him with it.

"Do you feel uncomfortable anywhere? Should I call a doctor?"

Shi Sheng's face flushed bright red. So embarrassed that he wanted to disappear, he hurriedly shook his head.

Elaine lowered his eyes. Seeing that Shi Sheng was not paying attention, he reached out and smoothed Shi Sheng's messy red hair.

"I'm sorry. Because it was an emergency, I released some pheromones to you. Did that make you uncomfortable?"

Shi Sheng shook his head vigorously again and eagerly made a few signs.

Then he remembered that Elaine could not understand and hurriedly looked everywhere for his voice device.

Elaine pressed down on his hand. "I looked for it when we came back. It was probably left behind at the Imperial Palace."

Seeing Shi Sheng pause, he said softly, "I've already sent someone back to look for it. Don't worry."

Shi Sheng looked into his eyes, then lowered his gaze somewhat dejectedly.

He really wanted to talk to Elaine.

[Why... can't I make any sound?]

[How can I let Elaine know that I really like his pheromones?]

The young man's thoughts were like feathers, gently falling upon Elaine's heart.

"It's good that I didn't offend you." Elaine said, "This accident..."

He had only just begun when Shi Sheng hurriedly waved both hands and shook his head at Elaine.

But Elaine continued, "It was my fault. I shouldn't have let you go to the Imperial Palace alone."

Shi Sheng shook his head forcefully again.

He could clearly hear the deep self-reproach in Elaine's tone.

He had never seen Elaine like this before.

But he did not want Elaine to blame himself. Everyone said Thanatos was cold and brutal, but he knew Elaine was an extremely responsible person.

He had been injured, and he was Carlos family in name. Elaine would certainly blame himself.

"Ah..."

Shi Sheng was so anxious that a faint sound escaped his throat.

"Don't move." Elaine's expression changed as he gently held down Shi Sheng's hand. "Your wound will split open."

Shi Sheng obediently stopped trying to speak, but his eyes remained fixed on Elaine without blinking.

In Elaine's eyes, the anxious yet obedient Omega stared with amber-like eyes, seeming to turn into a little white puppy again.

So small, making one desperately want to hold him in one's arms.