A Promise

Today's incident made Duan Xu realize just how dangerous an omega who had not been fully marked could be—like a piece of meat reeking of blood. Once a predator caught its scent, nothing would be left but bones.

Although society was governed by law now, there was still no shortage of people like Wei Xiaoyang. Even if they eventually paid the price, the harm they inflicted on omegas could never be undone.

That was why he wanted Shen Yanlang to fully mark him. He wanted it badly.

"Yan-ge," Duan Xu said in a muffled voice, "mark me."

"A full mark," Duan Xu added.

Shen Yanlang's body stiffened slightly. Thinking he had misheard, he asked, "What did you say?"

"I said, mark me. Fully mark me," Duan Xu repeated.

Shen Yanlang's breath caught. His arm around Duan Xu tightened abruptly, and then he rolled over and pinned Duan Xu beneath him, lowering his head to bite his lips hard.

"Ah, that hurts!" Duan Xu could not understand what Shen Yanlang meant by this. "Why did you bite me?"

"Why do you think I bit you?" Shen Yanlang sounded somewhat angry.

Duan Xu did not know. He felt terribly wronged and pouted. "You're being mean to me!"

"I..." Shen Yanlang paused, then finally sighed helplessly. He rolled back over and lay down, holding Duan Xu as he said softly, "I want to, too, but it isn't appropriate right now."

He wanted to fully mark Duan Xu even more than Duan Xu wanted it, but he could not do that.

"Isn't it just the pregnancy issue? I can take birth control pills," Duan Xu said.

During Shen Yanlang's susceptible period, he had not even thought about birth control pills, because part of his thinking had still been that of a beta, and he