Mindless Beasts

Verde had been watching him.

Who knows how long he had been sitting in that armchair observing Sly while he slept.

"It was consensual," was all Sly admitted.

Even though Sly’s mind wasn’t completely out of the fog of sleep yet his reply followed quickly.

He was still stunned that Verde spat that his body gave off a strange odour with scorn like he was some kind of dirty animal.

Frankly speaking it was none of Verde’s business who Sly wanted to mix pheromones with nor did he plan to say who bit him.

In his mind Sly was still trying to process what happened between him and Khaldun last night.

Verde’s role as a Preston Hall rep didn’t give him a pass to delve into Sly’s personal life.

Sly wanted to retort: why do you care?

Instead Sly remained polite but distant because he had to get along with Verde.

Since the A-tier alpha had volunteered to take Sly under his wing and get him acclimated and integrated to life at Paradise Military Academy.

He was someone Sly had to work beside closely in the future and see around the campus.

Sly also didn’t want to court social suicide by being at odds with such a popular guy.

So he thought to address Verde sparingly and keep his real thoughts to himself.

Apparently when Sly woke he had unintentionally begun releasing his sweet mimosa scented pheromones again.

As an A-tier alpha Verde’s reaction was a lot slower than Khaldun but he wasn’t a fool.

"I knew you were an omega but what is this crazy smell?" Verde sniffed the fragrance in the air before approaching the bed again. "It’s the repulsive smell of an alpha more dominant than me. That scent is playing in my face, marking you like territory, it makes me want to challenge them for you."

Sly was stunned.

It was already hard to accept that his pheromones that had been undetectable to the public from birth were now spiraling out of control.

He realized the strange smell mixed in with Sly’s pheromones were not just that of an S-tier alpha but a Royal Alpha.

There was no future for him and Khaldun given the little that he knew about Royal alphas from social media.

If there was a social pyramid, Royal Alphas would be at the pointed top while Sly ranked himself below dirt level.

Royal Alphas normally moved in packs relying on group hierarchy and always seemed glamorous and unattainable to ordinary people like Sly.

Vividly a cold, hard aristocratic face with an upright military posture came to mind and Sly blushed.

It was even rumoured that Royal Alphas had their own matchmaking system and were paired with other Royal Omegas from birth.

That meant once Khaldun graduated from Paradise he would be expected to fall in line and marry to fulfill his obligation to his lineage by providing the heir and the spare.

The situation was so absurd.

What right did Verde have to use that suspicious tone of voice with him?

It was no laughing matter, he couldn’t even joke about it because of how Verde was reacting.

The alpha began deliberately releasing his own A-tier pheromones in the hospital room.

Harassed, Sly involuntarily took a deep breath but the chaotic pheromones kicked in and Sly ended up in a fit of coughing.

His chest felt like it could explode.

Would his fever return if Verde kept releasing A-tier pheromones?

Cough. Cough.

"Verde stop please...Can’t you control your pheromones?"

"Interesting," replied Verde.

His eyes gleamed with provocation as if Verde just learned something profound and insightful.

"This must be your differentiation into a full grown omega, this is the normal amount of pheromones that I release on average around you. Sly you just never noticed until this moment. Right now your very sensitive pheromones ain’t that the case?"

Verde didn’t wait for Sly to admit or deny, he withdrew his burdensome A-tier pheromones as his inner rage calmed down.

Relief filled Verde’s mind.

Sly’s differentiation was a good thing.

It meant he was officially an adult omega, he was in his prime and with a little finesse Sly’s body could be in peak condition, just perfect for the right alpha.

He went and opened the nearby windows to give the room some proper ventilation.

Immediately the room felt less stuffy and Sly could breathe easily again.

Then Verde looked down at Sly with a face that was quite solemn, his usual devil may care attitude was gone.

Replaced by a face that was torn between wanting to murder Sly for betraying Verde and running around with some other alpha behind his back.

Or acting seriously worried and doting on Sly, Verde felt like he was facing quite the predicament since he didn’t know Sly long and already felt so possessive towards him.

Verde sighed then inquired, "are you taking suppressants?"

Sly nodded.

While raking his fingers through his green hair he continued, "you really need to try reducing your pheromone output. The majority of alphas on Paradise campus don’t even have a fifth of my self-control. So they shouldn’t let you out of the campus hospital until you can control your pheromones."

"Agreed," said Sly.

Raising his voice to cut off his speech before he said anything more dismissive to Sly and make him feel some kind of way.

At this point of a conversation that had deteriorated rapidly between them.

Sly just wanted to be left alone.

"Well?" probed Verde.

"Well what?..."

"Aren’t you going to give me the name of the reprobate that injected his vile pheromones into your neck when you were weak and defenseless?" pushed Verde. "As a member of the disciplinary committee it’s only right that I seek justice on your behalf."

Sly’s hand unconsciously went to cover the bite mark at the back of his neck.

On the back of Sly’s neck a thin layer of antiseptic ointment was covered by a thick piece of breathable gauze.

The bleeding had long since stopped and the mark was healing nicely without infection.

He closed his eyes indicating that he didn’t want to talk about the temporary mark but Verde persisted.

"Why is it the opposite with you?" asked Sly. "Shouldn’t you want to thank the person who saved me?

Before Verde could respond the door opened and an intimidating presence entered the room.

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