77 – Cypress Mosaic

Lorenz, ​who ​had ​been ​gripping Elian’s shoulders ​tightly, ​suddenly ​let ​go. ​Like someone who had ​just ​remembered an urgent ​task, he grabbed ​his ​bag ​with ​frantic ​movements. ​Rummaging messily through ​the ​well-organized ​interior, he pulled ​out a mysterious, small, ​slender device. ​Immediately powering ​it on, ​Lorenz brought ​it ​to ​the back of ​Elian’s ear.

Beep.

A ​dazed voice leaked from ​him as he checked ​the display.

“……It’s a Heat.”

At ​that moment, ​a ​thick scent erupted strongly from Lorenz. ​Swept away by a ​pungent ​fragrance ​that ​felt ​as if it ​were choking ​the ​breath out of ​him, ​Elian could not regain his ​senses.

“Ugh, mm.”

He ​groaned, ​pleading in pain ​like ​someone ​suffering ​from ​a terrible ​nightmare. ​An intense ​longing that made his body tremble. Hunger. ​It felt as ​if waves of ​scent swirling from every ​direction were ​about to swallow ​him ​whole.

The flavor of ​wine, the bitterness ​of ginkgo ​leaves, ​the refreshing ​breath ​of the ​forest—the ​black-and-white world ​that ​had ​lost visit our sitevisit our siteeverything was ​instantly ​stained [Read on Read BL Novels]with ​color. ​Colors ​that ​were excessively vivid.

He could smell it.

The scent that had completely occupied his sense of smell was… an Alpha’s Pheromone.

Thump, thump, thump.

The Pheromones of the two men instantly filled the interior of the car. They could not take their eyes off each other. It felt as if the slightest wrong move would cause something to explode.

It was Lorenz who broke the precarious silence. His lips, which had gone bone-dry in the meantime, trembled violently.

“You… you…”

Muttering words of unknown meaning, he slowly reached his hand toward Elian’s face.

Elian merely stared at the owner of the approaching hand, clutching Lorenz’s jacket tightly while exhaling hot breaths.

The moment fingertips and cheek touched, a thrilling shiver pierced through both of them.

Startled, Lorenz jerked his hand away. His pupils shook violently. Then, in the next moment, he flung open the driver’s side door without hesitation.

“Ah!”

Elian grabbed the hem of Lorenz’s clothes. It was an action he had committed instinctively without realizing it.

Lorenz, who was halfway out of the car, looked back.

Elian’s white face, usually calm and serene, was terrified.

“I’m… scared.”

Swallowing the thick saliva pooling in his mouth, Lorenz struggled not to show his agitation. He did so to reassure his panicked companion, even if only a little.

“There’s nothing to be afraid of. It’s just a Heat. If I go get the Suppressants…”

“It’s my first time.”

“…What?”

“I’ve… never experienced a Heat before…”

“What do you mean you’ve never experienced it?”

“So… I don’t know what to do…”

Whether Alpha or Omega, taking Suppressants becomes mandatory as soon as a manifestation is diagnosed. Because of this, the number of Alphas and Omegas who had never experienced a Heat or Rut was surprisingly not small. Moreover, for twenty-five-year-old Elian, who was not yet married, it was entirely possible.

Lorenz looked down at the hand holding onto him. The hand gripping the edge of the knit with insignificant strength was trembling piteously. Forcing himself to ignore that hand, he roughly wiped his face.

“Regardless, you can’t be with me right now.”

“But…”

He gripped Elian’s hand tightly. He gripped it so strongly that it was ambiguous visit our sitewhether Read on Read BL Novelshis purpose was to pull the hand away or to take him along.

Lorenz frowned, his voice almost like a shout.

“Being with me right now is the most dangerous thing. Don’t you understand?”

Then, he immediately jumped out of the car. He couldn’t delay any longer. If he stayed by Elian’s side for even a moment longer, he didn’t know what he might do. Stimulated by the Heat, his Rut was already beginning. He could clearly sense the reaction of the Pheromones, his mind, and his body.

From outside the closed door, Lorenz shouted.

“Lock the door!”

“Hng, hugh.”

Elian didn’t immediately grasp the meaning and gasped for air with blurred eyes. Lorenz walked quickly around the hood and approached the passenger side. Standing before the window, he shouted once more with a face that looked utterly desperate.

“Look at the center console! You’ll see a button with a lock icon. Press it.”

“Hnggg, hugh…”

However, to Elian, who was enveloped in Heat, the desperation in his voice shouting from outside the door didn’t seem to reach him.

Lorenz wiped his face several times. He struggled with all his might to focus his mind and regain his composure. Even when pushed to the limit because of PDD, he was a man who never lost consciousness until he reached a safe place.

But this time was different.

His body, his mind, and his Pheromones simply would not obey. Just as the Heat had swallowed Elian, the Rut was rapidly encroaching upon him. It was a completely different power. A ruthless, ferocious, and simultaneously profoundly ecstatic power.

Only after swallowing dry saliva several times was he finally able to feign a somewhat calm voice. He knocked on the window with his fist.

“Elian Bellotti, look at me. Can you hear me?”

“Hng, hup… hugh.”

With drenched eyes, Elian looked toward the direction of the voice. It felt as if a transparent, sticky film had been cast over his vision. It wasn’t just his eyes. The liquid enveloping his entire body and mind was blocking normal thought and action. He had no idea what was happening to his body.

“Can you hear me?”

Looking at the man outside the glass, he managed a nod.

Lorenz opened his fist and pressed his large palm against the window. His pale, distorted face came close.

Thump, thump, thump, thump.

He relentlessly slammed his forehead against the glass. Then, he whispered as if pleading.

“Please, lock the door.”

In a mind where thought had become impossible, filled with sticky, opaque liquid, his words pierced through clearly for a moment.

Elian’s trembling hand fumbled near the center console. As he pressed the button as Lorenz had said, all the car doors locked simultaneously with a heavy mechanical sound.

“Yes… good. Very good.”

Lorenz praised him as if he were [visit our site]dealing with Lucas. Elian didn’t even have the luxury to feel Read on Read BL Novelsoffended at being treated like a child.

He curled his body up tightly, repeatedly pulling closer Lorenz’s jacket, which he had draped over himself like a blanket. He felt that if he did that, he might be able to escape the power of the Heat and feel a bit more comfortable. Though in reality, it was useless.

After confirming the doors were securely locked, Lorenz stepped a few paces away from the car. He ran his hand over his face several times. It was obvious at a glance that every muscle in his body was taut with tension.

“……”

Furthermore, it was clearly visible even from the side that his center was bulging.

An Alpha desiring an Omega.

“Ugh… hup.”

Elian suddenly bit his lower lip and grimaced.

It was because of the feeling of a large amount of love juice suddenly gushing from inside his body.

Inside his head, an irresistible, absolute someone was screaming.

You can be at peace.

The Alpha who can make me comfortable, who can liberate me from this fear and violent trembling, is right there.

Hating the sound of his own whimpering, he repeatedly bit his lip, trying to swallow the sounds somehow.

With hands trembling like an addict’s, he leaned against the window.

A few paces away, Lorenz held his head with one hand. Elian could feel his pain. He knew they were fallen into the same chaos and panic. At least, he wasn’t alone in this bleak, unfamiliar situation.

A frightening face, with a furrowed brow and distorted muscles, looked back at Elian.

Green eyes burned.

It felt as if he might smash the window and barge in at any moment.

Elian couldn’t tell if he was afraid of that or desperately wishing for it.

Lorenz’s hand trembled miserably as he tried to take his phone out of his pants pocket.

It wasn’t just his hand that was shaking. A merciless wave that shook not only the body but the very spirit. The influence of the Pheromones he felt for the first time was beyond imagination.

He turned his head to look at Elian beyond the glass.

Moist eyes, drenched in Pheromones, appealed to him with pain and fear. A shade of blue he had never seen in Elian Bellotti, a different kind of blue. A blue that looked infinitely sweet, like a candy soaked in thick honey.

In his head, the irresistible absolute commanded.

I can be at peace.

I can make him at peace.

I can finally cut off this wretched disease.

A river breeze blew, scattering Lorenz’s dark [stolen content]blond hair. However, [stolen content]it could not cool the heat enveloping his body.

His father’s words, which he hadn’t understood, were true.

『”You don’t need to worry about that. The moment you smell it, you’ll know. That it’s completely different from the Pheromones of other Omegas.”』

The absolute in his head did not stop its commands and instigations.

The Omega who does not cause me nausea and headaches is right there.

Inhale his Pheromones with all your might.

The Omega who will make me a true Alpha.

The Cypress Mosaic.