Chapter 461 : Xie Jianyu’s Dark Past (6)
Beta servants were completely immune to both alpha pheromones and omega scents. They only became aware of these powerful hormones when alphas’ rut kicked in or omegas’ heat began.
Panic flooded Xie Jianyu when he overheard the servants.
It was his heat.
His heat had started.
He choked back a groan, forcing himself to his feet. Being out in the open during his heat was unthinkable, surrounded by so many alphas.
His heart hammered against his ribs as he scanned his surroundings, desperate for a sanctuary. Sweat beaded on his forehead, the metallic tang of fear thick in his mouth. He had to disappear, to hide until the storm raging within him subsided.
Xie Jianyu tore off the lower part of his robe and covered his head.
He used the shredded remnant to mask the scent wafting from his skin, a scent growing more potent with each frantic beat of his heart. It drowned out the distant echoes of festival revelry, only to be replaced by the roar of his own blood rushing in his ears. Each ragged breath escaped his lips like a choked sob, bordering on an omega’s yearning whimper for an alpha’s loving caress. Shame burned hotter than the heat consuming him from within.
Unable to contain the swirling emotions beneath the crumbling facade of an alpha, the Crown Prince slammed his fist into the smooth marble floor. The impact left a spiderweb of cracks across the otherwise meticulous surface.