Primal Obsession

When Daisy followed her mother into the Duke of Theo's household, she realized that her gloomy, cold stepsister did not like her at all.

At their first meeting, when the duke introduced her, he merely glanced at her coolly, then walked past without expression.

Later, they met again at the academy. He piloted a mecha through all sorts of difficult maneuvers. When he removed his helmet, sunlight fell across his handsome, carefree face, and he curved his lips slightly as countless girls screamed wildly.

That was the first time she realized he wasn't always expressionless.

But when he saw her, his expression quickly turned cold.

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If he hated her, then she would stay far away from him, too.

But one day, she found him gravely injured in a scrapyard on a garbage planet. Guided by what little conscience she had left, she decided to help him.

“Leave at once!” he said coldly. “Don't bother with me. Do you understand?”

But Daisy's rebellious streak flared up. She had put up with him for so long, and this time she decided she wouldn't take it anymore.

“Why should I listen to you?” She hoisted him onto her back and grinned wickedly. “This time, you're injured and at my mercy. Hmph...”

Before she could finish, she froze. His gland was burning hot, and his powerful pheromones were flooding into her body.

The matching System on the Star Network automatically activated: “Congratulations. Your pheromone compatibility is 99.99%.”

Daisy was going to marry the empire's Second Prince. Her fiancé was a rare S-class mental-power wielder, a top-tier alpha: handsome, distinguished, and of noble birth. Their compatibility was as high as 90 percent, and every young woman in the imperial capital envied her.

After all, she was merely an ordinary omega of humble origins, who had climbed into high society through her mother, with only average talent.

On the day of the wedding, the Crown Prince suddenly returned from the outer star systems where he had been fighting. Hailed as the Empire's Light, he was the only SSS-class mental-power wielder in a thousand years, an alpha with incomparable talent and looks. He seized Daisy by the chin.

“Is this the person who made you use pheromone suppressants on me?”

His once-handsome, noble face twisted with menace. He laughed in fury. “Daisy, you're something else.”

Later, the entire empire learned that at the Second Prince's wedding, the Crown Prince had bitten the gland of the bride-to-be and marked her.

(The male and female leads are not blood relatives and are not registered in the same household. The male lead is not even the biological son of the female lead's stepfather. The female lead and the second male lead are not married, either, so the male lead's actions are not immoral.)

Theme: Work hard and find your own worth wherever you are.