Headquarters Says Alphas Aren't Allowed to Have Secret Crushes

I tested positive and coughed up blood, and had nowhere to vent my feelings about wanting to quit writing and rest my stomach. Authors can't bottle things up; I had to write a story and dump all this emotional garbage.

This should be a silly, sweet story. The male lead seems like an idiot.

Qiu Shiliu pins Daviel's chest down with one knee. Looking at her defeated opponent beneath her, she lets out a cold laugh and suddenly pulls out a laser dagger, activating it beneath Daviel's chin. To avoid the suddenly extending blade of light, Daviel has no choice but to tilt his head back. The arena lights are blocked by that hateful Origin Worlder, making her look so imposing and powerful.

Qiu Shiliu looks down at Daviel from above, her eyes half-amused and slightly unfocused. "A genius alpha... Hmm, you're quite handsome."

Daviel suddenly realizes that Qiu Shiliu's move is just like that of the thugs in those movies who pin omegas against walls. The thugs lift a delicate omega's chin, paw at them, and comment on their looks as if they were judging a prostitute.

Daviel has been the best and most powerful alpha since childhood. No one has ever humiliated him like this. At this moment, he finally realizes that she is treating him like a pretty ornament to admire. An unfamiliar fury sweeps over him. No one has ever dared treat him this way.

A black dragon roars out of the void. Daviel uses his mental strength to knock away Qiu Shiliu's laser dagger, then clearly and deliberately wraps an arm around her neck.

There is nothing he can do. They are simply too close, and Qiu Shiliu lets him get the upper hand.

Daviel pulls Qiu Shiliu closer. His breath draws near the lips that just spoke those hateful words to the Origin Worlder

As his lips touch hers, a feather-light doubt stirs in Daviel's heart. Why is he doing this? Why does he have to kiss her in the arena, in front of everyone? There will be plenty of chances after the match. He can always corner her then.

But another, firm and urgent thought surges in like seawater, washing away that feather-light doubt completely. He attacks with overwhelming force, conquering her territory. She drops her defenses and is routed in an instant. He camps in her territory, teasing and sucking, only for her to bite his tongue.

Daviel bites back with skill. The Origin Worlder has frozen, eyes wide open, her brown irises set in beautifully shaped sockets like polished gemstones.

Daviel feels a pleasurable release across his entire body, and that pleasure stokes another, greedier desire. The concentration of his pheromones reaches an unprecedented peak, yet he manages to hold back, only brushing his arm lightly against the back of Qiu Shiliu's neck.

There's something baffling about it. Daviel is not good at kissing. More accurately, this is his first kiss. Yet desires that had never been awakened, and an attraction he had ignored, turn this clever alpha into a master kisser, completely satisfying a hunger he hadn't even realized he had. Alphas are true to their desires, especially a genius alpha.

Afterward, reporters speculate that Daviel was so furious with Qiu Shiliu that he lost his head and did something so dramatic in the arena.

In fact, the opposite is true. Daviel was perfectly clearheaded at the time. He could even calmly resist the effects of his pheromones going into overdrive. But being so clearheaded in that situation also makes him a little embarrassed. That embarrassment is like an unripe green apple just beginning to sprout, and it isn't something he wants to share with that hateful Origin Worlder who treats him like a plaything. Whatever else may be said, Daviel knows one thing very clearly: he has to do this. He absolutely must.

Some dizzying, intoxicating, thoroughly satisfying ecstasies can only happen in this moment.

He is the perfect hunter. How could he let prey he has never seen before get away?

Daviel loses that match. Qiu Shiliu, stunned by the kiss, slowly manages to regain her senses and slaps Daviel right off the ring.

But no one cares. Everyone forgets the original purpose of the match. They really are arguing fiercely, but what they're arguing about is whether Daviel or Qiu Shiliu was on top.

The prevailing opinion in the First World is that Qiu Shiliu was on top. Opinions in the Origin World are evenly split.

Theme: Pride runs in the blood