What Happens When a Top Alpha Is Marked by Tentacles?

[Beautiful, ill-tempered Alpha bottom x fake Beta, true tentacled evil god, scheming top]

Shang Wei is a chief research officer and a top-tier Alpha. He is arrogant, unruly, and domineering. He also has a secret: his gland is damaged, and the slightest mishap can make his pheromones surge and leak like a time bomb.

Knowing that only Betas are unaffected by pheromones and cannot be marked, the name "Jian Xingyuan" suddenly comes to mind.

The name belongs to his secret crush.

When his proposal of marriage is rejected, Shang Wei is in the middle of an experiment. His hand shakes, and he nearly causes a major accident.

His childhood friend tactfully suggests, "Why don't we just settle for each other?"

Shang Wei is wondering if all the signs that Jian Xingyuan had a crush on him were just his imagination,

when the next moment his brows shoot up. Even through the laboratory walls, he can feel the Beta's unabashed stare.

"No need."

Playing hard to get, huh? Fine by me!

*

The evil god, awakened in the new era, has finally found the part it was missing.

For some reason, that inverse core has been implanted in an Alpha's gland.

To keep its vessel from being contaminated a second time, Jian Xingyuan agrees to a marriage contract with Shang Wei.

From then on, it treats humans coldly by day, and at night, watches its possession with countless eyes...

Never yielding an inch.

Until one night, a human grabs it by the collar, then impatiently hooks an arm around its neck.

Their lips land on its cheek with a loud smacking kiss.

"This reward is a one-time offer. Be satisfied with that."

*

After that, everything starts getting strange.

Shang Wei notices that his fake partner, who used to keep to himself, now looks at him with a gaze so smoldering it's frightening.

Later, he wakes with a scowl from a dream too embarrassing to talk about.

The good news: the unease of being overwhelmed by pheromones has miraculously vanished.

The bad news: his neck hurts...

It feels like his gland has swollen after being lightly marked!

Shang Wei rubs his eyes hard, then opens them again.

"First of all, how can a Beta mark an Alpha?"

Seeing the tentacles suddenly sprouting from the person beside him, his breathing grows unsteady.

"And secondly... is it too late to ask for a divorce?"

The silence is deafening. His heart pounds as Shang Wei scowls and insists he must still be asleep...

A low, hoarse voice comes from behind him.

"Are you worried that we won't be able to have children together?"

As his view spins, the Alpha trembles all over when the tentacles beneath the other's clothes brush against him. He nearly grinds his teeth to dust.

That was the first time he'd been seized by the nape.

And by some kind of freakish thing he didn't even know how to name!

After nibbling the raised spot with sharp teeth, Jian Xingyuan's satisfied expression fades. Its voice is more chilling than icicles.

"Or... do you want to reward someone else?"

※Reader's Guide※

1. The Alpha is the bottom, and the tentacle monster disguised as a Beta is the top. Don't get them mixed up.

2. There are no Enigmas for now. The bottom will get pregnant later!

3. Sweet romance is the main focus. The early chapters are slice of life, while the later ones may feature a small amount of mecha and future battlefield content.

4. The blurb may be polished, but the central premise won't change.

Theme: Unintended gains are still gains