The Motive Is Suspect

[Completed. Extra chapters coming soon.]

Jiang Mingzheng is a Beta, which means his love for an Alpha is unlikely to be returned.

But after more than twenty years of life, he'd learned that if you can't have something, you should at least take it. Only once you have it can you know whether it tastes sweet or bitter.

It was bitter. Jiang Mingzheng did everything he could for him, but never got any other answer in return.

"Why are you so gentle with that Omega?" When Qin Shuo bit too hard, Jiang Mingzheng would sometimes complain without thinking. All he got in return was a faint, mocking remark: "Are you an Omega?"

So he stopped speaking. Qin Shuo didn't love him. No amount of outside influence could change that fact. A flower that won't open will never open, and cold water won't help. Boiling water would only make the feelings die faster.

Now, looking back, the intimacy and loyalty they once shared had come to nothing but a ridiculous mess.

Jiang Mingzheng, who never did anything pointless, still decided to let his victim go.

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Qin Shuo had always thought he didn't love Jiang Mingzheng. That delusion lasted until someone began pursuing Jiang Mingzheng relentlessly, and a surging sense of danger suddenly detonated the Alpha's sluggish jealousy.

Driven by constant, ever-deepening unease, Qin Shuo's all-powerful rationality finally snapped. He had to admit that this Beta, who had stood by him since childhood, this handsome, beautiful, one-man-army of a Beta, this... this Beta who could never be marked yet clung to him relentlessly, had long since claimed most of his spare attention. His possessiveness was so strong that he couldn't imagine Jiang Mingzheng with anyone else.

Did he love Jiang Mingzheng? He wasn't sure. After all, medically speaking, "love" was an abstract noun. But he couldn't understand why, if he didn't love him, the thought of Jiang Mingzheng dying had brought a world-shattering heartbreak, or why Jiang Mingzheng's decisive departure had turned him into a mad dog, biting at everything in sight, as if his entire life had gone to hell from that moment on.

It was utterly ridiculous, but if becoming utterly ridiculous was the price of love, he was willing to pay it for Jiang Mingzheng.

The only problem was that the Beta hadn't given him a chance to make things right.

It didn't matter. Qin Shuo gripped their photo with a blank expression and thought.

If Jiang Mingzheng ever slipped up and Qin Shuo managed to find even a single strand of his hair, no matter how far away he was, he'd better be ready to have a mad dog clinging to him for the rest of his life. That's what happened when you provoked an Alpha.

From a biological perspective, an Alpha might do anything to find a mate.

And he was an Alpha among Alphas.

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A groveling ex pursues his lover through hell and back. The lover is (pseudo-)forced by the pursuer early on, then fakes his death later, leaving the pursuer consumed by regret and driven mad. A melodramatic, old-school story.

Fiery, decisive beauty of a Beta instructor X aloof, sexually cold Alpha researcher

[Reader's Guide!]

1. Both characters are sexually and emotionally inexperienced, and their feelings are mutual. Please note: the pursuer temporarily marks someone else (under duress), and the pursued is temporarily marked by someone else (under duress).

2. The pursued is always a Beta, and the pursuer is always an Alpha. Even death won't allow a permanent mark. The pursuer is constantly jealous and goes berserk, so be warned.

3. Extra chapters are being updated irregularly as the author's kinks run wild.

4. That's all! Hope everyone who wants to give this a try enjoys it! =v=

Theme: Hesitate when chasing love and you'll lose.