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“You won’t, I promise you.”

“And my heat. What am I going to do about that? And don’t tell me to find another alpha. That won’t happen. I want him.”

“I won’t,” Blaine said. “I have a better solution. It’s a heat suppressant of sorts. It’s an herb. My mother used to give it to my siblings and me. She couldn’t have all of us going into heat in one month because we didn’t have enough food. Imagine having to feed seven omegas during their heats. We took turns. I still use it when I don’t feel like going into heat.”

Holi grimaced.

Blaine laughed. “Don’t worry. You won’t take it for long. Just until you adjust to not having cock up your ass every five minutes.”

“Oh, you’re so vulgar,” Holi said, slapping Blaine. The omega jumped on him, and they wrestled for a while. When they were tired, they sprawled on the bed and caught their breaths.

“I think I need to leave the capital for a while,” he told Blaine. “I need to get away from him.”

“I’ll come with you,” Blaine said.

Holi turned to his side and stared at the omega. “You don’t have to.”

“I have nothing better to do,” Blaine said. He got up from the bed and pulled Holi to his feet. “Come. Let’s make our heat suppressant tea.”

“I hope it's not bitter,” Holi said.

“No. Its tasteless,” Blaine said. He walked to the clothing cubicle and took out a small sachet Holi assumed was the herb. They made their way to the cooking station to make the tea.

Chapter 23

Xaine

He was coming.

Xaine stared at his bedroom door, waiting for it to open. Hours went by and it remained closed. His heat burned through his body, but he forced himself to wait for his omega. He always came. He knew he was coming. He just had to wait. But Holi never showed up. Xaine’s heat raged on. And it felt worse because he couldn’t have what he wanted. Xaine turned to the clothing cubicle. Holi left his clothes there. He took nothing from him, as if he wanted to prove that he could survive without him.

I can also do it, Xaine told himself.

He got out of bed and opened the clothing cubicle. He grabbed Holi’s sleeping shirt and brought it to his nose.

Oh fuck, he moaned as Holi’s scent filled his nose. He walked back to the bed and lay down, his hand already on his cock. He stroked himself, hissing as pleasure erupted all over his body. He fucked into his hand over and over, his body bowing off the bed. Holi’s scent helped to sooth him and push him over the edge. He squeezed the base of his cock when his knot thickened, wishing it was Holi’s hole squeezing around him. Cum shot out of his cock, but it wasn’t the same. It didn’t feel as good as when he was inside his omega.

He fucking missed him.

“Are you okay?” Klane asked after the worst four days of his life.

“No,” he said. “I… need him, Klane. I don’t think I can let him go. Does that make me a bad person?”

“No. You’re in love with him, Xaine,” Klane said. “Who cares how you met?”

Xaine did. But it wasn’t enough for him to stay away. He tried it, but he failed. He still longed for him. “I should go and get him.”

“I’m afraid he’s not at the commune house. I checked. He left four days ago. There’s a record of him using a shuttle to travel out of the capital,” he said. “He probably needed to get away.”

Get away from him, Xaine thought.

“Are you going to go after him?” Klane asked. Xaine could see hope in his eyes. He wanted to say yes. But he was going to do things differently this time. If Holi was meant to be his, he was going to leave it all to fate.

“He’ll come back if he wants to be with me,” Xaine said. Klane stared at him with pity in his eyes. “I’ll be fine.”

“Of course, master,” Klane said.

"Are you going to need a service omega? We can try to get your ban lifted."

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