Chapter 1: The Chaebol Heir’s Canary — Stumbling Into an Alpha’s Room During Her Heat

Heat…

So hot…

Her body felt as though it were being roasted over an open flame, countless cracks splitting from bone to flesh as fire seeped through every fissure, evaporating her strength and reason alike.

Shi Yu’s mind was in chaos, her senses dulled.

There seemed to be panting in her ears. Who was it?

A hand stroked her back, tracing from her waist up to her shoulder blades. Warm breath ghosted against the side of her neck, then something soft pressed over her skin, sucking and biting and licking…

Shi Yu’s first thought was that she was about to be eaten.

With her muddled mind, she figured she must have turned into some delicious pastry, or else why would she be savored like this?

The heat kept rising. Shi Yu was so thoroughly burned that even her flesh felt tender, and the slightest touch sent shivers cascading through her.

This unfamiliar, overwhelming sensation left her utterly lost; all she could do was try to hide herself away.

“Ahaha…”

A soft laugh reached her ears, the voice carrying the clarity of spring water, pure and clean.

“Are you scared?”

Shi Yu couldn’t see her face, but instinct told her this person was probably kind. Even telling the truth should be fine.

She nodded.

How could she not be scared? Everything she’d experienced since coming to this world had been terrible, and now she was about to be… by someone whose face she couldn’t even see…

No matter how strong she tried to be, sorrow welled up in her anyway.

Her nose stung as tears slid from her eyes, leaving faint trails across flushed cheeks.

“Why are you crying?”

Panic crept into the other’s voice.

Her eyelids grew heavy. The tears at the corners of Shi Yu’s eyes were licked away, and once those lips withdrew, she could finally open her eyes.

Her vision was blurred by tears, but that didn’t stop the person before her from taking her breath away.

So beautiful!

Shi Yu’s heart jolted, her eyes going wide.

She didn’t have much vocabulary to draw on, and after racking her brain, the only word she could come up with was “beauty.”

Because her beauty was simple and direct, needing no deep interpretation to appreciate.

Exquisite features, smooth and full contours, a defined profile like a masterwork sculpted by Nüwa herself.

Those tea-colored eyes, turned up at the outer corners and hooked at the inner, flickered with a hint of shyness the moment their gazes met, bringing her almost unrealistically beautiful face to vivid life.

Shi Yu was the first to reach out, her hand coming to rest against that impossibly lovely face.

The other didn’t pull away. Instead, with a soft blink, she leaned closer and said, “If you don’t want this, forget it. I’ll have someone take you away.”

Shi Yu instinctively threw her arms around her and blurted, “I do want to!”

The fire inside her was still raging, growing fiercer by the second as if it would consume her entirely. Instinct drove her to do this.

A voice inside told her she needed this woman.

The other had clearly been holding back to her limit. The moment Shi Yu gave in, a potent wave of alpha pheromones flooded the entire room.

Shi Yu crumbled under the onslaught until she could only go limp in the other’s arms, breathing softly.

“I gave you a chance. Even if you regret it later, I won’t let you go.”

In truth, ever since this unfamiliar omega stumbled in, she’d been restraining herself, urging the girl to leave again and again, only to end up clung to even tighter.

After so much time wasted, she was now utterly in the grip of heat fever, hardly able to keep her reason.

The omega’s breath ghosted over her chest, making the already racing heartbeat of her heat period even more erratic. The desire that had been building erupted like a volcano, surging toward her with overwhelming force.

Jiang Qiuyan tilted the omega’s chin up. The girl immediately looked at her like a startled rabbit, round almond eyes glazed with tears, heartbreakingly pitiful.

In her twenty-eight years, Jiang Qiuyan had seen countless omegas, but none had ever made her feel this way.

She didn’t know whether this was a mirage conjured by heat fever or genuine attraction. All she knew was that alpha instinct was screaming at her to claim the omega in her arms.

Jiang Qiuyan bit down hard on her lip, managing to claw back a sliver of reason.

“You really won’t regret this?”

Through her watery gaze, Shi Yu could make out the desire burning in the alpha’s eyes. She wound her arms around the alpha’s neck and pressed her lips forward.

She had never kissed anyone before and didn’t know if she was doing it right, but the mere touch of lips was enough to fill her with joy.

Jiang Qiuyan’s lip split from the omega’s clumsy, headlong kissing. She gripped the omega’s neck and gently pried those clinging lips away.

Shi Yu stared at those vivid red lips for a moment, then lifted her gaze to the alpha’s eyes, displeasure written all over her face.

Jiang Qiuyan’s chest trembled as a soft, low laugh escaped her.

“Open your mouth. I’ll teach you.”

Shi Yu obediently parted her lips and welcomed the alpha’s scorching kiss.

Lips and tongues tangled, breaths mingling. The unfamiliar yet blissful sensation swept Shi Yu away as pheromones spilled out like floodgates opening.

Imbued by the omega’s pheromones, Jiang Qiuyan gradually let alpha possessiveness show, her fingers stroking the nape of Shi Yu’s neck, fingertips brushing over the raised gland every so often.

That spot couldn’t be touched casually by just anyone. Shi Yu knew it was forbidden, yet she couldn’t refuse. Under the jolt of this unknown danger, she fell completely into her heat.

Jiang Qiuyan had never smelled such sweet omega pheromones. Her eyes turned crimson, fine sweat beading on her forehead, veins bulging along her neck.

Shi Yu’s shoulders ached from the grip. Opening her eyes, she saw the alpha looking half out of control, gaze fierce enough to grind her to pieces.

She instinctively flinched, and a flicker of clarity returned to her mind.

Jiang Qiuyan gave her no chance to escape, her lips and tongue surging in again, sucking until Shi Yu’s tongue went numb and her brain ran short on oxygen.

The fierce kiss lasted a long time, until every limb of hers went utterly limp before Jiang Qiuyan finally released her.

Jiang Qiuyan licked away the moisture at the corner of her mouth, her fervent gaze traveling downward from her neck, growing darker by the moment.

The mist in Shi Yu’s eyes crystallized into real tears as Jiang Qiuyan’s kisses landed on her neck. The crimson at the corners of her eyes grew wet, like peach blossoms blooming through morning fog.

Pheromones intertwined as the heat born from deep within her bones and flesh intensified. Shi Yu’s entire body flushed red, like a ripe, juice-laden peach that anyone would want to bite into.

A strange emptiness washed over her. Shi Yu clung to the alpha, whimpering softly, her slender legs brushing against her, sharing restlessness and warmth.

Jiang Qiuyan lifted her head from Shi Yu’s chest, her narrow phoenix eyes half-lidded and burning red, as if blood might drip from them.

She knew what Shi Yu wanted, but it wasn’t time yet.

“Be good now. Just a little longer.”

Her voice was so gentle, like rain on parched earth, soothing Shi Yu’s restless heart. Shi Yu immediately settled down, curling into a soft bundle in her arms, greedily breathing in her pheromones.

Jiang Qiuyan gazed at the sweet bundle in her arms, her heart melting into mush. She cradled the back of Shi Yu’s head and nuzzled against her for a long while before finally getting down to business.

Shi Yu let out a pained whimper and curled into herself.

Jiang Qiuyan paused to look at her, kissed her cheek, and licked away the tears at the corners of her eyes.

“It’s okay. It’ll be over soon. Trust me, alright?”

Shi Yu opened one eye, saw the tenderness in the alpha’s gaze, and gave a small nod.

She buried her face against the alpha’s chest and murmured, “I trust you.”

Jiang Qiuyan’s breath caught. Then amusement surfaced in her eyes, softening the desire and greed within.

“So good~”