Chapter 108: The Insecure Tsundere Canary Alpha

They had said it would only be three sentences, but when the moment actually came, those three sentences felt extraordinarily long.

A jealous Alpha could be truly vicious. That was Jiang Li’s first thought.

“Good girl, she’s asking you—what did Li Huan do to you today?” Li Huan’s fingertip rubbed behind her earlobe, sending tingles of itchiness and numbness through her. Li Huan shook the phone, reminding her, “You have to answer, you know.”

Vicious.

How was she supposed to speak now…?

The lust they had just finished indulging flared up again, surging back with ferocious intensity. The sluggish flow of pheromones inside her body began to roil restlessly.

Her other ear was teased with intermittent licks, and the taller Alpha enveloped her completely. Pheromones wove around her like a dense spiderweb, trapping her tightly.

Scorching breaths burned across her skin, only for fresh, even thicker layers to replace what faded. Her instinctive struggles to push away seemed more like half-hearted reluctance.

“Jer… jerk.” The whisper was barely audible.

Jiang Li didn’t dare let Li Si on the other end hear it. She didn’t share Li Huan’s perverse tastes.

Li Huan licked her again in response, lowering her gaze to watch Jiang Li. Jiang Li’s brows furrowed tightly as she gripped Li Huan’s shoulders, her expression pitifully distressed. A glistening teardrop slid from the corner of her eye.

She looked so pitiable, yet the woman before her clearly had no intention of letting her go because of it.

On the contrary, Jiang Li could hear the breathing beside her ear grow even heavier, and then her nape grew wet.

Li Huan dragged the flat of her tongue across it.

Jiang Li tried to tilt her chin away, but a hand gripped it firmly, forcing it back. Li Huan buried her face amid the epiphyllum scent. Her sharp teeth itched with the urge to pierce the nape, to flood that small space with her own pheromones.

But no. She couldn’t.

Jiang Li would surely cry out if she did.

Li Huan would never allow anyone else to hear even a hint of such sounds from her.

Only she could hear Jiang Li’s moans and gasps.

So, despite the itchiness scorching her throat and the trembling urges radiating through her limbs, Li Huan merely dragged her tongue repeatedly over the skin of the nape, drawing out faint traces of epiphyllum.

Point by point accumulating into a surface, those meager amounts slowly built into a staggering total. The stimulation from the Omega grew ever stronger, and the pheromones on Li Huan’s tongue began to numb her.

They teased the parts of her that remained unfulfilled, burning hotter and hotter.

What Jiang Li felt was several times more intense.

“You have to speak up.”

Li Huan’s words echoed in Jiang Li’s mind, while Li Si’s concerned questions continued nonstop in her ear. Li Si was so worried that she even began to wonder if Li Huan had locked her away somewhere.

The more she cared, the faster Jiang Li’s heart raced.

Li Huan’s actions made guilt toward Li Si swell uncontrollably in her heart. Li Si was clearly just concerned for her, but she…

She had this reaction.

“N-No… Li Huan didn’t… do anything to me.”

Clutching that guilt, Jiang Li dug her nails into Li Huan’s shoulders, leaving red trails behind, and struggled to pull herself free from the intoxicating haze.

She had to respond properly to Li Si.

Li Huan watched Jiang Li’s restraint with displeasure darkening the corners of her eyes. She hated seeing Jiang Li’s attention on anyone else, even if that person harbored no feelings for her.

How could she? How could that be…?

She needed to go further.

“Mm—”

Someone suddenly tugged her clothing up a little, and Jiang Li tensed instinctively, freezing in place as she felt a soft palm brush across her skin.

Clearly, Li Huan had no intention of going too far right now.

But neither would she let her off easily.

Those eyes, tinged with inexplicable anger, pinned her chin in place, and Jiang Li’s spine remained rigidly straight, her thoughts slowing once more.

“Li Li is always so soft-hearted.”

The obvious complaint whispered in her ear as that soft hand began to roam playfully over her body, treating her like a set of piano keys.

Just as before, playing a melody on her.

A long, white thread stretched taut in her mind, snapping bright and fast—brighter and more tear-inducing than the light she had glimpsed at the peak of her awareness tonight.

Jiang Li bit her lip, drawing a beautiful flush of blood. She wanted to deny being called soft-hearted.

It was only for Li Huan.

Li Huan was like one of those cats she had seen before, hurt by humans, easily startled and bristling at threats that hadn’t even materialized.

Of course, perhaps because she now had the security of being her lover? The insecure cat no longer hid her emotions like she had five years ago. Instead, she laid her anger bare, directing it all at Jiang Li.

Fingertips traced over each distinct rib, the warmth of her palm pressing against them. She kneaded with a touch of pique, transmitting her feelings.

“Lighter…”

Jiang Li released her reddened lips, trying to speak to Li Huan, but another question from Li Si in her ear stopped her. Her scarlet tongue merely curled silently.

The Alpha before her always pushed her limits like this.

Comparing an Alpha to a cat was strange, really. Jiang Li had no idea how she managed such thoughts amid the urgency.

Moisture gathered into round pearls, stringing along in her strained awareness and swaying. Jiang Li fell silent for a long time, her body heating until she could barely think. She vaguely registered a familiar voice from far away.

“If Li Li marks me, can we hang up the call?”

The speaker pressed close to her chest. They were so near, so hot—so very hot. Jiang Li wanted to push her away, but her raised hands couldn’t bring themselves to do it.

This soft body was actually larger than hers, now curling her small within its embrace. The scorching body heat, the murmurs of “Baby” and “Li Li”… If she wanted to bite, why not just do it directly?

The overwhelming heat scattered her thoughts. Every sensitive spot on her upper body had been explored by this woman, and irritation began to throb at the core of her heart.

The active epiphyllum inside her body surged to life, rampaging through her veins on a foundation of vibrant blood.

It was a sudden temptation—and a choice Jiang Li could make without hesitation.

Marking? Just tell me outright.

Almost the instant the words fell, she parted her lips. Her slightly rounder fangs, sharper than the Alpha’s, gleamed in the air—

“Mm—”

Without any restraint, Li Huan let out a long, satisfied moan. The gloom in her eyes washed away under waves of joy, even spilling over into beautiful teardrops.

Bitten… marked by Li Li…

Perhaps because Li Huan had just made her do such shameful things, this was the second time tonight that Li Huan sensed a hint of “violence” in Jiang Li.

It wasn’t particularly obvious, but the teeth sinking into her nape tried to burrow even deeper—a clear note of punishment.

Yet Li Huan only smiled, pressing her body even closer to Jiang Li. The faint pain at her nape sharpened her senses.

She was being claimed by Jiang Li right now.

Her arms wrapped around the beloved person before her. Li Huan narrowed her long lashes, pleasure dancing wildly along her nerves amid the sting, filling the bottomless abyss in her heart bit by bit.

The pheromones flowing from her nape into her body carried the Omega’s sweet, faint flavor—surging especially fiercely now because of how Li Huan had forced her to take the call.

Jiang Li had meant for her to feel the pain, but the light laughter in her ear made it clear her intent had failed.

A hand trailed idly up from her waist to her shoulder, circling a few times and stealing several heartbeats. Slender fingers clamped onto her own nape, pressing her down firmly.

“It’s okay, Li Li. Bite harder…”

“As long as it’s you, as long as you’re by my side, you can do anything to me—no matter how extreme.”

The low voice murmured thus in her ear, fingertips even twirling a strand of her hair tightly around them.

What they were doing now could hardly be called gentle, yet Li Huan seemed happier than during her earlier anger. She even comforted Jiang Li in return, this woman…

Her nape held fast, Jiang Li couldn’t loosen her grip without Li Huan pressing down harder, rubbing her nose red. Yet she couldn’t resist at all.

Unable to lift her head, she naturally couldn’t see the somewhat sickly expression on Li Huan’s face as she gazed at her. Li Huan’s cheek rubbed affectionately against Jiang Li’s hair, her lips curving upward.

Li Li, you must never leave me.

Being forced down even a little, even if her original intent seemed to help—it wasn’t exactly pleasant.

Moreover, the pheromones forced into the Alpha’s body were immediately engulfed and vanished amid the cedar scent, fueling Jiang Li’s growing annoyance.

She was certain Li Huan had hung up on Li Si the instant she bit down.

“Let go of me a little.” Jiang Li shifted her nape slightly; cedar pheromones from Li Huan were leaking out as well. Her voice came out muffled.

“…”

Silence hung in the air. If not for the arms tightening around her gradually, Jiang Li might have suspected Li Huan was still lost in the moment.

“I said, let me go.”

Instead, she was held even tighter, to no effect. Jiang Li moved helplessly, but even that small motion drew her back forcefully.

The movements persisted, yet not a word was spoken.

Was she dating a mute or something?

That was what she thought, but in the end, Jiang Li’s hands, which had wanted to shove her away forcefully, paused at Li Huan’s back. They rubbed gently instead, one stroke at a time.

Why? Probably because Li Huan was trembling.

Her embrace was crushingly tight, yet her body shook with unease—like a cat cornered by humans.

“I just wanted to talk to you properly and… Mm—”

“No!”

A loud rejection cut her off. She lost her balance with a startled cry, her body tipping backward. Jiang Li instinctively clutched the person in her arms tighter.

Li Huan still gripped her neck, but now her fingers dug into her collarbone. Her expression twisted out of control, and the pressure on Jiang Li’s throat grew erratic.

“Don’t push me away! Don’t stop the marking!!”

“Don’t think about anything… Just think of me, only me… Love me, love me more, please!”

“Li Li can do it, right? Love me, look at me, forever only me in your heart…”

Her expression bordered on madness, the strength in her hands increasing.