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The night was still and quiet at Qing Jing Peak except for the flurry of restless movement coming from the bed of the peak lord. The peak Lord tossed and turned relentlessly caught up in grasp of the memories that forever cause him pain. Phantom touches on his sweat covered skin causing the erratic beats of his heart to sound out into the silent of the night. The shadow of the past forever haunting.
Shen Qingqiu shot awake in a panic, hand clutching at his chest over his heart as his mind tries to remove itself from the memories and come back to reality. Fast breaths escaping as his body greedily grabs for air to calm down. Qi circulating frantically through his veins getting caught in all directions as the veins become narrower the more time that passes. Then suddenly an all encompassing pain hit his body as the bones become smaller and thinner, organs shrink and blood escapes from his eyes and ears escaping from the confines of a much smaller body before Shen Qingqiu knows nothing and the night is once again silent.
Shen Jiu’s POV
As I wake up, there’s a banging headache and pain all over my body. I can’t move; everything hurts. Tears spring to my eyes as I stare up at the unfamiliar ceiling and try to distract myself from the pain enveloping my body. My scent leaking out and coating the room in distressed omega pheromones. Where am I? Slowly the pain being to subside slightly allowing me to push through it and sit up to look around the room. It looks like a rich person's home, precious trinkets line the walls, did I get sold? What about Qi-ge? Did he get sold with me? I need to find him. It’s with this in mind that I can finally push fully through the pain and stand up. I’m covered in expensive silk clothes that are clearly made for an adult beta, make my skin itch just feeling it. There was a nice woman who would give Qi-ge and I clothe that no-one wanted, and she would only through away. They wouldn’t last long since they made to look nice and not be that durable but sometimes, I would use them in my nests to keep warm in the winter.
There was a crash at the door just as I had stood up, angry alpha pheromones flood through the air followed by the actual presence of the alpha not a second later. I dropped to my knees to show my respect just in case this is my new master, and he has Qi-ge. The alpha stopped in front of me and as I looked up, a look of disgust crossed his face. He picked me up and flung me over his shoulder before taking out his sword and jumping on it to take to the sky. If I wasn’t being kidnapped, then the air as it hit my face would be quite appealing since it dissipated the angry pheromones.
Yue Qingyuan POV
Xiao Jiu didn’t show up to the Peak lords meeting, which is strange since he is always prompt and has never been late. Liu-shidi seems to think Xiao Jiu is being lazy and doesn’t want to attend since it’s an early morning meeting. I know that’s wrong, but the other peak lords are quick to agree with him and demand he is brought here. Liu-Shidi left before I was able to say a word to defend Xiao Jiu, I don’t understand where the other lords got their awful opinions of Xiao Jiu. Always blaming him for everything that goes wrong and calling him a lecher because he goes to visit our old slave sisters.
I hate the way it gets Xiao Jiu down especially as he is an omega and omegas require comfort from their pack not rejection. The only reason he hasn’t become ill from this is because he comes to me for comfort when it gets really bad and he’s close to a drop. He maintains his hormone levels by being included in our sister's pack at the brothel and they offer him the love and comfort he needs and deserves. For some reason our pack seems to view him as a beta and not an omega as he doesn’t release his scent and takes suppressants to control when he has his heat. All the peak lords are from prominent families, who taught them to respect and protect omegas especially those a part of their pack and the consequences of neglecting an omega. Since Xiao Jiu doesn’t come out and tell them about his omega status, they continue to view him as a lazy beta who takes of weeks every month and visits brothel to solicit their services. I hate it but Xiao Jiu won’t let me tell them too afraid of their mistreatment increasing once they know he is much weaker than them.
“Qi-ge if they hate me now, what will change when they find out I’m actually weaker than a beta in terms of natural strength?” Xiao Jiu once said. He doesn’t understand about Alpha instincts in relation to the protection of omegas. It takes a monster to cause harm to an omega knowingly, however since Xiao Jiu experienced the inhuman torture at the hands of Qiu Jianluo, he doesn’t believe that alphas will protect him as I’m the only alpha who has ever done so and I knew him before he was an omega.