Mini-machines, AI, and engines of incomprehensible power ruled, while humans became part of a complex system.
But technology wasn't the only evolution; the very biology of humans had transformed. Alongside male and female, a new hierarchy of secondary genders arose: Alpha, Omega, and Beta.
Omegas were the lifebearers, responsible for reproduction, their instincts tied to the cycles of life. Betas, on the other hand, were the ordinary ones—just like humans used to be. No special abilities, no heightened instincts. They were the baseline of society, neither hunted nor revered, simply... normal.
And then there were the Alphas.
