Synopsis:
In a world where Alphas rule with absolute power, Alpha Caidren Thorne stands above them all—a warlord feared for his cruelty, a ruler whose hands are stained with the blood of both enemies and kin. His lands are harsh, his rule even harsher, and his name alone is enough to strike terror into the hearts of those who hear it.

But there is a darker truth hidden beneath his legend.

Every Omega sent to him has perished.

No one knows why. No one dares to ask. Some whisper that his presence alone is enough to snuff out their fragile lives, that no Omega can withstand his brutality. Others say that he is cursed, doomed to be alone forever. But Caidren does not care. He has never let anyone close—not a mate, not a lover, not even his own people. His heart is stone, and his hands are weapons.

When the noble House Velmire is forced to offer him an Omega, they do not send their treasured daughter. Instead, they send Elias—an adopted outcast, a boy without a place in their world. Elias has spent his life alone, unwanted, and now, he is being sent to a fate worse than death.

And when he arrives at the Bloodfang Stronghold, he is welcomed by a scene of horror.

A man clothed in black can be seen writhing in agony. Blood soaking the ground. And standing above it all, delivering judgment with cold precision, is Alpha Caidren.

Elias’ fear takes root instantly. This man is no savior. He is death itself.

Caidren barely acknowledges him, dismissing him with a single glance. Another Omega. Another life that will soon disappear.

But Elias does not die.

Days pass. Then weeks. And for the first time, an Omega survives.

Elias is not weak. He is not fragile. He is not like the others. And against every instinct, every warning, Caidren begins to take notice.

What starts as indifference turns to fascination. What was once just another burden soon becomes something the Alpha refuses to let go of.

For the first time in his life, Caidren is afraid—not of war, not of death, but of the one thing he never thought he could have.

And when enemies rise and threaten to take Elias away, Caidren will burn the world to keep his Omega safe.

Not because the Alpha had pinned him down.


Not because he had lost the physical struggle.


But because his body—his traitorous, burning body—was betraying him completely.


A slow, insidious heat coiling beneath his skin, sinking deep into his bones, making every nerve hypersensitive, every breath a ragged, helpless gasp.


His limbs felt weak, shaking with the effort of resisting something he could no longer control. His pulse pounded, a sharp, desperate rhythm that only seemed to worsen as the Alpha's weight pressed down on him—solid, unshakable, unbearably warm.


"Look at you," the Alpha murmured, his voice lower now, rougher. "You're shaking."


His fingers twitched, curling into the fabric of the Alpha's clothes, clinging despite himself. His breath stuttered, his vision blurring, his body aching in ways he refused to name.


The words barely left his lips before they choked off—


The unbearable heat of skin against skin. The solid press of muscle and strength, radiating a warmth that only fed the fire already burning inside him.


"You don't want that," the Alpha murmured.


"You're burning up, little one," he mused, his voice thick, his fingers tracing slowly over Elias's wrist.


His fingers moved again—just a featherlight touch, barely anything—trailing up Elias's arm, dragging so slowly over overheated skin.


His body arched before he could stop it, a sharp, involuntary reaction—


Elias bit his lip, desperate to stop the sounds threatening to escape, desperate to fight the raw, aching need overtaking him—


He saw the way Elias's fingers tightened against him instead of pushing him away. He felt the way Elias's body reacted, too far gone to suppress it.


Elias squeezed his eyes shut, chest heaving, his entire body trembling with the sheer force of holding back.


When the last remnants of his resistance crumbled—


Chapter 157 - chapter 156: good boy