NICHOLAS' POV I was deep inside the garden, next to the spring pool, when I caught a whiff of it. Caramel scent, the soft type that just awoke the beast within me. Omega pheromone. Not just any omega. This one was in heat, and she was even here, in this garden. The scent was enticing, filling up my nostrils. My muscles stiffened as the awareness sharpened into something I couldn’t control, something primal. My wolf thrashed underneath, almost clawing to the surface. “Find her,”my wolf growled. I wanted to speak, to tell it to control itself, but I couldn't bring myself to say it. The garden suddenly felt too hot, too compressed, yet somehow, it was too open. My eyes narrowed. Why would an omega be in a royal garden? Unprotected, unsupervised? My boots pressed into the soft soil, as I walked past the mahogany tree at the center, then passed the morning glory flowers creeping on the stone at the side. I followed the scent, as her pheromone looked like a pink thread, leading me o
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