Rut?

Yanah was peacefully sleeping in the new dorm, but later, she felt someone disturb her.

At first, she felt someone carrying her. Then, she was placed to a more comfortable place.

'The bed...?' Yanah, who was slowly waking up, hazily thought, sleep still calling and dominating her senses. It didn't help that the place she was moved in was soft and comfortable, it feels like she was sinking into a cloud, where every part of her body is cradled and supported.

The plush bed molded to her shape, relieving pressure points and easing tension. The sheets, cool and smooth against her skin, added a gentle embrace, cocooning her in warmth.

There's also that smell like a lively and eclectic mix, bright and zesty scent of freshly peeled citrus, like lemon or lime, tantalizing her senses.

'...Feels like someone...Smells good...' Yanah's rousing consciousness was defeated when a heat source enveloped her body.

The cold air grazing her fair skin and the warm embrace lulling her to deeper sleep succeeded.

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Quinn lightly chuckled when the sleeping woman subconsciously nudged her way deeper into his arms.

With his arms hugging her shoulders and his whole body pressing with hers, he could feel the violent energy on his body calming down.

The woman was not actively guiding his energy yet such skinship with her was enough to calm the rampaging powers within him.

'What more if she's actively guiding me?' A dangerous idea floated in Quinn's mind, his hazel eyes looking at her sleeping countenance.

Then, the alpha inside him growled in delight at the thought of the woman's body entangling with his. Licking and biting her skin, marking her with hickeys on her neck, shoulders, and breasts.

Making her moan his name...

Such thoughts drifted in his mind and Quinn felt his temperature rise, a certain part in his lower body also rising along the heat.

'Woah. This feels the same when I'm with them.' Quinn has only thought of doing such things with his mates. Never did he ever thought that one day he would have such an urge to do the woman sleeping in his arms.

It was the first day they met, no, she didn't even know him yet. But he is already thinking about having her naked and moaning in his bed.

'This is dangerous.' Quinn's eyes blinked. They could not treat Yanah like how they treated the previous guides that was with them in the past.

Those guides were eager for their cocks and their bodies, wanting to spend their heat/rut with them, and so, their pack was able to use the guides with ease and no guilty conscience because it was a give and take relationship.

But for Yanah, it would be different. Quinn didn't know all the details about the SSS-Guide but it was mentioned to them that the guide has no further knowledge or relationship to the awakeners world until she was re-examined.

That means that Yanah has no knowledge about him or his pack. She grew up in an ordinary environment and surely will not immediately adapt to the Awakeners doing of things.

She would not understand his and his pack's demand on her touch and comfort. If they made a move on her and make her uncomfortable, she might reject him and his pack, depriving them of her guidance.

'And that's something I don't want to see. Now that I tasted what's it like.'

'We cannot rashly make a move on her.' Quinn sighed in helplessness as he pressed his aching cock on her slightly cool body, hoping that it will also slowly calm down.

'We got to seduce this woman fast. I want to be guided so bad by her touch.' Quinn decided that once all his mates gathered tonight, they'll need to devise a plan to ensare Yanah. Have her succumbed on their beauty.

Quinn then closed his eyes. He suddenly wanted to sleep.

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3:13 pm

Zed was leisurely walking down the familiar path to the William Dorm with Jay, Calix, and Rowen following him behind.

"Finally. I always want to take a long nap after that class." Jay stretched his bruised arms, cringing when his muscles ached at his large movements.

"You really don't want me to heal you?" Calix worriedly stared at Jay's bruises, almost sticking to the man in worry.

"Wow. The discrimination. How come you aren't asking me, sweetheart?" Then, Rowen's arms snaked through Calix's waist, pulling the slender man to his chest.

"Stop playing, Rowen." Calix rolled his baby blue eyes, annoyed at the man's naughty hand roaming his waist.

"You two can continue touching each other in the dorm. Please have some patience and decency outside." Jay playfully clicked his tongue upon seeing Calix's and Rowen's heated gazes to each other.

"Decency? We still have that? I though it was all gone when I fucked you like a dog outside last time." Rowen grinned, his usually serious green eyes narrowing in playfulness.

Jay's smile turned to a frown. "I was drunk. If I wasn't, it would have been you begging me to enter you with my cock."

"Wait, the two of you had fun with each other and Quinn, Zed and I didn't witness it?!" Calix's angelic face sported a betrayed expression.

"Don't worry, we'll invite the three of you next time." Rowen coaxed the sulking man and peppered his fair cheeks with soft kisses.

"No, thank you." Zed chuckled, opening the door.

Suddenly, their playful banter stopped.

The smell of a powerful fresh lemon welcomed them and wafted around the whole dorm, bright and invigorating, with a sharp, tangy edge that immediately awakened their senses.

Quinn's pheromones has a clean, zesty aroma that is both citrusy and slightly sweet, like a burst of sunshine in the air.

There's a crispness to it, almost like the first bite into a juicy lemon, where the scent captures the essence of the yellow rind and the tart, refreshing juice inside.

Such potency of pheromones only happens when in rut.

Zed's brows furrowed.

"Why is he going into a rut?" He turned to Jay.

"His rut is still a month away, no?" Calix, who was always tracking the Pack's ruts, consulted Jay, Quinn's usual partner. Jay nodded sternly, not bothering to continue talking and walked upstairs.

Rowen's eyes then flashed a brilliant verdant for a short second before looking at Zed and nodding, also following Jay upstairs.

"What's happening?" Calix stared at Zed who was holding his hand and guiding him upstairs.

"We'll see soon."