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- Alpha!Mydei x Omega!Anaxa

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Anaxa returned to Castrum Kremnos after three days to check the situation of the scholars staying in Okhema, as well as settled some problems with Agleae. He did not like Okhema city's noise and commotion.

Although Castrum Kremnos was more dangerous with creatures of the black tide hiding and attacking out of nowhere, he still had an oversize, overprotective, gentle and silly alpha lion with him.

As one the sages of the Grove, Anaxa had the greatest mind in all Amphoreus, which meant he could remember exactly important things, especially his heat. Thankfully, the tragedy did not occur when he was in heat. Or his whole plan would have been harder to carry out.

He usually spent his heat with Mydei - his alpha; However, Mydei just ascended as a new god, and the situation at Castrum Kremnos was not stable. Anaxa did not want to disturb him right now.

So he packed some pills to prevent the heat alongside him to Castrum Kremnos. Anaxa also checked for the special crystal that Mydei made just for him in case he encountered any danger on the way, he could light it up, as the crystal broke, Mydei would know and come to him.

Such a fluffy, adorable lion.

The young professor already spotted his mate leaning on the wall of Castrum Kremnos' gate waiting for him.

"You are back."

His alpha immediately approached him, covered him in a gentle embrace. Anaxa let himself relax in the familiar aroma of pomegranate while his hands came to hug Mydei's broad back.

"You have been waiting?"

Mydei nodded.

His nose came closer to Anaxa's gland to check and the god easily sensed a soft change in Anaxa's usual book and jasmine tea smell. It was sweeter, more inviting.

"I want to pick you up at Okhema. But you declined my proposal."

Mydei understood very well that Anaxa was just doing it because of the situation in Castrum Kremnos. The sage was correct as Mydei had just defeated some annoying intruders last night.

"Let me help you."

Mydei gently took Anaxa's small bag that he carried with him and guided Anaxa into their new shared home.

"What do you have? If I may ask." His alpha was a gentleman after all.

"Some medicines Hyacine packed."

"Ah. Did she also send you prescription and instruction?"

Anaxa nodded.

"Send me her note."

Ever a considerate lover.

Anaxa used to keep his independence, rejecting most of the advice or invitation he got, he believed he could handle things on his own. Mydei asked him many times during the early stage of their relationship to rely on him.

The Kremnoan man did take good care of the professor that he felt the need to reconsider his decisions everytime.

"Troublesome." He did comment, but still sent the note anyway.

Anaxa was surprised to see their bedroom was decorated with soft materials, linens and cloths imported directy from Okhema. Some were he Grove scholars' supplies back at their sanctuary.
He remembered seeing some people on his way to Castrum Kremnos. Did they bring these things here?

"What a surprise. To see that you have such an outstanding taste."

Anaxa came closer to the bed and picked up a familiar-looking blanket. This was the pattern of the Grove dormitory blanket.

"Your heat is coming soon so I ordered some supplies from the city. Now you can rest comfortably here."

Anaxa felt a pang of guilt, but he knew he needed to say it now.

"Thank you. But I intend to use the heat suppressant this month."

"You have been using it for three months. I did not say anything because of the situation at that moment. But it will hurt you if you continue to use it."

The pain of an omega experiencing heat after a period of suppressant would be much more intense depending on how long they slowed down their heat. If Anaxa failed to use the pill next time or he went in heat without his mate, he would suffer heavily for that. Besides, why supress his heat if he had Mydei?

"Does something bother you that you have to stop your heat this month?"

Despite his cold appearance, Anaxa was actually a considerate professor and a caring partner. No way he would say it was because of Castrum Kremnos.

"This body is still recovering." He said so instead.

"Then we can go slow and stop if you can not do it anymore. I will follow your pace. There is no need to turn to heat suppressant."

"But what if you leave in the middle of my heat?"

His heat was going to be intense if he chose to spend it this time. In case Mydei left because of a surprise attack from the black tide, he would suffer alone.

Mydei stepped closer, his bigger form completely loomed over Anaxa's creating a protective shadow. He took Anaxa's braid and bent down to give it a kiss.

"I will not let anything disturb you, my mate. For as long as I live, no harm will come to you. So, let me, please."

And how could anyone say no to that?

Anaxa's throat became dry as his eyes traced Mydei's assuring gaze and seductive lips. He wanted Mydei just as the new god desired him. They had not engaged in any intimate activities for three months. They should not waste this opportunity.

"Then, help me, my alpha."

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Pre-heat came faster than Anaxa remembered, but it must have been due to the fact that he had surpressed the heat for 3 months. It was endurable.

Mydei scouted around Castrum Kremnos everyday, stopping any creature he spotted before they even had a chance to prepare. He tried to clean the area as fast as he could.

After that, he would come back to his bedroom where his mate was resting in his nest on their bed. Anaxa put down whatever he was reading to welcome him with a gentle hug and alluring scent.

They would take each other's clothes off as Mydei provided Anaxa with physical relief or sometimes, the king would simply inject his pheromones into Anaxa's scent gland.

Anaxa's heat came in a surprise one night.

The professor was waken from his slumber by a wave of intense desire. His whole body became hotter, his breath faster. And his alpha was not by his side. The omega in him needed Mydei right now, it was too painful that the sage let out pitiful noise with tears starting to fall from his eyes.

The only comfort he had was Mydei's smell on their bed, blanket, pillows surrounding him. And he held onto it.

Anaxa felt the liquid in his lower part. He moved his hand down to relieve himself.

It was too painful. It hurt so much.

Anaxa vaguely remembered the day he tore his soul apart to trap the black tide creatures in the Grove. At least, he was not being burnt to death that time.

Anaxa felt like he was set on fire that burnt his body and soul. It did not kill him in a single beat, it tortured him slowly.

Anaxa did not register that he had been calling for Mydei, in his mind, he prayed for his alpha to save him.

"Hey, Anaxa, I am back. It is okay now."

Suddenly, he heard the familiar voice, a body enveloping him, strong, gentle hands on his body, guiding him.

Anaxa managed to crack open his eyes a little and his omega had never experienced this joy when Mydei's blurring image came to view.

He hugged the king, begging him, trusting him.

Mydei bit down on Anaxa's scent gland, his pheromones and scent came out to assure his little mate. The king managed to calm Anaxa.

"Alpha, it- I-" He tried to speak.

"Shh, it is fine now. You are safe. I am sorry I was outside. I am back now."

The bond allowed the new god who was fighting against some annoying intruders to feel his omega's distress. So he finished his business as fast as possible to return to Anaxa.

Mydei whispered soothing words to Anaxa's ears, while his mouth kissed the omega's hair, to his eyes, cheek, lips and nape. He took off Anaxa's damp sleeping clothes and Anaxa let out a sound that was both relieved and inviting. His slender hands clung onto Mydei's shoulders to keep his alpha close, like a drowning man clinging onto his only lifesaver.

Usually heat was overwhelming, but never this painful. The desire left hidden for the past 3 months surged inside Anaxa like raging tides slapping on the shore of a stormy day, like furious fire destroying the whole forest.

Anaxa thought he had prepared for this, was ready to endure it like how he suffered to tear his soul apart, using a precious human soul for an experiment. But his tears kept rolling down his cheeks, his whole body hurt, and his mouth never stopped calling for his alpha to come and save him.

Anaxa never begged, until now, unconsciously, driven by instincts, he pleaded:

"Alpha, please- help me!"

Both his legs tightly trapped the king while his arms pulled Mydei closer to his scent gland that was burning painfully against his skin.

Mydei nudged on the swollen, red scent gland that bore his mark. The smell of calming mint tea was replaced with distress, begging for Mydei to soothe the pain.

This was killing both of them.

The new god whose power belonged to those of the divine failed to soothe his lover as fast as he wanted. No matter how much pheromone he let out, Anaxa was still suffering.

The desire for pushing his cock inside Anaxa immediately like the omega begged war with his own will not to hurt the scholar. He would kill himself again and again, until he himself was satisfied, if he caused more pain to Anaxa.

"Put it in, Mydei! Alpha, please!"

Anaxa kept asking him between their kisses, feeling calloused fingers working to prepare him. He longed for something else, bigger than those fingers, something that could bring comfort to him.

"Don't beg, my queen. Not to me, not to anyone else." Mydei whispered as he pressed more kisses across the porcelain, burning skin "Anything you want will be yours."

Anything Anaxa wanted from Mydei, anything Anaxa desired from the universe, Mydei would strive to provide.

So, don't beg, the all-knowing sage of Nousporis, Titain of Reason Cerces' descendent, the queen of Castrum Kremnos and the new God of Strife Mydeimos' most precious – his Anaxagoras.

"That's it, my king. That's it."

Once Mydei's cock started to push inside him, Anaxa felt the torturous heat inside him subdued. The pain was reducing. His mind started to become clearer.

The liquid between his thighs made it easier for Mydei to go in, while his legs kept spreading wider for Mydei.

His breathing evened out, allowing Anaxa a temporary break from his overwhelming period.

"Back to me?"

Mydei caressed Anaxa's cheeks, keeping his face facing the king until Anaxa's eyes focused on him. A soft, relieved smile appeared on Anaxa's lips when slender arm came to untangle his braid.

"Um." He answered Mydei "My king is a reliable alpha, isn't he? My perfect mate."

Mydei chuckled, bending down to press more affectionate kisses on Anaxa.

"I promised you, my love, I would not let any harm come to you."

Anaxa hugged his mate closer, accidentally touching the marks left behind by his own fingers during their intercourse, but Mydei did not register any discomfort. If anything, he would wear Anaxa's marks proudly to the public, to the Chrysos Heir meeting, even to the front line.

Omega could not mark Alpha, but Mydei let Anaxa bite his scent gland anytime his professor wanted. Sometimes, he would wear Anaxa's jewelry on him despite the omega's protest about public appearance.

"Move, Mydei, do this like you mean it. Like those past 3 months torture you the same way it does to me right now."

Anaxa commanded in Mydei's ears, before sealing their mouths with another kiss.

Mydei held Anaxa's legs and let them rest on his broad shoulders. Those past 3 months he had to touch himself imagining it was Anaxa in front of him, those past 3 months not being able to see Anaxa in person, those past 3 months of letters sending and receiving, of dreaming about Anaxa.

His own desire, combining with Anaxa's intense heat period, would make tonight a very long night.

"What colour, Anaxa?"

Anaxa was taken by surprise for a short moment as he did not understand what Mydei was referring to.

They had never needed a safe word because Mydei would always take care of him, if Anaxa wanted to keep going, if Anaxa hoped to stop, he only needed to say the word.

But just in case.

"Black."

Yet, even when they both gave into their most primal desire, Mydei still looked out for him. Because that was who he was – a giving lover. He even stopped when Anaxa passed out, to give Anaxa a rest, before the scholar regained consciousness shortly after, asking for another round.

Anaxa recovered before Mydei. The scholar put his alpha's cape over his smaller frame, as he gently put Mydei's head on his lap, slender fingers combed his king's hair, brushing away the strands sticking on his forehead.

He calculated that this month's heat would last longer than normal, but with his alpha near, he no longer felt hesitant.

"Satisfied, aren't you?" The woman's soothing voice rang next to Anaxa's ears.

"You saw it."

"Saw? No, my child" Cerces laughed "I understand the concept of privacy. I would not pry into your private moment."

Cerces' hand put some hair out of Anaxa's cheeks like how the scholar was tending to Mydei's. Her touch was gentle, her lips curled up into a soft, relieved smile that Anaxa, at that moment, did not understand why.

"I am happy for you, child."

Cerces did not elaborate further, Anaxa did not ask.

In Cerces' memories, this child was stubborn and feisty around her, he stood his ground even when alone, his resolve firm. She held him in high regard, preserving her coreflame for her chosen child.

When the crowned prince of Kremnos, a child of Strife came for Anaxa, she could not help but feel happy. Their love could even compete with the legend of her and Mnestia.

And so, she tried, not only for the Grove, for Amphoreus, but also, selfishly, for her child, for protecting their love.

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The End.