Chapter 55: The Point of No Return

“Hey, are you… okay?”

“……”

There was no response.

Seunghyuk lay there, not moving at all.

Hyunwoo leaned closer, worried he might have hit his head when they fell.

“Lee Seung—!”

Before he could finish, his body was flipped over.

Hyunwoo fell flat onto the carpet.

The floor was soft, so it didn’t hurt—

But that wasn’t the problem.

“You…”

“Haa… haa…”

“……”

Seunghyuk was on top of him.

The dim hotel lighting made his deep brown eyes look nearly black.

Hyunwoo couldn’t move.

He couldn’t even breathe properly.

The dominant alpha pheromones pressing down on him were heavy and suffocating.

“Ugh…!”

Seunghyuk grabbed both of Hyunwoo’s wrists and pinned them to the floor.

Hyunwoo clenched his jaw.

He refused to tremble.

He refused to show fear.

He was an alpha too.

Even if he was overwhelmed, he had his pride.

“Lee Seunghyuk… let go.”

“……”

“Now.”

Seunghyuk stared down at him silently.

His pheromones were frenzied and wild—

But his expression was eerily calm.

He was clearly not in his right mind.

Slowly, Seunghyuk lowered his head.

“I told you before.”

“…What?”

“Next time, I wouldn’t hold back.”

“……!”

Hyunwoo froze.

He didn’t remember that.

Of course he didn’t—
because he had been the one in rut back then.

He had been drugged on suppressants, barely conscious.

“Don’t say nonsense— Ugh…!”

“Haa… Hyung…”

“Wait—!”

Seunghyuk buried his face into Hyunwoo’s collarbone.

He inhaled deeply, as if drinking in Hyunwoo’s scent.

Hyunwoo stiffened.

“I’m not an Omega.”

“I know.”

“……”

Seunghyuk let out a short laugh.

The sound made Hyunwoo’s chest tighten for some reason.

Hyunwoo tried to sit up.

“Stop fooling around and move.”

“…Fooling around?”

The air changed.

The pheromones sharpened.

Hyunwoo stopped breathing for a moment.

“Ugh…!”

“Does this look like I’m joking to you?”

Seunghyuk bit Hyunwoo’s collarbone sharply.

Hyunwoo clenched his teeth from the sting.

Seunghyuk kept biting—
his collarbone, neck, jaw.

“Stop—!”

“You have no idea— haa— how hard I’ve been holding back.”

“Ugh…”

Seunghyuk grabbed Hyunwoo’s shirt and ripped it open.

Buttons popped and scattered onto the carpet.

Hyunwoo’s eyes widened in shock.

“Are you insane!?”

“Of course I’ve been insane.”

“…What?”

“How could I stay sane when it’s you in front of me?”

“—!”

There was no time to question what that meant.

Seunghyuk’s mouth pressed to Hyunwoo’s neck again, biting, sucking, marking.

Hyunwoo tried to push him away.

But Seunghyuk didn’t move.

Not even an inch.

Same alpha?

It didn’t feel like it.

Hyunwoo’s head was spinning—

Too much pheromone exposure.

This was exactly how he lost against him last time.

“Move— ugh— move!”

“Haa… Hyung…”

“Mmph—!”

Seunghyuk’s mouth came down on his.

His tongue pushed into Hyunwoo’s mouth without hesitation.

Aggressive.

Desperate.

Nothing gentle.

Their teeth bumped painfully.

Hyunwoo’s mind reeled.

His body, despite himself, reacted.

Seunghyuk’s hand slipped beneath his torn shirt.

Hyunwoo shuddered at the unfamiliar sensation of someone touching him like that.

No one had ever touched him this way.

Not like this.

Not with hunger.

“Ah—!”

Seunghyuk pinched his sensitive nipple, making Hyunwoo jolt.

At the same time, the kiss grew deeper, nearly suffocating.

Hyunwoo slapped at Seunghyuk’s back weakly.

But his strength was fading.

His lungs were burning.

“Ha— haa—”

Their lips finally separated.

Hyunwoo gasped for air.

Seunghyuk didn’t stop—
He pressed more quick kisses against Hyunwoo’s jaw, cheek, throat.

Then he bit again.

Hard.

“St— stop…!”

“Hyung… I’m hungry.”

“…What?”

Seunghyuk kissed his palm.

Hungry?

Hungry?

Was he confusing being in rut with actual hunger?

“Then— eat later— just let go and we’ll—”

But Seunghyuk’s face was already moving lower.

Hyunwoo realized too late.

“Wait— WAIT—!”

Seunghyuk unzipped his pants.

He yanked them down in one movement.

Hyunwoo reached to stop him—
but his arms felt like water.

His underwear was pulled down too.

Cold air hit bare skin.

Seunghyuk wrapped his hand around Hyunwoo’s half-hard length.

“Ugh—!”

The worst part—

Was that Hyunwoo was reacting.

To the pheromones.

To the heat.

To him.

“St— stop… ha—!”

Seunghyuk stroked him slowly.

Hyunwoo’s whole body trembled.

“…You look delicious.”

“You— are — insane!”

Hyunwoo glared, breathless.

But Seunghyuk didn’t stop.

He lowered his head.

And took Hyunwoo into his mouth.

“—!!”

Heat.

Wet.

Tight.

Hyunwoo’s back arched without his permission.

He bit down on his own hand to stop the sound clawing up his throat.

He couldn’t look.

He turned his head away.

But he could feel everything.

And it was too much.