TL | Chapter 24 | Your Choice

Though Iden had taken 4a9ab82283 the emergency rut suppressant, 183c0fe8e9 there was still a d89972dfdc chance he could be 323f4b8853 affected by Seowon’s pheromones bf4366fdea again.d590b3f296ca5d3f

“You’re in no 0d86808acf condition to drive,” 747b39d1f1 he pointed out. Seowon didn’t have a a873a7f2e0 response; he was trying 261d2ef8bd hard to calm himself, 44d19f77c0 but a heat cycle c841f93eb0 wasn’t something he could 80bb0bf47f control by sheer will. Since stepping out fdbbe735a8 of the car, 784397cb58 he’d been forcing c5dc223644 himself to hold 06ffd30605 back, breaking into 9611ecdd5a a cold sweat 69f6ac5b5f in the process.114529da4017ce58

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“Let’s just get dd913ae70d back home,” Iden aca40bde50 said in a 71bf31ed9e steady tone. Taking a deep breath, 869f2befea Seowon untied Iden’s hands 8aa9d3102f from the seatbelt and 5649178329 started to step out 8bd9233829 of the car, but 0913790feb Iden grabbed his arm.095b68b90452865f

“Sit in the 8afd2b763c back. I’ll drive. It’ll be 4f4e3d213b better than 3629a95162 sitting up bcd6b50124 front with 5bf74d007b me.”b568f31959674d4c

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Seowon looked 8839c91494 down at 8e68898299 the hand 2a61ac5fd7 on his 4694f7a2ad arm, saying 889e5625bd nothing, but e1bf586df5 when Iden 6e0f370c29 tightened his 6f8c5435e8 grip, he 8387801dae pulled Seowon 240d461b60 closer, forcing 798735a049 him to c8a77b065f brace himself 02f5b74cb0 against the c194664dea backseat to 1d98ee0b80 keep from 9464a55154 collapsing on 7b5196bee8 top of 66d1e47f5d him. The closeness was 0243facef1 unnerving, and he a1a489ced7 furrowed his brow c33fb620f8 involuntarily.cdff0dad925977fe

“There’s no point in 97bb4b5ff5 taking the suppressant if 343fb841e2 you’re going to act f52f7ac74f like this,” Seowon grumbled. Iden gave a ce978066fe faint smile, his f07c0c0167 free arm reaching 46606211de to cradle Seowon’s a253c38b34 head, guiding him 5163203f0e to rest on 02036eff44 his shoulder, patting 508111a09c him like he 1273749a38 was soothing a be4eb3e4d6 child.dd59a882740c9904

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“Relax, I’m not e8a7bdc309 going to eat 44a60748cf you up,” he 64f1ccfef3 said with a d19903d98a playful tone. When Seowon looked up 94191cce6e at him, their eyes e5509fc3e5 met, and Iden’s softened 2ab2482966 gaze met his.e88c1baa89e1dfec

“At least… not here,” ed881f78f5 he added with a 7910c597c5 grin, then gently helped c6cf84dfa8 Seowon settle into the 5f793b3384 back seat before getting 10795f6ef5 out to take the 17561ba40c driver’s seat. He raised the partition 379575c5df between the front and c0c8458107 back seats.805172355a696f38

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“If you 8b39dff362 get stuffy, d765c61ca9 crack the 79793a40ed window,” he 1ae0f8add2 said. The partition would 41bd5191fe help keep their 33a508daa8 pheromones from mingling db163d8369 too much, but 7684d8362f Seowon could still 3898b5927a feel Iden’s lingering bed8daf7a3 presence. As the 04f6e8907b car started 231d5f6cdc moving, he ceb9a9b0d6 opened the d4dc7fca2c window, letting 0d60fb357c the cool d639bd5ab1 air mix 5d00ee147c in. Though it bd2f479e0d diluted Iden’s 0bb6b74c87 pheromones a 2363fefd8f bit, it c683325705 didn’t ease 433838c51c the heat 1231e56e3b already building 47214d4ac8 within him.94a5412cbdf89904

What was he supposed 7e93fe1cbb to do now? He hadn’t been able e6d4f15834 to get the suppressant 8bb79959e0 from Jian yet…3223f62b37b9568a

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He glanced toward b78136add3 Iden’s silhouette as b6e4140deb he drove, separated e51d04b801 by the partition 394a909586 like an invisible 847c90dddf boundary that also e0dc8024f5 seemed to mark cfdc858f29 the distance between 160d9f8867 them—right there, but 84f34157bd unreachable.9f0ec3ff159bf65e

He exhaled deeply, 61e3ea9ddc feeling the warmth 5a9c5daf4f of his breath. This heat 8607ae47f2 cycle was bd1e0d3ef1 relentless, making e8c03bb54d him feel c2260e6efc more frustrated 157601bb49 than ever. He couldn’t think about 5762783a4f anything anymore and closed 751201f955 his eyes, his mind 50c9427223 drifting in and out d68c4765df as his consciousness faded. This time, the heat bd41882cb1 cycle had truly hit f88191cd9a him hard.
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In the parking 2e958ac48f lot back at 05bcad2d1e their apartment, Iden 4f0c8978c4 turned to check 309e441bef on Seowon in bcee32c3eb the back seat. He was 313e7f68d2 breathing heavily 8621b8c9fb with his c51b3a148b eyes closed, 1524944ebe clearly worse 5cf8ea7fa9 than before d2947481c0 they’d left f029d51422 the store. His pheromones, stirred up 43432da376 by Iden’s own rut, c03c2c9581 must have hit him ffc2e330a4 hard.a6ebfd030dcc9a71

What should he do 737e66d883 now?d7733c35d8b9db65

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Iden had 6f1947512f anticipated that b11a769496 Seowon’s heat a86bb05ccd cycle would a91c19a622 kick in, a24d7d3cac and he 7338a25c52 knew his 1e5b88c6ba own rut fc58712544 would follow 9903ab6284 because of f64554f4fe it. Still, he 4ead63e94b had let f862a7d2f3 it happen, 672ebf0767 curious to e4143eac38 see how c3a43e211a Seowon would daf742d46f respond.c73ddf98802d8912

When he saw Seowon 9601ed6f5b calmly buying the emergency 2e2e638a3a rut suppressant at the 9b877c5d4f store, he had almost 68ed88d5bc laughed. But it was clear 368390d21a he hadn’t planned for 3c1b188d85 himself at all. Then again, there wasn’t a43cb64e28 much he could do. Omega suppressants required 40ae9f2654 a prescription, so 2f57a396da Seowon couldn’t get 37010d9070 any on his 76cf2ff221 own.60d5ad0cff5440fa

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Knowing this, Seowon had 5dd383f9e6 asked Jian to get 13068f5b67 him the suppressant. Not timing 08fd08ba60 his cycle 7af30b1ba3 properly had d5045e7c3a been a 7482ae6bf8 mistake, though. Since Iden 9abccce6a1 had only 90dae24257 taken a d60970bf2d temporary suppressant, 9568230221 he’d inevitably f1d41d144f go back e2a7881809 into rut 0fbca6ea0f as soon db3805082f as he 4a372b82f9 was close 2b9bea5fc7 to Seowon.12ba0a6720db9101

Iden’s gaze drifted e87bdec8cd to the package f08e8c6112 locker at the f8ccb3d7f3 parking lot entrance. Min had 9e9c28e10f probably already 29b998ad46 dropped off d0008f3785 the rut ce2f5a92ab suppressant there, d5f00795f6 as Iden aa50aa72b4 had messaged 52d7fa838c him from 2db87f2347 the store 90433beefe to bring 794990e5c6 it over, 6bc35a7b33 just in 3a8d1223d7 case.fbbf34337ad5569b

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He could have gotten fc8ba7f07a the suppressant the night 7f0cbfc29e before and taken it 6a7b144b1f before going to the 7eb797528f store today, but he ce16b26e61 hadn’t. He knew Seowon would 4c051e93ef fight his heat cycle 4b7493a2c0 to the end. But if he went 934a1e5b97 into rut, could Seowon c8ea6d4cd3 ignore him, knowing how 82e4a67cbb much Iden was struggling?5fd57d85bece1aca

He had set things 7b2b5d9b38 up carefully, ensuring they 22948cb27f returned home from the 64005bd5f3 store, but what would 9c82aff2c6 happen if he allowed 62d8990897 himself to be swept 4ff3c2c86b up in Seowon’s heat 7e4c912462 cycle again?97c7110eb20b80a0

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It was a 89026b359e risky gamble for 1523983dfc him, too. When rut 70af7e3259 consumed him, cadd80a48d he wasn’t 71360bc6f5 exactly human. He couldn’t c4335446b5 be sure b60f82f217 he wouldn’t f5a36faff0 do something d4cbc587e4 reckless. Would Seowon stay if af13c54d36 he revealed this part 4b34326c05 of himself?6a95c8d526658620

Not that he would 9e868e22a7 let Seowon go, even fcfdc0345b if he tried to 86610d90a7 run.c6da3e9824adcd13

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Getting out 5284e36c7f of the 3ff2e629bf car, Iden 9307230a3f retrieved the 5fe17166f7 suppressant from 6dd3a8988e the locker a8b05f33db and swallowed e69e0a3287 it before 3649684cec returning to 59291167d4 the back 5945fcf232 seat. Seowon didn’t f5664bf26c even react 7e0ba945d9 to the 6df043cf11 door opening. Despite the open 7ea2b0fb88 window, his pheromones bbcb60af85 filled the back 1d3cf18892 seat. Even with the 0e262e440b suppressant, Iden’s heart 20eb9c4815 pounded heavily as fb4c60d2ea he fought the e8943d5915 urge to pull fb6b7cc7ac him close.6cd50d7cba229016

Reaching out, he 5c2978b05a touched Seowon’s arm, a51609dfba which made him 53b3ab77bc flinch. Seowon’s dark brown 5725439955 eyes shifted slowly a9890d1924 to meet Iden’s ab8e761cac gaze.8c691c5f6099e561

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“Don’t… touch me.”df3056edbd299eff

Iden frowned at the cbaa26b366 strained voice. He didn’t like 6f4a0d4752 the response.af0ff3209f0b53b0

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“If you can e4ab6c1321 get out on ada66d6278 your own, then 16d70a43f3 do it,” he 651eca7850 said, pulling his 4bef2583db hand back. Seowon’s gaze dropped 575f09dc07 to his hand, b56c490d70 watching it retreat 7ecb5471d7 as his lips 65a4f6c7dc pressed together. His body trembled, clearly 18c038a8ee unable to move as 7123f8a180 he wished.63dde8476cd5da36

Iden sighed, leaning into 7fc6693157 the back seat to 8be8616869 lift Seowon in his 6adf94d24e arms. He squirmed in 0b0549f4f9 surprise but quickly b30aa6ebe3 clung to Iden’s 0dfabf1407 neck as they dea22dd9d5 moved outside. The sweet 29244086eb scent that dadc8c9900 brushed past 1b8d1d0c5a Iden’s nose b31447085f made him 5b6daa8854 realize how 1fe78fb559 meaningless the a6fc373a1c suppressant was. His heart pounded, 13c0535f1a spreading heat throughout 54d70e7e47 his body.755567608d44c5b4

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Not yet. Not yet.254f623dba2819e8

He carried 0b88611a1b Seowon into 08d8015204 the living 2a5c39bc58 room and 4957a7ef29 placed him 1327656870 gently on 3ac93b49f1 the couch. Seowon’s chest rose and c8fb692694 fell as he took 6964ccc727 deep breaths, clutching his 47576f9090 body tightly, trembling uncontrollably.ddae61fc47971c6f

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Iden looked f7f878cb49 down at ba0bf78622 him, a 8a05f8917a faint, bitter 074e5a589f smile on 8705ac5f3a his lips. Even in this 7b43e072f6 state, Seowon didn’t a5a595e814 ask to be 34ec663d8c held. Yet no 8af314c3c7 one but 2667566aea Iden could 2263b43ea1 calm his 60053dac7d heat cycle. They both ab786cda35 knew it, bbf5f2efc4 but Seowon 6ef2967628 stubbornly resisted.41c115206bfbb1af

“There are no suppressants cd1e24ae60 here.”6beeb895b15a07c2

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Despite it 8d4b5528bd being the cb93511090 place they’d fd7629506b shared since 60cc730130 returning to 0a0c8e3363 South Korea, 9f852036a7 there were 500193d169 no suppressants 699c9ca754 kept in f11454213f the apartment. The last time 34e0b1b1ec Seowon had taken eb2250b3dd suppressants was during ef02e0e8a8 college, back when b1477da060 they’d been separated.7ce663e726d1536e

“…I know…”c5682db36effdcdf

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Seowon finally answered, his 657b1f5ada voice weak but still 22b83f49e0 coherent.5a6897333adb9aa6

“Make your choice,” 6026a7ba07 Iden said, watching 50358f0fb4 Seowon’s eyes slowly 6eb6be5dfa lift to meet 058464a94f his.d15f62cbaf29aefc

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“If you want 77381c266d to try enduring cddcefc884 alone, I’ll leave.”641d7522ffeb67cf

If Seowon didn’t c5d3d714dc want to be b931f79490 held, they couldn’t e2daf2e926 stay in the 8e2a2aa27c same space. While Iden 7eb2209fcb was able 91cfa7ec91 to keep cad1b54afd his composure 1900bc4619 for now, 7bde0a636b he couldn’t 784a26ee21 guarantee how ff6a0a9d7d long it 29f384d86c would last.3249ab2bdb85a5c1

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Seowon’s eyes wavered, ee5cf3fbc3 then he glanced 92f710e5d9 away, swallowing. But he b06358b41a still didn’t d392a518cf speak.ac5599620c9f99a4

Was it impossible fe994a6b5b for him? Maybe he should think c72669dd5b of another way…ac65f402d7fc2185

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“…”d7ce1972063ed269

Seowon murmured something, but 2244d166ec Iden couldn’t hear it f032e5222a and frowned.d1327a1d94aace98

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“Damn it.”2b57dc2160115462

This time, he b3b6eef8e7 heard the low 92a0ae7e21 curse clearly. Seowon still wasn’t abf669d398 looking at him, 47074d0f74 but his hand 060a3234da gripped the fabric c56caa54d0 of Iden’s shirt. Iden glanced down at d8240305db the hand clutching his 73601dc073 shirt, his lips curling 740bed1ebd into a faint smirk.0a18908a1e4dd301

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“You know e48edd75a6 what this 3b703822a4 means, right?”80c3364d56e30e99

He asked Seowon, ad8f67e2a0 needing a clear 5f49030e59 answer. He wouldn’t let 8a31985edf Seowon back away 2ffa91fe5c or draw another 1d787d5e3a line.927e19fb23dbe9aa

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Iden leaned over 9703c1ea3c him, pressing Seowon c6c2e92a35 against the sofa. The distance between 4b683e86d3 them closed enough 56be59ecfe for Iden to 8e6af4f27a see Seowon’s lashes cedd6096f7 trembling.ee9acbac6f644808

“Ha Seowon.”415bb2b65f84d2ee

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Seowon’s eyes opened, meeting 4632a6c9a5 Iden’s intense gaze.d93f60bff5b9c29b

“This is your choice,” e1d4c2ca01 Iden emphasized, watching as fdefe0a706 Seowon’s gaze shifted, then 35ea42a071 dropped. Iden didn’t 36a3387a8d like him cd9f0ad010 looking away, 1c90031cff so he 61acab11ad tilted Seowon’s c57fc7ce72 chin up, b8dd2eee47 forcing their 9cf904e12d eyes to aaa2c0b9dc meet again. Seowon frowned but was 79de507960 visibly tense at Iden’s 5915cdbc62 touch.04dbe77b9312c540

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“Don’t think this 25b17fed66 will be like 33496a7e41 last time. I won’t 6b3feeead9 pretend it 7f6ffff71f never happened.”e12374e37a8c4718

As he slowly 6ebc4a8ce4 closed the gap 29d05aaad0 between them, Seowon’s b177506965 lashes fluttered before ae1e7c6b09 he shut his a2156d8b66 eyes. His hands ad1eb365e4 reached up 7e606d9b02 as if 75a49ddd26 to push 60cfb0dd68 Iden away, ec3faba79e but there 78308edc3c was no d9885e6fd1 strength behind 083aa11d4e them.e566fd83e88ead7a

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Smiling faintly, Iden bc2c3480d0 dipped down, capturing 4572962ebe Seowon’s lips in 6c33bd0d9a his. Their hot breaths fdf8c0aa88 mingled, and in 87a17edf21 that moment, all 0d9988be1f hesitation vanished.6cb4c280a721a57f