Gael opened the door to see Noah sleeping in bed, and shut it behind him after entering.

He walks to the bed to reach out and grab at Noah's neck, clenching at it lightly. Seeing as the teen didn't stir, Gael furrowed his eyebrows.

"So defenseless..." He muttered under his breath before pulling his hand away.

'Why did the Moon Goddess pair me up with such a weakling?' He thought as he sat down on the floor. He leaned against the bed, "He would only bring danger to the kingdom, especially so close to the upcoming war." His wolf howled in his mind, 'weak... protect our Luna... can protect the kingdom.' 

Gael closed his eyes in annoyance and rubbed his hair in rare frustration before picking up one letter of the multitudes off of the ground. After reading it, he ended up just ripping the paper into little pieces. Getting up, he padded around the room, glancing at the bed every once in a while before he walked out of the room, bringing back more blankets with him.

'Omegas like to nest, don't they? I should ask Reina about it later. ' He thought before adding the blankets to the poorly-made nest—which was surprisingly very comfortable when he joined Omega. He pulled the rest of the blankets on top of them before heading off to deep sleep.

Gael had awoken early in the morning to dress, getting ready to leave. Earlier, he had been laying in bed awake looking at Noah's swollen face. He recalled the moment when Noah had shifted back and began to dry heave into his nest. During that time, he was suddenly filled with an unknown emotion. Gael reached out and held Noah's face in his hand, wiping the leftover tears from his face, before looking at the lithe, freckled body, trailing down until he reached Noah's nether regions. He caught himself—confused, and before any more indecent actions could occur, he glanced back at Noah's face.

In return, he was greeted by two bright hazel eyes. They stared into each other's eyes for a while before Gael retrieved his hand, got dressed, and left the house altogether.

If Freckles was no longer in heat, then there was no need for him to continue to stay at his home. His wolf vehemently disagreed with him. His mate was still vulnerable... protect him. Ignoring his wolf, he made out to leave, as he was completely uncaring of Noah's feelings. Of course, when the time came, he would bring freckles along with him, but other than that, the omega was a liability. He was the complete opposite of his younger sister, Reina. Freckles was defenseless and had no control over his pheromones.

He thought back to yesterday when he had suddenly had a whiff of the omega's pheromones. His actions were an embarrassment. It had been extremely hard not to take the omega right then and there, but he had managed to do it. Out of necessity, he had followed the omega's father, but his wolf was agitated at being separated from his omega so early. He knew the separation would cause his control to weaken and he would end up attacking the omega's father in a rage. 

Touching the omega had been unavoidable in the end, as he was afraid that freckles would end up dying on him. Watching the omega go into subspace had really shaken him up.

Before he had left, he heard a whine of pain. His heart hurt, but he decided not to spare any glances at the poor omega. He left quickly in hopes of reassuring his younger sister that he had remained unscathed and to prevent his willpower from breaking down.

At that, Noah was left alone by himself.

Noah watched as his alpha left his room. His heart broke for the umpteenth time. He forced himself to get out of bed, got dressed, and headed to the kitchen to eat breakfast. His parents joined him at the table later on.

He noticed that the food tasted bland but ignored it.

"Noah, it's time you get educated about omegas, their history, and omega biology." His mother stated seriously that 'You will have to learn as much as you can for as long as you are here.' She thought.

Confused at why his mother was suddenly telling him these things, all he could do was nod his head in understanding. It was weird as he lived like an alpha his entire life until now—days passed by monotonously. He would eat, bathe, brush his teeth, use the toilet, all under the watchful eye of his father. 

These few things happen every day, in addition to studying omega anatomy and omega history with his mother.

Soon it had been two weeks since he last saw anybody, including Gael. Mostly Reina and the others would come and greet him and ask how he was before they left. He didn't really have many friends from the village as he didn't fit in. Every day he would ask his mom if his alpha had come to visit, only to be met with his mom's saddened face. His infatuation with Rana had disappeared completely.

Apparently, since he treated himself as an alpha for so long, it prevented him from presenting as an omega. It rejected his omega side, basically. In order to keep sane, his body sought the nearest omega to form a bond. Noah had mistook that need for a bond for the need to become mates.

For the first couple of days, Noah found himself unable to accept the lifestyle of an omega and how omegas needed a lot of love and attention. He had lived life as an alpha, and receiving cuddles from his father was almost nonexistent. After presenting as an omega, he would receive cuddles every couple of hours from his alpha father, and garden with his mother in the backyard, cooking and providing for the family and bonding with them.

He would occasionally go out hunting with his dad, which lifted his spirits and made his wolf feel liberated. The smell of blood after he and his dad tracked the prey and killed it, coupled with the beautiful scenery of the woods, as well as the noise of wildlife, was something that he never knew he needed. He found that he actually didn't hang out with his parents much and began to become more affectionate as time went on—completely one with his omega. He completely disassociated from society and did not know anything about what was occurring there at the time.

The one thing he couldn't change was how quick it took to get him angry nowadays. It would make him feel extremely guilty towards his parents and he would end up apologizing through tears. His mom said that it was OK, he was only going through withdrawal symptoms from not seeing his alpha in almost three weeks. His dad clenched his teeth in anger before giving his newly omega son a big bear hug and carrying him to their room, where together both parents enveloped their son in their scent. Which, to be honest, would be his favorite past time to do with them.

Noah had been relaxing with his parents; his mother was grooming him all the while before a knock came at the door.

Orion and Edith looked at each other over the top of Noah's head before Edith shifted back to human and put her clothes on to go open the door. It was revealed to be Reina.

"Hello, Noah! Are you ready to leave yet? " She asks happily.

"Leave?" From where he stood, unmoved and clothed, Noah looks at his parents in disbelief.

His mother comes up to hug her son, while his father pats him on the shoulder.

"We will make sure to visit you, honey. No matter what it takes. " His mother says, tearfully, attempting to be strong.

"Your parents have already packed your bags up and given them to us yesterday, so all we need is you." Reina grabs my hand, and I turn my head one last time to see my parents. Before the door shuts, I see my mother break down and my dad carries her away from the door.

Dazedly, I watch as Reina pulls me through crowds of people at the village center, and to the gates. We walk out of them, and there I see Gael for the first time in three weeks.

Alpha... my wolf cries.

Gael averts his gaze. He shouts to the group, "Let's go! We don't have much daylight left. " Everyone nods. Noah jumped onto some of the largest horses he'd ever seen in his life.

"Do you know how to ride a horse?" He asks.

I shake my head and look down.

"... Grab my hand." He says this before pulling me up on the horse with him. "Hold on tightly to me." He says, and suddenly we take off as fast as the wind, my short platinum hair blowing wildly on my head.

I turn around and watch as my village gets smaller and smaller, and I clench my alpha's body tighter. The trees surrounding us turned into a blur of green; I was still confused about what had happened in the last fifteen minutes. Everything had occurred so fast I wasn't able to adjust myself.

I could feel a panic attack coming on as I had never ridden a horse before. It was strange how once I presented as an omega, so many new things started to affect and trigger me differently. I clenched my eyes shut tightly, feeling overwhelmed before I smelled a musky cedarwood, leathery smell. It felt rich and warm and kept me grounded. I followed the scent and ended up nosing at my alpha's back in euphoria.

My wolf howled in satisfaction.