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He grips onto the dagger so hard his knuckles have turned white. He needs to hide how much his body is trembling, how his hands shake with each press against the colonelโs throat. Noah needs to hide how fragile and vulnerable he is right now โ full-body flushed, glistened with sweat, warm blood still seeping out of his wound.
Crashing heat, his constitution tormenting him so much he canโt function. Heโs dizzy, parched, excruciatingly pained. Yang Rong looks at him with inscrutable eyes and Noah becomes even more aggressive, grabbing him by the throat, fangs bared to kill. It is disgust, panic and fear all in one โ the colonel, a dominant alpha, is all too capable of subduing him.
But Noah would never submit. His omega genes are begging to be satiated but he still retains his sanity. He wants to sink his claws into the manโs chest, dig into his throat, tear him into pieces. He doesnโt know if he can, however, when Yang Rong can take him so easily.
โNoah,โ the man murmurs โ and Noah hadnโt calculated for the voice to affect him so much it sends waves of pleasure, craving, disgust crashing into his system. He almost recoils.
โDonโt you dare,โ he spits out. โDonโt you dare command me.โ
Yang Rong didnโt command him to do anything. Yet, Noah is so aware that he could if he wanted to. It is exactly this powerlessness that makes him more feral to compensate. The colonelโs pheromones are mixing with his โ the mere thought makes him convulse.
Another crash of heat and he topples downward, loosening his hold on the dagger. It pricks the manโs throat before dropping pathetically onto the floor. Yang Rong does not take it from him โ he only watches Noahโs state of collapse, those same green eyes trailing over him, trailing through him in omniscience.
He thinks heโs pressing the colonelโs neck hard enough to cut off his breathing. Yang Rongโs expression is preternaturally calm despite the obvious warmth radiating from his frame โ heโs trying to suppress himself, Noah can tell, but slightest flicker of desire gives him away. The manโs eyes are more hooded than usual and by the pupils is an eerie speck of red, a light ring around the cornea.
Noah is breathing raspingly, his abdomen quivering in pain, his headache splitting him apart. His knees are buckling on either side of the colonelโs hips, closing the distance between them and Noah despises that his body craves for more. He shudders uncontrollably as the heat threatens to engulf him whole.
A crawling flush makes its way from his cheeks to his ears, a striking glow on his delicate features, offset only by the wildness of his eyes.
In a state of delirium, he leans down and bites hard on the colonelโs lips. It counts less as a kiss than it does an assault, his teeth tugging on the lower junction and harshly drawing blood. He angles himself for better access, licking and sucking with crazed abandon.
Yang Rong, still stupefied, doesnโt react immediately. Noah locks the colonel down more forcefully, squeezing his neck โ there will be marks left for days โ and continues to ravage, all his sanity thrown in lieu of hunger. The scent of pheromones is getting more pungent, honey-caramel mixed with musk, sweet and metallic.
Noahโs heart races as erratically as his flung-out thoughts. His body is unbearably hot as he grinds downward, his abdomen smearing blood onto the colonelโs half-unbuttoned shirt. Finally, Yang Rong reciprocates, one hand sliding to the back of his head and another sliding down his slender waist, bare skin on skin.
The man lets out a low, appreciative noise โ a growl that sends more pangs of desire down his spine โ and picks up pace. The make-out session is utterly feral โ Colonel Yang tilts him closer, sliding a tongue into his mouth, brushing against his sharpened canine teeth. Noah reciprocates all too needily, letting out stuttered gasps and soft moans.
Rough callouses stroke a bruise on his hips, and Noah preens into it as much as it hurts him. The movement sends stabbing pain through his stomach.
โA-Ahโโ An intermingle of tongues that drowns out his soft cries. Colonel Yang, led astray, catches up to alacrity only for Noah to lean in more heatedly. Noah is gone in lust, in the need to drink up the alpha pheromones โ but still, the one sliver of rationale refuses to let him loosen his grip on the colonelโs neck.
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A strained voice by his ears. โNoah, your voiceโฆโ Yang Rong is likely more conscious than he, but the man is also strung-out and aroused. โI wonโt be able to control myself if youโฆ keepโฆโ
โMmโฆ nghโฆโ Noah only gasps in return, burrowing himself deeper into the alphaโs hold. He is a sight to behold โ half-lidded eyes, saliva-slicked lips, flushed skin that seems almost incandescent in the dim, somber cottage. Colonel Yang sucks a mark on his throat and Noah buckles down instinctively, the wound on his abdomen tearing up with each shift of their bodies. โAhโh-hurtsโฆโ
The pain flits through him and it is only then that he regains some semblance of sanity. Colonel Yang dips a hand to cup his ass, squeezing the tender skin, sliding a finger to smear the slick oozing out of his entrance. Noah shudders, moans and cranes his neck for the alpha to bite at. A scrape of teeth on skin, a lick on his scent gland and thenโ
Noahโs eyes constrict and he slams the colonel back onto the ground, absolutely ruthless. He gives no time to recollect before he grabs the dagger โ thrown a few inches away โ and lunges for Yang Rongโs face.
His wrist is caught right before impact.
The colonelโs grip is firm, but his own is shaky. The weapon wobbles a dangerous centimeter from Yang Rongโs cheek.
They come to a standstill in the middle of the rundown cottage. The deluge is endless outside, but the cold air does nothing to alleviate the heat radiating from their bodies. Noah is left breathless, the sweat on his body trickling down like raindrops, his eyelashes aquiver. Stinging warmth piles on his eyelids. Colonel Yang gazes at him. Unreadable complexity.
Noah realizes how frightening it is to be subjected to that gaze. Yang Rong, a dominant alpha, has a pair of virescent eyes that take him in hypnotically, the hue of them so alluring but so dangerous andโNoah is deathly afraid. His fingers are still wrapped around the manโs neck. Delicate hands that barely cover much surface. He squeezes harder and harder until finally โ a flinch on Yang Rongโs face, a tinge of pink indicating fluster.
Colonel Yang moves his hand with the knife away. Noah wouldnโt let go.
His other hand is fixed to a chokehold, his fingernails digging deep to pierce.
โNoah,โ the man croaks out, the sound strained. Noah would like to see him writhe, to suffer, to see him powerless underneath for once. Noah would not, however, like to see him with such a tender expression, his gaze softening to resignment, his lips (bitten bloody) that curl gently when he says, โDonโt be afraid.โ
Yang Rong reaches to tap his hand softly, beckoning him to loosen his grip. The colonel is so calm about it too, like heโs not being strangled to death, like heโs allowing Noah all the time in the world. Noah is eased only when his hands are brushed tenderly, when the man strokes his knuckles to appease.
โDonโt be afraid,โ he murmurs again, taking ahold of his wrist and guiding him away. โRong-ge is sorry. Rong-ge wonโt hurt you.โ
An overwhelming emotion he canโt describe. Itโs fear and insanity but mixed with a dash of uncertainty. Yang Rong whispers apologies to him โ none of which he hears โ and then the man plants pliant kisses on his hand, grazes his palm and then his knuckles, his fingersโฆ Yang Rong doesnโt care at all that Noahโs tried to kill him.
โI wonโt hurt you,โ the colonel repeats, pressing his lips on Noahโs dirt-stained fingers. Tentative. Testing. The kisses lack any of the searing heat they shared prior. โPlease donโt cry.โ
There are very little tears โ just the few drops that have piled up on the rims, induced by overstimulation. They bring fragile gloss to his irises, and suddenly he doesnโt look so feral anymore. Rather, Noah looks frazzled, sad and hurt.
Yang Rong hoists himself up and slowly settles Noah back to a proper position. Noah sits on his lap with both legs spread on either side of the colonelโs hips โ the distance is close, but the overheat has dulled to a numbing pain. There is a viscous string of crimson where their bodies separate, the laceration on his abdomen tearing to an unsightly, gaping hole.
Noahโs face is scrunched in torment.
โYang Rongโฆโ he whispers shakily, โit is painfulโฆโ
He drops his hold on the dagger โ he forgets he was still clenching onto it โ and watches as it tumbles downward, the blade of it nearly pricking the colonelโs skin. Yang Rong lets go of his wrist and Noah, finally freed, reaches to tug on the hem of his tattered, black uniform. A part of him despises that heโs still craving for the alphaโs touch.
Yang Rong places a hand on the side of his cheek, testing his reaction before rubbing soft motions to pacify, treating him as delicately as he would a porcelain vase. โLet me tend to your wound?โ
He doesnโt say anything in response, merely curling his fingers on Yang Rongโs chest, watching as the man works with the antiseptic, daubing cotton against raw skin. As clean and meticulous as his motions are, Yang Rong is slower than usual.
There is hesitance in his care, like heโs making sure to not touch him too closely, to not damage him. Yang Rong is obviously affected by the heat still, his erection still visible through the black trousers, poking Noahโs sensitive inner thigh. Alpha pheromones are exuded strongly in the air, but Noah is too distracted by pain, his senses already numbed to exhaustion.
A rough drag of cotton against the open surface and he hisses, clinging onto Yang Rongโs body to bear the sensation. The colonel allows him to drag his nails across his broad shoulders, leaving streaks that would remain for days. Yang Rong reaches over for the med kit and takes out a needle and thread.
โYouโll need stitches,โ Yang Rong tells him. A short pause. โIs it alright?โ
Noah is hit with another ripple of dizziness โ blood loss and omega heat โ and replies inaudibly. โMnโฆโ
โNoahโโ the man lets out a shaky breath, โdo you have suppressants?โ
It takes him almost a minute to reply to the question. Yang Rong had already moved to suture, poking through thin skin, weaving and cutting the thread with expert finesse. It is the sudden pain that snaps him back to his senses. Whatever gasps Noah is letting out are slurred in aphrodisia. โโฆThe bagโฆ n-nghโ”
โShhโฆโ Yang Rong finally tells him with a low grunt, โstay still.โ
Yang Rong rummages through the backpack and then, in a moment of haste, pours out the entire contents onto the floor. There are about ten bottles of white pills, all of them unlabeled and with different cap designs. Yang Rong stares at a loss.
โWhich ones?โ he asks Noah, who is on the verge of deep intoxication.
Noah doesnโt hear him. His ears are ringing shrilly. Heโs even surprised he can hear the man at all over his own strumming heartbeat. The scent of vanilla is so pungent even he can taste it โ and the colonelโs lingering musk only makes him more and more delirious.
โโฆYour pheromonesโฆ fuck.โ Yang Rong sweeps back his raven-black hair, revealing the sweat on his temple. He holds Noahโs shoulders an armโs length away, restraining him from coming closer โ and Noah is intent on getting closer, despite it being involuntary. โTheyโre too strong. Little kitten, do me a favor and subdue them, hm?โ
โMnโฆโ he slurs out, unaware of what exactly heโs replying to.
Sounds of a bottle being uncapped, the pills being shaken out. Yang Rong tells him something indistinct โ Noah is too hazed to care. The colonel tilts his jaw, presses a pill against his lips and then Noah voluntarily parts to receive. He laps his tongue around the colonelโs fingers, hungrily bowing his head to take in more, sucking and licking subconsciously.
A brief flicker of scarlet on Yang Rongโs eyes, as candescent as his own, and then his digits press more insistently inside, stretching him wider, scraping against the pointed molars of his teeth. Saliva trails down the jut of his lower lip, smearing against the colonelโs knuckles. The bitterness of the pill is second to Colonel Yangโs caramel musk, so addicting he eats it up like a narcotic.
Then a low growl, Yang Rong retracting himself in a fleeting moment of clarity. Dark lashes cast shadows down his sculpted features, his eyes are heavily hooded, the same viridescent shade but with a veil of wildness. Noah is jolted back to reality at the same time, though heโs dangerously close to losing himself once more.
โโMore,โ he pants out heavily. โColonel… itโs not enoughโฆโ
An unsteady sigh as Colonel Yang reaches for the pill bottle again.
Noah grabs it instead and, with one fluid movement, downs the entire bottle of twenty. He crunches them down as though they were candy, grinding his teeth until theyโre turned to powder. To Yang Rongโs disbelief, he once again grabs another bottle โ blindly โ and prepares to empty it.
The colonel grabs his hand firmly, stopping him in his actions.
โIt is enough,โ Colonel Yang says, his expression hardened. โDo not take any more.โ
Noah is burning up excruciatingly, tinted rosy from neck up. The suppressants are akin to vodka shots โ all twenty at once, scalding his mouth, his throat and his stomach until heโs left paralyzed. Suddenly, a pulsation in his head, the feeling of being hit with another tidal sea wave and Noah wobbles forward, dropping weakly onto the colonelโs shoulder.
Vetiver cologne. Sandalwood. A heavy alpha stench that is uncomfortably addicting.
Heโs still panting hard even as he falls unconscious.
Noah honey we need to talk about your approach to taking medicine…
drugs in moderation, everyone! don’t be like MC
The post-apocalyptic wasteland, the blood, the desire and pull… great stuff!!!
+1
y es, the blood, my favorite ๐
I didn’t expect this but this time I’ll have to congratulate yang rong for his endurance despite all the teasing and pheromones …. Can’t wait to see what noah will do after this
Thanks for the chapter โฅ๏ธโฅ๏ธ
yes congrats to the ML who i sincerely feel conflicted about
why did i make him this dumb, i–
admirable
Thank you for the chapter ๐ฅฐ
thanks for reading~ ๐
For all his faults, gotta admit, YR’s got some serious restraint
Thanks for the chapter ๐
see?! i swear YR has some good traits that will be…… hopefully explored more ๐
The sexual tension is sooo thicc. I luv it
as thicC as i try to make it ๐คง
Have to say, although YR is an idiot, he came off as awfully caring and considerate in this chapter. Seems like his idiocy might be situational?
Thank you for the chapter! ๐
i guess everyone’s nickname for YR is now just ‘idiot’ LMAO
(it is very suitable)
I feel as if Noah hadn’t panicked and been so afraid, Yang Rong would have absolutely taken advantage and used his pheromones to suppress Noah.
Still, I give him a +1 which now brings him to -99. Progress is progress, I guess. xD
thanks for the chapter! <3
+1 is better than nothing ๐ญ he’s… he’s improving! kind of?! really slowly.. but surely…. maybe
Well imagine both of them being โintoxicatedโ and horny in that case both parties have responsibility. I donโt think heโs such a bad guy.
This is like giving me candy then telling me no more author why are u teasing me ๐ญbut It was good overall can’t wait for them to do it and hope we get more then one situation where they are doing it ๐คค
…. Ik I’m sick ๐
Ahhh that sexual tension omg.
Poor YR this must have been really difficult to endure.
Thanks for the chapter.
๐ thanks for reading~
oh. my. mother. that was godly!๐๐ป tho i still want them to do it๐
not now~~
Wow what a battle. Kudos to YR for not completely losing control ๐๐พ. They’re both so strong! But YR, new respect for him.
woaH are people starting to like YR just a little bit more now PHEW
I think so!! But I’ve always liked him. His character feels more real and human to me.
same, I like him too even befkre this arc. I can see some of my values in him when it comes to his duties and how he handles himself.
I just finished binge reading this and I gotta say this is SO???? GOOD????? The plot is amazing and the TENSION! The ACTION! All so well written!
On another note, this story reminds me of Little Mushroom (also on this site lol). With the apocalypse and the radiation and not-quite-human MC x military ML. I loved that story to bits so Iโm very excited for this story!
Love love LOVE everything so far and thank you for writing this!! Looking forward to how this is gonna go!
ahh!! i’ve heard so much about little mushroom. i really love it when authors explore the apocalyptic radioactive trope and!! not to mention military MLs are my favorite ๐ญ
thank you for the praise sobs i will try my best~~
Well that was quite intense. YR do continue to work hard ^^
work him to the bone ๐คง
OLALALALALALA A-AHEM u__u
i can’t read anything help ๐
this chapter has a drop down NSFW content warning! simply click on the sentence, and the text will appear ๐
I gotta hand it to the Colonel.. What self- control..
So relieved that they didn’t do the deed when Noah is fatally injured..
good guy, rongrong!! you did a great job for suppressing the heat and not going all the way till the end and comforting noah!
bLOOD KNIVES AND ๐ My absolute favourite combo ๐ค
NOAH STOP OVERDOSING ON MEDICATION AND TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF ALREADY AHHHHHH
Thankfully YR is there to stop Noah from downing several bottles, but even so! I DO respect YR’s willpower though, mad respect.
…..my dear child…. Let Rong help you
Noah, honey are you sure you’re not an ……….addict?
i canโt see the chapter๐ฅฒ does chrysanthemum garden not allow nsfw stuff anymore?
it’s a dropdown ^-^ click on the words (NSFW content warning) and it should appear
CH.40 seems to be missing?
And the extra chapter a while back for April fool’s was missing too.
Help?
Oh! I see!!! Drop-down ๐
I am relieved that they didn’t do the thing while Noah has a deep, gaping wound in his stomach… Omega heats sure are inconvenient…