Accidentally Marking The Vicious Female Lead After Transmigrating Into A Period Novel - Chapter 25

Even on New Year’s Eve, most of Xili Village remained shrouded in darkness. Since everyone was gathered at the production team headquarters today, the houses were unlit, making the trek home pitch black.

Fortunately, the moon was bright tonight, and the unthawed snow lining the road offered a faint, reflective glow to light their path.

Li Yan regretted not bringing a flashlight today. As they walked, she unconsciously drifted closer to the figure in front of her. She kept her head down, watching the footprints of the person ahead, gradually stepping in sync until her strides overlapped with theirs.

Lin Yishu walked with grace, her toes tapped the ground lightly, her pace rhythmic and even, like an elegant cat. Li Yan found herself entranced just by observing her.

Suddenly, the person in front stopped as if startled. Li Yan failed to brake in time and bumped straight into the girl’s slender back.

The wind caught Lin Yishu’s hair, carrying the scent of soap and a faint, familiar hint of rose. Li Yan’s mind grew hazy for a moment. It wasn’t until she felt a warm touch on her arm that she shook her head to clear the fleeting, stray thoughts.

“What’s wrong?” Li Yan asked.

Lin Yishu’s voice was unsteady, clearly shaken. “There’s a cat.”

Li Yan followed her gaze and spotted a pitch-black cat. Only its eyes glowed blue-green in the night, letting out a “meow” as it stared them down. Li Yan patted the hand gripping her arm and stomped her feet at the cat to drive it away.

“It’s okay,” she comforted. “Probably a stray that caught the scent of the food in the village today.”

Lin Yishu murmured an “um” and released her grip on Li Yan’s arm.

Suddenly, Li Yan felt a strange itch in her chest. She tried to ignore the sensation and continued walking behind her companion. Whether it was an illusion or not, when the wind had lifted Lin Yishu’s hair earlier, she thought she saw the girl’s gland, a small, pale protrusion, glistening like jade.

It felt as though a feather was stroking her nerves. The itch spread upward, making Li Yan’s throat tighten. She couldn’t help but swallow hard. The scent of roses lingered at the tip of her nose, growing more intense and tugging at her senses.

The back of her own neck began to burn again.

Unlike before, this time the scorching pheromones found an outlet. They spilled out recklessly, racing toward the figure in front of her.

Lin Yishu, walking ahead, suddenly froze. She whipped around and stepped toward Li Yan, quickly checking behind her neck.

The gland patch was gone.

How? When did it fall off?

Looking for an answer, Lin Yishu stared at the flushed face of the person before her. “Where is your gland patch?”

Li Yan could hear her speaking but felt dizzy. She turned her head blearily. “Hmm? What?”

Her consciousness was fading, but her physical instincts screamed at her to get closer to the person in front of her. She took a step forward, resting her head on Lin Yishu’s shoulder and nuzzling against her.

Hot breath fanned across Lin Yishu’s ear. Every hair on her body stood on end, and she froze. The biological craving for the person in front of her began to stir once more.

Lin Yishu took a deep breath, using every ounce of strength to push the head off her shoulder.

“Let’s go home first. Here… we can’t,” she gritted out through clenched teeth.

The Alpha’s pheromones were releasing even more violently than they had this morning, crashing over her like a tidal wave. Lin Yishu’s toes were trembling. By the time she managed to drag Li Yan back into the house, she was shaking so hard she was almost convulsing.

After their “trial run” this morning, their pheromones craved each other even more intensely. For both the Alpha and herself, forced endurance was a form of exquisite torture.

Lin Yishu panted, her mind and body pushed to the limit. Without the control of a gland patch, even if she could endure the night, what about Li Yan?

Even in this state, her brain raced for a solution. Fu Sinian might have spare patches, but it was impossible to go and borrow one now. The only other option was for Li Yan to hold out until the rest of the family returned.

[Help! Why is it starting again?! I can’t take this anymore! Is she doing this on purpose?! Will it ever end? Argh! Get away from her!]

The system screamed in her mind, and Lin Yishu’s fragile nerves finally snapped. She groaned, frowning. She stood up abruptly.

Instead of letting this drag on, it was better to let Li Yan mark her now. This was also her first step in rebelling against that noisy system.

Ignoring the non-stop shouting in her head, Lin Yishu reached out her hand toward the Alpha.

Li Yan still possessed a sliver of lucidity. From the moment she realized something was wrong outside, she had been biting her tongue, trying desperately to stay conscious. But no matter how she resisted, she was slowly drowning in the pheromones.

Just as she felt she couldn’t hold on any longer, she saw the girl, her face flushed under the moonlight, reaching out to her.

Lin Yishu’s voice was broken, her usually cool tone now laced with a seductive charm in the darkness.

“Li Yan,” she whispered. “Mark me.”

It sounded like a command, yet felt like a plea.

Li Yan’s mind exploded like fireworks. Nothing makes an Alpha’s heart race more than an Omega’s invitation. She grabbed the offered hand immediately, pulling the Omega into her embrace.

The cool moonlight spilling through the window couldn’t hide the simmering intimacy in the room. The temperature rose as the intertwining pheromones merged with desperate haste.

Li Yan’s hands shook as she stripped the cumbersome outer coat off the Omega, tossing it haphazardly onto the floor. Without the coat, the curves of the Omega were revealed. Li Yan’s breathing grew ragged; the flush from her ears spread to her face, burning away her remaining logic.

As if sensing her gaze, the Omega glared at her with feigned anger, issuing a powerless warning: “Don’t look… don’t look everywhere!” She swung a light slap toward Li Yan’s eyes.

Li Yan caught the hand before it landed. Her fingers slid down the snowy-white wrist, eventually interlocking their fingers tightly.

Her breath was damp and hot. “Be good. Don’t move.”

But the Omega was not naturally submissive. Hearing this only made her more frustrated, she struggled to pull her hand away, her body twisting in Li Yan’s hold.

Left with no choice, Li Yan wrapped one arm around the girl’s waist, pulling her flush against her chest, then used her legs to part the Omega’s, forcing her to sit astride her lap.

Lin Yishu’s face deepened to a dark crimson. Startled by the Alpha’s boldness, she let out a small cry and used her free hand to buffet Li Yan’s chest.

“Li Yan, you jerk!”

She had asked for a mark, but that didn’t mean she had given permission for this… for this position!

Li Yan felt like everything happening was new and intoxicating. she was moving entirely on instinct. The Omega’s “protests” were viewed through a different lens now, the watery eyes, the bitten red lip, the slender waist…

All of it sent her blood rushing, battering against her sanity. Li Yan squeezed her eyes shut, suppressing her stray thoughts to maintain some clarity.

“Lin Yishu, be good. Stop moving. I’m going to bite now.”

Her voice was so hoarse it was barely recognizable. The Omega, startled by the sound, finally nodded obediently. But at the last second, she couldn’t help but whisper:

“Then… be gentle. I’m afraid of the pain.”

Li Yan suppressed the swirling desire in her eyes and nodded. She carefully moved the Omega’s hair aside, tilting the girl’s body slightly.

Perhaps to make it easier, the Omega’s usually straight back slumped slightly, her shoulders hunching from tension. Li Yan’s gaze locked onto the protruding gland. Her throat bobbed.

Finally, she moved.

Her lips brushed lightly against the skin of the Omega’s neck, leaving a trail of pink. A second later, the person in her arms began to tremble.

Sensitive and fragile. It made her want more.

“Mmm…”

The Omega’s unconscious whimper acted like a powerful catalyst. The hunger in Li Yan’s eyes intensified. The hand gripping the Omega’s waist tightened, her thumb grazing the bone.

The Omega tried to struggle but felt like water in the Alpha’s arms, unable to find any strength. She could only gasp, her breath hot as a branding iron against Li Yan’s arm.

Li Yan’s hand began to wander upward. Her fingers slid past the shoulder, heading straight for the neck. Although the Alpha’s fingertips were burning hot, Lin Yishu shivered uncontrollably as if touched by ice.

When the Alpha’s fingers finally covered the spot, rubbing in circles, Lin Yishu finally broke. Her voice shattered as she commanded the lingering Alpha:

“Hurry… bite me.”