After Being Marked By A Love Rival - Chapter 25

In the instant she heard Qi Musi’s difficult, tearful request, Xie Rong’s breathing became heavy, and her eyes were filled with deep, inky darkness. If her own sense of reason hadn’t remained clear, Xie Rong truly would have doubted that her mind had malfunctioned, causing her to mishear such a statement.

But at this moment, she was very clear it wasn’t a misunderstanding Qi Musi had genuinely spoken that sentence which was bordering on insulting and provocative.

An Alpha asking another Alpha to let her bite her…

In normal circumstances, Xie Rong would have surely shattered the teeth of the person who said such a thing.

But the one saying it now was Qi Musi, an Alpha in a completely irrational rutting period. No matter how furious Xie Rong was, she could only forcibly tell herself that Qi Musi was confused and didn’t know what she was saying.

Yet, despite this, the anger that had been stirred in her heart refused to subside.

Xie Rong grabbed Qi Musi by the collar, her face dark, grinding her teeth tightly, “What nonsense are you saying?”

The scent of her own pheromones and the pheromones of the person in front of her clashed and mixed within the sealed space, so thick that Xie Rong could barely breathe.

She took a sharp breath, then released her grip, controlling her reason to push Qi Musi away, rather than punching her.

“You stay here, I’ll go get the suppressants.”

At this point, Xie Rong didn’t bother asking which type of suppressant Qi Musi usually used; she just felt that if she didn’t leave soon, the situation would spiral even further out of control, and Qi Musi might very well end up bleeding on the spot.

Qi Musi was pushed aside, her eyes hazy, her expression one of torment, clearly unable to tolerate the pain any longer.

She knew her current state couldn’t be alleviated by suppressants, but she didn’t want to mark anyone else… Moreover, the close contact with Xie Rong just now had already brought her reason to the brink of collapse.

Never had Qi Musi been more acutely aware that she liked Xie Rong. Even though Xie Rong was an Alpha of the same gender as her, the other party still held a fatal attraction for her.

When she smelled Xie Rong’s pheromones, she only felt intense arousal, not a retreat of passion or a surge of hostility.

Qi Musi gasped raggedly, the scent of the two of them entering her nose, causing her arousal to fluctuate while a surge of warmth rushed through her heart.

She painfully dug her fingernails into her hand. At this moment, her body was controlled by a force that somehow gave her the strength to stand up.

Qi Musi staggered up and then grabbed Xie Rong’s hand.

Xie Rong was stunned, and before she could react, she was pulled back by the scorching heat on her wrist.

Her footing was unstable, and she was unexpectedly pressed against the wall by Qi Musi.

!

In that instant, Xie Rong couldn’t react, unsure whether to be more astonished that Qi Musi still had the strength to pull her over, or to feel more disgust and loathing for hitting the bathroom wall.

She frowned deeply, and the next moment, she wanted to push away the person with the burning body temperature behind her. However, Qi Musi pressed tightly against her, the strength unexpectedly great.

Xie Rong’s jaw tensed slightly, “Get lost,” she said, holding back.

Hot breath fanned her ear, causing a shiver to run down Xie Rong’s spine. She frowned, pursed her lips, and simultaneously realized that talking sense to an irrational Alpha in a rut was futile; she could only solve the problem with action.

Xie Rong shifted her body, but the next moment, her hands were tightly locked, and the body behind her pressed closer, trapping her there.

She felt as if she were being crushed by a furnace.

“Ugh!”

For the first time, Xie Rong wanted to curse without caring about her image. Qi Musi was supposed to be in a rut, how could she still have so much strength?

“Xiao Rong…”

Xie Rong grit her teeth, “If you can still recognize me, then get the hell away.”

However, Qi Musi seemed not to hear. She pushed aside Xie Rong’s long hair, her breath circling the nape of her neck.

The meaning of this action was unmistakable. Even if Xie Rong had never marked an Omega before, as a born Alpha, she had a natural understanding of the act of marking. Moreover, this physiological knowledge was taught starting in elementary school.

Therefore, in the next moment after Qi Musi’s action, she realized what the other party intended to do.

Xie Rong’s jaw was tightly clenched, her eyes now filled with more than just repulsion and anger. As she tried to struggle free, she said coldly, “Get away, don’t go into heat on me! Recognize that I am an Alpha.”

Qi Musi, of course, knew. Even if her head was spinning, she wouldn’t mistake the pheromones.

Therefore, she understood that the person she wanted was the one beneath her, and the one she wanted to mark was her. Even if the gland beneath her lips was constantly emitting Alpha pheromones at this moment.

Qi Musi’s voice was filled with uncontrollable trembling; at this moment, all sense of reason and control had completely evaporated. It had taken all her strength not to bite down directly.

She requested with a quiver, “Xiao Rong… please… I can’t hold it anymore.”

To this, Xie Rong only offered one word of advice: “Scram.”

She knew talking to Qi Musi was useless, so she prepared to break free. However, the next moment, Xie Rong felt a warm softness press against the back of her neck, and the next, pain struck without warning.

“Ah…!”

Xie Rong’s legs went soft, and she lost all her strength instantly.

The damage of an Alpha’s nape being attacked is unimaginable to everyone.

Unlike the pleasure and comfort an Omega feels after their gland is bitten, an Alpha only feels pain and an unbearable sense of violation when their gland is bitten. This is one reason why Alphas are mutually exclusive.

At this moment, Xie Rong’s soft gland was bitten without warning, naturally causing pain, but that wasn’t the most severe part.

The most important thing was… this irrational bastard behind her was still trying to inject her own pheromones.

Xie Rong frowned deeply, biting her lower lip, with beads of sweat on her forehead. Due to the sudden pain, her body slowly sank, unable to find the strength to support herself, while Qi Musi shifted slightly, wrapping her arms around Xie Rong’s waist and slowly lowering into a half-squat with her.

The two of them ended up kneeling there in an embrace.

Xie Rong’s body trembled slightly from the pain and the repulsive sensation. Her fingers were clenched tightly, wanting to struggle but having lost her strength.

“…Get away.”

But at this moment, Qi Musi could not hear a single word.

She held her prey tightly, her jaw unyielding, like a predator from the cat family it was both a bite and a kiss.

The intensity of the pheromones increased another level. As the pheromones, slowly injected and then overflowing from the nape of her neck, changed, Xie Rong felt other sensations in her nape.

The feeling that was originally only pain was slowly fading, gradually transforming into a… pleasure she had never experienced, and was difficult to articulate.

It was both comfort and a weary ache.

“Bastard…” Xie Rong trembled slightly, beads of sweat dropping from her forehead. The corners of her eyes were red, and she struggled to break free.

“Get… away. Ah.”

Qi Musi hugged her tightly, her breathing extremely hot and unstable. An unprecedented sense of satisfaction surged in her heart, as if she had confirmed ownership of her property. The original anxiety, heat, and other emotions gradually faded with the act of marking.

Then slowly, rising to the surface, were reason and gentleness, along with an uncontrollable sense of love.

Omegas require a period of soothing after being marked during this time, they become exceptionally dependent on their Alpha. Similarly, Alphas also have a period of “after-effects.”

No Alpha is without a sense of possessiveness towards their Omega, and Qi Musi was no exception.

At this moment, hugging Xie Rong, she only wanted to knead her into her own body.

But as her reason returned, Qi Musi gradually realized that she seemed to have done something very, very bad.

Her tightly closed teeth slowly opened, revealing the gland now marked with a bite. The originally light pink, soft gland had become crimson, and the center spot was purple due to the teeth marks, even showing signs of being injured, with a little blood visible.

Qi Musi paused slightly, wanting to reach out to stroke it, to comfort her, but the next moment, her hand was slapped away.

The moment Qi Musi released her, Xie Rong bent forward, trying to avoid her; the fiery sensation at the nape of her neck rushed straight to her brain, making her head ache.

Xie Rong gritted her teeth, turned her head, and looked at Qi Musi with undisguised repulsion and anger. At this moment, she didn’t even want to return to rationality.

What…that she had been bitten, or that Qi Musi had bitten her, or that an Alpha had bitten her. Xie Rong didn’t even bother to recall or be surprised by such matters. At this moment, she had only one emotion: fury.

Xie Rong moved her body, and then threw a punch.

Qi Musi did not resist, letting the punch come. One punch landed on the corner of her lips.

Xie Rong pushed Qi Musi onto her back, grabbing her collar with one hand and hitting her without hesitation with the other.

Qi Musi had the strength to resist, but she didn’t want to, because she knew how out of line this incident was… A mere beating probably wouldn’t be enough to alleviate the anger in Xie Rong’s heart.

She… had gone too far.

That bite was not just about pain; it was more of an insult and a provocation to Xie Rong. After all, no matter the circumstances, no matter how special the situation, Xie Rong was an Alpha.

After a long while, Xie Rong released her grip. She had only hit Qi Musi in the face a few times; most of her injuries were in places covered by her clothes.

Xie Rong looked at her coldly, “What, you’re not fighting back?”

Qi Musi’s eyelashes trembled, feeling the weight on her body, but she felt no anger after being hit, only guilt and… an indescribable possessiveness.

She closed her eyes, hiding the emotions within, and then whispered, “I was wrong.”

Xie Rong scoffed, “What, you’ve regained your reason now?”

Qi Musi: “I’m sorry.”

Xie Rong stood up, took a deep breath, and said indifferently, “Get out.”

Although she said “Get out,” Xie Rong was the first to leave. She walked out of the bathroom without looking back, unwilling to stay with Qi Musi any longer.

Even one more second, and she would lose control of her emotions. Besides, she didn’t want to stay in that space anymore.

After Xie Rong left, Qi Musi did not get up immediately. A moment later, she raised her arm to cover her eyes, her heart filled with an empty confusion, and the fear and panic that followed the receding heat of her passion.

She was afraid she wouldn’t be able to placate Xie Rong this time.