But I'm Not An Alpha!

Chapter 5

"Oh no. Sir Joong is out in the garden getting some fresh air. He seems to be a little worn down from travelling he says. Hopefully he is not coming down with an illness. Poor thing. Oh.. this is Dunk by the way. He is on loan to us from Sir John's estate. He is not feeling quite well either so you can imagine I have my hands full right now." Pond turned to Dunk and extended his hand, taking up Dunk's and giving a light kiss on the back of it.

"Hello there Dunk. I am glad to finally meet the boy who has captured my good friend's interest. I have to say you are a lot prettier in person. I hope to see more of you tonight but right now I need to locate my fair weather friend and give him some grief for not being here to greet me." He waved to the pair and toddled off to find his friend. Lucie looked after his large frame, shaking her head as she mumbled to herself.

"How those two became friends is beyond me... Such an oddity was that boy." She looked back to Dunk and smiled. "He is a harmless one even if he is a bit... energetic. He is married to Phuwin. I will introduce him later. He is 7 months pregnant right now so he can be a bit much. Cutest little thing though. You will like him." Dunk could tell that Pond was a good person just by his aura. He had a soft scent, like fresh baked cookies... Dunk somehow found his presence calming and comforting despite only just meeting him. He could see why Joong was friends with him. He could probably feel his calming presence as well. Even if his actual demeanor was a bit more chaotic, Dunk knew he had a good heart.

Pond on the other hand was buzzing with excitement as he approached his unsuspecting friend from behind.

"Ha!!! What are you doing out here my little deserter?" He jumped on Joong's shoulder and pulled him back from the flowers he had been playing with. He had been lost in thought, well one thought really. His mind had been filled with Dunk and he was having a small internal crisis with what to do about it.

"Hello Pond. Glad to see you made it okay. Did Phuwin make it in as well?"

"Yep! He is scourging the pantry as we speak. Probably looking for more sweets. He has been craving a lot of sugars lately. I told him he can always have me. I am sweet enough to last him a lifetime but I got slapped out of the room and banished from his sight for at least a little bit.... Till he comes crying to me that I left him again. Or that I want to abandon him here and run away with some other omega. Lately though... his conspiracies are not totally unfounded. I can't believe I have two more months of this at least... Can I just run away bro? I suspended my travels to stay with him and now I am starting to regret this decision... ugh... speaking of Omegas by the way... I met your little Omega boy in there earlier. Man he is adorable. How can you resist that cutie? Especially when he is in that suit? Man, you have nerves of steel man. I would definitely want to know what was underneath all that fancy fabric for sure."

"If Phu heard you talking like this right now he would end you where you stand and by doing so he would inadvertently do me a favor because of it. Let me make myself clear. I am not interested in the damn flower scented boy. And I will instruct you to keep your hands off him as well and behave yourself tonight. Do not cause problems that I will have to fix later. He is my brother's charge and I want to be able to send him back unscathed, got it?" Oh Pond understood all right. He understood that his friend was lying to himself and fighting the effects that the cute little Omega was having on him. Pond could feel the pull he had, especially right now, with the poor little thing being in heat. He seemed unguarded and ill experienced so Pond deduced that it may be the first heat this kid has ever gone through and that he was completely unaware of what was happening. Of course that was dangerous with all the Alphas that were going to be strolling in tonight. Even Pond, who had found his fated mate, was feeling the effects of an untapped Omegas scent. That meant Dunk was probably feeling quite uncomfortable right now and in need of relief. Especially with his fake Beta friend freely spreading his damn pheromones all over the place. How could that boy be standing still? Even Pond could smell it and that was saying something cause while he knew Joong was an Alpha, most people couldn't tell. Joong had a weak scent that most simply couldn't trace. So weak in fact that when Pond had first caught a whiff of it he had thought he was hallucinating the smell. But the floral scent he was emanating right now was even stronger than any flower in the garden. Luckily there would be a lot of high powered Alpha's at the event tonight and no one would notice the silly 'Beta' with the overly floral scent. well no one but that cute little Omega that was definitely responding to it. This was definitely an interesting development and this gave Pond an idea.