After Crossing Over, I Marked the Empress

Chapter 183 : A Lingering Fragrance

Two years ago, when Shen Han first joined the trainee guard team, Gu Junwan had seen her wearing a bite inhibitor once.

At that time, she felt the small leather mask gave Shen Han a unique allure.

The other's restrained yet dangerous aura made her gaze linger for a long while.

But now, looking at her weakened beloved before her, Gu Junwan felt deeply saddened.

She couldn't blame the guards at Fry Castle for putting the bite inhibitor on Shen Han.

When an Alpha becomes agitated due to pheromone imbalance, wearing such a mask protects others and prevents the Alpha from harming themselves.

"Shen Han."

Gu Junwan called softly, but the other only moved slightly, without much response.

After a moment of silence, she leaned forward, gently cradling Shen Han's head and letting her rest on her shoulder and neck.

The Omega's slender fingers reached around the Alpha's neck to the back of her head, slowly undoing the leather buckle.

With the bite inhibitor removed, Shen Han still showed little reaction.

Her chin rested on Gu Junwan's shoulder blade, her eyes half-closed, her whole being appearing extremely fatigued.

Gu Junwan held her beloved, gently stroking her soft hair.

"It's alright now, don't be afraid. I'll stay with you."

"In a few days, I'll take you home. We can have a little vacation. Wherever you want to go, we'll go there."

Whether it was hearing her wife's words or catching her scent, Shen Han turned her head slightly, burying her face in Gu Junwan's neck, and then let out a barely audible "Mm."

While comforting her Alpha, Gu Junwan slid her hand inside the other's clothes, searching for the key to unlock the handcuffs.

According to Fry Lott, Shen Han had cuffed herself.

The key must be on her person.

Gu Junwan knew Shen Han's habits for storing items, but it still took her quite a while to retrieve the small key.

Affected by the Alpha's pheromones during her susceptible period, the inhibitor patch on the Omega's nape had almost lost its effectiveness.

Gu Junwan's limbs felt weak and powerless.

Beads of fragrant sweat formed on her forehead, and even her breath carried a burning heat.

The Alpha's destructive pheromones made her body tremble instinctively.

But the memory of being comforted by cedar in the depths of her mind also accelerated the blood flow in her glands.

In Gu Junwan's perception, Shen Han now was like a scorching sun hidden behind clouds.

Her radiance seemed dimmed, but in reality, it contained a terrifying potential energy.

Getting close to her would make one truly feel a burning pain.

Yet within that pain was a hint of warmth, a tingle, making one want to embrace that flame.

"Like a moth to a flame!" The phrase involuntarily flashed through Gu Junwan's mind.

The key was finally found.

Gu Junwan raised her hand to support the other's shoulder, creating a slight distance between them.

The close contact had prevented her from removing the shackles from the other's wrist.

Her movements were as gentle as possible, but before she could reach the keyhole, Shen Han had already instinctively nuzzled closer.

The Alpha was still in a daze, instinctively not wanting to let the familiar scent of cold plum blossom leave her.

She even forgot that one of her hands was still cuffed to the steel chair, reaching out to hug the familiar source of fragrance, but only half succeeding.

Her wrist pulled at the shackles, creating a series of faint yet jarring sounds as steel scraped against wood.

Gu Junwan's heart jumped, and she quickly embraced the other again.

The Alpha's dependence on her made her heart melt, feeling light as a feather.

"I'm not leaving, don't move."

The Omega's voice was gentle and melodious, like a beautiful melody, making Shen Han feel immensely comforted.

She wrapped one arm around the other, her nostrils flaring slightly, capturing the scent that could ease her discomfort.

Gu Junwan dared not make any more attempts to push the other away. She moved sideways slightly with the 'large attachment' clinging to her, fumbling to open the metal shackles.

She stroked the Alpha's head, coaxing softly, "Can you stand up? It's messy here. I'll take you somewhere cleaner, okay?"

As she spoke, she wrapped her arms around Shen Han's waist, conveying an intention to lift her.

Gu Junwan was now completely drained of strength, unable even to pull the other.

Her words and actions were meant to make the other sense her guidance and cooperate in standing up.

The living room where they were now had been through a fight earlier. Small pieces of furniture were overturned on the floor, with broken porcelain and glass shards scattered about.

Gu Junwan planned to take Shen Han to the bathroom, treat the abrasions on her wrists, and give her a wash.

Although Shen Han's pheromones were out of control and flying about, she showed no signs of aggression.

Gu Junwan didn't know if this was because the other had exhausted her energy in the earlier fight, or if her own arrival had calmed her down.

In any case, it now seemed unnecessary to have a doctor come in.

Just as she was thinking this, Gu Junwan felt a tightening around her waist, and her feet left the ground.

She had been directly lifted up by Shen Han.

"Wife~"

Shen Han had regained some clarity from her muddled state.

She first sensed light, and then felt Gu Junwan by her side.

Her ears were still ringing, allowing her to hear only a word or two clearly.

She tried to understand what her wife was saying by reading her lips, but when she saw those red lips constantly opening and closing, her thoughts immediately strayed elsewhere.

A voice in her mind told her to seize the Omega's lips, to possess her beauty.

Shen Han shook her head, as if fighting against that inexplicable voice, or as if trying to shake the thoughts out of her mind.

Seeing that her beloved had finally regained consciousness, Gu Junwan was very happy.

But she soon discovered that the other's thoughts were still muddled.

The Alpha before her seemed unable to understand what she was saying, just staring at her blankly with an upturned face.

With no other option, Gu Junwan cupped the other's chin, gently turning her face slightly, and raised her hand to point towards the bathroom.

Shen Han understood her wife's meaning.

She carried her, starting to walk towards where Gu Junwan had indicated.

When passing through the area with broken porcelain, she knew to carefully avoid it.

The distance from the living room to the bathroom wasn't far, but Gu Junwan felt this time was very long.

Her body was now also experiencing anomalies.

The gland on her nape was no longer smooth, and her heart was pounding in her chest, as if it might jump out of her throat at any moment.

Gu Junwan's heat period was originally about ten days away.

Before her visit to Ksenroth, she had already planned her schedule, barring any unexpected situations, she should have welcomed her cycle after returning to the Free Federation.

However, due to Shen Han's early onset of her susceptible period, Gu Junwan's heat had also been triggered.

As soon as they entered the bathroom, Gu Junwan immediately patted Shen Han's shoulder, signaling her to put her down.

She turned on the faucet, cupped some clear water, first splashing it on her own face, then pulled the other's hands over to wash them.

Gu Junwan had originally wanted to find the first aid kit, but now her steps were becoming unsteady, and Shen Han was clinging so tightly, she had to give up on this step.

She gently touched the uninjured skin on Shen Han's wrist with her fingertips, looking up to ask, "Does it hurt?"

Shen Han didn't reply, just staring at her and blinking.

Gu Junwan hurriedly grabbed a new towel, dampened it, and began wiping the face of the dazed Alpha.

After finishing this task, she leaned on the sink, trying hard to calm her increasingly rapid breathing.

Light shone down from the overhead lamp, clear and fresh.

The marble countertop was wide and solid, giving a warm jade-like sensation to the touch.

Half a minute passed, and Gu Junwan was almost half-sprawled on the countertop.

Wisps of plum fragrance emanated from her nape, rendering the already ineffective inhibitor patch even more useless.

At this moment, Shen Han moved her feet, embracing her Omega from behind.

She bent forward, burying her head in the other's hair, saying in a coaxing tone, "Junwan, I feel so unwell."

The high concentration of cedar enveloped her completely, causing Gu Junwan to start trembling uncontrollably.

An Omega in heat loses resistance to an Alpha.

Moreover, the one pressed against her back was her own Alpha.

In this instant, Gu Junwan's mind suddenly recalled a scene from when she first met Shen Han.

At that time, the other had also entered her susceptible period and had embraced her, murmuring softly like this.

But times have changed.

Back then, Gu Junwan had felt scared and aggrieved, but now, she loved the feeling of being inseparable from her beloved.

She tilted her head back slightly, taking the initiative to nuzzle against the other.

This small action greatly encouraged Shen Han.

Following her instincts, she explored with her lips, caught the Omega's inhibitor patch, and bit towards the source of the overflowing plum fragrance.

In previous markings, Shen Han had never been as direct as she was now.

But at this moment, seduced by the Omega, she seemed somewhat impatient.

Gu Junwan had also thought the other would linger for a while as before before proceeding to the next step.

Being suddenly bitten made her let out a soft moan.

The sound was brief and gentle, even quieter than the working sound of the bathroom's exhaust system.

But Shen Han heard it very clearly, the ringing in her ears instantly dissipating, her thoughts pulled back to the present.

She carefully recalled the scene of Gu Junwan coming before her, slightly tightening her jaw.

In an instant, a lingering fragrance filled her mouth!

Gu Junwan was completely drained of strength.

She crossed her arms, lying on the smooth and cool marble countertop, gradually succumbing to her Alpha's advances.

Soft sounds escaped from her red lips, making even Gu Junwan feel somewhat embarrassed as she heard herself.

She opened her mouth to bite her sleeve, trying to avoid making those shameful sounds again.

However, as soon as she moved, her wrists were gently gripped by Shen Han.

The Alpha pulled her hands behind her back, restraining them at the edge of the marble countertop, and then deepened the marking.