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"Fuck!"

Archer looked up at me.

"First place, 100%," I stammered.

"You’re in first?" He raised an eyebrow.

"No, no. I’m in second. Soren’s first. He got 100%, I got… 97%!"

"Wow, congrats. You guys are killing it!"

Archer leaned in and gave me a high five. "Hard work pays off!"

"Soren’s a genius. I’ve never met anyone as talented as him…" I babbled, blushing with admiration.

Archer cleared his throat. "So, you gonna do something about it? Try to keep him around longer?" he asked cautiously.

I swallowed, feeling something stuck in my throat. "I don’t know how… he doesn’t want an alpha boyfriend. He’s said it so many times."

"For the past month and a half, you guys have been practically joined at the hip. You sure it’s a lost cause? Have you talked to him?"

"No. Honestly, I’m scared. Because if I ask, and he says no, it’ll be so final… like, boom, the end."

"Nothing’s ever truly final except for death, but you’ll have to find out eventually."

"Yeah… not today. Today, I just want to enjoy passing the exam. I’ll talk to him at the Yota 2 party next week."

"Well, your call, but I wouldn’t leave it till the last minute. Better to have some time for… negotiations."

But I didn’t listen to him.

I ran out of the room and headed straight to Soren’s dorm, and knocked on the door. A moment of silence, then some shuffling, and another pause.

Finally, he opened the door. His cheeks were slightly flushed, and he was wearing nothing but a long T-shirt.

"Have you seen the exam results?"

"Yeah," he muttered, looking away and letting me in.

"Awesome… you killed it!"

"Congratulations to you too, Skye. Second place! And let me remind you—you had 59% before," he said, biting his lip.

I wanted to wave it off in a fit of modesty, but there was something I couldn’t ignore. The room was filled with the smell of slick.

Sniffing, I opened my mouth and then closed it, my nostrils still flaring. I really wanted to address the matter of the exam, to savor our success some more, but the scent was too intense, and I was, after all, a healthy young alpha.

"The smell, Soren… your slick, it fills the room," I blurted out loud, knowing it wasn’t subtle, but I wanted him to hear it.

Soren’s face turned red, but he rolled his eyes at the same time. "This sniffing is like eavesdropping on a heartbeat. You shouldn't comment on such things," he muttered, but I grabbed his hand and pulled him toward me rather roughly.

He was flushed and breathing fast. I brought my nose close to his neck, loudly sniffing over the tiny mark I did before. My hand wandered to his buttocks and quickly discovered that Soren was completely naked under his long T-shirt. With a long purr, I slipped my fingers into his crotch and immediately realized what was going on.

"Have you used a dildo? You are wet there and slightly open…"

An even more intense blush flooded his cheeks.

"Do you have to make such… blunt comments?"

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