Dr. Troys Bert felt challenging gazes directed at him, but he proceeded with determination.

  "The mentality of an orphan differs from that of a child raised in a family structure," he expined, staring at the group. "While a child expects to be protected by their family, an orphan is enced to a their own, to seek independence."

  Damián and Aster, the two orphans iion, do not seek approval from others. On the trary, they expect me to follow them for five years, trusting their own decisions.

  Given the events reported by Dr. Jacob, it bees evident that when they awakened alone. sidering the situation, it is natural that they took this course of a.

  Callum felt, for the first time in his life, an overwhelming sense of failure. He had always sidered himself a strong and ceous person, capable of fag any adversity.

  No matter how powerful, iial, or wealthy his oppo was, Callum never succumbed to the disfort of fear in the face of difficulties. Over the years, he cultivated tration, temperance, and willpower, being a powerful force with grandiose thoughts.

  However, at that moment, Callum found himself ed by unbridled ambition. He loo ge the world, to leave an indelible mark in history.

  As an Alpha, traio a all situations, Callum had always been a noble individual. His birth pyed araordinarily signifit role in his journey. He was truly exceptional.

  The Alpha Prime distinguished itself from ordinary Alphas, as the pheromones of an Omega did not possess the same appeal as those of an Alpha. The bination of an Alpha Prime and a dominant Omega was extremely rare and sidered an exceptional pairing.

  Callum, aced to a life without signifit adversities, was about to attend an ued meetiween Adam and Oliver Phillips. The rendezvous point was the renowned restaurant of the Kadman Hotel, owned by Adam and among the best in the world. Adam had just returned from abroad.

  The reason for this meeting was something they had never imagined would happen. Almost a year ago, a bold and challenging hacker emerged, starting to steal information from small business databases and demanding a ransom for data recovery.

  Over the months, the hacker's activities intensified, exposing the personal information of 5 million people in the try. This hacker identified themselves as Astra. Astra initially targeted national small and medium-sized panies with the iion of expanding their attacks to iional corporations.

  Astra's first tact with Callum Campbell and Adam Kadman occurred through mutual acquaintances.

  Among these people were Crice Phillips, Oliver Philips' sister, and Callum Campbell's fiancée. Crice was an heiress to a prosperous luxury business glomerate, and her retionship with Callum brought a plex mixture of itment and expectations.

  Also involved in this web were Taylor May, an Alpha from a reasonably well-off family and the daughter of a politi's first marriage. She had been serving as Adam Kadman's reliable personal assistant for at least five years.

  The e between Crice, Taylor, Adam, and Callum was intense and filled with nuances. Despite ing from different backgrounds and circumstahey found themselves entangled in a plex web of retionships, driven by various formal and professional itments.

  Taylor May was Adam Kadman's personal assistant, while Callum Campbell was itted to Crice Phillips. Both couples had distinct retionships.

  Adam and Taylor had been w together for almost five years, establishing a solid and effit partnership. The proximity between Adam and Callum, due to shared events, allowed Taylor to get closer to Crice, developing a friendship with her.

  However, stras began to occur when Astra, the mysterious hacker, became obsessed with Taylor and Crice. It all started with the delivery of a bouquet of navy blue roses, with petals shining like silver stars, ed in white paper and tied with proportionate red ribbons.

  Each delivery was apanied by a card with the three letters "FBI, CIA, NASA, or Area 51." This situation prompted Oliver to schedule a meeting and expin the ret events to Adam, who had just arrived, and Callum, who already knew part of what would be discussed. However, during the versation, Oliver Phillips was taken abad noticed a signifit ge in the demeanor of the thas.

  And everything ged...

  Callum, known for his imposing physical presend unwavering fidence, was taken aback by an unusual st that stirred a strange sensation within him. The fragraned an olfactory pyramid, bining notes of jasmine, yng-yng, sandalwood, iris flower, tonka bean, and vanil.

  Like ahereal veil, fragrant particles began to envelop him, leaving a subtle trail of sedu in their wake. It was an almost imperceptible touch that reverberated through his senses, igniting an aral fme of attra.

  The fragrance filled the air around him, imparting a sense of ess and freedom from stress. In an instant, everyone around him seemed to vanish, and Callum found himself pletely ed by the st.

  Chills ran through his body, pelling him to seek the in of that aroma. In just 30 swift steps, his eyes met those of a young man with a starry gaze.

  An intense explosion of pheromones filled the space, and for the first time in his life—Callum lost trol of his instincts. He seized the young man and pulled him close, holding him tightly in his arms as he growled ferociously.

  A burning desire surged between them, and the young man tilted his head, initiating a passionate kiss. Callum responded with equal iy, their tongues iwining in fervent tact.

  The details of what happened became blurry in Callum's mind. They stumbled into a room, ed by untrolble passion. Screams and moans filled the air as an unknown huook hold of them.

  It was only three days ter that Callum regained sciousness, unsure of his whereabouts. o him y the young man with whom he had shared that intense experiehe room was in plete chaos, with rumpled sheets and belongings scattered on the floor.

  Callum was overe by a mix of surprise and perplexity. He could hardly believe what had transpired. Had he truly been marked an omega? It was a pletely ued and inprehensible situation for him.

  After taking a shower to pose himself, Callum searched for his unication device, whifortunately was discharged. He quickly called the hotel reception, requesting assistance.

  Within minutes, clothes and food were delivered to his room, while the young man still slept deeply in his bed. Callum approached him, sensing a soft and captivating olfactory pyramid emanating from his slumbering body.

  Driven by an irresistible desire, Callum drew closer to the young man, captivated by his intriguing st. However, he noticed that the young man seemed to be cold, trembling slightly.

  ed about his well-being, Callum realized that the young man was unrespoo stimuli and unscious. Without hesitation, he decided to take him to the hospital in search of help.

  Upon arriving at the hospital, Callum was met with a chaotic se. Campbell Enterprises, in jun with experts, devised a strategi to deal with the situation. Marketing as were developed across all avaible media, from neers and magazio radio, television, and the I itself.

  The goal was to hide and camoufge the events that had occurred, keeping the individuals involved in the pheromone shock episode a secret. It was 24 hours of relentless work over three days, aimed at minimizing the impacts a normalcy.