Falling into the Abyss

Ethan sat in front of the window of the study room on the second floor of the castle, looking at the mountains in the distance through the clear glass.Lavender clouds of smoke drifted across the blue mountainside, and occasionally groups of flying lizard-like creatures rose up in groups, reflecting blue flashes in the air.

His heart was a little heavy, and he couldn't put his mind on the priceless paper book in front of him.In the morning, the question he asked the butler was not answered, because the bell of a visitor suddenly rang at the front door, and the butler hurried to answer the door.However, the moment he asked the question, the unexpected expression on the butler's face still made him guess.

Ethan didn't believe in ghosts and gods before.But after experiencing so many weird and terrifying events, he began to feel that everything is possible in this universe.Even ghosts can be explained by certain scientific theories, such as residual brain waves and so on.And what Tanisel told him as a joke last night was not without credibility.

There must be oddities in that room.

The question is why did Tanisel put him in that room?

Ethan has always known that Tanisel approached him for a certain purpose.Tanithel also admitted this very frankly, saying that there is a "pure relationship of mutual use" between them, but he has been unwilling to tell him what the purpose is.And he himself felt that he had nothing to lose, so he didn't care much.

But now, he had something he was afraid of losing.

He was afraid of losing Tanithel.

He began to worry about gains and losses, and began to wonder whether Tanisel had moved some sincerity towards him beyond his use value?

But if the purpose is finally revealed, his dream may be shattered.Maybe you will know that the priest's kindness and protection to him all the time is really only for the ultimate purpose, rather than caring about him a little bit.

Ethan hated himself for being so unstable.It hadn't been decided long ago, he didn't care about the purpose of the priest, he just wanted a little bit of warmth that made him happy in that gloomy life.Why are you getting greedy now?

"You are here." Samuel's voice suddenly sounded from the other side of the bookshelf, "I have been looking for you for a long time."

Ethan closed the book in front of him, stood up and stuffed it back on the shelf, "What's the matter?"

Samuel leaned on the bookshelf, held a glass of amber liquid in his hand, and raised his hand at Ethan, "No, Tanithel asked me to supervise you to take medicine every day."

The moment Ethan took the cup, his nose twitched slightly, sniffed the air a few times, and his expression changed slightly, "Samuel, did you ask Tanithel for some inhibitors?"

Samuel seemed to understand what Ethan meant, and quickly took a step back to cover the position of the Omega glands on his neck, but looked extremely calm, "No."

"No?!" Ethan stared at him for a while, then calmed down and comforted, "It's okay, you stay in the room obediently, lock the door, you can only open the door when you hear it's me, you know?"

As he spoke, he checked the clips on his ears, and then hurried to the door of the study room.But Samuel grabbed his arm, "Hey, where are you going?"

"Go to the city, there must be a pharmacy selling inhibitors." Ethan patted the back of Samuel's hand with his other hand, and comforted him, "Don't worry, I'll be back soon."

"Stop making trouble, if you are not familiar with this place, what if you are recognized?"

"But it's too easy to be found here."

Samuel sighed, "Ethan, I don't have to pretend anymore."

Ethan was taken aback for a moment, only to realize that they were no longer in the Forbidden City, or even in the Earth Alliance.

"Taniser said that I can spend my estrus period here. And I really should stop taking the medicine." Samuel gently opened Ethan's arm and patted his shoulder, "Isn't that what you said Yes, if you take the medicine for a long time, you will get cancer or something."

However, Ethan still felt that his heart was hanging. This castle had a weird and gloomy atmosphere. Is it really a suitable place to make a nest?

"Then... have you decided on a place to make your nest? And I remember that there are a few servants in this castle who are Alpha..." Ethan lowered his head, rubbed his chin with his fingers and thought carefully, "I am I can guard you all the time, but if someone wants to break in, we'd better have self-defense weapons at hand. I can go to the housekeeper..."

"Ethan." Samuel interrupted him suddenly and pressed his shoulder, and gently lifted his chin with the other hand, letting Ethan look into his eyes, "Don't worry about me, I'm not without Estrus. The most important thing now is you..."

Ethan frowned, not quite understanding what he meant.

"I've lost so much, you may be the last of me..." Samuel said, reaching out his hand as if to touch Ethan's cheek.

But Ethan dodged back slightly, and lightly blocked his hand like a joke, "Don't be so nasty, it doesn't look like you at all."

Ethan spent the whole afternoon helping Samuel to find a suitable nesting place in the other party's room. Omegas would prefer narrow and closed places, and Samuel's choice naturally became the gorgeous and tall wardrobe.Ethan also brought over some bedding from his own room, and asked Samuel to pick out some he liked and put them in the cabinet.After that, he went to the kitchen and brought several large cans of water and food reserves that did not need to be stored in the refrigerator in the room.

He knew that an Omega in heat would be very insecure, so despite Samuel's objection, he went to the butler and asked for a walking stick as a self-defense weapon.

At night, Samuel's smell was stronger, but he was clearly not quite in heat yet.The two of them lay side by side on the large four-poster bed, looking at the luminous embroidery on the curtain above their heads.

"Do you believe in ghosts?" Ethan said suddenly.

Samuel glanced at him, "Don't you believe it?"

"I'm in this castle...sometimes I feel like that." Ethan turned his face to look at Samuel, "Sometimes when I'm alone in the room, I feel like there's another person. I can even Hear the sound of his breathing..."

"'he'?"

"Hmm..." Ethan said hesitantly, "At first, I also thought that maybe I was nervous, or there was something wrong with that room. But later, when I was reading alone in the library, I also felt like someone was staring at me. a feeling of."

"Have you told Tanithel?"

"Say it, he said I was nervous. Let me drink that tranquilizer."

"But you don't think so?"

Ethan shook his head, "I think the joke Tanisel said may be true. This castle may have a soul."

Samuel sneered, as if he had heard a big joke, "Stop talking about it, do you think stones can become spirits here?"

Ethan suddenly put his index finger to his lips and hissed softly.The two fell into a moment of silence, and could only hear the clock ticking, ticking, ticking.

Samuel was puzzled, "Why?"

"listen."

"Listen to what?"

Ethan pointed to his ears, and put them against the mattress.Samuel had no choice but to follow his example and get down a little.

"Empty, empty, empty, empty, empty..."

All I heard was an irregular knocking on a wooden board, coming from under the bed.It was as if a person was lying on his back under the bed at the moment, with one hand outstretched, knocking on their wooden bed boards again and again.

Samuel raised his head all of a sudden, as if he wasn't quite sure what he heard, so he stuck back and listened again.

"Did you hear that?" Ethan asked softly.

Samuel said stiffly, "Maybe the sound from the aging pipes came over."

"But feel it carefully, is our bed shaking slightly?" Ethan asked quietly.

"Hey! Don't scare me!" Samuel sat up in disbelief, "Damn, look under the bed and you'll know." He lifted the quilt and lowered his head under the bed...

There seemed to be nothing under the dark bed.

Ethan pulled back Samuel, who was still lying on the bed watching non-stop, "Just treat me as nonsense, you should have a good rest. I think you'll be in the closet before dawn."

Facts proved that Ethan's estimation was correct. Two hours later, the omega hormones from Samuel's body had permeated the entire room. He hurried into the closet and shrunk himself into a ball.

Samuel persuaded Ethan to leave when he was still conscious, saying that he could do it by himself.But Ethan insisted on staying.

He couldn't imagine the Omega going through the rut without being cared for.

Ethan set an alarm clock for himself, fed Samuel water every two hours, and ate three meals a day.This time, Samuel's smell was particularly strong, and he kept making blushing and heart-pounding groans, which made Ethan, the Beta, very itchy.He was careful to guard against those Alpha Eve servants who tried to approach Samuel's room. He sat at the door with the crutch in his hand every day, and even completely forgot to take the medicine that Tanisel ordered.

On the second night, Tanithel returned.Ethan heard a commotion outside, but he didn't dare to leave Samuel's room.

After a while, Tanithel's voice came from outside the door, "Ethan, open the door."

"...No..." Ethan restrained his urge to open the door to see the priest and said.

"I won't do anything to Samuel." Tanisel persuaded helplessly outside the door, "Didn't I do nothing last time?"

"It was I who kicked you out last time!" Ethan was determined, "Hurry up...cough coughcough..." Before he could finish his words, a violent uncontrollable cough made him unable to catch his breath, and he couldn't stop down.There was a dull pain in the chest, and the heartbeat was ridiculously fast, as if it was about to jump out of the throat.

He managed to catch his breath, and felt that saliva was coughed out of the corner of his lips. He wiped it with his hand, but saw a large black area.

It was blood, his blood that was no longer red.

Ethan froze.Only then did he realize that the skin of his hands had turned blue, and his nails had unknowingly turned black, exuding an evil aura of death.

At this moment, there was a loud noise from the door, and it turned out that someone was kicking the door.Ethan hesitated and looked back at the flushed Samuel in the closet with a slightly different coquettish attitude than usual, he clenched the crutch in his hand and retreated to the closet door.

With a bang, the door was kicked open abruptly, and Tanisel rushed in, but apparently because he smelled the strong Omega smell, he quickly stepped back for a walk, and hurriedly covered his mouth and nose with his sleeve.He turned his head and shouted at all the Alpha servants, "Everyone get out of this corridor!"

The butler is a Beta himself, so he is not affected by the smell of Omega. He went straight in and grabbed the crutch in Ethan's hand, and ordered in a dignified voice, "I will guard him, you and the young master leave here. You need to be treated immediately .”

Ethan didn't know what he looked like at the moment.He was haggard, with a gray complexion, two heavy dark circles under his eyes, and his lips had begun to turn black, especially the black blood stains on his chin made him look even more haggard and weird.

Ethan turned around, staggered a few steps towards the door of the room, and was immediately pulled out by Tanithel who was guarding the door.He pressed Ethan against the wall, took out an injection filled with light blue liquid from his pocket, and pressed it against the back of Ethan's neck.

Ethan let out a hiss of pain, which was hardly a hiss of human voice.