Chapter 3

Asami growled. Two days have passed since the kid went into heat. T.A. was currently guarded by some of his beta guards as he occupied one of Sion's heat rooms. Normally, a heat lasted about four days on average. During this period, an omega will usually nest in his room and only their family can enter it to attend to their needs like food and water or a change of clothes.

As Asami was unable to find anything about the photographer, he was unable to contact any family. Sion's upper floor had been locked down because of T.A. and only a few trusted guards were allowed to enter. Ishida reported that T.A.'s heat medication was of poor quality and the effects weren't helping with him cope with the heat. In fact, according to Kirishima, that heat medication could cause health problems in the long run including rendering an omega infertile.

For Asami, that was terrible news. There were two things Asami hated more than anything. The first was drugs and the second was human trafficking. Both were for the same reasons. They destroyed the bonds of mates. It was more of an ethical thing than a legal issue. Anyone found guilty of participating in these acts within Asami's territory will face a certain and painful death.

Omegas were creatures that must be protected. Many were raised in shelters after their awakening during puberty. They are the only ones capable of producing alphas that the society sorely needed. It didn't matter if an omega was male or female, they were both able to carry children. Their pheromones called to the alphas and due to the aggressive instincts of alphas, fight to the deaths often happened when an unclaimed omega suddenly goes into heat in the presence of more than one alpha. Thus, many omegas were matched by the system to the most compatible alpha after DNA tests.

Naturally, many romantics were against this idea as there was no love involved. It was as if the government was only breeding animals to get the population they needed. The chances of getting an alpha child were rare but the chances of getting an omega child were even rarer. Asami didn't blame the government for taking such drastic measures. Japan's population wasn't increasing much and that was a fact. Although betas made up the majority of the working society, without alphas to lead them, the country would be heading towards its fall. The kingpin understood the need for drastic measures.

The average pregnancy success rate for omegas in Japan was only 10%. As the chances of pregnancy success depended on higher the compatibility of pairs, many Japanse Omegas bond by the system found themselves barren. Normally, an omega and an alpha would have a fated partner waiting for them somewhere in the world with the DNA compatibility of 100%. However, as omegas were controlled tightly by the Japanese government, they didn't have that chance to find their fated mates and settled with a mate with the highest compatibility chosen for them by the system.

Generally, anything higher than 40% was considered good enough to be paired. The highest record was 86% and that couple's pregnancy success rate was about 60%. Needless to say, those with only 40% compatibility are having a hard time trying for a child. As a result, the government implemented a new rule recently in hopes to increase the population quicker. Omegas who, after two years, could not get pregnant with their matched alpha have the right to apply for separation and look for a more suitable alpha.

It was a rule that caused Asami many headaches. Many omegas took advantage of this clause to ditch their alphas for those with more money and power. Asami was an alpha without a mate and many slutty omegas threw themselves into his arms, making it difficult for him to concentrate on his underground business.

He'd thought to take a reprieve from all that by chasing an unknown and interesting photographer but never expected that it would be one rebellious omega with mixed heritage.

Yes, Asami heard from Kirishima that after a blood test, T.A. was actually quarter Russian. The curtains matched the carpets and those blue eyes of his weren't contact lenses. From the blood test, Kirishima is still finding a match to the DNA to uncover the mysterious omega's identity. However, that wasn't what was bothering Asami the most. Kirishima said one more thing that threw Asami into the pits of neverending confusion.

On the lab report, Kirishima had tested it against all the alphas present when T.A. went into heat. According to the doctor, it wasn't a regular heat cycle but a heat triggered by the possibility of a fated mate. Of all the DNAs tested against, only one person qualified as T.A.'s potential fated mate.

That person was none other than Asami himself.