He is taken

"It's nothing," Xiang Yu replied, forcing a lightness into his tone, hoping to ease their fears. "I just need to take my medicine, and it will be fine." The words tumbled out, a desperate attempt to comfort them even as he felt the weight of his own truth pressing down on him.

In reality, the situation was far more complex. The original Xiang Yu's natural physique had been forcibly altered, leaving him in a precarious state where no amount of Pheromone Regulation Therapy or medication could truly soothe his disorder, not even in higher doses. They could have sifted through the database when they found that no omega could help him.

Any other alpha with a high match rate would have sufficed but his father's insistence to keep the nature of his condition a secret had led him to exploit someone close to Xiang Yu instead. It was a precarious solution, one that felt like walking a tightrope.