Maybe Lucian had no idea of the effect he had on Magnus, or else he knew and used it wisely. Fact was that Magnus simply went towards him.
He had asked that question just to provoke him, to pull an answer with that stupid smile of his as he always did. After all, Lucian always had a response to his provocations, turning their conversations into a fight about who leaves the other speechless first.
However, Magnus came across something new that day.
The fragility of the eighth prince.
After having heard that question, Magnus only widened his eyes slightly upon realizing that the eighth prince was... something. He was all red and panting because of the effect of his pheromones, long hair strewn on the bed and staring at him with disbelief without even blinking.
It was as if Lucian did not believe what he heard.
The unbelief expressed in his face was so unprecedented, that Magnus really believed that Lucian would cry at any moment.
How could an alpha be so... sensitive to mere words? He acted like an omega!
Only that it aroused the curiosity in Magnus... What else would he find behind the prince's mask that Lucian wore, if Magnus unsealed him?
Only by the pheromones, Magnus already had a little notion of what awaited him. Lucian's pheromones were weak with a woody and imperceptible aroma, requiring great focus to notice them. And that was the point: it was a sneaky pheromone that draws attention entirely to itself and then causes an effect too great.
So, Magnus got up from his bed and took off his tie, tying it on the doorknob to let the servant know that his master was in an intimate moment. Because the tie had the Grimwood crest, he would know that the prince was in good hands. Then Magnus closed the curtains, starting to feel territorialist.
To finish all the combo that would make Magnus really fall into temptation, he saw that fragility being used to brazenly seduce him.
With the sweetest smile and blush as red as an apple, Lucian smiled with joy that he could have the omega for himself at that moment. With just the extension of his arms and the soft tone of voice, he tried to seduce Magnus in the most brazen and adorable way possible.
"Hm... come to me, omega."
Magnus stared at him inexpressively without really knowing what to expect from Lucian. Alfas in heat were usually incisive, trying to brazenly seduce an omega to touch them anyway. Always a bunch of shameless savages that exhaled their pheromones and made a point to trap their partners in their beds.
Only that Lucian was calling him, giving room for him to come on his own and take the reins.
Ah, the sweet ego.
How was the ego when he received a caress?
Magnus slid his fingers through Lucian's arms, from the shoulder to his wrist. He felt Lucian's skin shiver with that soft touch until his fingers intertwined, so Magnus took the alpha's hands above his head trapping him against the bed. Leaning over him, Magnus felt more and more the woody smell, which moved with him secretly.
Immediately he went to Lucian's neck, where he felt the most intense smell along with the beat of his heart. There, Magnus kissed the alpha's neck and felt under him the reaction of his body that excited with the slightest touch.
Just out of curiosity he licked the skin of the alpha, hearing him groan under himself and react to the pheromones that the omega released gradually. Magnus could feel Lucian's heart racing, his scent intensifying, yet the alpha remained submissive.
"Heh... that's cute", whispered the omega.
"What?"
Raising his head, Magnus licked his lips and smiled maliciously.
"I'm saying that for an alpha, you're a cute one."
Lucian blinked a few times looking at him.
"That was a compliment?"
"No."
"Sounded like one."
"But it wasn't."
"... may I think it's a compliment?"
"No."
Lucian pouted, but Magnus knew that in the end that shameless would be happy and would consider his words as a compliment. It didn't matter much, actually, but Magnus simply refused to "lose". Anyway, he smiled in disguise and kissed the alpha's neck again to tease him even more.
Magnus wanted to enjoy while Lucian acted under control, because when he gives in to his instincts...
Lucian's skin was soft and thin, making it easy for Magnus to feel his veins on his lips. It was not only the reaction of Lucian that he could feel, but a whole set that delivered information. Magnus' sharp teeth pinched behind Lucian's ear, taking all the care in the world not to bite one of his pheromone glands.
If he bit, the bond would be created. Magnus wanted to avoid it at all costs.
Only that it was precisely in that damned place that Lucian was most sensitive and trembled under him.
Magnus raised his crimson eyes to watch closely the way her fiancé was. Lucian seemed to restrain himself, he bit his lower lip and even closed his eyes.
What an abuse!
How did he dare to hold when had Magnus Grimwood kissing his neck?
Magnus got slightly bloated and released a lot of pheromones, which made Lucian take a deep breath and grab his waist tightly. Now yes he was reacting as he should, and so the omega continued to kiss his neck and lick his glands behind his ear.
"Haa... omega. Be obedient and release more pheromones."
A nerve was hit with that sentence. Magnus pulled away from Lucian's neck and stared at him seriously.
"Repeat if you have the courage."
The alpha squeezed his fingers on Magnus' waist.
"Be obedient..."
"Of course, that's what the alphas like best: obedience" Interrupt Magnus, holding Lucian's chin firmly, noticing his dilated pupils and his smell getting more intense. "Do not forget who you are lying with, little prince."
"You are impossible, did you know that, Magnus?" answered the prince, still lost in his instinct that seemed to push reason away. "It's as if you challenged me only to annoy me."
Magnus didn't answer, he just slipped his slin fingers through Lucian's ear, watching him happily shudder and undo the irritated grimace. Ah, he found a weak spot in that little mouse.
"You are playing dangerously, did you know that omega?"
Nodding his head calmly, Magnus opened the most arrogant smile.
"Don't be hypocritical, you don't want me to stop now, do you?"
The alpha had to take a deep breath to keep his composure as Magnus continued to caress his ear. He knew that he was doing well, especially in rubbing his fingers on the pheromones gland and using it to his advantage to tame the alpha ego. Omega's arrogance increased when he heard a pleasurable groan coming from Lucian's chest.
"Damn, omega. You really know how to play, huh?"
"Heh" Magnus laughed in scorn.
He hadn't even started yet. Just by playing with his neck, Magnus managed to get more moans and pheromones out of that so-called prince. And he wanted more.
Oh, of course Magnus wanted even more.
Leaning towards him, Magnus licked his lips and kissed him deeply. Immediately Lucian curled his tongues, making the kiss deep and erotic. The saliva trickled between their lips, they kissed so intensely that the heat emerged between their bodies.
A moan escaped from Lucian's busy lips, he squeezed his fingers around Magnus' waist, having slight spasms of pleasure. Magnus also got more excited as he felt Lucian's tongue explore his mouth and be covered with the alpha pheromones.
"Omega, you're driving me crazy, you know?"
"It was just a kiss."
"Just a kiss?"
Lucian let go of a growl, squeezing Magnus' waist even more and pulling it against himself, keeping his lips a mere millimetre apart from each other. Lucian's breath was so hot, that Magnus felt more excited. Damn it, adorable and submissive he has already evolved into the typical alpha in heat.
And worst of all... he was exciting.
"You know very well what this is doing to me, omega. It's driving me crazy."
Of course he was going crazy, Magnus released his pheromones also just to seduce Lucian. And he responded so promptly that it made the joke more dangerous.
Magnus' eyes shone with excitement.
"So what?", Magnus questioned when biting Lucian's lower lip
Lucian took a sharp breath with that bite, and his fingers slipped under the omega's shirt to tighten it more and more against himself. Among growls, Lucian left his voice more grave as an order.
"You know what you're doing to me, don't you?"
"What a complaint alpha" Growled Magnus.
The squeeze got stronger and Lucian threw Magnus in bed to get on top of him. The change of position was sudden, catching the omega off guard. He swore to have heard Lucian swearing at him in the meantime, only that the alpha rubbed his erection against that of Magnus, making sure to show him the chaotic state that his prank left him.
"You're acting like a little boy" Growled Lucian. "A beautiful, infuriating and maddening little boy."
Blinking stunned by the exchange of positions, Magnus opened a malicious smile, pulling Lucian by the neck to kiss him deeply again. Once again, Lucian moaned, clearly the dominant attitude of the omega and its provocations was what excited most.
His hands worked to take off his clothes, with extreme urgency as the kiss climbed along with his pheromones. Their smell mixed in the air, leading both to the madness of attraction where none of them gave in. One wanted to be the winner in that charming game.
Lucian interrupted the kiss and pulled his face away just enough to catch his breath. The body of both burned with desire for each other, their eyes darkened by the shadow of possessiveness without end to reach the summit of pleasure.
"Omega", Lucian said between wheezing and smiling maliciously showing the fangs as a hungry wolf. "You're driving me crazy. I want you. I want to possess you and make you mine in every possible way. I will claim you as mine."
His omega instinct screamed to be possessed by that ridiculous alpha.
Clenching his teeth, Magnus could no longer hold on to his instinct.
Magnus wanted more.