He waved his hand in the air "The omega who finally survived Noah Sterling. Your ticket to being a god, and also proof that you're not just a monster who kills everything he touches."
The words hit their mark. Noah's face went white, then flushed with anger.
"You think this is about my reputation?" His voice was dangerously quiet.
"I think this is about your ego," Levi shot back. "You can't stand that I walked away from you, so now you're playing the concerned mate to try to reel me back in."
Noah stood abruptly, his movement sharp enough to make Ethan and the junior look up from their awkward post revelation silence.
"If that's what you believe," Noah said, his voice carefully controlled, "then maybe I should leave you to handle your medical crisis alone."
"Maybe you should," Levi replied.
For a moment, Noah looked like he might actually leave. Then his jaw set in a stubborn line, and he settled back into his chair.
"No, i won't" he said simply.
The certainty in his voice was infuriating, partly because it sounded genuine and partly because Levi wasn't sure he wanted Noah to leave despite his harsh words.
Before either of them could say anything else, Dr. Elias knocked and entered.
Dr. Elias's office felt smaller with all four of them crammed inside, Ethan and the junior had positioned themselves near the door, junior's own awkwardness from Levi's blunt observation adding another layer to the already charged atmosphere.
Dr. Elias settled behind his desk with a tablet and several printed reports, his expression carefully neutral in the way medical professionals perfected when delivering complicated news. He glanced between Noah and Levi, seeming to weigh his words.
"The results are... comprehensive," he began, which immediately put Levi on edge. In his experience, when doctors used words like 'comprehensive,' they were usually preparing to deliver information you didn't want to hear.
"Your compatibility markers are extraordinary, Levi. The highest I've ever recorded for a Type B alpha pairing. Your pheromone signatures don't just complement each other – they're practically designed to work together."
Levi turned to glance at Noah who sat still with no expression.
"However, there are some... unusual findings that we need to discuss." He pulled up an image on his tablet. It looked like a detailed scan of Levi's torso. "The mate mark, for instance."
Levi frowned. "What about it?"
"Typically, mate marks appear on the neck – it's the most accessible location during mating, and the scent glands there make it the logical choice for a bonding bite." Dr. Elias highlighted an area on the scan. "Yours is not on your neck."
"Where is it then?" Noah asked, his voice carrying an odd tension.
Dr. Elias cleared his throat slightly and stared at Levi. "On your left nipple, actually. Along with evidence of multiple bite marks across your chest and torso that are healing with unusual speed."
The silence that followed was deafening. Levi stared at the scan, processing this information with the detachment that had kept him alive through worse revelations.
'Of course' The animal alpha had been biting him throughout the entire rut encounter. The placement wasn't surprising, given what he remembered of Noah's... 'thoroughness'.
"That's not entirely uncommon with Type B alphas," Dr. Elias continued, seeming to interpret their silence as shock rather than resignation. "Their mating behaviors tend to be more... extensive than Type A alphas. The multiple bite locations suggest a very intense claiming instinct."
Noah, the hunk, looked so stiff and shameless on his chair. "I don't remember"
"Rut memories are often fragmented," Dr. Elias said gently. "It's a survival mechanism, actually. If alphas retained full awareness of their behavior during rut, many would never attempt mating at all. That's for sure" He chuckled.
Levi could understand that. If he'd had to consciously experience every moment of being claimed by someone with Noah's intensity, he probably would have lost his mind.
"The unusual placement explains some of the compatibility factors we observed," Dr. Elias continued. "The nerve pathways from that location create different hormonal cascades than neck marking. It's actually more... intimate, from a biological standpoint."
"More intimate," Levi repeated dryly. "Wonderful."
Dr. Elias pulled up another screen, this one filled with complex charts and graphs. "Your hormone levels show remarkable adaptation. Cortisol remains low, bonding hormones are elevated but stable, and your reproductive markers—"
He stopped abruptly, his expression shifting from professional explanation to something that looked suspiciously like guilt.
"My what?" Levi's voice dropped to something dangerous.
"I... that is, we ran a comprehensive panel, and reproductive health is part of the standard compatibility assessment for mated pairs.."
"What. Reproductive. Markers." Each word came out sharp and precise, the tone Levi had once used to interrogate targets who were trying to avoid telling him what he needed to know.
Dr. Elias glanced at Noah, then at the tablet in his hands, then back at Levi. "Fertility markers. Ovulation patterns, egg viability, hormonal receptivity for conception. It's... it's standard procedure for Type B alpha compatibility testing."
The words hit Levi like ice water. "You ran fertility tests on me without my consent?".
"It's part of the compatibility panel," Dr. Elias said quickly. "When Noah requested comprehensive testing, fertility assessment is automatically included.."
"I didn't consent to fertility testing." Levi's voice was deadly quiet now, the kind of calm that preceded violence in his old life. "I specifically said I wanted to know about every test before you ran it."
"Levi," Noah started, but was cut off by a look that could have frozen a bullet.
"Did you know?" Levi asked, his gaze boring into Noah with laser intensity.
"Fertility testing is standard for mate compatibility.."
"That's not what I asked. Did you specifically know they were going to test my fertility without telling me?"
Noah's silence was answer enough.
The silence that followed was tight and terrible. Ethan and the junior seemed to shrink into the background, while Dr. Elias looked like he regretted every life choice that had led him to this moment.
"Get out" This was the first time Levi actively used the omega pheromones of his borrowed body.