"Damn, my triceps have gotten sexier than before, huh? Looks like soon, I will be one of the strongest Alpha our town ever had…" 

While admiring his shirtless taut body on his own in the mirror Kylian cast a charming smile that almost snatched the breath away of a few young omega and beta girls who were also working out in the small gym. They kept ogling at his sweat-soaked body exposing the sight of his perfect eight abs and muscular chest with greedy stares. But like usual, Kylian completely ignored them. 

A model student with perfect grades, a tall, well-built body, blessed with porcelain skin, and an extremely handsome face that could snag a maiden's heart at first glance, Kylian had every desirable feature to become one of the most eligible Alpha of their small seaside town. 

Raised by a kind-hearted single omega mother, he had the utmost determination from a very young age to become an Alpha who was considered as the superior class divided in the world of werewolves. 

Even though werewolves had separated their territory from the humans for a long time, compared to humans, their world was quite cruel towards the weaker ones of their class, especially the omegas. They were merely considered worthy to become the toy or breeders for the proud Alphas. 

Their position in the society was far worse than betas or gammas. weak and inferior by the Alphas were treated worse, which Kylian had learned from a very young age. 

His mother Marita came to Bethel town while pregnant with him, and since growing up he had watched his mother being treated with utmost humiliation by the other classes of society, only because she was an unmarked omega single mother. 

Some labeled her as a prostitute, others labeled her as a home-wrecker when their disgusting husbands started eyeing beautiful Marita… 

But despite facing all those harsh accusations always holding an angelic smile on her face, Marita never let any trouble come across Kylian's path. She raised him with a pure heart, but watching his poor innocent mother suffer at the hands of those so-called Alphas, he had a tremendous rage burning inside him.

He forced himself to go through harsh training from a very young age so that he would become physically strong just like an Alpha should be. Marita was his whole world, and thus from an early age, Kylian had grown deep compassion for the weak people around him, especially towards fragile omegas. 

Moreover, he desperately prayed to the Moon Goddesses every night to let him become an elite Alpha who would be able to protect his mother. 

But trouble arose when Kylian crossed his 18th birthday and his wolf didn't awaken which was an abnormal phenomenon among all the other young adults of the town who usually achieved their first shift. 

When Kylian grew up as a stronger and smarter child, people around Marita started to treat her more nicely than before. Almost everyone in the town was certain that Kylian would become an exceptional Alpha, unlike others. 

But when he couldn't shift on his 18th birthday those same people started giving him side-eyes and even spreading atypical rumors about him. 

Thus, to prove his worth Kylian attended the entrance exam of the Elite Alpha's Academy. 

That exquisite university was located in Westport City, far from their small town, where the majority of the students were Alphas with exceptional IQ and some Betas who belonged to powerful families. 

For a very long time, the Alpha Academy was world-renowned for shaping their students into refined elites who could easily score a prestigious high-class job in the topmost companies of the world. 

It was a place strictly allotted for children belonging to powerful families, but during the application, Kylian did put a small lie in his resume that he had already attained his shift when he was 18, without knowing what his fate awaited ahead of him. 

…

"Kyle?"

A low but excited voice flinched him from behind when Kylian turned around. Still wearing the apron from the small restaurant she had opened recently, Marita almost came rushing inside the gym, panting heavily. 

She lifted her gleaming blue eyes at Kylian before she whined, "Why weren't you answering your phone, Kyle? Goodness, I figured that you would be still at the gym so I came almost running here…" She took a deep breath before she stretched her arm to hand him over a white envelope. 

Inheriting the exact beautiful blue eyes just like his mother, Kylian curiously glanced at the letter and took it from her hand, before he mumbled, "Mom, what happened for you to come here running—"

"You passed the entrance, Kyle!! You got accepted into the Elite Alpha Academy, my son!" Before he could finish his question, Marita almost exclaimed in joy as she hugged Kylian tightly. 

Spellbound from the unexpected news, Kylian couldn't process the reality while his trembling hands opened the envelope. Indeed, it was the acceptance letter from the Alpha Academy, as he stood frozen for a few seconds. 

The exam was exceptionally difficult, and it has been over two decades since a mediocre student could qualify for the exam. But Kylian succeeded without expecting it the least himself! 

"I am so happy for you, Kyle! I knew my boy would get in here!" When Marita praised him while tapping his shoulder, all the other people surrounding him at the gym clapped for Kylian to celebrate his victory! 

But when Kylian almost finished reading the letter, a column at the corner of the letter tainted his smile and made his expression turn dark. 

Blinking anxiously, he put the letter back inside the envelope before his voice turned grim, "Well, I am glad that I qualified it. But that's all I wanted, Mom. I don't have to go to that Academy…with my grades, I can easily get a scholarship in any college near our town." 

"What?" His gym trainer who was a kind middle-aged beta man came walking towards them among the crowd, as everyone's face including Marita's turned darker with his announcement. 

The man grabbed Kylian by his shoulder before he impatiently grumbled, "This is a one-in-a-lifetime opportunity, Kylian! No one from our town ever has qualified for that difficult exam before…absolutely no one! And you are letting such a golden opportunity slip through your fingers? Are you insane?"

"I know why he is refusing to go." But before Kylian could answer him, Marita's cold words flinched both of them. She narrowed her glare on him while scolding him, "You are worried about the tuition fees mentioned in that letter, aren't you so?" 

Holding a restless expression, Kylian grabbed both of her soft hands when he uttered in a gruff voice, "Mom, please think rationally. The Academy will charge five million dollars in three years, and we need to make the downpayment before I officially get enlisted there. There's no way we have such a huge amount of money lying around here! So…it's better if I should just graduate from a nearby college and then I will look for a stable job—"

"Do you have so little faith in your Mom, Kyle?" Intervening between his words, Marita held a tearful gaze at his face when she gently smacked him on the shoulder. 

Her voice trembled a little as she spoke, "I…couldn't give you a lavish life while you grew up, Kyle. We both have struggled so much to come this far…so why do you still think that I can't do anything for you even now? Why did you assume that we won't have the money?" 

"W-What?" Suddenly a petrified darkness grew in his ocean orbs as Kylian grabbed her shoulder while asking ardently, "Mom…d-don't tell me, did you borrow money from Loansharks? Or did you take another debt—"

"Shut up you foolish boy!" Cutting in between his anxious mumble, Marita smacked a bank book on his head, making Kylian flinch hard. When he grabbed it from her hand and took a quick glance, his eyes rolled in shock when he saw there were over three million dollars already deposited in his bank account! 

"M-Mom…t-this money…h-how…"

"I have used all of my life savings to pay for the tuition fees, Kyle." She gently patted his head to make him calm down this time, before continuing, "I will finish depositing the remaining money in two days…and you will be turning 19 on that day too. So, consider it as a birthday gift from your poor mother, my foolish child." 

"Mom…" Unable to hold his tears anymore, Kylian embraced her with his trembling arms, making everyone around them tear up with their emotional union. 

Marita wiped her tears while patting his shoulder, as a warm smile curved her lips, "I have complete faith in you, my baby. Your Mom will always be standing behind you in every leap you take ahead, you know that right?" 

"Yes Mom, I will always be grateful to you for everything. I will never let you down, and I swear, we will lead a better life ahead!" 

With his loud sincere confession, when both of them finished their emotional exchange, his gym trainer hugged Kylian tight before he announced joyfully in front of everyone, "To celebrate our Kyle's victory, let's give my dedicated student a grand farewell party that he deserves! Let's go, everyone!" 

With a loud jovial cheer when all of them escorted Kylian outside, Marita stood behind, holding her proud gaze at Kylian's shining broad back.

But soon the beaming happiness on her face was tainted in the dark when she took out her phone and typed a text message to an unknown sender.

"Make sure to deposit the remaining two million dollars in my account by tomorrow. After that, I will opt for the surgery of selling my organ when my son leaves for the Academy in two days. Please do not turn back on our deal now." 

After she sent it to that person, she clenched her jaws to suppress the tears choking her throat inside, as she murmured, "I am sorry, Kyle, for being such a helpless mother. I don't care what happens to me from here ahead…but…I will do anything for you, no matter what price I might have to pay…" 

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AUTHOR'S NOTE: Hello my lovely readers, this is my entry for the Cupid Quill (Aug 2024) contest. As you must have gotten a hunch, this will be an omegaverse story with a passionate forbidden love between our tough pookie bottom and hot but dangerously sexy top.

So, get ready for a thrilling ride, and since it is omegaverse, in the future do you want to see a cute baby? If yes, then please vote, comment, add to your library, and support me in this journey ^^