Taming The Alpha

Marrying for a major good

Heinrich was a short-tempered man, and for some of the clan, there was still some sort of mystery about how he made Gealach fall in love with him. Maybe she was forced, as usually did the alphas of his class and his generation, to force a bond on an omega of their liking, but that was another story.

Heinrich then entered Damien's room, looking at him on the bed. Damien seemed to be more calm now, not looking like he was on heat, an obvious signal that he was maybe ending his heat. It was still difficult to admit that he was intersexual, having both of the breed's characteristics.

"Damien, wake up", Heinrich said, moving his son by the shoulder, making him open his hazel eyes just to look at his father.

"What happens?", Damien asked, as he got up from his bed.

"There is something I need to talk to you about", Heinrich said.

It was all hard to swallow, and he did not imagine giving his son to marriage, but not with an omega of his own clan, but with the Alpha enemy. But he needed to remain cold, and for a while, stop thinking of Damien as his son, and see him about what he was —an omega.

"We have visitors. Alexander Doiltean has come to us and has asked you for marriage, because he felt 'a bond between both of you'",. Alpha's words were so cold, as he looked at Damien, waiting for his answer.

"What? No, that makes nonsense", Damien said, rejecting at once the proposal, even ready to go to the Great Hall of the palace and yell at Alex's face to go and f**k himself.

"I am not asking you your opinion, Damien", Heinrich replied. "I am notifying you. For sure, he knows about you, and if you reject him, he will spread the word about your 'condition'.So you will marry him to keep everybody silent".

Damien was speechless. How come his own father would give him that, like some sort of currency of exchange, just to keep everyone silent about his son being an intersexual being?

"You are nuts. Father, I will not marry an enemy".

"He came all the way here from the Doiltean territory just for this, at least be humble and grateful, and accept his offer in debt to his effort, and of course his silence".

"I am not marrying him!", Damien yelled, standing up in front of his own father, who looked at him with a serious face, like they both were ready to fight. Fortunately, Gellie came once she heard the screams.

"Damien", she said, putting in between them, "please listen. I know this is really hard, for me, for you, even for your father. But there is something. Doiltean is saying that he could make peace with our clan if you accept. Do not see this as a forced marriage, but as an alliance".

Gealach was the most reasonable in this situation, but still, it was a really hard to swallow pill. And it was hard for Damien especially to accept or at least consider the offer, since that night was still vividly reproducing on his head. He was on the floor, like the victim of his own heat, being almost abused if his peers did not appear at the perfect moment. He shivered from only remembering that, the fear of losing all of his dignity in front of his people.

However, even if his parents could suspect that that could happen, it was just his secret, a shameful and dirty memory of his own.

"If I marry him", Damien finally said, "then everybody could have peace, and stop thinking about a possible invasion, since the ambush of last night". The young heir was also as wise as his mother, and for once, he could think about the situation as a necessary 'sacrifice' to make to bring a peaceful life to his clan.

Heinrich smiled then, knowing now that his son could still hide the secret of his sexuality, and immediately ordered him to get dressed, and tell Gealach to give him some suppressing potion to avoid any heat at the time they were reunited with the Doiltean.

That being said, Damien went to dress in his most elegant vest, just like Cleite heir, at the time Gealach took a little bottle from her belt on her dress.

"This is a homemade potion to level your hormones. I will show you how to prepare it, as it serves to calm your heat. Drink it every time you need to make a public appearance, go to somewhere full of alphas, or just don't want to have intimacy", although that last use could be useless, because when an alpha wants its mate, usually there is no power on earth that makes them desist from its desires.

"Thank you, mother, I truly appreciate that", Damien said, but his facial expression was showing his own anguish.

"Do not fear, my dear", Gellie said, "you will overcome this, and when we both form a single wider clan, everyone of the Cleite will see how powerful and wise you are".

"Is not that, mother", he said. " It is about Amanda. I am not comfortable marrying by contract. Even worse, marrying someone that is not Amanda".

Gellie's throat felt suddenly closed. A sudden pain and the feeling of tears going up was forming, as she hugged her son.

"I know it is hard to leave somebody you love. But it is too late for that to even say goodbye. I know Amanda will understand the reasons you are doing this, so please, be patient and wait for her", without knowing how to do it, she hoped for the best and that the arranged marriage would end up in a divorce, just after the clan became one and they assimilate the change he could come back home and marry Amanda for once. Gealach was even willing to make her wait for Damien, explaining the whole situation, even willing to tell her the s****l nature of his son. If she truly loved him —and she knew, for sure, that Amanda did—, then she would accept and wait.

Just after a few minutes, both of them were ready to go upstairs, to the great hall, in order to wait for the Doiltean, and establish the terms of that polemic marriage.