Raniel wasn't sure whether he had jinxed it or not. But ever since he had become pregnant, Ilyan had been peculiarly distant. He stopped visiting him in his quarters, stopped looking for him right after either of their training sessions, and their meetings had become so rare that Raniel could count them on his fingers.
And he absolutely didn't like this.
Not at all.
How could someone who had been so loving, so gentle, and so caring suddenly behave so coldly?
Raniel simply couldn't understand.
What was it that was driving Ilyan away?
As he walked down the hallway, pondering, his guesses twisting with one another, a conversation from a distance reached his ears.
One he should never have heard.
"A man, pregnant?"
A laugh followed.
"Strange, isn't it? I know male omegas exist, but which alpha in their right mind would give them their child?" another person added, as if male omegas were abnormal. As if they weren't even living beings.
