The bar hums with a particular electricity—betas and alphas moving through that unspoken hierarchy, familiar and loaded with unspoken weight. When Izumi settles into conversation with his friend, the air shifts entirely. A scent cuts through the noise, overwhelming and impossibly specific. It's not perfume, not cologne. Flowers—strong enough to stop all thought mid-sentence.

Izumi's a beta, and by every conventional measure, a lucky one—he's dated alphas, and in his world, that's supposed to be a win. But his most recent relationship left him suffocated, worn down by a partner's dominance that was supposed to feel like protection. So when an unknown alpha sends that flower-scent across the room, unseen and unmet, why does Izumi's chest tighten in a way nothing else ever has?

Also known as: My, Shine, My Destined One.

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