Kiss Me if You Can — Chapter 4

...A WARNING ABOUT C'S K.

A KIDNAPPING THREAT AGAINST CHASE MILLER?

IS IT A REVENGE THING?

DON'T BE STUPID. IF IT WERE REVENGE, WE WOULDN'T EVEN BE ABLE TO NARROW DOWN THE SUSPECTS.

ANYONE WHO KNOWS HIM PROBABLY WANTS TO KILL HIM. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM.

RIGHT. C ISN'T JUST FOR CHASE,

IT COULD ALSO STAND FOR CRAZY.

FROM WHAT WE CAN GUESS, IT MIGHT BE A CULT, A LARGE CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION,

OR SOME INSANE FANATICS.

MAYBE ALL OF THE ABOVE.

CULTISTS OR CRAZY FANS, SURE. BUT A CRIME SYNDICATE? WHY?

FOR MONEY, OBVIOUSLY.

DO YOU EVEN KNOW HOW MUCH EXTREME ALPHA SPERM SELLS FOR?

SPERM?

YEAH. EVERYONE WANTS A KID FROM AN EXTREME ALPHA.

THEY SAY IF YOU GET YOUR HANDS ON IT, YOU CAN LIVE OFF THE PROFITS FOR THREE GENERATIONS.

AND IF IT'S HIS SPERM? THAT'D FETCH AN INSANE PREMIUM.

BUT EXTREME ALPHAS CONTROL THEIR REPRODUCTION, DON'T THEY?

EVEN IF YOU FORCED THEM, YOU COULDN'T GET THEM TO ACTUALLY MAKE A KID.

IT'S NOT THAT IT'S COMPLETELY IMPOSSIBLE.

YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS IF AN EXTREME ALPHA DOESN’T RELEASE THEIR PHEROMONES FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME, RIGHT?

...THEY GO INSANE.

EXACTLY. JUST LOCK HIM UP FOR A FEW DAYS.

NO WAY AN EXTREME ALPHA LOSING HIS MIND CAN CONTROL REPRODUCTION ANYMORE.

AN EXTREME ALPHA’S PHEROMONES ARE WHAT GRANT THEM POWER AND DOMINANCE AT THE TOP OF SOCIETY,

BUT WHEN THEY ACCUMULATE, THEY BECOME POISON, ATTACKING THE ALPHA’S OWN BODY.

THAT’S WHY THEY RELEASE PHEROMONES REGULARLY,

THOUGH IT’S ONLY A TEMPORARY FIX. THE ONLY REAL SOLUTION IS SEX.

THAT’S HOW THE DEBAUCHERY OF EXTREME ALPHAS WAS ALWAYS JUSTIFIED.

AT LEAST CHASE NEVER HOSTED THOSE KINDS OF PARTIES AT HIS PLACE.

HOW MANY YEARS AGO WAS THAT?

BACK THEN, I ONLY WORKED FOR A FEW MONTHS AS HIS GUARD.

STILL, IN ALL THAT TIME, I NEVER SAW HIM

MEET ANYONE OR EVEN RELEASE HIS PHEROMONES.

HE DIDN'T PARTY, DIDN'T DO ANYTHING.

THAT'S PROBABLY WHY, WHEN HIS RUT HIT, HE LOST CONTROL AND THINGS HAPPENED WITH ME.

I WONDER HOW CHASE HAS BEEN LIVING SINCE THEN.

AT CHASE'S MANSION

WELCOME!

WE'VE BEEN EXPECTING YOU.

I'M THE LEADER OF THE CURRENT SECURITY TEAM.

YES, GOOD MORNING.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING.

ONE OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS RECENTLY QUIT, AND WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FIND A REPLACEMENT.

BECAUSE OF THAT, VACATIONS FOR THE REST OF US KEPT GETTING POSTPONED.

IF WORSE COMES TO WORST, AND WE CAN'T FIND ANOTHER TEAM TO TAKE OVER AFTER YOUR TERM,

WE'LL RETURN IN SIX MONTHS.

Please follow me.

I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING TOGETHER.

SO, SIX MONTHS AT MOST, RIGHT?

JUST MAKING SURE.

YES, THAT'S CORRECT...

PROBABLY.

...DOESN'T SOUND VERY REASSURING.

THIS HOUSE IS WAY TOO BIG FOR ONE PERSON.

THERE'S SO MUCH TO PATROL....

!!

DAMN IT.

WHAT THE HELL? THESE PHEROMONES ARE INSANE.

CHASE'S PHEROMONES....

MARK, BEING A BETA, PROBABLY CAN'T FEEL IT,

BUT EVEN THE OTHER ALPHAS ARE ANNOYED BY HOW STRONG IT IS.

DID I TAKE MY SUPPRESSANT TODAY?

I'VE NEVER REACTED TO ALPHA PHEROMONES BEFORE BECAUSE OF THE MARK, BUT...

OF COURSE, THAT DOESN'T APPLY TO THE ONE WHO LEFT THE MARK ON ME.

IF THIS MUCH LINGERS IN THE AIR,

I'LL NEED TO INCREASE MY SUPPRESSANT DOSE JUST TO GET THROUGH THIS JOB.

THE PHEROMONES ARE OVERWHELMING, HUH?

HERE, TAKE THIS. THESE ARE SUPPLEMENTAL CANDIES OUR TEAM USED.

THEY HELP DILUTE THE PHEROMONES IN YOUR SYSTEM.

THE SMELL IS SO STRONG IT OVERRIDES THE PHEROMONES ENTIRELY.

They're surprisingly effective.

PASS THEM OVER!

ME TOO!

Don't eat them all, Henry!

FOLLOW ME TO THE MAIN GATE.

MR. MILLER WILL BE ARRIVING SHORTLY.

HOW MANY YEARS HAS IT BEEN SINCE I LAST SAW CHASE?

THERE'S NO WAY HE'D REMEMBER ME, AND YET...

WHY AM I SO ON EDGE?

SHIT.

PAPARAZZI.

...A GUN?

M-MR. MILLER!

DON'T SHOOT! MR. MILLER!!!

GET DOWN, IDIOT!

BORN FROM AN EXTREME ALPHA AND A DOMINANT OMEGA, CHASE MILLER WAS A PUREBLOOD THROUGH AND THROUGH.

IN THE MILLER FAMILY, WHERE EVERY SIBLING WAS A DOMINANT ALPHA, THEY WERE NICKNAMED AFTER VARIOUS WILD ANIMALS.

THE THIRD SON, CHASE, WAS KNOWN AS

THE CRAZY DOG.

AHHH-!!

THE MILLER FAMILY'S RABID HOUND.