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Prologue
It all started when the two Alphas married. Though same gender relationships and marriages were not unheard of, they were often looked down upon, especially among those of higher status. But this match was preplanned - and two Alphas was better than two Omegas in the eyes of society. They would have to be the exception to the rule.
This man and woman were both from well off families - one owned the most successful law firm in all of Europe, and the other came from generations of University owners and professors. It was only expected of them to bring up heirs to take over their estates when they died.
This is where the problem of their genders came into play - they could not conceive a child naturally. Both coming from such prestigious backgrounds, they had an example to set. They needed alpha children - more specifically, an alpha son. They therefore decided to use a Omega surrogate, one who had, so far, produced only male alpha children.
When the time came for the birth of their child, however, it was not as they had been told - the baby was a girl. Yet she was still their child, and so they took her, deciding to raise her as they had always planned. But the fact remained that they would still need a powerful Alpha son to carry the family name when the time came.
They decided, this time, to go with adoption. Adoption was risky - with children not fully presenting until their mid or late teens, it was almost impossible to know if the baby would present as an alpha. It didn’t really matter to them what their little girl came to be - there wasn’t much they could do about that.
It was about three years after the birth of their daughter that they got a call - a young Omega woman had just given birth to a son, but had tragically died. This little boy would be sent into the system, unless they wanted him. They jumped at the chance - the family from which the woman came had a strong history of Alpha presentation. The doctors confirmed that, in all but the rarest of circumstances, this child would be the Alpha they needed.
They raised their son this way, believing with all their hearts that their little boy would grow up to be one of the most powerful Alphas in their society. They groomed him and prepared him for the role, making sure he knew when to stand up and when to back down, when to assert his dominance and when to be more cunning and underhanded.
The boy grew up, tall and strong, just like all Alpha children. The parents were proud - they would soon have someone to represent their family in the highest possible way.
They couldn’t possibly have foreseen that their carefully structured plan would ruin the very foundations of their family...