Desire Me If You Can Chapter 5

When they arrived at the grand mansion, which stood all alone in a remote location, thick black smoke was already billowing from it. True to the place where a pheromone party had been held, most of the people who had rushed out in a panic were either wearing nothing but thin undergarments or had only managed to cover their vital parts with whatever fabric they could get their hands on. Those who were properly dressed were clearly the bodyguards or hired staff. The stark contrast was utterly ridiculous, but the firefighters focused on their work with serious faces.

It was a fortunate thing that they were still sane enough to run out like this. Leaving the team members who were preparing to spray water behind them, the other team busily equipped themselves and prepared to enter.

“Are there many people inside?”

At the team leader’s question, a man who appeared to be the butler answered with a pale face.

“I—I don’t know. There should be quite a few….”

Seeing him stammer, a man with red-gold hair asked nonchalantly.

“We should just focus on the civilians, right?”

“Dane, don’t discriminate against even extreme Alphas—if they’re inside, save them!”

At the team leader’s shout, Dane clicked his tongue briefly, then put on his helmet and entered the mansion. Watching his back, the team leader muttered with a frown.

“That bastard—he wouldn’t purposely avoid saving them, would he?”

“No way, even if he talks like that, he does what he needs to.”

The man who had replied with a laugh added bitterly,

“While he’s working, anyway.”

With those words, a group of firefighters sprinted forward. The staff watched them with pity as they ran in the opposite direction of the people who were desperately escaping.

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Ominous, creaking sounds echoed from everywhere. The sound of heated wood splitting apart with a crack and the sound of plaster fragments falling from the ceiling and hitting the floor intertwined to oppress the space. The flames that had started from deep within the building quickly spread throughout the entire house. The fire, which had been drawing bizarre patterns as it burned the wallpaper, soon climbed up the ceiling and stuck out red tongues. The smoke clung to the ceiling, undulating and writhing as if a massive beast were inhaling.

The firefighters, scattered here and there and opening doors one by one, sent people out urgently whenever they saw those who were still remaining.

“Get out, get out right now!”

One of the firefighters searching the room shouted at a couple he had found in the parlor. However, they couldn’t respond properly. The couple, who were deep under the influence of drugs, were blinking their hazy eyes and lay limp on the couch. Because their consciousness was not clear, they didn’t even seem to properly perceive the current situation. In the end, while he was dragging them out with his colleague, one person ran ahead to the stairs.

“Hey, Dane! Wait a second, go together!”

Someone shouted from behind, but he leaped up three steps at a time, arriving on the second floor in an instant. The smoke was even thicker here. He quickly opened the doors one by one to check inside. Even as he did, several people brushed past him, coughing, and headed outside.

Hoo, hoo. Dane skillfully controlled his ragged breathing, which had become rough due to the encroaching heat and tension. Just as he was about to move forward again, a man who appeared to be a staff member came staggering toward him through the acrid smoke, coughing violently.

“Are there people in this area, too?”

Dane quickly grabbed him and asked. The man, who had been trying to evacuate while covering his nose and mouth with a handkerchief, was a mess covered in sweat and soot, and he answered between coughs.

“I—don’t, don’t know. I did bring drinks to the room in the far right corner a while ago….”

Dane didn’t wait to hear more and threw his body forward urgently. The man shouted from behind with a hoarse voice.

“The door is locked. You’ll have to break it!”

Instead of answering, Dane kept running, pulled out the axe he had been carrying on his back, and gripped it with one hand. As he reached the end of the hallway and hurriedly surveyed his surroundings, a small door appeared faintly amidst the thick smoke. It had been secretly concealed like a part of the wall, and it would have surely gone unnoticed if he hadn’t been tipped off by the man earlier. Dane hurriedly pressed against the wall to confirm the door’s location, then gripped his axe firmly and struck it.

With a loud thwack, wood chips shattered and flew off. Behind his back, the sound of glass breaking occasionally mixed with the ominous sound of fire spreading. Dane didn’t care and kept striking the door. After a few strikes, he ripped out the smashed door, stuck his hand through the hole, grabbed the handle, and turned it. With a metallic clicking sound, the door opened, and Dane jumped inside immediately.

“Evacuate quickly! The fire is right now….”

He stopped mid-sentence. The scene unfolding in the room was something even Dane Striker, who was worn out from countless one-night stands and swapping partners, had never seen before.

Two men who appeared to be twins were collapsed on the floor. Naked, they were foaming at the mouth and trembling all over their bodies so violently it was visible at a glance. Seeing them rolling their eyes and staring into the void made it look as if they were having a shock.

Gasping as if their breath was about to give out at any moment, they still kept their sex stiffly erect and were oozing semen. Their crotches were soaked as if they had already ejaculated several times, yet they remained swollen. If left like that, they would lose their function. Of course, an Omega’s sex was useless for reproduction anyway, but that didn’t mean it was okay to ruin it. After all, a vital point is a vital point.

Even so, they were still out of their minds, continuing to gouge their lower holes with their own hands. That area was already glowing red, wounded, and even bleeding, but they didn’t stop. It was as if their brains had been pickled in something. Alcohol, drugs, or perhaps.

Pheromones.

Only then did Dane check the face of the man sitting on the bed. Specifically, the man with dark blonde hair whose wrists were tied to the bedposts, one on each side, while he leaned his upper body against the headboard.

The source of the pheromones, which were thicker than the acrid smoke, was that very man. While pouring pheromones onto the Omegas rolling on the floor and gasping for air, he was smiling. As if he had never seen a more amusing sight than this.

Dane stood there for a moment, watching the man’s eyes that sparkled with a golden hue.

Hot heat seemed to be engulfing him from right behind his back. The sound of the house collapsing could be heard from all sides. Panting heavily inside his helmet, Dane thought.

What the hell, that crazy son of a bitch.

Ever since he learned it was a pheromone party, he had anticipated that all sorts of mayhem would be taking place. But seeing this scene in reality made his stomach turn. He felt a moment of dejection at the thought, Did I jump into this inferno to save pieces of trash like that? But now was not the time to be wallowing in skepticism.

“Dane! Are you okay? Argh!”

Ezra, who had followed late, shouted in surprise. The other firefighters who arrived in succession were the same. At the bizarre and never-before-seen sight, they seemed to momentarily forget the situation and were left dumbstruck.

Dane was the first to move. The twins collapsed on the floor were unable to even stand up, let alone walk out on their own. Dane grabbed one of them to carry him, and just as Ezra was about to pick up the other twin to carry him out, an unexpected situation occurred.

The moment they sensed a deep pheromone scent through the thick smoke, the twin in his arms had a seizure and twisted his body. Dane grabbed him hurriedly, but Ezra, who had been caught off guard, ended up dropping the twin he was holding.

“Damn it, ah!”

Flustered, Ezra shouted. Although he had hit the floor with a fairly loud thud, he didn’t even show signs of pain. Ezra hurried to grab him again, but he shoved him away and crawled desperately across the floor. Toward the man who had sprayed the pheromones just a moment ago.

“Take him, get out first.”

Dane, who had been standing awkwardly, passed the twin he was holding to another firefighter and tried to grab him urgently. However, the one who was left crawling on the floor began to thrash about, having a fit.

“No, nooo! Let go! Hurry, quickly, quuuuickly… put it in, shove it in, ahhh!”

A shrill scream erupted. The sight of him howling while shaking his hips, unable to contain himself, was agonizing even for those watching.