It started in the library. Tony was studying, quiet as always, when Liam, Zion, and Red walked in — and all three stopped at the same time. They couldn’t smell him. Not because he was hiding it. Because there was nothing to smell. At first, they were confused. Annoyed. Alphas rely on pheromones to navigate the world — and Tony was a blank spot. But curiosity turned to fascination, and fascination turned to hunger. Because with Tony, there’s no biological compulsion, no hormonal influence, no heat clouding their judgment. They want him with their minds, not just their instincts. And that kind of conscious, deliberate desire is far more dangerous. They start showing up everywhere — his dorm room, his classes, the cafeteria. They don’t need his scent to know where he is. They don’t need a heat to crave him. They just… need him. “Most alphas want what their biology tells them to want. Scents, pheromones, heat. We don’t have that with you, Tony. So this isn’t instinct. This is choice. And we choose you.”