Chapters
293 total- 1 Chapter 1: First class
- 2 Chapter 2: Empty apartment
- 3 Chapter 3: Sounds like a plan
- 4 Chapter 4: You’ve done this before
- 5 Chapter 5: It doesn’t match.
- 6 Chapter 6: Possibilities
- 7 Chapter 7: Coffee
- 8 Chapter 8: Coffee date and familiar names
- 9 Chapter 9: Do-over request
- 10 Chapter 10: Don’t make me look bad, Elias.
- 11 Chapter 11: Professor Stone lies.
- 12 Chapter 12: No longer harmless.
- 13 Chapter 13: She’s not dead.
- 14 Chapter 14: Academic leash
- 15 Chapter 15: Grant
- 16 Chapter 16: Matteo
- 17 Chapter 17: Half-Truths Over Ice
- 18 Chapter 18: Date and family
- 19 Chapter 19: Gods, Fathers, and Other Leashes
- 20 Chapter 20: Ruined date and family memories
- 21 Chapter 21: Another one
- 22 Chapter 22: Phone Call
- 23 Chapter 23: Trust
- 24 Chapter 24: Escape
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Start from Chapter 1About this novel
He was supposed to live a quiet life.
Elias Clarke is a recessive omega… technically. His heats are rare, his hormones are mild, and his genetic profile is so muted that he could pass for beta. That’s fine with him. At 27, he is halfway through his PhD, teaches engineering part-time, and enjoys the kind of anonymity that keeps him away from the political games of those born with true divine potential.
But when his best friend and roommate, Ruoxi Numen, disappears without a trace, Elias becomes the only one asking questions no one wants to answer.
Her family, descended from the last god born three hundred years ago, calls it a “private matter.”
Her apartment remains untouched, with her jewelry, tablet, and expensive shoes near the door.
Then Victor Numen, her older brother who was crippled in a divine accident, reappears in public. Smiling. Watching Elias too closely.
Something happened to Ruoxi.
And Elias might be the only person who can figure out what.
Elias Clarke is a recessive omega… technically. His heats are rare, his hormones are mild, and his genetic profile is so muted that he could pass for beta. That’s fine with him. At 27, he is halfway through his PhD, teaches engineering part-time, and enjoys the kind of anonymity that keeps him away from the political games of those born with true divine potential.
But when his best friend and roommate, Ruoxi Numen, disappears without a trace, Elias becomes the only one asking questions no one wants to answer.
Her family, descended from the last god born three hundred years ago, calls it a “private matter.”
Her apartment remains untouched, with her jewelry, tablet, and expensive shoes near the door.
Then Victor Numen, her older brother who was crippled in a divine accident, reappears in public. Smiling. Watching Elias too closely.
Something happened to Ruoxi.
And Elias might be the only person who can figure out what.