Middle Child Syndrome - Chapter 67

Chapter 67: Ch 67: Nerves Challanged
The leader advanced, releasing a potent cloud of his pheromones. The air became charged, so much so that even Daniel couldn’t help but inhale sharply, feeling the tension in the atmosphere.

The let-out amount of the pheromones must be significant if even Rika could feel them. Fighting in such a condition would be disadvantageous.

“So, do you now understand just how dangerous I can be? Now, be a good girl and step aside. I want my prize to be given to the boss. That way, I will be acknowledged by him. You have no idea how long I spent to look for an omega that matches the boss’s preferences.”

The alpha bragged as he spoke.

Rika felt a sense of familiarity with this omega, but it wasn’t until now that the realisation hit her. The blond hair, the fair skin—it all made her skin crawl. This omega felt like Suzie, just a little bit.

It made Rika almost not want to fight and hand this omega over to the taller alpha. But then she came back to her senses.

“This is ridiculous. How can you say such a thing and then bring a civilian into our territory by kidnapping? You would get killed by Rocxx at this rate.”

Rika told the younger alpha the truth, but the teenager was not ready to hear her out. Instead of paying attention to her, he quickly gritted his teeth and attacked her instead.

“Shut up! What the hell do you even know? The alpha will acknowledge me once I present this omega to him. Just you fucking wait and watch.”

The more Rika gloated this alpha, the angrier he got.

In retrospect, Rika should not have done something like this. It was her liability; she would get hurt if things went wrong.

But did she care? I’m not at the moment.

“Fuck it! I don’t care anymore. I will kill you and then take that omega forcefully.”

The alpha promised before he lunged toward Rika.

Rika was ready to counter when the alpha she shoved that scared omega toward decided to interfere and grab the younger alpha by his wrist.

“Perdon me, but may I help you out? It looks like a tough fight, and you can use all the help you can get, right?”

The alpha spoke softly to Rika, and it was clear that he was trying to be a gentleman to Rika.

But that action made her instincts run wild.

Maybe that was why she ended up hitting this man’s knee so that he would get out of the way.

It made the alpha buckle, and that caused his grip to tighten on the younger alpha.

Both alphas looked surprised by Rika’s sudden actions, but she had no time to think about it before quickly taking out the tranquilliser and hitting the younger alpha.

The younger man went down quietly due to the effect of the medicine.

“Fuck you! I do not need your help to defend myself. I asked you to protect the omega, but you had to be an ass hole and leave her alone.”

Rika cursed the older alpha before looking at him properly.

The sudden appearance of that familiar face spooked her enough to make her speechless, but the alpha looked unphased when she saw Rika.

He had noticed her beforehand, so he decided to help.

At the same time, Rocxx and his people walked through the broken doors and immediately spotted the mess on the floor.

“Oh my! It looks like something significant happened here after all. But now that I am here, I will handle the situation.”

Rocxx’s shit-eating grin promised trouble for everyone, making Rika feel scared and worried about his presence.

The other gang members who tried to threaten Rika and her shop quickly backed down and tried to leave. But Rika was not having it.

“Take that man and get out of here. I do not want to see your face anytime soon. Things go south whenever you are involved in my life.”

Rika complained as she threw a flower vase at the arrogant alpha. She mainly did this because she was sure Rocxx could dodge her attack.

He dodged that attack, but his grin did not go away. If anything, he looked even more annoying than usual.

“Tsk, this is your problem, Rika. Can’t you be a cutie for me and not attack me? I would…waoh, watch the face.”

Rocxx teased her, only for Rika to throw another vase toward him.

The alphas Rika had shot with the tranquillisers were starting to come around. It was also about time since she had yet to use a strong dose.

They all looked at Rocxx as if seeing a ghost, and Rika was afraid many of these kids would faint soon.

Rocxx decided to be shit and take advantage of this situation. He threw himself toward Rika with his hands up in the air.

Rika was sure that Rocxx wanted to cause her trouble by hugging her and leaving his scent all over her.

She did not know why Rocxx thought it would bother her, but he was right. Rika did feel annoyed by this idiot.

But before Rika could act, someone else decided to take action and drag Rika out of the way.

Poor Rocxx almost lost his balance and dignity by colliding with the desk and getting hurt.

“Keep your hands to yourself. Don’t you know that this could count as sexual harassment if you jump someone like this? You could even hurt her.”

The familiar-looking alpha had his arms around Rika in as tight of a hold as he could. And by that, Rika meant that the alpha was not touching her when he moved to protect her.

Rocxx looked uncomfortable, but having someone challenge his authority bruised his ego. That may be why he decided to take on the challenger and turn around.

“Looks like someone is getting ahead of themselves. You sure have some nerve going against me.”