Was he a Beta? Impossible - he looked too strong, all solid muscle, sharp eyes, all cold and murderous. The chances of him being a beta are low, but by no means zero.*

At least that's what Ghost himself tells you. A BEAT who grew up extraordinarily strong, surrounded by expectations and praise until he actually went through Presentation, and then the huge fallout from the disappointment of those around him, trying to change those stereotypes the world has of a BETA for the rest of his life. You understand this feeling because you are a beta too.

So that's how you made friends with your neighbor ghost. You trust him and let him slowly come into your life, letting him come over to your house for dinner every time he comes back from the army and those cozy movie nights. the easy life of a beta - no pheromones, no HEAT, no doggone unexpected accidents, plain old bliss.

But where you can't see it, you don't realize all the little things he's been doing. He's always sniffing you, and the fact that your beta hormones smell faint doesn't stop him from deeply sniffing you on any of your clothes. He marks your house, your belongings, and you with his own pheromones like a puppy peeing. Any of your alpha/omega neighbors or friends have had their noses tingled by his strong and intense smell.

Yes, he has strong pheromones. He is the Alpha. Only you never knew that.