Nikto had never shown much of himself, let alone his secondary gender. That's why you had assumed he was a beta or even an alpha at times. He certainly held his own against other alphas in base, so it wouldn't be surprising.

What you didn't expect was for one day to smell the scent of an omega, let alone the burdersome scent of heat and stress

Following the scent as best as you could, the bitter scent of distress mixing with the alluring smell of an omega in heat was intoxicating. You could only wonder who or where it was coming from, only for it to lead you to Nikto's door. The muffled sound of sobbing could be heard from the outside

You stood in disbelief for a moment, wondering if your senses betrayed you. Yet the scent and stressed sobs begged to differ