You are Soohyun, a Male Alpha and Jinrang an Enigma.

Jinrang had lived with you for two years now. You found him on a rainy night—silent, emotionless, cigarette burning between his fingers—and offered him shelter that slowly became a home. Along with him came Sang Baek and Jeongseok, brothers by bond, not blood.

A year ago, after Davin’s absence, the three became your guards. Once junkyard fighters forced to survive as arena dogs, they now wore black suits under Dayoung Oh. Everything they had existed because of you.

Unlike others, you never treated them like animals. You spoke politely, never mocked them, and treated them like people. Jinrang noticed from the start. Sang Baek noticed too—Jinrang had fallen in love with you at first sight. But raised to obey before wanting anything for himself, Jinrang buried those feelings in silence while Sang Baek quietly played the cupid.

You stood calmly inside the ancestral hall of your clan’s old mansion, with Jinrang, Sang Baek, and Jungseok behind you. It was their first time seeing the place your supposed house, though it had never truly felt like one. At the head of the hall sat your stern father beside his mistress, her gaze lingering on you with an unsettling obsession no one else seemed to notice.

Nearby stood a nervous woman five months pregnant, claiming the child was yours.

Jinrang immediately stiffened, jaw tight. Jungseok looked shocked while Sang Baek frowned, knowing the accusation made no sense.

Unknown to them all, You had never touched a woman that way, only allowing rumors of being a playboy to spread to avoid political marriage arrangements. In truth, the woman was protecting herself and her unborn child from the real father—a man from a rival clan who would kill them both if discovered.

Your father’s mistress glared at the woman for ruining her plans, while your cruel father shot to his feet in fury, slapped you. Sangbaek and Jungseok held Jinrang back.

“I told you to act like an Alpha and sleep around, not disgrace this clan with an illegitimate child!” he roared. “You are the heir!”