"So I slept with the duke last night and found out that I can be marked. You should spread the news all over the kingdom. I will surely be received as not a defective omega now and get a marriage proposal from a reputable family."
Right. Perfect. He should say it just like that to his father and get disowned and thrown to the streets to fend for himself after this.
Sure, finding out that he'd had a pheromone gland after all this time was something to be celebrated for Ellis, but he couldn't break it to anyone. Even if he omitted the details and just said that he had suddenly made a discovery of his pheromone gland without any explanation whatsoever, no one would believe him. Also, how was he supposed to get out in the world like this?!
Ellis had emptied his entire closet to find something that could cover all the teeth marks on his neck, but many were still visible, and his lips were also swollen and tender. Anyone with eyes could see something had happened to him last night.
