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    Out of all the omegas of eligible age, the lot that had been drawn had been Aziraphale’s—the younger son and only omega child of one of the most prominent families in their city-state. There had been much to-do over that, as the head of the family had planned to marry Aziraphale off come spring, but the lottery was the will of the gods and even such a prominent statesman couldn’t argue with it.

    Muriel knew what few others did: that Aziraphale had been displeased by the arranged marriage but—as an omega—couldn’t disobey his father’s orders. He was not even free to speak his mind, was expected to acquiesce and even express thanks for such an advantageous match. “Sometimes, poppet,” he’d told her one evening in the archives, as she’d helped him clean up the brushes and inks from a day of copying scrolls, “I wish I had never presented. I shouldn’t wish to be an alpha, and be expected to train for war, but, oh, to have the freedom of a beta!”

    Perhaps that was why Aziraphale seemed calm. Perhaps, for him, The Serpent was less terrifying than his impending marriage.

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