Title: Re:BIRTH
Yukimura Habaki is an alpha and a detective. He’s recently transferred to a smaller precinct in hopes of taking on less work and, in turn, being able to get home in a timely manner. Unfortunately, this also leads to the standard hazing, with the betas in the office criticizing him for being an alpha partly due to jealousy. Habaki isn’t bothered by it. Instead, he’s happy that he’ll be able to get off work and get home to his prickly omega partner, En. But things aren’t going to be as peaceful as Habaki had hoped, as there is a serial omega rapist and murderer lurking in the area, and with little to no leads, the pressure is on to catch the killer before he catches wind of En.
En, on the other hand, isn’t worried about being captured. As a former writer turned editor, En spends most of his days working alone at the home he shares with Habaki. The two of them are bonded, but En doesn’t seem at all interested in being with Habaki in any meaningful way outside of his heat. Part of this is due to En’s unfortunate constitution. Usually, when an omega is bonded, they no longer put out pheromones that anyone other than their alpha can smell, but that’s not the case for En. So, despite being bonded, he’s forced to wear a collar to protect himself.
But in reality, none of this is why En is so cold to Habaki. En has a horrible secret he has to keep hidden from Habaki, even if it means putting himself in danger. Guilt and trauma separate En and Habaki. Will they be able to close the gap? Or will the killer circling them break them apart forever?