A few students arrived at that hallway at that moment, but quietly averted their eyes from him, despite watching him being humiliated by those betas.
For Earl, it was hard to see how nobody intervened for him, as if protecting someone's dignity never mattered because the victim was an omega…lowest among the societal hierarchy.
It felt similar to the rule of the cruel world, where spectators always watch weak ones getting bullied by the superior ones, but never step up for them.
But at that moment, Earl was reminded of the daily humiliation at the hands of his boss, where his coworkers were silent spectators as well, never raising their voices for him.
A pang of heartache twisted in his chest.
Yet still, he actually felt grateful that it wasn't that omega boy in this body but him instead; otherwise, who knew what kind of cruelty that poor boy would have been subjected to.
But compared to him, Earl was built differently.
