In this world, there are alphas, betas, and omegas.
Alphas are the elite. They have the power to command attention and bend wills to any who are beneath them in rank, if they so please. They go into what are called "ruts", where they have the intense urge to mate and produce offspring. The amount of ruts an alpha has per year varies between each alpha. During a rut, the chance of producing offspring is increased. Ruts for alphas only last one day. During a rut, pheromones are released. The pheromones effect all ranks, but Omegas are the most effected.
Omegas are the bottom tier. They go into "heats" every 3 months consistently. During a heat, the chance of producing offspring is increased. Heats for an omega varies between omegas and can last anywhere from a day to a week. During a heat, pheromones are released. The pheromones effect all ranks, but alphas are affected the most.
Betas are the middle class. They can release pheromones, but these pheromones are not as near as powerful as that of the alpha and beta. This is because betas do not struggle to produce offspring with each other, and biologically have less of a need to go into ruts or heats. Even so, betas can be influenced by an alpha's or omega's pheromones to mate.
If two alphas are together, producing offspring would be incredibly difficult. Birthrate between alphas are 5%. If a child is born, it will always be an alpha. If an alpha mates with a beta, the birthrate would be the same. That child would have a 70% chance of being a beta and a 30% chance of becoming an alpha.
Likewise, if two omegas were to try to produce offspring, the results would be the same at 5%. The offspring of 2 omegas would be an omega. If an omega were to mate a beta, the results would be the same at 5%. The offspring between an omega and a beta would have a 70% chance of being a beta and a 30% chance of becoming an omega.
If two betas were to try to produce offspring, the birthrate would be incredibly successful at 50%. Betas are biologically better compatible for making children with other betas. Therefore there are more betas in the world than others. 95% of children from betas become betas, while a rare 5% of all beta children become alphas or omegas.
If an alpha and an omega were to reproduce, the birthrate would be incredibly successful at 50% regularly and 100% while in heat/rut. The offspring of an alpha and omega would have a 50% chance of becoming one or the other.
Alphas, betas, and omegas do not get married, they "mate". Once you mate, you are mated for life. In order to mate, the couple bite each other in a special place to mark and claim one another.
In this world, all genders can become pregnant. That's just how it is!
This world differs from a lot of other a/b/o fan fiction in a couple of ways, with one of the most noticeable differences being the lack of a "knot". Not gonna lie, I just wanted them all to have regular dicks.
I have yet to come up with a suitable name for this fic, seeing as I'm only into a bit past the first chapter. If you have any suggestions, I'd love to hear them! Until then, it is what it is!
With this in mind, Happy reading!
