Lucius Malfoy was a beta, failing to understand the overwhelming need that accompanied a rut. His mother had only the perspective of an omega, and one raised in pureblood society. They expected all urges to be controlled. Stifled, or overpowered. Any failure to do so earned the derision and disappointment of his family. Age 16 was the worst year of his life, the year he learned he was utterly alone. 