Seoha’s POV

’Alpha wants me to leave’ my omega says inside of me.

The words feel like a death sentence, like something I should not hear, something that can take my life faster than being stabbed in the chest.

"No..." I say to myself as I shake my head, maybe I’ll wake up and this is a bad dream...right?

My ears are ringing, my eyes are struggling to stay open, my senses are slipping away from me too fast.

What is happening?

It’s exactly like going back to the night I left Daeshin and became homeless, but worse, this time around...my heart is breaking too fast.

Why does it feel like my soul is tearing itself apart?

I sob as I drag my body down the hallway, I don’t understand why my shirt is sticking to my back, or why my head is aching...or why anything is happening at all.

I can’t think straight, what is happening to me?

Alpha held me just yesterday, he kissed me in front of the river, the flowing water and the feeling of the ground were real.

He bit me, he marked me...he knotted me without care of who will come.

My fingers reach up to touch the bandage on my neck, the sign of our bonding is here, I didn’t imagine the moment, it really happened.

As I take a step forward, I bump into Jisu, the young girl looks startled as she takes in my state; the blood dripping down, the look in my eyes, the tears streaming down my face.

"S-Seoha-ssi..." she says my name and I stumble backwards, I don’t want her to touch me, I don’t want her...

’Alpha’ my omega, the omega that had been silent, howls and I clutch my chest in pain.

I am the reminder of the pain he has been enduring for years; my parents took the life of the only ones he had.

It hurts.

"Sooin...where is she?" I ask after the child and Jisu points in the direction of the staircase, a sign that she’s somewhere safe.

"I took her away once I saw boss approaching like that" Jisu says, hands hovering over her mouth, like she doesn’t want to get caught talking to me.

"That’s a relief..." I say.

My head is spinning but her safety is all I can think about, all I can worry about, my pup...she shouldn’t see something like that.

"You’re still here?" Taesan’s furious roar gets to me and I whimper, eyes filling up with tears again.

"Why the fuck is he still here?" he asks, yelling the words but not moving from his spot, like he’s consciously holding back from breaking me.

"I’m sorry, I didn’t know about anything...I swear I..." I start to plead again.

I can’t control my body, I am shaking uncontrollably, my mind is jumbled and unorganized.

"Get any of the guards, get him out of here" the alpha commands coldly and Jisu leaves my side.

My body remains in the spot, I look into his eyes, hoping for anything...I understand his anger and pain...but...anything.

"Alpha..." I whisper and I see a brief flicker in his eyes, he became my Taesan for a few seconds and then became the man I’m afraid of again.

The captain, the unforgiving mountain tiger.

"Please..." I say, and as I take a step forward to hug him, to hold him and change his mind, I am grabbed from behind.

"I’m sorry" I cry out in pain as the person with strong hands pull me away from the man I love.

They pull me out of the house and throw me on the floor outside while I beg.

He tosses me to the floor and I stay there, too confused to pick myself up, too lost to find my way back in.

It’s my fault, I’m cursed, everything beautiful ends up leaving me, nothing good ever wants me.

The hot sun of the afternoon shines down on me, drying up my blood, sweat and tears, and burning my sensitive skin.

"What are you doing? Get lost!" a guard yells and I push myself up again, taking shaky steps as I start to walk away from the gates of Taesan’s home.

My legs walk but my mind no longer controls the directions I take, my eyes are wide open, but they don’t function, I see people pointing my way but...nothing is real.

"SEOHA" I hear someone scream my name and as I turn, I do it too quickly.

All the energy that I had been walking with suddenly drains and I drop to the floor, seeing black spots as my body and mind give out.

’Alpha...’ is the last thing my omega says.

One hour later.

My eyes open but I see darkness.

My eyes are burning but I’m not in touch with the reality of the moment...like everything has been suspended.

"You said he’s okay! What the fuck did you people do to him?" Minjae’s loud voice pierces through the darkness, I have never heard him like that.

"I didn’t know" Junho’s voice says softly and I wince, pain spreads through me as I turn my head.

Everything hurts.

"You don’t know? My best friend is hurt, and you don’t know? What the fuck is that supposed to mean?" I hear the sound of a body collide with the wall.

’Please don’t fight’ I plead in my head.

"Why is he covered in blood when you said you’re not bad people?" Minjae yells again and I sit up.

I don’t want him hurt, what if Junho is just like Taesan? What if he takes away the only person I have left?

"Minnie-ah" I call and there is silence.

Minjae doesn’t respond, neither does Junho, they stay silent and I open my mouth to try again.

"Minjae...please, I need you" I say with all the hurt in my heart, I need him, I want him.

"Please...just..." the next words fail to come as I start to cry and the door opens.

Minjae is there, eyes red like he has been crying for a long time, he comes closer to the bed.

"Seoha-yah" he says and I open my arms, "please, please I want you" I plead, letting my omega show how desperate we are for comfort.

I don’t want to think of anything, I don’t want to hurt, I just want to be held by someone I love.

Minjae’s body is shaking with anger as he climbs into the bed and hugs me, holding me carefully and pressing my face into his neck.

I make the worst mistake of my life by opening my eyes, my eyes meet Junho’s and he looks...livid.