Help! Five Beast Alphas Want To Breed Me!!(BL)-Chapter 189: The Pull

Koda;

"It seems they were right. You can take the boy out of the farm, but you can never take the farm out of the boy!" Kishan laughs as we till the ground side by side, and I join him in laughter as I wipe beads of sweat off my head.

"Ah! I wouldn’t lie, I’m struggling a bit. It feels like ages since I last held a farming tool." I confess, and Kisah laughs with a dismissive wave of a hand as he focuses back on the heaps he’s building.

"Nah. You’re doing good." He replies, and I smile as I look back at the messy head in front of me.

I don’t know what had possessed me to join Kishan at the farm this morning. Since Seun’s gotten better, he’s been stealing mornings to come to work, and this morning, I felt like joining him.

Watching him swing his hoe into the soil with so much calm strength and composure, it was easy to see that he wasn’t working for himself. He was working for his family. For his partner and his newborn child. A family man.

It’s admirable to see. I smile before grabbing my hoe again, and I swing absentmindedly.

"Careful with your grip, Alpha Koda," Kishan suddenly calls, and I pause.

"I know I said you were doing good, but if you continue like that, you’ll blister your palms before noon." He laughs, and I look back at my flimsy grip on the handle.

I adjust my hold, pretending to have the confidence I don’t feel.

"I’m fine," I lie before sinking the blade into the earth. The soil gives way more easily than I expected.

"Besides, I could use a few blisters. Might make me look like I actually work for a living." I add, and Kishan chuckles.

"Your kind of work doesn’t need blisters. And I’m not sure Master Elian will go easy on me if he sees that I let you get blisters, that too right before your wedding." He replies, and at the mention of Elian, everything in me freezes.

To be honest... I came all the way out here to try to figure out what’s wrong with me. For the past few days, I’ve been experiencing something too weird to speak out.

And no, it’s not the abnormal increase in strength I’ve been experiencing since Elian and I marked each other, no... this is different.

Every waking second... every moment my eyes are open, I have developed this unnerving craving to be near Elian.

It’s unexplainable, and just started out of the blue. When I’m not with him, when I can’t see him, my whole body acts like fire ants have replaced blood in my veins.

I always want to see him, hold him, smell him. I don’t know why. And I know it’s a problem. I shouldn’t be so attached to him.

I came all the way out here to force myself to put a little space between us, but it’s torture. My beast, and everything in me, keeps screaming that I should return to him, and I don’t know why.

What is this pathetic craving? And why do I suddenly feel it??

"So," Kishan says casually, and I turn to him as I’m snapped out of my thoughts.

"What brings the mighty Alpha Koda down to the mud today? Or are you hiding from Master Elián?" He adds as he leans on his hoe, and the words earn him a snort.

"No. Ermm...I’m... I don’t know." I chuckle nervously as I dig at the earth, more forcefully this time.

I pause and let out a breath. I can’t be the first person to feel this way about my partner. I mean, he and Seun seem so perfect and happy. There’s no harm in asking a family man for such advice, right?

I look up at him, and he smiles warmly at me.

"What’s bothering you, Alpha?" He pushes gently, and I sigh as I straighten up.

"You and Seun always seem so... balanced. Like you actually know what you’re doing. I thought maybe you could tell me how to..." I begin, and Kishan raises a brow.

"...be married?" He finishes for me, with a soft smile, and although I feel embarrassment biting away at me, I nod.

He shrugs, with a small chuckle.

"There’s no secret, Alpha Koda. You just love the same person every day, even when they make you want to sleep in the barn." He replies, and I can’t help the laugh that escapes me as I shake my head.

"That sounds easy when you say it." I laugh, and he scoffs.

"It isn’t." He replies as he looks out over the field, and the morning light catches the sweat on his temple.

"There were days Seun and I couldn’t stand each other. We fought, we made up, we learned. Love’s not about control, it’s about surrendering enough to grow together." He whispers, and I stare at him in silence as his words sink in.

My mind, however, starts drifting, and the hum of the men working around us blurs. My chest tightens...not painfully, but sharply, like my ribs have suddenly become too small for my lungs.

Kishan’s voice grows distant, and I blink and look around, trying to find the source of the strange unease creeping up my spine. It isn’t fear... It’s a need.

It’s back. That unshakable need for Elian...

"...Alpha Koda?" Kishan’s voice calls gently, and I gulp.

"You’re restless." He notes, and I wipe the sweat from my forehead.

"I don’t know what’s wrong. I just... For the past few days, there has been this inexplicable need to be around Elian... all the time..." I confess, and I watch Kishan’s jaw drop as a strange kind of excitement bleeds into his eyes.

"Really!?" He blurts, and I nod in confusion.

"Why... why do you seem happy?" I question, and he quickly tries to fix his expression.

"Nothing. It’s just... If you’re feeling the need to always be around Master Elian, then don’t fight it. Go home." He says, and my brows crease.

He’s going to indulge me!?

"What?" I demand, and he dusts his palms together before gesturing toward the path that leads out of the farm.

"When an Alpha or spouse feels that kind of pull, it means his Omega needs him. It’s instinct. You shouldn’t ignore it." He says, and the simplicity of his tone leaves no room for argument.

I nod once, mutter a grateful "thank you," and without another word, I start running.

...

The moment I reach my room, I stop just long enough to catch my breath. I push the door open softly, and there he is.

Elián is on the bed, curled on his side, with the blankets drawn around his small frame. His breathing is slow and even, with the morning light illuminating his fair face and delicate features.

"He’s safe." I exhale in relief as I walk into the room and shut the door behind me. The sight of him sleeping peacefully like this makes my chest ache.

Every bit of restlessness in me vanishes instantly.

I quietly remove my boots, setting them aside. My clothes smell like earth and grass, so I pull them off. I just want to be near him.

I slip into bed, and it dips under my weight. I exhale in relief as soon as the warmth of his body meets mine, and goosebumps rise along my skin.

Carefully, I wrap my arm around him from behind, resting my hand over his stomach. My thumb brushes slow circles over his skin, and he stirs faintly.

He moans in his sleep, and my heart skips a beat when I hear what he’s whispered.

"Koda..."

The sound shatters something in me...in the gentlest way.

A smile splits my face as I lean down and press a kiss into his hair.

"I’m here," I murmur, with my voice still rough from the run.

He turns in my arms, and he opens his eyes lightly. As soon as he sees me, a smile splits his face, and he rolls further into me, burying his face in my chest.

"Koda..." He whispers again, and my heart flutters.

I gently stroke his back, and once again, I am made to remember how much this young man means to me. We’ll be getting married tonight, and despite the vows I will recite in front of our family and the entire village, I have personal vows I will never break.

"I’ll protect you with my life, Elian. I swear it..."

I felt his scent surround me fully now... comforting and warm... like home. The instinct that had been clawing at me eases, replaced by the deep, unspoken calm of belonging.

I close

my eyes, letting my heart slow beside his. The world outside could crumble, and I wouldn’t care. In this peaceful moment, everything is exactly where it should be.

And I wouldn’t trade it for anything.

I don’t know what this new pull is, but what I know is whenever you need me, I’ll be there, Elian.

I’ll be there because I love you, Elian.

I love you, and I can not wait to see what our future holds.