Yeon’s POV

"ARGHH!" I scream as I hit the man with the stick I have been holding all along.

He dragged me from the safe house into the forest, and all my screaming turned out useless, no one is coming.

I have only me.

"Die!" I yell and he grabs the stick from me, he throws it to the floor and he grabs my hands, "let go!" I yell as he slams me against a tree.

I cough as the pain spreads from my back to my chest, causing my heart to ache, my vision is starting to blur from tears forming and my tattoos are still hurting.

"Let go!" I scream again and he growls in my face.

"You think you can get away from me? Huh?" he speaks from the first time, and from the disgusting smell of his breath, I realize who it is.

Doctor.

Flashes of red blood dripping my hand comes back and I balk, whimpering as I turn my head away, he’s here to take me away and I know I can end him.

But I don’t want to kill anyone again...I still have nightmares.

"You will come with me!" he roars as I struggle against him, and the harder I push against him, the more he tries to pull me.

’Please...please...moon goddess, do something!’ I cry out in my head, I don’t want to go through this again, I don’t want to hurt like that again.

"Please! Let me go!" I shout, my muscles are weak and hurting.

A loud gunshot freezes both of us and the doctor looks back in terror, my heart is in my throat, as I see the tall figure among the trees holding a shotgun.

Hanuel?

"Step away from him" Hanuel orders.

"You...you can never pull that trigger, you sentimental ARGHH!" Doctor’s words ends when I push him off and run to Hanuel, the tall alpha puts his hand around me, pulling me to himself.

Holding the gun with one hand is difficult but he holds it and me, his breathing is heavy, and I can tell that he ran all the way here.

"You will stop your madness, no more" Hanuel says, he sounds calm, commanding and not like the shy tall boy I know.

He almost sounds like a Lord.

"You wouldn’t know what to do, put that gun down and give me the bitch" Doctor says and Hanuel growls at him, low but deep.

"Get lost, I’m giving you the chance" Hanuel says and the Doctor charges at us, jumping on Hanuel, the older man stabs him with a pocket knife that I didn’t notice and Hanuel growls in pain.

"Run! Yeon, run!" he screams, but I don’t run, instead I pick up the shotgun and cock it, familiar with self defense.

"Omega, put that gun down!" Doctor sneers at me and I see his ugly yellow teeth, the same set of teeth that he flashed at me when two of my pups died.

"Get off him" I shout, hands shaking and eyes wet with tears.

He gets off Hanuel with his hands up, he looks sure that I wouldn’t hurt him, but I’m sure I will. 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

I will kill him.

"Now, put it down" he says while Hanuel groans on the floor, pressing down on his wound, trying to keep the blood loss minimal.

"I’m going to kill you" I say to the man and he laughs, "you will never" he responds too soon and I pull the trigger, sending him flying backwards.

"Damn it!" he screams and the look of pure horror on his face spurs me on, he looks disgusting, ugly and not worth sparing.

I will take control of my own life, no more abuses, no, no more!

"I want to see you bleed out and die just as my pups did" I whisper through the sobs, I’m crying as I hold up the gun, aiming it at his head.

"I’m sorry! I’m sorry!" he yells, holding up his hands as if they would save him, this monster.

I begged harder for my life, I cried harder for my children, and he gave me nothing!.

"I’m sorry, please, I will treat you better! I swear!" he cries and I pull the trigger again, accidentally missing his head and shooting the tree instead.

"I beg you!" he shouts and this time when I fire, I don’t miss, the bullet lodges itself right in his forehead and he died instantly.

I drop the shotgun and squat, struggling to breathe through the tears...I just killed another man.

I just ended another life.

Hanuel’s desperate gasping for air reminds me of his state and I rush over to him, pressing my hand on his stomach, he has done a good job holding back his blood.

"Hanuel, Hanuel can you hear me?" I ask and he opens his mouth to answer but his words don’t come out, "please, please, stay with me, okay?" I say and slap his cheek with one hand.

"Hyung!" Jisung’s loud voice calls from somewhere in the forest.

"Jisung! We’re here!" I yell back, happy that someone else can help me in carrying Hanuel, if we move fast enough, we can save him.

"Oh my- hyung! Are you okay?" Jisung asks as he finds me. His eyes are wide as he takes in the horrible sight; a dead man with his eyes and mouth open, blood everywhere, me on my knees.

"Did they hurt you?" he asks angrily and I shake my head, "I’m okay, I’m okay, we need to get Hanuel out of here" I say and Jisung doesn’t move.

"Jisung!" I call when he reminds frozen like that.

"Hyung, let’s leave him and get out of here" he says and I shake my head in disbelief, how can Jisung say that?

"How...how can you say that?" I ask, honestly disturbed by him, this is really not my Jisung.

"He’s dying!" I yell in pain and rage.

"Hyung, let’s go he’s one of them!" he yells back and Hanuel’s eyes slip shut, he’s starting to lose consciousness.

"I can’t-"

"You can and you will, he is the fucking heir to the Hwang throne" Jisung says and all the strength leaves my body.

What? A Hwang?