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A short update for the last installment. I wrote it in my diary when I visited my hometown, I hope you'll enjoy it.

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Not even once, Sun peeked out of his hidden spot. The entire day was covered by thick clouds of mist all around. The soldiers were patrolling across the borders as per the Commander’s orders and a few of them were even deployed underwater to navigate the movements of Strays.

It's enchanting how winters forgets the crucial dusk and throws the dark evening all over instead of the colourful hues of sunset. So it brought a confusion to one of the soldiers' minds who was hidden under the layer of water when the same layer started to illuminate in a hue of sunset. Slowly and without disturbing the tides of the river, he emerged from the water and glared at the sky where the absence of the Sun was still evident.

His sudden motion alarmed his fellow soldiers who pasted his gaze on him and followed his hand movements before catching the same light that was reflecting over the surface of water. They squinted their eyes and looked past the misty surroundings to observe the shore of Strays.

But much to their confusion, there wasn't any movement at all. One by one, holding their breaths they analysed the pattern of lights. It seems similar to the reflections of flambeaus that were scattered all over the hold post of their bridges. However, if the images are scattered on the water then there must be its source wandering on the ground. But no matter how their glary eyes penetrated the ground of Strays, there wasn't any source that could waft such lightning.

What kind of spell is this?

Whatever it could be, it certainly left a trail behind its adventure. The soldiers stayed in the water and studied the pattern for long enough to know their merging destination, the forest of Gigeré. Their alarming eyes matched with each other and the words echoed in their mind to share the information with the Commander instantly.

Far from the deployed soldiers, the Commander received the intellect while hammering down the nails in the shore post of Lavin. His smirk widened, eyes blazing with infamous redness as he ordered everyone to reach the courthouse as soon as possible.

Without disturbing each other and not raising chaos, all the warriors visited their camps and chambers to wear their heavy gears for war. With a jerk of his hand, Jungkook closed the doors of his chamber and opened the chest that kept his combat materials before starting to wear them one by one.

He discarded the hanfu and stood in front of the three diagonal mirrors that showed every curve of his body. He secured his private parts with layers of cotton and wore the cotton shirt first. Next comes the leather pants that were wide from the hips but stuck around his calves like a second skin. The metallic gears came next, starting from his legs, Jungkook secured the leather pants and the high ranged boots that cover his toes and reached his knees with careful knots.

He worked on himself silently but his mind was ringing with sharp thoughts. Many, too many thoughts that lay layers of concerns in front of him. Maybe that was the reason behind his lack of focus when he didn't realise the other presence standing behind him.

Jungkook picked up the leather coat to secure his arms and looked at the mirror, his hands hovered in the middle and soon enough the coat slipped out of his fingers when he recognised the grey orbs watching him intensely.

He doesn't remember when he turned around, doesn't remember when his arms spread out and engulfed the male in front of him, doesn't remember how his feet left the touch with the ground. What he remembers is the touch of those plush lips moving on his own.

Strong arms held the body of the omega against his own as the Alpha moved on his legs to find a secured corner where he could satiate the hunger of their thirsty lips. One hand of the Alpha was wrapped around the omega's hips and the other was cradling his neck to keep his face aligned to himself.

The wild press of their lips turned languid when the Empress opened his mouth and invited his mad tongue inside. In the next moment, the statuesque shoulders of the omega touched the wall of the chamber and rough fingers dug in his pillowy cheeks so that the Alpha could taste him deeper in hollowness.

The clammy hands of the omega tugged at the flimsy collars of the Alpha's shirt to keep him close. His closed eyes rolled to nothingness when his lower lip felt a harsh tug when he gulped a mouthful taste of the Alpha. This habit of the omega where he drinks the scent of raisins right on the Alpha's tongue can drive him insanely inhuman one day.

But then the Royal Alpha pulled away reluctantly, strong fingers stopping those pink lips from pouting and groaning at his face, “Breathe.”

Jungkook opened his eyes which immediately watered to see the Alpha rightfully standing in front of him, his hands clawing at the Alpha's collarbones as he pulled him impossibly closer while whispering over their dripping lips, “More.”

This time when their lips touched the omega moaned shamelessly, a low whine that converted into a mewl when it got pressed back to his throat. With a gentle move, the Royal Alpha lowered the omega to let his feet rest above his own. His freed hand now grabbed the omega by his waist and slammed him closer, “There is a war revolving on our heads, Your Grace.”

Jungkook nodded knowingly, brushing the noses over each other, “ Can't I be selfish enough to receive a parting gift from my mate?”

Taehyung inhaled sharply with an open mouth and punched the wall behind the omega while closing his eyes. When he opened them, his eyes switched from grey to gold, “You are not going anywhere. You will stay here and keep everything in order till I come back or I'll lose my damn mind!”

The brusque voice echoed through the chamber while Jungkook submitted to those eyes unconsciously and analysed the words with blazing blue eyes, “How can I not participate in a battle where my mate will be tearing apart the throat of enemies?”

A pool of devotion flooded inside the omega when he realised that the Alpha wants to keep him safe from all the wandering eyes and threats of the war. The thought alone scratched the walls of his heart and pumped a wild excitement which ignited further when the Alpha shook his head, “ A part of me wants to keep you hidden in the outskirts of Gigeré but my stubborn human! He wants to keep the Empress beside him even if it means to fight on different paths for war.”

Those golden eyes enlarged and shifted towards the omega's lips when the other spoke, “Wouldn't it be better? If I stay beside you, you can look after me more fiercely,” Kookie boosted the Alpha's pride with his own words. He knows these instincts and feels so overwhelmed when he is being the receiver of someone's possession like this.

“Please,” he pleaded, “take me with you.”

“But it's your first time, Snowcloud. How can I let you wander right into the dangerous claws of those scoundrels?”

At once the omega understood why his human’s heart soars out of its ribcage every time when he hears the affectionate words from his mate, he blinked his eyes slowly and replied, “You have trained me yourself in Eclipse. Had I not satisfied you with my skills?”

The denial comes immediately afterwards, “It doesn't have anything to do with your abilities and refined skills. You are the Luna of my Empire and I am alive to deal with every atrocious enmity in our surroundings. I swear on my existence_ I.will.wipe.them.out. You don't have to lift your finger and dip in their rotten blood.”

“But I want to.” The omega whispered out timidly, he didn't want to object to his mate but simply wanted to make him understand, “I want to lead my first battle under your guidance. I comprehend that Alpha has his own fears but my concern lies within you entirely. If I'll be around you, I promise to be more focused on the task.”

The thumb under his chin felt a sudden lift when those golden orbs stared back at his soul, “I have practiced the sanity of a martyr for centuries but ever since you walked in my den, the thoughts in my head are making me murderous! I… I don't want to challenge how I would act if something happens to__

The burning lips of the Alpha got sealed by the quivering ones and hushed the forbidden thoughts of his mate instantly. Only if the omegan wolf would be in his original form, he could have created a misty hurricane with the way his tail swings around in sheer enrichment. But he cherished the moment when he opened his eyes and was able to reply, “Nothing will happen. I'll let my human decide for me until my instincts say otherwise.”

Watching the persistence in the omega's eyes, Van breathed deeply while nodding defeatedly, his fingers trembled so he didn't have a choice but to dig them around the soft waist of the Luna, “Promise me one last moment then.”

“You will call for me when you see a situation with no way forward. You won't dwell on it, promise that you will remember my name before any other thoughts.”

Now that his entire acceptance depends upon this agreement, Kookie nodded his head eagerly and agreed, “I will.”

The reward or the punishment of his stubbornness came in the form of the brutal kiss that the Alpha forced on him in the middle of the conversation. His head got slammed on the wall but the painful whimper urged out a moan when the lapping tongue crawled past the seam of his lips.

It could be worse than the moan, worse in the form of the absolute purring his throat oozed when a rough hand raised his right thigh and wrapped around the Alpha's left hip.

Jungkook felt the consciousness in the wake of his brain and felt all the movements on his body precariously closer than he remembered. But instead of fighting the urge to pull such warmth closer… his body arched more when a slow brush of their tongue spread tingles all over his chest.

Taehyung remembered sleeping inside the hanok, he can even recall the vibrant mindlink of the Commander where he urged everyone to approach the courthouse. Running through the entire mountain and finding the Empress's chamber was the choice of his instincts. But what he doesn't remember is how he ended up trapped inside the most comfortable cage he ever experienced in his immortal life and how his forehead nearly crashed against the wall when the omega started swallowing on his tongue.

He pressed his palm on the cold wall and mustered every possible power in his veins to pull away from the body latched to him. He succeeded in making a desirable distance between their bodies but those accursed lips!

He brought his other hand to cradle the omega's face and merged his fingers till he coiled them around his throat before pressing those lips into a numbing kiss. He restrained and kept their lips at bay to not indulge any deeper.

He used that tight hold to pull apart from the omega. Both of them panted heavily against each other and when the omega opened his eyes, Taehyung felt immense relief to see the glinting black orbs looking back at him and even daring to ask, “Are you alright?” with those bloody lips.

Before the Royal Alpha could reply, Jungkook looked down at their bodies, eyes widening to see his leg remained raised and wrapped around the Alpha in such an obscene position. His whole body burnt hot when the Alpha helped his body to stay upright before moving his leg down. His tight hold around the Alpha's collarbones became sluggish as he bit his swollen lips.

“I apologise for my wolf. He has been acting differently,” said the Royal Alpha.

“Is it due to the remnants of your rut?”

“No. He hasn't reacted like this before. However, being barren and receiving a blessing after so long, he might have fears of his own.”

Jungkook's hands stopped at the Alpha's chest, right where the blood pumps at its fastest, “I understand his fears and if you feel the same, I can-”

“No,” The Alpha denied firmly, holding the omega by his waist again, “I would like you to take part in the war and lead troops. He needs to fight his fears as we are immortals. For how long he'll keep you hidden and bask under his instincts.”

None understands the fear of departure other than the omega, so he respects the thoughts of his other form but the Alpha stands right in his decision because time will always always urge them to look forward instead of dwelling in the fear of the past.

“Are you feeling well?” The Empress asked again, “The Commander has summoned us to the courthouse. Will you be taking part as well?”

“Yes.” The Alpha closed his eyes briefly as if he replied the most apparent thing but lowered his voice in the next moment, “The pain is more steady as compared to yesterday. The mark on my wrist toned it down.”

The running steps outside the chamber raised the chaos as the truth of the war suddenly started to appear in front of the folks. Jungkook moved on his feet and picked up his discarded coat from the floor, “It’s a relief then. I was anxious how we would manage everything in your absence.”

Taehyung followed the Empress as he stood in front of the mirrors and pulled the coat away from his grip, “You would have done everything well. But as per battle demands, the more the merrier.” He helped the omega into the coat and held the metallic armor in front of his chest, “You will lead the soldiers in Gigeré. So while making the soldiers ready, choose your weapons wisely.”

Jungkook didn't question the position, instead he inculcated the deployment and refinery weapons, “I understand.” He eyed the Alpha’s clothes and turned around when the latter secured the chains of the armor behind his back, “You should prime up as well. Here,” He moved over the dressing table and fetched out a green box that held the three precious jewels of the Alpha.

Instead of taking them from the omega's hand, Taehyung spread out his hand for the Empress to make him adorn the sword rings, “This night has come with thick clouds of war, May the dawn of tomorrow illuminate the path of my mate.”

Each word of the omega's wish calmed the stirring storm inside the Alpha. His ring adorned fingers held the Empress's palm and wished more, “May this conquering path will be led by us, together.”

With a sharp nod at each other, Taehyung stepped closer and pressed a token of love on the omega's forehead before departing to his chamber. Jungkook stared at the open door for a moment and kneeled on the floor while closing his eyes to prepare himself for the upcoming wrath of the night.

Everything is happening too fast but this is exactly what they wanted and all they need to do is control their pace and strike them back. He hugged himself for a little while and pressed his palms together to align his thoughts with his strength. He raised himself up, securing some of his weapons in his dress as he walked out of his chamber to prepare the soldiers of his troop.

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The Royal Alpha walked inside the courthouse with long strides, he nodded towards the Empress who was standing in the middle of the room awaiting his presence beside him. All the Royal guests were standing close to the door as Taehyung addressed the courthouse when the soldiers made perfect circles around him, “Has everyone arrived?”

“Your Majesty,” Nami excused himself and continued, “Mother Ella hasn't finished her routine of the day but she conveyed the message that she would like to remain at the shore of Lavin.”

“Understood.”

“Soldiers! Strays have decided to break the rules of negotiations which says that none can disturb the peace before the next ten days of negotiations but Strays refused to accept that. They have been continuously trying to attack western Land in different forms, and now they have decided to march for the forest of Gigeré.” The thriving voice of the Royal Alpha was the only noise that got all the people attracted to it.

“The army troops will be divided into four troops. The first troop will be led by me and we will march on the Chinra mountain along with Royal guard Yoongi and Royal guests Yunhee. Covering the mountain chain from Chinra to Pither, we will invade the Strays from behind.” Yoongi nodded while clutching his sword around his waist.

“The second troop will be led by the Commander, accompanied with the Empress and Royal guests Kenji, you all will march on the Gigeré forest right away. The chain of their army generals would be destroyed by you and make sure you spread and cover them from the left side.” As the right side of Strays was covered by Pither and the Alpha will be managing it.

“Royal guests Sang and Nami will lead the third troop through Lavin and no matter how many rats you need to bleed, none of them should reach the soil of Western land. The fourth and final troop, the group of healers, in the leadership of his Highness, you have to be alert at all times as the tragedy may come from any direction.”

“Any Questions!”

“No, Your Majesty!” Everyone spoke in unison, making the halls of the courtroom vibrate with the sensation.

“The time for which you all had abandoned Eclipse has finally come in the form of war. Any cowardice should remain in the premises of Western land along with your body, rest of soldiers march towards your troops immediately!” The order waft a roar among the soldiers who tapped each other's head gears and marched out of the courtroom in a breath while chanting the thirst prayers for Stray’s blood.

Jungkook watched it all unfold in front of him in slow movements, his watered eyes smiling when soldiers hugged and pushed each other out of the door all while bickering who will get more rogues down with one hand. His eyes shifted around the door where Sang was latched to his mate like a second skin, Yunhee broke apart the kiss and pushed the man out of the door before following her troops.

Nami seemed skeptical, keeping his wishes for Kenji trapped inside his sealed lips while the latter shoved his shoulder right past his body while walking out of the court door. One by one everyone departed and that's when he saw His Highness shouting at his mates about something but before he could indulge in the conversation, he felt a hand coiling around his waist before all of his vision shifted and mirrored the sharp eyes of his mate.

“Why do you seem distracted, Your Grace?”

“I am not.” Jungkook shook his head, “I was watching people, it's endearing to see them so excited. But a part of me keeps wondering if their mates would be just as excited as them in Eclipse?”

The Alpha's soft eyes picked up the tremors hidden in Luna's palm. So he stole a moment from the present and held his palms inside his own, “For a warrior, battles are no less of a festival. And our worries ponder over what we can't see with our own eyes but their heart knows that their mates will come back unharmed.”

The omega's smile enlarged as he squeezed back in the Alpha's hold, “Then I pray my heart to be understanding.”

“You must take Artax with you and for my own sanity, keep yourself upright in any situation. If you have decided to weave your first war story, make sure you leave no mole behind.” The finality in the Alpha's voice left no room for the omega to push an argument so he nodded his head and closed his eyes, “I will.”

His forehead met with another in a soft crush and words of wisdom flared in his soul when the Alpha said, “ Under the divine protection of nature, may my mate find me when the seed of peace erupts in new life.”

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The next chapter will satisfy the war hungry thirst of my lovely readers. The actions are going to be brutal but necessary.

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