Taehyung’s P.O.V.

This is definitely a very fine situation…

I mused to myself thinking back on the previous night. He really thought he could play me like that by lying to me?

Hah! Bold of him to think I wouldn’t find the truth…no problem though…I guess he's gonna learn the hard way that his alpha is way smarter than him. It’s just pitiful how clueless he is about the trouble he is actually in, I can’t believe the fact that he has been hiding in plain sight, practically making a fool of everyone!

I walked towards the field to see the others preparing for today, horses lined up and carts being loaded to shift the troops to the coastline. I’m practically annoyed with the thought of letting Jin join the others, he is supposed to stay somewhere safe, somewhere I can be sure no harm will come his way and being surrounded by a hundred other alphas and betas isn’t a very assuring situation to be in for an omega…however…he is my omega, and nobody messes with my omega…except me of course.

“Gather up!” I realized my voice was rather deep and almost threatening instantly drawing everyone’s attention as they got alert and stood eagerly waiting for orders.
Well, for now I had only one command for them.

“None of you should be seen within a meter’s distance of Jin or there will be consequences” I eyed Chen and Sehun knowing those two had a weird sort of fascination towards my omega which I deny to entertain.

Everyone seemed a bit confused, gulping and side-eyeing each other at my warning but dared not say a word.

To be honest I know they already must have gotten some hint that they are to stay away from Jin because I had made him spend a night in my tent with the sheer intention that everyone knew that he’s favoured by me, for what it’s worth I know they must have noticed, things like this don’t go unseen in camps crammed with hormone-driven youths.

“And get me an armour that would fit him…time to get ready to move out and head to get the coast fortified” they bowed instantly getting busy as the battalion heads came ahead to notify the preparations that had already been made.  

When I returned to the tent, I found Jin angrily arguing with the guards I had intentionally put to guard him and not let him leave.

“What’s all this commotion-” but I was stunned midway as he growled angrily at me now.

“Oh great! You’re here…now tell them to stand back, I need to join the others! I’m a soldier for godsakes! They keep treating me like some tiny delicate thing telling me to go and rest-well I don’t wanna rest! I want my freedom!”

He was fuming, infuriated eyes glaring at all three of us…I really need to teach him some manners, he’s much too audacious for his own good.

“Go inside” I spoke trying not to reveal the way my alpha intended to chastise him for raising his voice against me.

“No” he crossed his arms scowling at me and instantly my fists clenched as I fought not to use my alpha voice on him but damn does he have a way of annoying me to the core.

“I said go inside Jin…don’t test-“ “You said I could join the troops and I am joining the troops and I’m definitely going to the coastline…I have worked hard to prove myself and I’m definitely not-” “Stop arguing with me and get inside!” I lost it and felt my alpha threateningly loom behind my thin control.

However, he made it worse, standing there still crossing his arms over his chest before he haughtily informed “sorry to break it to you but your commands won’t work on me, so can we-” I grabbed at his arm pulling him inside before he could continue being the intolerable and annoying guy he has pledged to be.

“Hey!” He exclaimed struggling against my grip on his arm before I set the armour on the table “put it on” and he suddenly went silent, blinking at me before eyeing the armour again. I headed to the cabinet pulling out a new set of clothes and placed it beside the armour. Even though he has masked his scent, I rather find it more assuring that he smells of me being dressed in my clothes. 

I watched him fidgeting a bit and realized it was probably because he was very flustered and awfully shy last night when he found me in the tent while he was changing and probably didn’t want that to happen again.

“I’ll wait outside” I decided it will be better if my alpha is not more roused than it already is due to his haughty outrage. I’m afraid that one of these days he’ll learn the hard way not to annoy me with his audacious loud-mouthing.

However, it had been just a few minutes when I saw a confused Jin peek out of the tent, his searching eyes settling on me as he mumbled something.

“What is it now? I thought you were eager to join the others” I quirked an eyebrow at him as I taunted.

“Umm…I don’t know how to…I mean it’s quite confusing..” he blabbered very unsurely stealing glances of me.
“Speak up…what do you need?” I frowned realizing there must be something he’s having trouble with.

“I don’t know how to wear an armour” he spoke dropping his eyes to the ground as he stood tightly clasping the hem of the shirt which was a bit oversized on him, the collar loose around his neck giving a sweet glimpse of his neck and collar bones making my gaze fix there.

He’s really testing my limits, isn’t he?

I have been desperately trying to snub down the voice within that has been bellowing to mark him as mine…but I don’t want to mark him forcibly…no matter how agitated my alpha seems to be with the thought of not getting to claim his mate, I believe watching Jin submit to me would be so much more satisfying than just taking him by force.

I breathed in telling myself to hold it in and went ahead to help him. Thank god he has masked his scent, that strong essence of night jasmine is just too alluring for me to resist.

However, I do have to agree on one thing…Jin has absolutely zero skills in sensing danger…I mean what kind of omega would ever dare to live at a place swarming with alphas?! Does he not understand what could have happened to him if anyone here caught his scent, or worse, if he went into heat?!!

He fidgeted as I placed the armour on him, tightening those to fix the pieces on him.

Why am I doing this again? I don’t even put on my own armour…I could easily ask any of the betas to do this...but I...I don't want them to...

And to come to think of it…if Jin was actually a part of Eulan’s royal army then why does he not know how to wear an armour? Or is he one of those snobs who has trails of servants doing everything for him? I guess that would be it…fucking overly pampered royals!

He squirmed again, a short gasp erupted out of his mouth as I leaned to check whether the metal covering his torso was tied properly, my hands skimming down his shoulders to his waist.

“Hold still” I watched him as I turned him around to give me a better access to check if the armour was set right on his back as well, and a flash of memory from last night took over me. I did catch a glimpse of him while he was changing last night, of those pale bare shoulders that beautifully slimmed down into that slim waist and that supple swell of his ass…

“Is it done?” His voice was restless, pulling me out of my thoughts as I realized where my gaze had locked…he really is testing my restraint to the full.

“You can go and join the others…take the bow and the arrows with you” he nodded instantly taking the chance to get away from me. Well, he can try…however I don’t think it’s going to really work…for what it’s worth, I don’t care what happens between the royal court and Eulan’s convoy today, I don’t even care if they declare a war on us, the only thing I’m really sure about is that Jin is not escaping my sight ever again…I don’t care who I’ve gotta fight to ensure that but I won’t accept it any other way.

He’s gonna be my omega, one way or another…I just hope he learns not to test my patience because my restraint isn’t the best.

I couldn’t help but keep an eye on Jin as the troops journeyed towards the coast.

As glad as it made me, I could tell he was very confused with everyone avoiding to talk or even look at him, denying to come anywhere close to him. The battalion leaders gave him pointed looks, their alpha senses tracing my scent on him. It was a rather obnoxious thought to them I bet as they believed that alphas don’t really crave for betas, more awful especially because as a royal trueblood I would never bother to touch such a low born. However, they wouldn’t dare to speak against it…not like they had the guts to challenge me.

I smiled to myself, thinking how ignorant they are and how a pretty little omega had us all looking like idiots.

He sure is something…I thought inwardly as I watched him patting and pampering and speaking to the horse assigned to him. So mysterious and unique and yet so innocently silly.

“Sehun…take the west side, Suho to the east…head out and position the troops” I ordered assigning each battalion their positions “Xiumin and Felix set up the front coast, line up the archers and keep a troop at the ready behind. However, no one is to use your weapons before my command…we don’t want our guest to think we are barbarians who’d attack someone who comes in peace. We are here to ensure we are not attacked out of the blue, our intention is not to hurt anyone without a cause”

I eyed to see Jin’s terrified gaze soften a bit, I can tell he’s worried about his sisters’ safety…although it’d do him better to worry about himself…I’m sure Jungkook has his own plans ready for the fugitive omega.

He grabs his bow and turns to face me “so which troop do I join?”

I couldn’t stop the grin on my face as I turned to eye him, having prepared the perfect duty for him which would ensure that he wouldn’t get out of my line of sight at any time “for you I got the most important work Jin”.

I walked nearer as he cluelessly waited to hear me out, eyes set ready with determination “I need someone to protect me too” yup a blatant lie…and I could instantly hear abrupt coughs fill the air and confused gazes shot at me as the rest of them judged my words as a joke. However, lucky for me Jin seemed to have taken it quite seriously.

“You see because my enemies know that they cannot win in a fight against me if they attacked head on, they often attack me in secret. So, I need you to kill anyone who you feel might be following us or secretly keeping an eye on us” now this is what you call to kill two birds with one stone…with Jin’s sharp reflexes and effective aim, I’m gonna make sure none of Jungkook’s spies can follow me or him.

He nodded very seriously, getting ready to follow me…well seems like the plan worked perfectly, at least for now.

We were informed that the ship will be reaching the coast within a couple hours, however it was almost late in the afternoon when we could see the high sails in the distance, the large vessel speedily approaching us.  

Jin watched it with gleaming eyes as he stood by me, but my attention was soon diverted by the sound of horse hooves striking the ground as I saw Hoseok arrive with a troop of his own, a group of gaudily dressed lords at his heel as they prepared to welcome the guest.

I couldn’t help but scoff at the loud show off…filthy fucking wolves in the garb of strutting peacocks but I paled when I turned to my side to see Jin was nowhere to be seen, as if he had just vanished into thin air and all my attention was instantly set onto the need to find him.

I searched among the tents that were being set up, the carts lined here and there bringing in more ammunitions, food, necessities that we’d need to keep the coast fortified during the week’s stay of Eulan’s convoy. My hand tightened on the hilt of my sword not finding that shrewd little omega, I could hear the long alarm blowing in the air informing about the ship soon to touch the shore. The pier swarming with the lords awaiting with anticipation as they saw the ship slow down, it’s deck full with Eulan’s white and blue uniformed officials who had accompanied the royal heir on her tour.

My attention was sharply drawn towards a faint scent of night jasmine blowing in the air and it didn’t take me another guess to realize whose it was. A fine timing for that scent blocker to wear off…this could get out of hand if Hoseok found out about him.

I instantly sped towards the scent, through the crisscross of tents to realize he had hidden himself in a secluded tent supposedly to be a weapons stack.

I moved the curtains barging in there to find it absolutely silent and empty, only a tent full of large chests of swords and trunks of ammunitions, the table at the centre piled with varied forms of shields, a line of bows and quivers of arrows set on one side of the tent. I walked with measured gait, my boots creating thuds against the ground in the empty tent, however I’m sure Jin is hiding here, his scent practically jabbing at my senses now.

“Enough playing love…come out…” I took calculated steps towards one of the large cabinets standing tall in one corner of the tent “you do know I can smell you, right Jin?”

No sooner the words left my mouth, I saw the cabinet tumbling onto me…I jumped to a side realizing he had just tried to crush me underneath it.

My head snapped up in shock to think what a violent omega I'm actually dealing with and saw him gape at me with terrified eyes before he broke into a run to escape…or tried to.

“Where do you think you’re going huh? It’s the end of the road for you…trying to fool me omega? You got some guts I must say…” I pulled him back to myself, trapping him with an arm around his waist.

“Let g-go!” He squirmed before jabbing his elbows into my ribs, making me grunt at his unexpected attack. He instantly took the chance to hit again and broke out of my arm, making me curse under my breath as I lunged for him again.

He sure has a powerful spirit for an omega!

“Not so fast” I grabbed back at his wrist only to receive a hard hit against my head that made me back off a few steps, a throbbing pain erupted at the spot he had struck me.

“Stay away from me!!” He roared and I realized he had actually hit me with my bow that I had given to him! My vision went red as my alpha felt challenged and angry beyond measure as I felt a line of blood run down the side of my face.

“How dare you?! That’s the end of me being nice to you” I growled and he instantly spat back “Oh! That was you being nice? I guess I didn’t get the joke you just made creep!”

My teeth grit to hear his haughty words as I watched him raise his hands in defense. He really doesn’t learn it the easy way.

“The first thing I’ll do after I catch you…which I definitely will, is teach you some manners omega” “Sure…but first learn some yourself” he quipped even more rowdily “now move away, I don’t really want to fight with you…all I want is to meet my sister and get away from all you beasts”

My alpha wanted nothing more than to see him groveling on the ground at my feet right now…oh the ways I could punish him for his intolerable audacity…no worries though there will be time for that too...

There was a sudden shift in his features, beads of sweat blooming on his temple, face flushing red, brown eyes dilating abnormally as his breathing became heavier and I realized he was actually reacting to my pheromones. My anger must have triggered my alpha to release it, well whatever be the reason, I can say I’m very satisfied with the result. I grinned walking nearer to him while he took measured steps back till his back hit against another large cabinet “not gonna yell at me anymore huh? You do know you deserve punishment for what you just did…”

He dropped his eyes, shaking hands still held up in defense making me chuckle at his soft resistance…cute…and very tempting…

“I n-need to find my s-sister…” he mumbled almost to himself before I leaned in, setting my hands on either side of his head intentionally meaning to intimidate him as I spoke into his ear “here’s what’s gonna happen…you’ll behave and not use your sly tricks on me this time, try those and I swear I’ll forget being nice and will do as I please…don’t think it’s an empty threat because if you plan to test my patience you’ll know the truth…which I’m sure you don’t want to. Now you will come with me without any word whatsoever if you do not want me to spill your truth before those royal dogs outside, who if they catch your scent will drag you to the King…I’m sure that’s not something you want either, do you my little prince?”

His breathing was very rushed, heart thumping loudly against his ribs and the apprehension in him made his scent all the more strong against my nose…it’s making me feel delirious.

I leaned into his neck being drawn into it, nuzzling over his scent gland as I felt my alpha go berserk with need and glee to finally get to touch him. A soft suppressed whimper caught my ear and my sanity went mush as I grabbed at his head, lapping and mouthing needily along his neck. He shivered at the action spilling broken whines, shaky hands still trying to push me back.

Why can’t he feel the pull? His omega must know that I’m his alpha to be reacting so openly to my pheromones…why is he then still fighting me so stubbornly?

“S-Stop it…p-please…” his powerless hands barely trying to feign resistance while his entire being seemed to be craving for me.

I moved back abiding to his request…of course I would be nice if he pleaded like that…I am not a crude…

I watched him fidgeting unsurely, my alpha quite restless and pissed at me for not taking the chance of claiming and marking him right here but for now I’m glad with the thought of scenting him…it was a rather gentle intention of masking his scent with my own and it worked, I’m being a complete gentleman if you ask me.
 
“Let’s go…I need to get you out of here first” and I need to ensure that he is kept somewhere safe and completely out of Jungkook’s reach. It’s not just about revenge anymore…Jin is mine, he has taken far too much away from me already, but there is no way in hell that I’ll let him take my omega!

I walked through the same crisscross of tents and lines of carts and saw a crowd gather at the pier, loud celebrations taking place as I tugged harder at Jin’s wrist as we headed the other way.

“Where are you t-taking me?” He fumbled time and again tugging at his wrist “I want to see my sister” he was practically mewling, I can tell he’s unsure and scared but for now I’m his safest bet.

“Hop on” I spoke gesturing towards my horse and he gave me a very confused look, we don’t really have much time so I grabbed at his waist and hoisted him up to straddle the saddle “there…that’s better”. His eyes were blown wider as I climbed to sit behind him.

“What are you doing?! I d-don’t want to! Put me down!” He grumbled as I held him against me, while he kept fidgeting and grabbing at my arms in worry and desperation as I took the reins and spurred Zeke to break into a speedy run.

“I’m taking you to my home…it’s the farthest from the castle, and your safest call for now” …somewhere I can keep you protected my pretty mate…

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[A\N] yep... definitely more plot twists coming right up 😬

Borahae 💜