#Warning:
-Violent Scenes
-Torture
-Blood

Third Person’s P.O.V.

(This portion takes place before Jin left)

“You’re the meanest liar ever! I will never trust you!” Seokjin grumbled against the trueblood who was beginning to lose his patience now, breaths deep and annoyed as he glared at the omega who denied to calm down and listen to him.

“For once will you stop being stupid and try to use your head” he was trying to stay sane and being as considerately patient as possible but heck it was like talking to a child!

“You lied to me! You killed my father! I asked for one thing from you…I hoped I could trust you, but you are just like them! You are going to hand Eulan to him, aren’t you?” The omega’s eyes watered thinking about being played and fooled every damn way “fine…you know what, screw you! Screw all you fucking liars…I will do it on my own! I don’t need you to help me!”

He shoved Taehyung back, pulling his arm out of the tough grip as he marched to head out of the tent but was pulled back harshly into the alpha’s chest “when I say you listen…it means you listen omega and don’t tempt me to show your place, cursing and yelling at me will do you no good.”

“I don’t want to stand here and listen to your bullshit when my people are being butchered out there…your commands are no use to scare me, if you won’t help then stay out of my way!” Jin growled back at him only to have the trueblood lunging and snarling at him for showing such disrespect.

“Stop talking….just fucking shut your mouth!” Taehyung grasped at his jaw pushing the omega back, lips curled over his teeth as it became impossibly difficult for him to control his anger and heavy infuriated alpha pheromones clogged the air inside the tent.

Jin stumbled back, dropping to the bed with a bounce as he shivered a bit…his omega cowering at the loud aggressive fury of the trueblood. He flinched looking up when Taehyung caged him underneath him, the omega pressed against the mattress in between his arms “you really need a lesson to learn don’t you?” his voice was a low enraged growl, and Jin gulped fighting the heavy authority in his voice that made him feel terribly intimidated.

He denied to look at Taehyung, who was heaving and glaring on top of him. Jin’s hands balled into fists in agitation, especially because the alpha was being the same arrogant manipulative asshole as usual. How could he trust his plan when he wouldn’t even tell him the plan?

“I want to go back to the palace” Jin spoke rigidly, jaw clenching as he denied to give in to his alpha’s demand to abide to him “I don’t care if it’s a lost cause, I will try-” “Why are you so intent on saving the land when they didn’t think twice before discarding you as a curse?”

“I’m supposed to protect! I can-” Jin stopped midway realizing how those dark eyes were staring back at him inquisitively “I-…I don’t want to believe that I am only a curse…I want them to see that…I wanted father to see that…”

Jin pressed his eyes close, turning his head to side and realized his anger was slowly slipping out and he could breathe normally again. He could tell Taehyung was releasing calming pheromones.

“I don’t know whether to pity your ignorant heart” his touch was much gentler against the omega’s jaw now, eyes mild with thoughtful calm as he turned his head to face him again “or feel sympathy for your innocent hope…I fear the life ahead will take away both from you”

“True that…just my luck I guess that I had to get stuck with the worst case scenario” Jin chuckled sarcastically, eyes fluttering as he tried to sound haughty “stay away from alphas they said” he scoffed to himself.

“Does it make you feel good disrespecting me?” “Yes, it makes me feel very very good. Actually, it makes me feel superb.” Jin spoke with an utmost flat voice.

Taehyung couldn’t help the short laugh as he watched Jin try to put up a brave strong face before him and tried to sound mean, especially when he squeezed those puffy cheeks and Jin glared and swat his hand away.

“You cannot win every war with a sword Jin…old ways won’t open a new doors” Taehyung spoke realizing he had to try to make his stubborn and a little dumb mate to see what he was actually planning and when he saw Jin’s eyes spark wide as he stared up at him, he knew the omega knew he was up to something. “I did tell you, didn’t I? It’s all about who snatches the show sweetheart…you can only rejoice if you survive, which we won’t if you go running head on into a mess…war doesn’t only decide the winner, it also ensures who lives and who doesn’t.”

“A-Are you planning to kill your brother…?”

“And get ourselves killed?” He chuckled, head dipping into the omega’s neck and he nosed down the softness to press his mouth on his collarbones “I am not stupid…I believe he will do that to himself”

“You know you get me even more confused when you talk like this” Jin’s voice was suddenly devoid of its flair, truly more than the angry yelling this was the side of Taehyung that actually terrified him…he couldn’t tell what he was planning but knew it was nothing good.

“First I need to get you away from here…to somewhere he cannot hurt or capture you…”

Jin’s hands abruptly set on his shoulders when he felt him kissing and licking at the mate mark, feeling pleasure and need brew within his core at the alpha’s action. He knew what Taehyung was doing…his possessive controlling alpha was scent marking him but the overwhelming desires that spread a lulling warmth through him were just becoming too much to hide and showed in the red glow on the apple of his cheeks and heated ears.

“You let anyone touch you or hurt you and I’ll make you watch me be ten times worse than what my brother can do to those innocent lives you so want to protect” Taehyung’s voice was a low growl at his neck as he let his canines graze over the mate mark on the omega’s neck “and don’t do anything stupid…there is thin line between being brave and being stupid…you cross that, I’ll personally spank you for getting me in trouble along with yourself”

“I-I can go b-back to the p-palace?” “Terms and conditions applied” Taehyung quipped instantly sighing against Jin’s neck, the rich aroma of his mate’s arousal fuelling his own and he grinned to himself to see how sensitive Jin was actually to him, no matter how hard he tried to hide it.

“M-More t-terms?”

“No playing the hero…no being stupid…no trusting anyone…no-” “I am not stupid you know” Jin pushed him back, facing the alpha’s glare with an angry pout.

“You very much are” Taehyung scoffed only to have the omega roll his eyes at him  and he sat back up, sighing as he tried to tell himself yet again that this was a good idea although his entire being was revolting against the idea of letting Jin go alone…out of sight…among the enemy…all of these sounded like a brew for a really bad idea to him “as much as I dislike you rebelling, I can’t deny that to believe in a cause and to fight for it, is something rather noble”

Jin sat silently beside him, trying to understand what was actually going on inside his head now.

“As your alpha, I can definitely make you listen to me n not let you step into such a dangerous situation…”

Jin was almost about to go off on him yet again when his words clogged in his throat.

“But as your alpha it is also my duty to trust you” he saw Taehyung turn to look at him, dark eyes pooling with an odd charm of covert affection “so go ahead…fight for what you believe in because I know I’d too”

Jin didn’t realize that his mouth had fallen open to hear the brute arrogant alpha, who had told him his wishes meant nothing, was telling him to fight for what he believed in!

Jin was smiling like an idiot as he let the words sink in before Taehyung spoke “don’t give me that smile…you mess up n I’m still gonna spank you”

“I’ll not mess up I swear” Jin assured crawling towards him with delighted eyes “you promise to get Noona out of here?”

“I did say I’ll get her out” Taehyung assured grabbing at his waist to pull him close to himself “stay here till I get that beta out” “He has a name you know” Jin grumbled.

“Don’t care” Taehyung spoke sitting the omega on his lap “they’ll be mad enraged so let the beta handle it, ok? I am only trusting him because you do”

Jin nodded hastily, head ducking down a bit as he tried to not be too conscious about how close they currently were. It didn’t help that the scenting had got him feeling all sorts of fluttering in his belly, even a simple touch like warm hands caressing his hip was also affecting him and chewed on his lower lip.

The action came as a severe tease for the alpha, whose eyes instantly fixed onto the plush mouth.

Taehyung could hear the rise in heartbeat in Jin, and he could swear no blushing omega looked as pretty as his mate did. He tried not to give in to his instincts, if his trueblood overpowered him now there will be no chance Jin would be allowed to go away.

“You’ll need your shield and crossbow as well” he spoke unconsciously leaning just a little close, the teasing action messing with his senses before Jin was moving away from his grip and nodding to his words when he coiled his arms about him, pulling him back in place.

Jin gave a tiny yelp, eyes wide and warmth creeping up his cheeks even more loudly this time as he innocently waited for the alpha to say or do something.

“I know you think you are invincible but I want you to remember that you are not” Taehyung’s voice was deep and calm, their faces inches apart and his throat felt a little dry to think how much danger his mate might face “I pride your strength just as much as I pride my own…”

Jin was stunned at the words, truthfully he had never seen Taehyung be like this, the alpha barely voiced his thoughts. It was commands and threats and curses that came out of his mouth most of the times…seeing him look distressed was a new one to the omega.

“Don’t ruin it...” Jin felt him caress his face, the fingers on his jaw lightly pulling him nearer “I need you with me to build the future I have planned for us.”

He felt Taehyung’s mouth press on his, eyes closing when the alpha moved his lips gently, their mixed saliva aiding a soft glide as he kissed him back and almost instantly the hand cupping his jaw brushed across the side of his face to dig into his tresses. The alpha’s burst of pheromones made Jin’s chest constrict and yet an airy lightness filled his mind making his lips fall open when teeth dug onto his lower lip, teasing and demanding him to let him in. He felt Taehyung grasping and tugging at his hairs as he instantly deepened the kiss, a growl rising at the back of his throat when Jin felt himself equally aroused, kissing the alpha back as he wanted, their tongues seeking to dominate.

Taehyung tugged harder at his hair, the heady action of the omega making him give out a low growl as he warned the omega not to seek to dominate him.

Jin whimpered, coiling back a little and the kiss broke for a tiny second.

But that was enough to agitate the trueblood whose grip on Jin’s hairs tightened and he pulled him back into the kiss, mouth smashing against those soft plump lips again and his free arm snaking about his slender mate.

Both of them were a little too much out of their senses, instincts kicking in to control their actions for the moment and denying to let up as they kissed each other as if driven with need.

Taehyung finally broke the kiss when he heard Jin breathlessly whimpering and saw the omega gulp mouthfuls of air. He let his grip on his hairs loosen and cupped his face to leave an endearing peck at the corner of Jin’s mouth. 

“Come on, I’ll help you put your armour on…” he smiled to himself to see Jin trying to desperately do away the loud rush of blood on his cheeks as he innocently nodded, all his yelling and cursing lost at the moment and Taehyung couldn’t help but coo at the adorable image before him.

He gave a short laugh, thumb adoring the warm blush on the omega’s cheek “so pretty”.

-

(Back to present time)

“I still cannot believe you are actually helping us” Jisoo sceptically looked at the trueblood riding by her side.

“Hah! Don’t fool yourself princess” Taehyung scoffed “I don’t give a fucking shit about your well-being or your land…unfortunately my mate does, and I don’t know why he’s so intent on being the saviour of the day…clueless little omega…this is treason to my own people! He’ll get me kicked out of my own land…!” He grumbled rolling his eyes at his mate’s stupid demands, however he was more angry on himself for giving in to Jin’s demands…this is why alphas discipline their omegas but his mate had a mind of his own, you try to snub him down and he hits back with twice the force….let alone the fact that it was quite impossible for the alpha to tell the adamant omega ‘no’.

“Jin-ah told you to save me?” Jisoo wasn’t startled with her brother trying to save her, she knew her brother had a heart of gold, innocent and zealous as always but more so by the trueblood’s sense of obligation towards his mate.

Taehyung didn’t reply “stay out of danger…I don’t want my mate accusing me of killing you or something, he already hates me enough”.

Jisoo was confused…every alpha of Kleon seemed to have a screw loose, the King was a straight up psycho, another that pale one that calls himself a medic didn’t even look like an alpha, so gentle and caring and the General…well she didn’t really know how to even define that excuse for an alpha and then there was the trueblood who seemed out of his mind one minute and too crazed for his mate the next. No wonder people said not to mess with Kleon…their people were a mess in itself!

“I am grateful for your help Commander…” Jisoo spoke in a rigid tone, a little annoyed at the demeaning words but tried to keep her dislike at bay.

“Tsk…keep it…things like those are worth nothing” Taehyung brandished his sword, eyes turning to fix on the guards closing in on them “I know for a fact you’ll have your sword at my neck if need be…we are ungrateful by birth princess, beasts like us can’t afford such piety.”

They were almost close to where the mayhem raged “go on and take care of your land princess…I’ll take care of them” he spoke as he got ready to face the royal guards “and another thing…” his eyes held a sharp threat “you dare to do anything to my mate…I will personally ensure the ruin of everything you hold dear…so just steer clear of any such thoughts a’right?”

“I’d never hurt my brother Commander… sorry if I sound rude but I thought it’s all aggression and violence inside you but it actually makes me feel very content to know that you do care about him…” Jisoo smiled, scoffing inwardly at her own self for even thinking that the most dominant and aggressive of alpha’s could really have such tender emotions but odd as it was the trueblood really seemed to be mindful about her brother “it is instinctive in alphas to protect…however, I do believe that the truth is we protect what we love.”

Namjoon saw the prince frantic in his need to heal any wounded person he could see, running and panting as he helped a lady by healing her of a dangerous wound that had charred half her body before turning to heal a child of the bleeding wound on his head. He gave out orders to the palace guards whom he had gathered to help the people out, although it hadn’t been easy for him to acquire their help and they had even tried to attack him. However, they only listened to him after seeing him bring their Commander back and they instantly prepared to listen to the orders given as they tried to save as many innocent lives as possible.

“Prince you can’t probably keep doing this for long…it’s over…they will ruin Eulan-” “No! He won’t let that happen…he promised he will get Noona back!” Jin stubbornly held onto hope as he moved to a man to cure the broken arm.

Namjoon wasn’t trying to be mean but it was really difficult for him to believe that the trueblood would actually help Eulan…it just didn’t make sense to him. He saw Seokjin waddling on his feet having depleted himself too awfully but denied to rest as he stumbled in his steps while he went ahead to help another.

“This is dangerous prince! Listen to me plea-” “Namjoon” Jin’s eyes were wide in anxiety as he gulped “I can do this…I can really do this…trust me just once…” he looked at Kleon’s troops invading the streets now, fires raging over the towns and wails of pain and fear tore through the air “I was born with this for a reason…and if it’s really a curse then I will use this curse to ruin those who try to ruin Eulan.”

Namjoon didn’t know what to say, or rather realized that nothing he could say would get Seokjin’s stubborn intentions to stop.

“Very well then…till the end it is…tell me what you need us to do” he spoke glancing at the horde of guards waiting behind him to follow the Prince’s orders as well “lead us and we will follow you.”

Seokjin gave a nod, gulping his apprehensions down as he set his eyes on the enemy troops, gaze blazing as he mounted his horse “the most important thing is to save the civilians and keep the granaries safe”.

“Fair words” Namjoon agreed, making sure enough attention was paid to the princes’ orders and instantly allotted men to ensure what he commanded.

“Namjoon” Seokjin’s voice was devoid of its usual soft cheeriness “I need to ask you for a favour…don’t follow me, just go the other way” he sighed while a little doubtful smirk appeared at the edge of his lips “I guess I am gonna do something crazy”

“What do you…no prince…I am not assured…tell me what’s the plan, we can do it together, I will help you-”

“You can’t help me with this…” he shook his head as he remembered the only one who could actually help him at this time, and he chuckled to himself before inhaling a big breath as he feared if his plan would probably turn to become a catastrophe instead “just…I hope Taehyung isn’t too late” his heart was an anxious rush of beats as he realized he actually wanted the alpha here, his presence was an assurance that he wouldn’t hurt the people he doesn’t want to hurt and he actually needed Taehyung to help his omega stay in control, he’d definitely feel more confident doing this if his alpha was by his side “well, nevermind…he’ll know how to find me.”

And before Namjoon could tell him to stop, Seokjin was already heading towards the place where the enemy troops seemed to be wrecking havoc.

Jin exhaled loudly “here we go”

He knew if he survived this he was probably going to die at the hands of his alpha, this was by far the worst stunt he had ever tried…definitely breaking all of the terms and conditions Taehyung had deliberately told him not to break.

Let’s see…trusting like a fool that he could do this on his own__check, putting himself and everyone in danger__check, playing the hero__totally check, being reckless and stupid__literally lives for this shit!

He was almost struggling to gather enough confidence to do what he had planned “you made me become the one who was hated by everyone here…all I need you to do right now is exactly what you do best, let’s blow up these shitheads…don’t disappoint me now” he spoke to his inner wolf, feeling his adrenaline course wildly inside and let his innate strength blaze. He rode into the middle of the terrifying scene of carnage and jumped off of his horse, letting the animal trot away as he felt his sheer hatred for such violence rise.

“I am sorry master…I neither know my strength nor know how to not exploit it” he slowly let down the wall he rigidly kept up to keep his omega trapped, his insides flooding with an excruciating need to destroy as well as protect, his light brown eyes changing to turn an electric blue “but I am going to trust myself on this…for once, even if it’s the only time…”

He let all the long-held fetters fall off, letting his omega out on his own will for the very first time and it was as if the entire scene of bloodshed came to a standstill as those blue eyes turned a dangerously dazzling white…wiping off all the howls and blares of violence as grim silence palled over everything his eyes touched.

Jimin could see the trueblood bravely battling against a cluster of royal guards, proving greater in strength than the crowd that was trying to overpower him. He had never dared to attempt to trick the trueblood, honestly Taehyung scared him…not because of his trueblood status but because he felt like he was the only person who could see right through him… like all his powers were mere before his eyes.

He was the only person ever who had seen the pain and degradation he suffered in the king’s hands and had tried to help him, when he really shouldn’t have knowing how much he hated anything or anyone associated to Jungkook. Given a choice Jimin probably would never intend to hurt him either.

Although he knew he had somehow wronged the alpha by letting Seokjin have the potion to help him not conceive…he knew it was sly of him to use Seokjin’s disturbed thoughts about not wanting pups to make the innocent omega believe that he was only trying to help him when he handed him that potion…while the truth was he knew Jungkook would go crazy if he learnt about the omega he craved to acquire was carrying his brother’s pups. He would definitely try to hurt the pup or the omega…it’s not like he loved Seokjin but somewhere deep down he didn’t want him to get hurt…he knew what losing a pup felt like, it breaks an omega and to watch someone’s mad hatred ruin an innocent life was not something he could endure.

Seokjin not wanting a pup was a happy knowledge to him, in the least it made his conscience stay clear. He just hoped that he would keep taking the potion for now…Jungkook seemed to be getting worse and worse every day.

“Just do as I say omega” Jungkook’s voice was little above a whisper as he spoke into Jimin’s ear “I permit you to read my mind”

Jimin gulped as he closed his eyes, his own mind spearing into the dark cavern of another’s mind. Reading the current ongoing thoughts didn’t need much of delving into, it was even easy to trace what one loved or feared because those remained close to the surface as well but memories, deep rooted ones that held scars or too heavy with emotion took a lot of effort to fish out…however, it was still easier than to create that illusion on another’s mind. 

“Concentrate on the memory from ten years ago” the hush in his voice made goosebumps rise on Jimin’s skin “the memory of him submitting before me…it’s my favourite one, shouldn’t be too hard to find…”

It wasn’t hard to find but the cruelty he witnessed made an unintended whimper leave his lips.

“Are you done?”

Jimin nodded softly, tears gathering at the corner of his eyes without his knowledge as the memory made his heart cave.

Power really always has an upper hand, to be so cruel without a trace of guilt or remorse. However, what is really filthy is that to feed ones’ powers one has to oppress another for that is how one ensures the authority…through inflicting fear… 

“Now, go ahead and take control over his mind omega…I am rather excited to see him submit before me again.”

Taehyung felt his senses blurry as he pushed back another attack, slashing his sword down to rip through the front of the guards armour. He stumbled a bit in his steps, not understanding what was happening as he vigorously shook his head trying to clear the blur in his eyes.

“What the heck…” he muttered under his breath, growling angrily as his vision began failing him and the few guards who were still standing took advantage of the situation, pushing him back and kicking at his gut. A sword slicing at his arm and he growled blindly attacking them, eyes blank and a flickering red.

But that was till his head felt like a pool of darkness and he stumbled back and forth, roaring to understand what was happening to him…was it that drug he had been attacked with that was causing the hallucinations?

Suddenly, he could see everything…very clearly…

However, now he couldn’t breathe…there were chains choking his airways and he couldn’t move at all…his hands and legs were chained to stumps on either side.

A whip cracked in the air before it landed on his back and he groaned as the leather cut into his skin…while right before him on the throne sat his father, a stone-cold expression on his face and by his side sat the crown prince, smiling down at his state.

“80!” A loud voice stated and Taehyung could feel his body convulsing against the torturous hits.

“Halt” the boy watched through hazy eyes his father raise a hand to gesture to stop, before the King was rising from the throne and walking up to his bleeding and shivering son.

“Have you learnt your lesson now boy?” He grasped at Taehyung’s chin, pushing his head up to meet his eyes and his jaw clenched to see fire of defiance still burning in those flickering red eyes “I see you still got some spirit left in you…very well…” he let the boys head drop before returning to his seat “you may continue”

Taehyung shuddered at the order, waiting for the whip as he bit down harshly on his lip to not sound weak before the lords and members of the court watching the scene.

Twenty more lashes and Taehyung couldn’t feel his back anymore…the pain, the burning fire raging through and through his entire body seemed like a deadening numb now.

“I see you have chosen death stupid boy!” His father’s voice thundered and he could hear footsteps closing in on him “unchain that idiot!”

His body dropped to the ground, there was no strength in him anymore to stand or to even see. Taehyung could only hear the words in pieces till he was growling and crying out in pain, his eyes clearing for a fraction of a second as he felt himself being dragged to somewhere…and he told himself that he probably wasn’t going to survive his punishment this time. 

“Pick him up” the King marched to where they had dropped the boy and fumed.

“Submit to your brother!” His father ordered and Taehyung held onto his defiance in stubborn silence, his feet trembling but denying to fall weak.

The young boy’s grit and insolence made gasps and grumbles arise among the onlookers.

“Such audacity! To defy the King! His own father!”

“Look how he flaunts his trueblood…we warned this would happen! Off with that bastard’s head!”

“Throw him out of the borders! Along with that alpha woman…there is no place for such abominations in Kleon!”

“He will ruin the throne one day with an arrogance like that! We say put an end to the monster you have created!”

“SILENCE!!! REMEMBER YOUR PLACE, ALL OF YOU!!”

He roared at the others before his eyes glanced back at the impertinent trueblood.

“I will not behead him…he is my blood…a royal! And even if you try to deny that is the truth!” The King’s voice thundered through the open space “and do not forget…he will be the strongest alpha of Kleon but” he turned to a half unconscious and shuddering Taehyung held up by the guards “he will submit to the Crown Prince of Kleon!”

Taehyung screamed, head powerlessly falling back as he thrashed when they forced him to kneel before Jungkook. He felt his father pull up his head by his hairs “you will listen to me boy, either you submit your alpha to him…or you will be thrown out of Kleon along with your mother” Taehyung gulped hazy tearful eyes setting on his father to understand why was it this important for him to submit to Jungkook that his father was okay even with killing him…why was he not enough to have the same treatment as is brother received…?

“I d-d-do thi…this n n-no kil-l m-mm-thrr-” “Submit to Jungkook and pledge to forever serve him and never to let any harm come to him…acknowledge him as your King!!”

And the fifteen year old trueblood gave in…submitting before the crown prince as they forced his alpha to accept defeat, to serve and never harm the future King.

The King heaved dropping the half dead boy right before Jungkook’s feet.

Taehyung’s eyes were glazed with haze, body heaving as he struggled to keep breathing despite the heavy loss of blood. He couldn’t move at all now as his inner wolf coiled back into itself leaving him weak and even more vulnerable, he was completely at the mercy of the voices around and unaware of the eyes of the crown prince boring down on him.

Jungkook jumped off of the horse, marching to where he saw the guards trying to hold down a growling and thrashing Taehyung. His body convulsing from odd spasms that had veins sticking out on his temple and neck, his eyes were completely blank and unfocused as he kept growling out a loud angry ‘nos’ on a loop, still struggling to deny to give up control over his senses.

He gestured the guards to force the trueblood to his knees, and Taehyung complied not really knowing what was happening around him…his mind making him believe it was the time from ten years ago when his battered body had been pushed down to kneel before the crown prince of Kleon.

Jungkook’s gaze went to Jimin staring with a stiff gaze at Taehyung, eyes glowing a pale blue as the omega shivered from time to time, tears lining his eyes “you’re doing a really good job omega…I guess keeping you was a good decision after all”.

His gleaming eyes set back on his brother, who was made to kneel before him and he would probably have succeeded in his plans to force him to submit before him that day if he had not been stunned to see the entire scene of war freeze a little distance ahead of them, all that loud clashing and roaring suddenly a dead silent…and Taehyung’s hazy clouded eyes suddenly snapped into a flaring red as his trueblood took over without his knowledge.

He slowly rose up to his feet, snapping away from the illusions holding him down.

Jungkook didn’t even realize when their positions had swapped as he now knelt before the fuming trueblood as it became impossible to stay on his feet, he blinked to see Taehyung’s entire form rigid with rage and a dangerous aura emanated from him.

A snarl tore through the air and the guards as well Jimin along with Jungkook were forced to lower their heads before the illimitable authority that burned around the trueblood.

Jungkook had never really faced Taehyung’s real trueblood form, more like his brother never really let it out completely…the couple other times it had happened without his consent was also when he had feared his mate’s safety, and it was the sheer aggression and greed for blood that was too damn threatening. He loomed nearer with heavy steps, lips pulled back over his sharp fangs, the veins on his hands like thick ropes protruded from underneath the skin. Jungkook knew now that his brother usually held back the real strength of his inner wolf, it was only now that he realized that Taehyung did not let his wolf take complete control over himself since he could see how powerless every other person was to his authority…it was impossible to even look up and counter his heavily intimidating trueblood gaze.

But this was a different scenario than just being worried for his omega…his omega had summoned for him and the trueblood had heard the call as it was his duty to abide to his mate’s desires.

Jimin shuddered at the threatening aura of the trueblood, his omega feebly cowered not even daring to set his eyes on the trueblood let alone attempt to use his powers on him. Keeping his head low, he peeked up to see Jungkook lay immobile on the ground before Taehyung. He wanted to crawl closer and tried to drag his body telling his omega to move as he feared for Jungkook’s safety.

The vision of Taehyung’s intentions to kill Jungkook because he had dared to touch and hurt his mate was fresh in his eyes. He wanted to scream and tell the King not to try to attack the trueblood right now as he feared Jungkook would recklessly do because he could read the anger and hatred brewing in the royal’s mind. Jimin’s attention suddenly focused on something else, it was the dazzling mark on the trueblood’s wrist, like a white hot insignia on his skin.

However, Taehyung didn’t seem interested in what was before his eyes, his gaze fixing to where his mate had let his omega loose. It was as if he was unbothered of what was going around, his sole concern was his mate who was being aimed at by the archers since none dared to step close in fear to have that lethal white gaze on themselves but fearfully sought to eradicate him from afar.

And while Namjoon desperately tried to stop every attack towards the omega prince, told every fear-stricken men who tried to stop the cursed omega who was killing clusters of people with just a turn of his gaze that he meant no harm but only intended to stop the war. Although, the truth was Namjoon knew how unsympathetic Seokjin’s powers were, it knew not how to differentiate between good or bad but destroyed whatever his eyes touched. He was killing Eulan’s soldiers along with Kleon’s and no matter the compassion his heart actually held, there was no mercy in his eyes.

He ordered out of instinct to the royal guards to ensure the prince isn’t attacked but was at a loss when he saw their stiff gazes shift to him as they questioned the prince’s integrity as a royal of Eulan. Namjoon was breathless in trying to explain to them about Seokjin having no control over his omega and was ready to sacrifice himself if that would mean he could protect the prince from the harm the people about him were trying to put him through, as arrows speared through the omega’s armour, some deflected while some injuring him.

Till there was an arrow piercing into the side his neck and blood poured out of his mouth…however, the omega denied to back down, pulling out the arrow as the wound instantly closed as if it was never there while the demanding white eyes were still set on the troops, the battlefield slowly turning into a graveyard of bones of shriveled corpses.

However to the surprise of Namjoon and the guards, in the midst of such a petrifying deathstroke marched the trueblood, blazing red eyes fixed against the omega’s as he walked completely unharmed by the merciless gaze.

The archers, the foot soldiers preparing to attack the prince, the Princess who was busy helping the people, the guards who worked along with her and everyone around instantly dropped to their knees…even the air had gone thick with the tension that brewed in the scene before them and their heads as well as their gazes inadvertently lowered before the dominance of the trueblood till every freaking person was bowing before his authority…well, all except one.

The omega seemed to freeze the moment the trueblood let out a loud growl of warning, the domineering authority demanding complete submission from his mate as well.

All eyes around watched with unprecedented fear, this was a battle beyond what their eyes had ever witnessed…something that felt like an episode out of the legends and somehow the real war seemed to be between the two superpowers who faced each other at the moment...the skies darkening as thunder and lightning raged.

The trueblood growled again, like thunder cracking overhead as he demanded the omega to stop his actions and submit to him. While the omega simply stared back…not ready to backdown till it had its revenge and had ensured to eradicate everyone who had tried to cage and insult its might for years, greed for destruction burning in its eyes.

A wordless battle of the gazes carried on…till the trueblood decided he had had enough of his mates’ adamant disrespect and loomed nearer.

An angry rumble bubbling in his chest to see the arrows that had impaled into the omega’s body and he immediately got to work to pull those out. The omega hissed and whimpered, snapping at the alpha for touching him when the trueblood growled back and held his mate to himself. He was only satisfied when he watched the bleeding wounds heal up instantly leaving no trace of the injury, and he was finally content to see his mate safe.

However, a reprimanding growl rumbled at the back of his throat for the reckless deeds of his omega who seemed to never learn to listen to him. But all his fury faded when the omega was healing him of his own wounds and even transferring him energy to amp up his strength. And to know that his omega could sense his distraught emotions and was trying to show his consideration by letting him know that as his mate he was going to ensure that his alpha was strong against every adversity made the trueblood feel utterly at peace, pride and dominance bubbling higher as he nuzzled into the omega’s head.

Taehyung took this chance to pull his mate’s head into his chest, and gently placed his palm over the omega’s eyes…finally putting a stop to the devastation his mate had caused and shoved his face into the crook of his neck, breathing over the mark as he tried to calm himself down inhaling a lungful of the tranquil scent of his mate. He kissed the mate mark and felt Jin whimper, the omega’s rigid fists crawling up his hands to clutch at his biceps as he moaned in a breathless hum.

“Alpha” Jin breathed, eyes back to its electric blue as his mind clouded with the heavy musk of his mate and he nosed up that strong chest to push his face into the side of Taehyung’s neck, amber and pines and mossy earth lulling the fears in his heart. He felt a hand at the back of his head and the mouth that was lapping at his mark till now was set at his ear.

“You did it love…” Jin could feel that terrifying aura dissipate away from Taehyung, his fearsome and enraged wolf back under his control and he blinked to realize his own wolf slowly receding as well. He stared up wonder-eyed at his alpha, who had dominated over his omega and urged it to give the control back to him. He realized now that Taehyung had actually failed to keep his control over his omega last time because he wasn’t actually using the real power of his trueblood.

“W-what-…?” “You really did stop the war just like you said” Taehyung smiled at his mate “reckless move but guess you actually pulled it off” he still had the omega secured in the coil of his arms as he gazed about at the disaster his mate had single-handedly brought down “I probably shouldn’t be, and this is exactly what I had told you not to do…but I am quite proud to see you trust your powers for once…although I do agree that we need to get your omega trained to control itself”.

Jin, however had paled at the sight, he couldn’t believe that his omega could be this destructive as he saw corpses crowding over the expanse of land before them.

“I…just wanted it to stop” he gulped, getting teary as the voice in his head told him that all the people in his land was right to call him a curse…his gaze shifted to where Jisoo and Namjoon stood with the royal guards, their mouths open is disbelief and he could see the fear in their eyes as they watched him and trueblood.

“I couldn’t find any other way…” his voice was a hush as his grip tightened at Taehyung’s bicep, a lone tear slipped out of his brimming eyes as he hid his face in the alpha’s chest in utter shame and soon lines of tears were pouring down his eyes. Because when every eye who watched his inner wolf would call him a curse and try to lock him up because he was a disaster waiting to happen, his alpha was the only person to ever tell him to accept his wolf as a part of him…it was those words that had given him the strength to trust in himself and although he feared his own strength, his alpha had just said that he was proud of him. He broke out in fresh tears cursing himself, actually cursing his omega, for daring to do what it had done and then feel content and glad about the praise it had received.

The sniffles made Taehyung coil his arms tighter about his mate, he was aware of the omega’s innocent zeal to protect and knew that although he had succeeded in putting a stop to the war, the massacre before his eyes would frighten him. He could see the dread with which people looked at them, especially in his brother’s blank stare who stood at a distance and honestly, he was glad…it didn’t matter to him if people feared them, because if everyone feared him and his mate then they would fear to hurt them.

“Come on, let’s get you out of here…”

The war was over, probably because both the kingdoms had lost a terrible amount of soldiers and couldn’t really afford to keep up the battle.

Eulan’s streets were an echoing deserted expanse as the people who had survived tried to settle down after the horrors they had witnessed. The omega prince had sought to help everyone who needed help, curing every wounded man, woman and child with the amount of strength he had drawn in his mystic stupor while the kingdom grieved for the loss of their former king and looked forward towards the coronation of the new Queen.

Things weren’t grand and the mood for celebrations was missing, however their hearts sure were hopeful for a brighter future ahead.

And back at the camps it was a picture of downtrodden men busy in accumulating the little troops left as they boarded the ships to leave. The air was grim with the sense of loss as well. However, it was becoming a challenge for Yoongi to curb Jin’s growing apprehensions as he paced around healing the number of soldiers who had managed to survive, who however ran the other way even seeing him so close.

“But I want to help…!” Jin whined when Yoongi had pulled him away from them.

“Calm down Jin, I understand your concern-” “No you don’t! I didn’t mean to-I shouldn’t have…I still can’t believe I killed so many…” his eyes were downcast and teary again.

“I’m up for some healing…no fun in broken bones and bleeding cuts” Hoseok voiced from a few steps away, trying to shift the omega’s sour mood as he came limping before the two, drawing Yoongi’s sharp glance at himself as Jin instantly went ahead to help him.

“Why are you walking around on a broken leg?” Yoongi spoke in a flat tone, his concern veiled behind his stiff indifference.

“You ditched me…it’s so lonely in my chamber” Hoseok pouted at the other alpha.

“I am not your personal medic” Yoongi replied watching Jin help Hoseok sit down and saw the omega set his hands on his leg.
“Taehyung is very mean and selfish to keep you to himself while you could actually help so many of us”.

And no sooner had Hoseok spoken the words heavy steps treaded their way and Jin was being pulled back right when he had managed to heal the broken leg but didn’t have enough time to heal the wound on Hoseok’s right shoulder.

“It exhausts him to do this…man up and endure the pain like an alpha fuckface” Taehyung grumbled at the General, as he began pulling his mate away.

“And yet it’s fine when he heals you!? I’m hurt too!” Hoseok yelled watching his scope to get healed get taken away.

“Shut up before I make you go silent forever” Taehyung snapped back at the audacity of the maggot to dare to compare his place with him!

“I want me a mate who can heal me too” he mewled, eyes slyly moving towards Yoongi, who turned at the silly antics before voicing in an ice cold tone “what are you looking at?”

“Nothing” Hoseok smiled widely with a nervous chuckle to see the calm alpha give him such dangerously hostile looks one too often before he watched Yoongi turning away “uhh will you eat with me?”

He blurted out of the blue and wasn’t sure why he was this nervous suddenly “it’s very lonely to eat alone in my chamber…so will you, maybe…join me?”

There was a moment of striking silence when Hoseok found himself praying to the heavens above for an ‘ok sure’.

“I am not fond of spicy or greasy food, I prefer light meals with softer flavours” Yoongi didn’t turn about but that was all the answer that Hoseok needed to grin widely.

“Consider it done” he giggled “will be waiting for you Yoonie!”

And as he walked away the little smile that curved on Yoongi’s mouth remained unknown to Hoseok.

“That’s enough healing you’ve done for today” Taehyung grumbled walking in long strides.

“But I won’t get exhausted right now…my omega drew a lot of energy out of those soldiers” Jin mumbled while he hastened to keep up with the alpha who was tugging him along.

“Well, I don’t like you touching every other person…you don’t have to heal everyone” his grumbles seemed to be rising, and Jin was about to argue about his weird demands when his heart froze a little.

Taehyung halted midway as they crossed the deck, the soldiers instantly bowing low as Jungkook strode to clash ways with his brother and his mate. Jin felt the grip on his arm tighten instinctively and edged closer to his alpha, knowing it’d calm Taehyung even by a little. The situation looked a little grim as they weren’t yelling and threatening each other like they usually did and Jin could feel Taehyung getting defensive in his anticipation while Jungkook stood simply glaring at him.

“We need to talk, I expect you to present yourself in my chamber” those were the only words the King spoke and Taehyung’s grip tightened further on his mate’s arm when he saw Jungkook’s gaze move to Jin “the guards will take him to your chamber” “No…I will take my mate to the chamber” he asserted.

Taehyung had sort of expected this, expected something harsher to be honest, like being thrown into the cages kept in the lower deck or some worse punishment after how he had betrayed his own name and his men in war…he knew it would be a punishment he won’t be able to disregard, he committed a fault…if he, the Commander of the troops did not receive punishment or tried to evade it by using his status of being a trueblood then others could demand the same…it will become a lawless situation altogether.

Although his insides were ready to tear his brother's head off for trying to overpower him by playing the ugliest trick anyone could ever imagine! However, he'd have to put off his enrage to settle the score with him to some other time because right now their conversation was not petty personal problems but this was about following the law... something much greater n important, and before it, Jungkook was the King and he was a Commander of the army, bound by the law like every other person in Kleon.

He slowly turned to catch a glimpse of a confused and disturbed Jin by his side before he turned to nod at Jungkook “I will see you in a while.”

The moment they entered their chamber Jin brought up the question.

“What is going on? What does he want now?” His voice was thoughtful as he watched Taehyung, get his armour off without a word. He seemed to have gone a little silent and Jin felt even more troubled to see him like this.

“Wh-what-” Jin was seriously scared when he saw him put his sword on the table as well…and he didn’t know why it scared him to think Taehyung was going to face that evil son of a bitch being completely unarmed. He blinked at the alpha with distressed eyes when he walked closer to him, a sigh slipping Taehyung’s lips as he held the omega’s shoulders and pressed his mouth to his temple.

“Don’t go out of the chamber, and don’t let anyone in” his voice was heavy but calm yet Jin could sense the apprehension in him “especially that omega, who you think is your friend…he is not your friend Jin, you know nothing about him”

Jin could swear he looked very angry as he spoke about Jimin and nodded to the words not wanting to rile him further.

“Get some rest” Jin felt him caress his cheek as he pressed a kiss to the side of his face “I’ll be back in a moment.”

And this was probably the first time that Jin watched him leave the room and instead of feeling delighted about the brute alpha leaving him alone, had an odd feeling of fear and emptiness take over him. He realized he was still watching the door even after it had been a few minutes that the alpha had stepped out, not wanting to accept it but the truth was he was actually hoping it’d only take him a moment to return.

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[A\N] The portion in italics is actually a memory.

I know too much is going on, I hope it isn't very confusing 🤐

Borahae 💜