Taesan’s POV

Memory.

’Mom, what are you doing?’ I ask my mom as I barge into the room.

I have been told to always knock, but curiosity gets the best of me on most days, I smile as I find him sitting on the bed.

He was startled by me, and he is hiding what he was doing behind him.

’Sannie’ he calls.

’I thought you went to train’ he says, giving me a heartwarming smile, my young heart is more curious about what he’s hiding.

’What are you doing? What’s that?’ I ask again, craning my neck to peep at it but he shakes his head at me.

’Did your grandpa send you to check?’ he asks and I make a face.

I will never do that to my mother, I know that grandpa is very mean, and I know he likes to know everything so that he can hurt mom.

’No, I just miss you, that’s why’ I say with a pout, and he opens his arms for me.

I love hugs, I especially love my mom’s hugs, he makes me feel safe and I want to keep him safe too.

’I’m making something, look at this’ he says and holds up the piece of blue cloth for me to see.

The cloth is no longer just a fabric, mom has made it into a shirt, a very good looking shirt.

’Wow, you can do that?’ I ask in awe.

’Of course, mom can do a lot of things, it’s magical isn’t it?’ he says and I feel a smile unintentionally bloom on my face.

’Wow’ I whisper again, still in awe and my mom chuckles.

’You know, we live in a world where destruction is everything’ he says and presses a kiss to my forehead.

’Destruction is easy, but creation is rare, rare but precious, we can always create something to show how much we love someone’ he says and lifts the shirt again.

’I’m making this for the person I love the most’ he winks

’Me?’ I ask with excitement, really wanting the blue clothes to be mine but mom bops my nose.

’It’s for your dad, but I’ll make one for you and your noona’ he says and I whine.

’I want to be the one you love the most’ I complain and he hugs me tighter.

’I know Sannie, but you’ll meet someone who loves you more than me when you’re older’ he says.

Present.

"He...he sent them back" I say in a voice that doesn’t sound humane even to my ears.

I tried not to meet someone that loves me more than my mother, but I did, I met the omega with doe eyes and the stupid tendency to get himself into trouble.

Fuck, what do I have to do to get him back in my arms?

"Yes, damn it, he did, he’s trying to live by your own goddamned laws! Why take when you have nothing to give, does that ring a bell?" Junho spits out.

He’s not even bothering to mask the disgust and anger he feels for me.

I stumble backwards, and forgetting that Daeshin is on the floor, I hear a crunching noise of bones and he screams.

"My finger!" he chokes out and I press down harder.

Even more angry now, I squat in front of him.

I’m wearing a blank expression on my face even though my inside is fucking boiling, I’m losing my mind.

"The picture of Seoha, where are they?" I ask him quietly and he groans, shaking his head like it would change anything.

"Where?" I ask again.

"I sold them okay! I sold them all to Kang lord" he yells, sputtering unintelligible words and begging to be spared.

My grandfather?

"My grandfather?" I ask out loud and the man nods, moving his head as fast as he can to escape me.

"You sold the naked picture of an omega that trusted you...to a mafia lord?" I whisper, taking my feet off him and walking to my desk.

"Goddess, Taesan, don’t, you’re in Mountain Atelier" Junho says but his words fly over my head.

’Need to punish’ my alpha snarls and I pick the scissors off the table.

I used one for creation this morning, and now, I will use one for destruction.

"Taesan, damn it!" Junho snatches it out of my hand, and I punch him square in the face, snarling like a wild animal and his eyes widen.

"Taesan, no" he says and I hold a finger up at him, it’s the finger that has my captain emblem in form of a ring.

"Stay away" I warn and return to the man on the floor.

He’s still bleeding and trying to crawl away, so I stop him, stepping on his back and he screams again.

"You will go to Seoha, and you will beg like the dog that you are for mercy, or else, in two days...your body will be fed to my wild dogs" I whisper and hold his hand.

"N-no...no please" the alpha screams and I quietly cut off the first finger, ignoring the man’s scream and the stream of blood.

"Fuck, Taesan that’s enough, people will hear" Junho yells but doesn’t attempt to touch me, so I cut off the second finger.

"Beg" I whisper and he starts to beg, crying like the fucking fool he is.

"Please, please, please" he begs and I drop the dismembered fingers in front of him, and get up to wipe the blood off my hand.

"Get him out" I say to Junho and leave the office.

I get into my car without my driver, and I start to drive like a mad man.

My goal and destination are clear, there’s only one place I need to be, I don’t remember the route, but I drive for eight hours nonstop.

My car smells of blood, of heartbreak and of pain.

I need to get my omega back by all means, I don’t know what I have to do, but I have to get Seoha back.

I finally come to a stop, and rush to the door, knocking impatiently like my life depends on it.

"Who is that?" the person I came to see asks, and as soon as the door is opened, I fall to my knees and drop my head.

"Please...please, help me" I cry out.