Yeon’s POV

"Jisung...Jisung!" I scream his name and he whimpers as his whole body shakes, I can feel every tremor of his body under me, right where my front is pressed to his back.

"Sung, just put me down" I order him and he only holds my thighs tighter, I know I would have bruises, but Jisung doesn’t care right now.

"I’m not going to do that" he hisses, adjusting me on his back and I gasp as hot tears fill my eyes, I really don’t want to keep running like this anymore.

We are a good distance away from my home, the moment chaos broke out, Jisung got me on his back and started to run as fast as he can.

"We’re safe" I say and he refuses to drop me, I can hear his harsh breathing, he is asthmatic and endangering himself like an idiot for me.

"You’re going to pass out" I finally yell and he puts me down, I can barely stand on my own feet and we both end up on the dirty forest floor, I don’t really mind that my legs are all bruised up, or that my slick has soaked through Jisung’s back, I’m more worried about how he’s wheezing.

"I told you! I told you you’ll get us in more trouble with your foolish superhero act" I scold as I take his face in my hands, "I’m fine" he says through a harsh cough and I press my fingers to his neck.

He turns the other way and keeps trying to breathe while I stare helplessly.

We’re in a mess.

Two big clans are fighting on our territory, and our own political leaders are such fools who knows more about making money than protecting the packs, I wonder what they will say when this round ends...if this round will end.

The cramp in my lower stomach kicks in and I double over, gasping with pain and biting down on nothing but my bottom lip, Jisung places his hand on my shoulder to check on me.

"Don’t touch me right now" I snarl at him and he immediately takes his hand off, watching me battle the pain of presenting while he battles the pains of breathing.

"I don’t know what to do, I’m scared" he cries and presses the heel of his palm into his eyes, his breathing has returned to normal and we both remain on the floor, exhausted and hurting.

I sit with my back against an old oak tree, watching as Jisung cry about his helplessness, "stop crying, goddess, fuck" I curse in irritation.

I’m also on the verge of crying too, but I know it will only make Jisung feel worse than he does, I’d hate that for him.

My best friend gets up again and holds his hand out for me.

"What?" I ask him, wrapping my arms around my midsection, "we have to keep moving, so we can get somewhere safe" he says and I slap his hand away.

"Get on my back" he says and kneels in front of me.

I place one hand on his back and feel him tense up, mentally preparing himself to carry me, but I won’t do that to him.

"Help! Help! Somebody help us!" I scream out for help and he slaps his hand over my mouth with his eyes wide open, "are you crazy?!"

"No! Are you crazy?" I yell back at him, "I’m not going to let you get hurt because of me, you should have listened to me and gone home!" I say and Jisung wipes tears way from his face with his arm.

"I don’t care, you think I want to leave you to get hurt?" he sobs and squats in front of me.

"I’m older than you" I whisper, it’s my way to winning irrelevant arguments, I’m older than him, I’m his hyung, I should take care of him first.

I pull myself up without his help and wince at the feeling of my clothes being glued to my ass, it’s because of the unstoppable slick leaking out of me and it feels uncomfortable.

All my life I’ve looked forward to presenting, I already knew that I would likely be a beta, or if the history books are right, I would be an omega.

This has been my dream for years, I have mentally prepared all my arguments to win against anyone who will think of me as strange, I even learned everything about being an omega.

But now, I just want it to stop, I want it to stop and I want to go home.

"Let’s go, the cave Sunhye and the boys found is not far, we’ll just wait it out" I say tired and as I take the first step, I hear conversations coming from behind us.

"The scream came from here!" a male voice says and we both freeze, the voice sounds like they are looking from something thrilling, and Jisung immediately pulls me, wanting us to run but my knees are weak.

"I can smell an omega" another voice says.

"Smells like a new one too, damn" the same person adds.

"Yeon let’s go!" Jisung whisper yells and I run forward even though I know there will be no way out, they’ll catch us.

"Yeon!" Jisung says and one of the men push aside the plants and trees separating is from them, he is a huge man and his smile drops completely when spots that the omega smell he was chasing is coming from a male.

"Well well well...would you look at that" he says and his partner come up from behind him.

"S-stay away from us!" Jisung stutters, shielding me with his body and I hold on to his shirt, I don’t know if I want to push him away or hold him close.

"Is that slick?" the first man asks, making a face as his eyes roams my body, scanning my face and going down to my legs slowly and my chest rises and falls with quiet panic.

I know what they do to omegas...

"Look at those legs" the other man says as he comes closer, "holy shit, he smells like pure seduction" he says as he sniffs the air.

"Get lost" I manage to growl even if my body is shaking.

"No games, knock that one out and bring this one to camp, it’s going to be a great night for the Hwang clan" he says and I am grabbed before I can think or say anything.