Walking would have been an exaggeration if anyone had to describe what Yoo Jin was doing in the empty, foreign hallway of a place deemed ‘The Academy’. The reality was that he more or less stumbled, grasping onto anything he could find, his hands more than his feet driving him along the dark emptiness lit only by the occasional blue torch that hung upon the walls.
He realized too late that he should have probably asked the doctor where to find the alpha he sought. He mumbled under his breath, he wasn’t even sure if the man was in the building of this ‘Academy’. But it would be too embarrassing for him to go back now and ask, not when he made a show of leaving.
Ah well, nothing to do but keep looking, he supposed as he continued inching through the corridor.
From what he could tell, the architecture of the building was quite strange, the dormitory room he had been in was fairly standard except for the papered and framed windows, which were like those that had adorned the old Korean style houses and from the sensations beneath his bare feet, he was able to tell that the floors had been heated. But the hallway he was in now was almost gothic in form, not that he would know what gothic design looked like beyond what was presented to him in video games. It was eerie and dark with maroon walls and blue torches.
It felt almost suffocating for even in his little apartment, he was used to receiving a fair amount of light. Regardless, his feet softly padded forward until he came upon a room where a soft glow came from behind latticed doors made with red-stained Maidenhair wood and backed by mulberry paper.
He paused for a moment, looking at the intricate design atop the lattice. There were miniature carvings of monsters adorning the delicate wood, some he could recognize: goblins, dragons, lions, and even a moon rabbit and there were others he had never seen before, one particularly horrifying one was a relief of a smiling woman, whose mouth was ripped at its sides. And amongst the dozens or so other creatures, one design in particular struck out to him. It was nearly hidden for its size was noticeably smaller than the other designs.
It was a face. Wide mouth and white eyes.
It was the face of the ‘ghost’, one he had somehow seen in the folds of its invisible form. A face he had thought that he had somehow mistaken in seeing.
He gazed at it curiously for a moment. Like the one he had seen, it was vague and almost stylized, with no other discernible features outside of that mouth and eyes, raised just slightly from the wood.
So focused was he in observing the carving that he didn’t notice the sounds of footsteps behind him.
He turned to look only when a large hand grabbed his arm and hulled him up and above the ground.
“What do we have here?” said a low, hissing voice.
Yoo Jin suddenly found himself facing two men and a woman. The man who held his arm in a nearly painful grip was taller and broader than any man he had ever seen before and the other one, though shorter, was still of significant build, similar though perhaps a bit smaller than the alpha Tae Hyun. The female alpha too was fairly large in stature but slimmer and softer though her eyes were sharp and unforgiving.
The one who spoke stood in the middle of the three and he stared at Yoo Jin with a curious, derisive expression. “You’re no alpha,” he said as his eyes roamed from Yoo Jin’s head to his plain shirt and pajama pants, ending at his slippered feet. “Then an omega? But such a plain looking one, you can’t possibly be any of our omegas.”
He turned to his companion on the right, the female alpha, who stood watching them silently. “What do you think? An intruder or someone’s omega?”
“Hold him up higher, let’s take a look,” she replied with barely even a hint of curiosity in her expression.
Yoo Jin felt the tug on his wrist and winced, the man’s fingers were digging into his yet-healing cuts as he lifted him ever higher until his feet no longer touched the floor. Yoo Jin raised his free hand and grasped onto the large arm that held him in an attempt to relieve some pressure from his shoulder.
“Look at that!” the first man said with a laugh. “He’s dangling like a monkey. Swing him around and see if he can hold on.”
The large man complied, swinging Yoo Jin in an incredible, almost inhuman speed as though he weighed nothing more than a rag doll. He held on until the man suddenly stopped and one of the other men grabbed him by his hair, forcing him to face them again.
“What an ugly expression,” said the alpha who had spoken first, “befitting an ugly omega.” He then smirked, “Who are you to glare at me?”
These were the types of alphas he was more familiar with. “Let go of me,” Yoo Jin hissed.
“My, my, look at him. He’s got some guts to look at me like that.” He then yanked his head back further. “Obviously, you don’t know much about us alphas. If you did, you wouldn’t have even dared to look us in the eyes.” He yanked his head back even further and Yoo Jin felt a painful strain on his neck. “I think we need to teach him a lesson about the order of things.”
“I could do it,” said the alpha that held him, a grin upon his face that indicated an enjoyment at brutality.
The female alpha scoffed. “That’s too much. You’ll likely kill him if your fists so much as touches him.”
“Sera’s right,” said the first alpha with a smirk. “You can hardly control your own strength. If you kill him and he actually turns out to be someone’s omega, though I highly doubt it, you could be expelled. Instead,” he yanked his hair once more, forcing Yoo Jin’s eyes to meet his. “Let’s punish him in the way only alphas can punish omegas.”
The female alpha was quiet a moment and Yoo Jin saw a brief look flash across her face before she spoke, “He doesn’t interest me.”
The alpha that spoke first turned to look at her. “You’re not going to join us?”
She gave them a look of disgust. “No. I have no interest in an omega like him.”
“Ah, I forgot how fussy you are. I wonder if it’s because you’re still female despite being an alpha.”
She took a step forward. “Say that again,” she said coldly, softly, “and the next time we’re in a dungeon I’ll just let the vixens rip out your heart.”
The man laughed then turned back to look at Yoo Jin. He lowered his head and Yoo Jin tensed when the alpha’s teeth softly grazed his throat. Bile suddenly threatened to rise up. “He’s not much to look at but his pheromones might be good and if that turns out to be the case,” he said with an evil smirk as he dragged his tongue across the path his teeth made only seconds ago. Yoo Jin felt goosebumps form on the back of his neck. “I might even make him my mate.”
The large alpha laughed. “Three isn’t enough for you, Won-il? What are you looking to form a harem?”
“Maybe,” the alpha, Won-il replied, a chilling smile upon his face while his eyes remained on Yoo Jin’s. “Or maybe I’ll just get rid of one and replace them with him.”
“Just give Jae to me. I’d love another taste of her,” said the large alpha, laughing again as he smacked his friend’s back, who released Yoo Jin as he stumbled and glared at the still laughing alpha.
Yoo Jin saw a brief flash of anger pass by the female alpha’s face before returning to its original, almost bored expression.
“Hurry up if you’re going to do it,” she said, “but I’d rather not witness it. The thought of your two dicks makes me sick.”
The large alpha finally released him and as Yoo Jin stumbled onto the ground he could see him turn to her with a large grin. “You won’t know for sure unless you try it. Why don’t you join us?”
“Disgusting,” she replied, unfazed as she rolled her eyes. “Just hurry it up before someone catches you.” And with that, she made her way into the dark hall, disappearing at the corner from which Yoo Jin had come.
Yoo Jin turned back to the other two, gazing at them warily. If only he was in better condition then he might have a chance to get away. His only saving grace now would be his insensitivity to pheromones but that wasn’t foolproof since they could eventually, with enough exposure, affect him and of course, there was no assurance that would stop what they planned. After all, based on the conversation he just witnessed, these two had little or perhaps no morals at all and were not above using physical force.
Damn. Was there any way out?
“What are you looking for?” asked the alpha Won-il as he crouched beside him and smirked.
The desire to punch him was nearly overwhelming but Yoo Jin’s arms were still numb.
“He’ll calm down soon enough,” said the large alpha. “Though once he gets a whiff of my pheromones, he might become loud, panting and moaning like a bitch in heat.”
“So vulgar,” Won-il replied to his friend but his eyes were once again on Yoo Jin. “Why don’t you tell us who you are then maybe we’ll reconsider all this.”
Yoo Jin met the alpha’s gaze. There was nothing in it that told him that this man would keep his promise. Plus, if he did tell them who exactly he was and why he was in the building, it seems more likely that they too would want him for the same reason Moon Tae Hyun did. And though he hated the idea of mating with any alpha, he would much prefer the arrogant fool to these two. At least, he didn’t make his skin crawl.
“Still not talking?” Won-il said and suddenly gripped him again by the hair, pulling his head back roughly.
Anger immediately surged through Yoo Jin along with a tiny spark of fear that merely fueled it and he instinctively tried to pull away.
The man laughed and Yoo Jin’s eyes lowered into a glare.
If only his eyes could kill….
Won-il laughed again but abruptly stopped when Yoo Jin, having gathered up the saliva in his mouth, launched it onto his face. The alpha yanked his head back with a sudden jerk, straining his neck to the point of pain as his other hand wiped at his face. “For your insolence,” he hissed in sudden anger and Yoo Jin could tell exactly when his pheromones began to spill about him for the air became thick with a disgustingly sweet scent.
Yoo Jin gagged. The smell was overwhelming. The alpha was pouring out his pheromones in a massive wave, one Yoo Jin had never felt before.
“He doesn’t seem to be reacting much,” the large alpha said as he stood beside them, watching with an amused expression. “Perhaps your pheromones have no effect on him.”
“Shut up,” Won-il hissed back, pulling at Yoo Jin’s hair and exposing his neck even further. Yoo Jin winced. “Maybe I’ll just make you my bitch now.”
Yoo Jin’s eyes widened in panic. His bite wouldn’t be enough to make him his mate but the bite of an alpha had the property to make him, an omega, compliant and damn if he would let those nasty teeth anywhere near him.
Yoo Jin pulled back and brought his arms forward, slamming his fist into the soft flesh above the alpha’s elbow. Won-il’s eyes widened in pain as he released him.
“What the hell?” the large alpha said, watching the scene before him.
Yoo Jin, having yet to fully recover his strength from the ‘ghost’ attack, tried to stand when his legs gave way and a moment later, arms dragged him back to the ground and a fist came flying at his face. Won-il struck him again and again in unhinged fury and Yoo Jin idly wondered if anyone had ever raised a hand against this man before, desperately wishing that he be given the chance to be the one to give him his first beating.
The arms Yoo Jin had held up to protect his face fell to his sides as the large alpha dragged him up with his arms clasped behind his back. “Anymore and you might kill him,” he said and Won-il, whose face was still twisted in fury, finally stopped.
“I’m going to make you my mate,” Won-il said with an evil smile, “and then I’ll abandon you, forcing you to feel a pain so unimaginable, that you will forever regret your actions today.” He then grabbed again at the hair behind Yoo Jin’s head and exposed his neck.
Yoo Jin kicked at the large alpha with whatever strength he had left but the man was built like a rock. His eyes widened in fear as he tried to twist away when suddenly Won-il was yanked viciously away from him.
The alpha cursed as he hit the ground. “Who the hell?” he hissed as he turned his head. He then paused. All three of them paused as their eyes settled upon the newcomer.
“What the hell, it’s you Tae Hyun,” Won-il said as he moved to stand. “I thought you were the chief.”
“What are you doing?” Tae Hyun asked and Yoo Jin couldn’t help but note that his eyes were as cold as ice.
Won-il however, seemed not to have noticed instead, picking himself up and brushing the dust from his clothes. “We found this omega sneaking around like a little rat near the guild room. He wouldn’t tell us who he was so we thought we’d teach him a lesson.”
“And who are you to do that?” Tae Hyun asked, his voice as cold as his gaze.
“Ha – like I said —” he started but then suddenly gasped. Both he and the large alpha stumbled and fell to their knees. Yoo Jin, thankfully being of sound enough mind, rolled away before the large man fell atop him. “What are you –” Won-il gasped. “Why?”
Yoo Jin could feel the thickness in the air. The pheromones Tae Hyun emitted were nothing like the ones he had released in the ‘Omega’ club. They were aggressive, threatening, and dangerous. It was a warning only an alpha like him could give.
Yoo Jin dragged himself away. They were still in the hallway, no walls to enclose them and yet the area seemed to be rapidly filling up with the potent scent.
His knees started to feel weak and he fell to the floor. He briefly turned to look at the other two alphas, whose eyes had rolled back into their heads. So this is what a high level alpha could do, he vaguely thought to himself. It was indeed terrifying. He felt so weak against this but at least, unlike the others, he was still conscious.
“You,” a voice said above him and Yoo Jin looked up to see the alpha staring down at him. “What are you doing here?”
Yoo Jin merely stared at him for a moment, surprised that he had strength enough to feel the irritation that was budding within him. That was the first thing this man had to say? “Admiring the ceiling.”
The alpha gave him a disgusted look. “You really are pathetic.”
And despite knowing that this alpha had saved him once again, the irritation Yoo Jin felt toward him somehow trumped the anger and fear he had felt with the others only moments ago. A surge of energy suddenly burst within him and he reached forward and pulled the alpha’s pants leg up, revealing his ankle and before he knew it, before his mind even caught up with whatever his body was doing, Tae Yoo Jin, an plain omega, a nobody, moved forward and bit the leg of one of the most powerful alphas in the country as hard as he could possibly muster.
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