At the Kim household where Eun-Seong was called, his whole family was sent into shock.
….
Eun-Seong peeps through the busted up door once more.
"Alphas losing their sh!t was not on my bingo card today." He says rolling his eyes. He struts into the room, taking his shoes off at the door before heading all the way in.
"Okay, who broke the door—" Then his eyes widen. "No…not possible. He looks around and there it was the closet he used to play hide and seek in, the door was off it's hinges on the floor.
"What have you done?" He says, voice small.
This time Eun-Seong yells:
"What have you all done!"
He scents the air, the distinct scent of clary sage, jasmine and ylang ylang, but there is an even stronger scent in the air. Osmanthus and violets.
That is when he knew, his family fvcked up.
When morning arrives, Eun-Seong has already been in the waiting room for an hour. Four ambulances were needed to escort the entire family to the hospital.
The paparazzi swarmed the hospital eager to report what had happened to the Kim family to force their secondary genders to get out of hand.
"Young Mr. Kim, please tell us what happened." Says a woman's voice.
He gives the woman the most bombastic side-eye and returns back to his thoughts.
'They kidnapped Ah-Reum, then perhaps they witnessed her true strength?'
He shakes his head.
'That would be possible, but there are no damages on them to say for sure.'
"This can't be possible! We were already overrun by betas, surely they wouldn't take more powers from us anymore." Says the man holding the camera.
"What are you even talking about?" Eun-Seong snaps. He grimaces in their direction when the reporter and cameraman turn to each other silently.
"The Betas have demanded that the Kim's turn themselves over to the authorities."
"What?" Eun-Seong sputters eyes wide with worry.
"What is your response Young Mr. Kim? You are the head of your family with everyone else out cold." The Omega reporter tries her best to sound comforting, but she fails at executing it with her words.
"I… I don't know…" Eun-Seong says crestfallen.
His expression hardens.
'I guess I have to be the leader for my family now. It was always going to fall to me regardless.'
"I will be in their care then." He smiles and tilts his head down to face the ground as he interlocks his hands and stays seated.
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"Eun-Seong?" Eun-Seong's dad — Ji-Seong calls for him when he enters the room.
"Hi, Dad." He says. "How is Father doing?"
"He is doing a lot better. I can't stabilize him well right now as I am still recovering myself." Ji-Seong explains. "It was a shockwave of hormones, protection ones at that telling us to… to leave them alone." He frowns.
"What have you all done?" Eun-Seong cries.
"Your great-grandfather paid off some guy… Kang Deok-Su, he gave us that girl that was at your engagement party."
"The Seol's still have power I see…" Eun-Seong frowns.
"Not just Seol. Her mother is part of the Moon family Making that girl a Moon as well. The Seol's were the biggest of the big some years back, no one knew where they were getting their money from."
"What!" Eun-Seong yells. "So Ah-Reum…"
Eun-Seong shakes his head.
"What happened?" He asks looking over to his father who is connected to several machines. He turns his gaze back down to his dad.
"The Seol's are coming back from the dead it seems. Her mother is one heck of an Alpha. Prime Alpha, no, Supreme. Never in my days have I seen one even exist."
His dad passes out immediately.
"I am sorry, Dad, I am taking a step out…"
He sighs, then gathering his courage to leave the hospital and his family behind.
The moment he steps outside he is gagged with a cloth pressed to his nose and mouth.
Eun-Seong's eyes water, but his body had no way to fight the chemicals.
'You got to be fvcking kidding me!' He thinks.
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He wakes up in a dark room. Still dressed in his hoodie and jeans he observes the area.
Metal bars stand strong before him.
"I've been fvcking imprisoned!?" He shouts more in shock than angry. "And to think I was going to go willingly to speak with those damn Betas."
"If you will excuse me, it was a safety precaution…" Says a man in a black suit, a fancy fur lined coat hangs over his shoulder. Hiding behind a pair of black chained glasses is a pair of piercing icy blue eyes. Slick back snow white hair, black where it is shorter from the undercut. His face young, but in his eyes, you could tell he was ancient and seen the world for a long time.
A flicker of curiosity bubbles up within Eun-Seong as he looks at the older man who appears to still be in his prime.
"What are you?" Eun-Seong asks.
"What a weird question." He smiles pulling up a chair and sitting on it so that the back faces the cell and he straddles the chair and rests his head on his arms.
"Don't you rather want to know who I am?"
Eun-Seong scents the air.
"You're a Beta." He notes.
"Aren't you keen." The man smiles.
"Who are you?"
"You're may call me Beom-Gyu."
"Are you someone important?" Eun-Seong asks.
Eun-Seong frowns impatiently when Beom-Gyu looks around.
"It would seem so." He responds.
Eun-Seong furrows his brow.
"How the fvck do you not know?"
"I am not inclined to tell you anything. What I would like to know the most is about you, Kim Eun-Seong."
"Oh?" Eun-Seong laughs sarcastically.
"What do you know about this Alpha and her whereabouts?" Beom-Gyu asks showing a picture of none other than Ah-Reum.
"You won't get anything from me." Eun-Seong grumbles pushing Beom-Gyu's hand away.
"I don't want to hurt her if that is what you are thinking." He says. "I have my reasons for searching for her."
"So did my family and they kidnapped her without reason. All I know is that her mother took her and she was last seen by my family before they were all put out of commission by Ms. Bamsaek's strong pheromones." Eun-Seong explains.
"I heard that you two were seemingly together… relationship wise, for quite a bit it seems. Tell me about that."
"Why should I tell you anything? Tch. Wait you've been watching?"
"It would be good to know the relationship between the two of you before I make my judgement."
Eun-Seong's eyes widen when he hears those words. That is when his eyes find that just slightly in view was a gun holster.
Judgement means life or death in this situation.
"We were just friends."
"Is that so?" He laughs. "Seems as if you two were a bit more than just chummy with one another."
He pulls out another picture this time of Ah-Reum's mama.
"What now?" Eun-Seong groans.
"Who do you think she is?"
"I overheard that she is some Nigerian Princess, but that isn't possible isn't it? Maybe she is a spy or like those Nigerian Prince scammers."
"Ovireya Enohor? A scammer? Spy maybe, but I doubt someone of her stature would scam anyone." He says stroking his smooth chin.
"Tell me how do you know so much about Ah-Reum and her family?" Eun-Seong questions.
"White Tiger! The Alphas are losing their sh!t. Go put them in their place." A small Beta walks into the room. He stares at Eun-Seong.
"That is what the Kim's heir looks like?" The small man whistles. "Sad that b!tch alpha got to him first."
"I hope you aren't talking about who I think you are talking about." He growls.
"Of course not White Tiger. I was merely jesting. I prefer my wife." He says bowing.
The white haired man stands and walks over to to cell.
Pulling a string from his pocket he flicks it and it snaps straight.
"Give me your hands." He instructs.
"What the hell is that?" Eun-Seong asks.
He then throws it into the cell.
"Should have just listened." Beom-Gyu says, disappointedly.
The string wriggles forwards towards Eun-Seong who in turn backs up.
"What is it!" He screams.
"Just relax, Omega, it is to keep you restrained." The other man says.
The string lights up and wraps around Eun-Seong's wrists.
It binds his wrists together.
"What do you plan on doing with me?" Eun-Seong.
"Just shut your mouth and follow." Beom-Gyu instructs.
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Eun-Seong is then walked into a futuristic nightclub. It's neon lights casting a glow on their skin.
"Where even am I?" Eun-Seong asks looking over to the tables of Betas playing cards, all of which have their eyes on him now.
"Focus Kim." Beom-Gyu instructs
In a corner there were some Beta women putting on a show. Their faces turn into frowns when they see their audience all have eyes on Eun-Seong the only Omega in the room.
"For a gender that hates the other dynamics you betas sure do like Omegas."
A side glance from Beom-Gyu causes Eun-Seong to freeze.
He finds himself going down to his knees as if he was in the presence of an Alpha.
Eun-Seong couldn't believe it.
"What the hell are you!" He shouts before his body forces him to bow deeply again.
"Fvck!" He swears. "Fvck, fvck, fvck."
"I am a Beta." Beom-Gyu chuckles.
"That shouldn't be possible." Eun-Seong rasps.
"Unless you are actually an Alpha." The second man says rolling his eyes. "Yeah we know, we heard it all."
"And let me guess you have a code name too?"
"My name is Yeong-won, I am Brave Tiger." He smiles.
"So you mean to tell me that you are gangsters essentially? Why have code names?" Eun-Seong groans as he stands up. He rubs his knees and grimaces.
"Family stuff. Can't tell an outsider of the opposing family now can we? Fortunately you were probably in the dark about stuff of this nature and your family's own dealings. Let me guess, you are probably the only viable heir?"
"So what if I am heir? It isn't like my sister could take the role anyway."
"Kim Eun-Ji was it? I had my men check up on her in the hospital. That pregnancy—"
"Is the result of her stealing my fiancée!" Eun-Seong hisses when the two men come to a stop in front of a room.
They open the door and push Eun-Seong in first.
"Black Tiger, we have our hands on a Kim." Beom-Gyu says locking the door behind him.
A familiar voice walks around the corner of the hallway.
"Jeez, can't a guy get some sleep? My fvcking cousin was taken. Can't I be depressed in peace?"
It had to be Sang-Won, Eun-Seong thought, the thin eyes and shoulder length black hair and a lean fit body.
"Yun Sang—" Eun-Seong is cut off by Sang-Won flicking the gun around his finger and shooting faster than he could think.
He looks to his right at the bullet hole in the wall.
'He missed.'
"Right now rather than thinking I missed, be grateful I am sparing your life." Sang-Won says lowly.
"I'm, I…" He trails off before fainting.
The three are in a heated discussion when he finally opens his eyes.
"What should we do about him?" Sang-Won asks.
"He is weak without his family, I say we continue holding him hostage." Yeong-Won smacks his hand against the table.
"I agree, also we can't discuss anything more without Beom-Ya and Beom-Yeong being here." Beom-Gyu says tapping his foot.
"It has been a while since I have seen the Flaming Tiger and my cousin, Moon Tiger." Yeong-Won lets out a reminiscent breath.
"Is Lady Blessing coming as well?" Sang-Won asks becoming slightly excited.
"This is the perfect timing for her to do so. She parted off with Blazing Tiger. But now that Ah-Reum is in danger, she won't be able to sit idly." Beom-Gyu says.
"Looks like someone is awake." Yeong-Won smiles.
Studying his face, the thin dark colored eyes and cream colored skin, black hair long down his back tied up into a high ponytail.
"Are you related to Yun Sang-Won?" Eun-Seong asks.
"Haha, look Black Tiger, he knows your name." Yeong-Won laughs.
"He went to my college." Sang-Won grimaces. He then mutters. "If I had known he was a Kim I wouldn't have let Ah-Reum near him."
"So intertwined." An amused Yeong-Won says. "So what if we are related? This kid here is too full of himself to even call me father."
The young Alpha rolls his eyes and checks his gun again.
Eun-Seong would be lying to himself if he said that Sang-Won wasn't the slightest bit attractive.
"So if you are Sang-Won's father, who are you to him?" He asks pointing at Beom-Gyu.
"That isn't important right now is it?" He blows some strange powder at Eun-Seong and the room becomes dark.
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"No!" He yells sitting up.
He looks around.
"Oh, I am back in the cell." He frowns. "My wrists are still bound, how am I supposed to escape?"
His eyes then catch a window. The bars look weak.
'How the hell am I supposed to get up there?'
*
It took him 15 minutes to gain the bravery needed to leap for the window.
"If I don't make this I am screwed." He says looking down from the top bunk.
"On one."
"One!" He leaps, grabbing hold of the window sill.
There is a little dip in the sill that allows water to flow inside to a drain.
"So I am in a basement huh?"
He pulls himself onto the ledge and then pushes the bars.
Two rusty bars give way.
"Hehe. Looks like I am busting out of here."
The sky is gray, then the downpour comes.
Eun-Seong sits with his wrists still tied up in the rain after escaping the place he was being held hostage.
"I'm free?" He asks, looking up to the sky. He laughs loudly.
From afar a black car pulls up by the side of the road the doors opening up rather than to the side. Out steps a high heeled chunky alt style boot with buckles, following a pair of jeans as Eun-Seong casts his gaze up the body exiting the car as a tan skinned hand wraps around the side of the car. A black hoodie with bright red hair peeking from it pulled over the person's head.
A woman with black boots and a black fur coat with long straight red hair exits the car next.
As if the shorter red headed person could feel his sight, their eyes lock with his.
They turn and before Eun-Seong knows it the person is stalking closer.
When he blinks, they are gone.
"You know, I'm pretty observant... As if I wouldn't sense your eyes on me." A voice says causing Eun-Seong to whip his head around searching for the source of the voice which sounds oh so familiar.
The feminine voice laughs a calm, chuckle. Almost as if they haven't laughed for days, but still filled with melancholy.
His bound wrists are pulled over his head.
And his eyes finally see her.
Hood down, curly hair soaked by the downpour, she tilts her head and speaks eloquently in his ear.
"We meet again Kim Eun-Seong."
"Bamsaek Ah- Ah-Reum?!" He stutters shocked.
"Hello." She grins.
For the first time in a long while he felt this buzzing feeling come alive in his chest.
He hangs his head down.
"So you haven't forgotten me..." He pouts.
She lifts his chin to face her.
"How about this? I kiss you and you tell me what happened." Ah-Reum whispers in his ear making him tremble.
"If I wasn't a Kim... would you never have left?"
"Things don't work that way, Eun-Seong. Don't overthink it..." She reprimands.
"But."
"It was you... You never made anything official. You were just using me, weren't you? You can't just get jealous of someone when you treated me exactly the same as everyone else before."
"I… I wouldn't." He explains. "I am sorry I made you—"
She kisses him cutting him off. One arm wrapping around his back as she turns his legs into jelly.
She lets go of his bound wrists and lets him put his arms around her neck.
When they part, their clothes are soaked.
"Let's go inside. We will catch colds." Ah-Reum, takes his hand.
"But they were holding me hostage—"
"Not on my watch." She says quickly.
When they walk back to the car. Ah-Reum's mother is speaking to another red-headed woman.
"Is that your mother's sister?"
"No, that is my grandmother."
"Ah-Reum, it has been quite a while." The red haired woman with dark red lipstick says. A black haired woman stands beside her with a elusive fox-like beauty.
"Grandmothers Beom-Ya and Na-Bin." Ah-Reum bows to the red haired woman then to the black haired woman.
Her grandmother frowns.
"Who is that boy?" She asks suspicious.
Ah-Reum's eyes widens.
"Oh, this is Eun-Seong-ssi." She introduces him cautiously.
"You, with a boy?" She sniffs the air and her eyes become slits. "And an Omega one at that."
Bombastic side eye engaged.
Eun-Seong could only watch as Ah-Reum's confident demeanor flies out the window. Her metaphorical ears flattened and tail between her legs.
"Is there something wrong with that?" Eun-Seong whispers.
"There is. Alpha women don't date male omegas. I thought [they] were more interested in more… masculine tastes."
Eun-Seong's face turns red.
"Is there a shortage of good Omega women now? Perhaps you could find one. Or perhaps you can try a beta woman?" Beom-Ya leans over. "You sure he isn't just curious about what you have in your pants?"
"No need Grandma. It isn't as if I haven't been used before."
The atmosphere is heavy with silence.
"Can't say I warned you." The older woman frowns. "Alpha women don't become mates with men."
They then walk into the building.
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From what Eun-Seong could see are eyes on him once more, all from hungry beta men.
"Fools all of them. They think that a male omega would want them." Beom-Ya says disgusted.
"Mother, please. I get it already. You don't approve of female Alphas being with or near male Omegas, Ah-Reum doesn't have to limit herself. Let the child be." Ah-Reum's mother sighs.
Beom-Ya only grumbles in response. "So many omega women in this world and she instead brings this piece of crap around."
Eun-Seong could only roll his eyes.
"What you wanted a male Omega or something and they never wanted you back?" He sneers.
The woman whips around.
Alpha pheromones blazing around him.
"If I wanted one, I would be able to get one. But I don't why would I want a man. Three generations of Alpha women born to the last linage of my father. And we are normal. Yet, my precious granddaughter wishes to ruin all we built." She growls, her hair glowing bright.
The betas in the room cower and run to hide.
'I may be in trouble now.' Eun-Seong thinks.
"Trying to change the natural order of things. How could you! Stay away from her."
Her eyes are flaming.
"Flaming Tiger, I hope it is not my child you are yelling at." A silky Nigerian voice says.
She walks up to Ah-Reum's Mother and hugs her.
"Seol-Moon Beom-Yeong, it has been quite a while." Ms. Bamsaek says with adoration.
The taller woman blushes and rests her head down on her shoulder.
"Ovireya-Enohor." Her hands comb through her curls.
"Lady Blessing. I… I wasn't yelling at Ah-Reum." Beom-Ya bows her head.
She ignores the gesture and focuses her attention on Eun-Seong.
"We meet again, Eun-Seong." She smiles.
"Kim Eun-Seong. How stupid of you not to run while you had the chance." Beom-Gyu pushes open the large heavy doors.
"Father surely you don't mean, Kim?" Beom-Ya asks.
"Exactly. The Kim family's heir." He says in a cheerful matter-of-fact voice, icy blue eyes glistening and white hair once slicked back now a tuft falls in front of his face adding to his charm.
All eyes were once again on him and it isn't the type that is attracted.
That is when Eun-Seong knew, he was fvcked.