What Winter Brings

Chapter 2

Younghoon's POV

As my men and I were raiding this small village, the further I ventured in I began to smell a lovely aroma that drew my attention to a small house just down the way. The closer I got the more powerful it was, and when I located the specific door it was coming from, I quickly made work by kicking the door down. There are four people huddled together, and they seem to be elderly. I make my way over to them, and I pull one of the weak omegas up to sniff her, and it seems that is not the target I am after, and I doubt it's the other one too. I think there might be someone here hiding, and I intend to find them. "Now I know I smell an omega in heat, so does anyone want to tell me where this omega is at by any chance." I stare down at the four useless wretches quivering below me, and I think they might need some motivation to speak, so I snatched up the same omega bitch I was just scenting. "I asked where this omega was, and I expect an answer by the time I hit 1, and if you choose not to answer, I will kill this wench right in front of you...10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4..." Before I knew it I was getting a coward of an alpha begging me to wait and point to a door on the other side of the room. I smirked and threw the omega back down. "See, now wasn't that easy? You are lucky I didn't just kill you all the moment I saw you. I'm assuming this omega is the child of one of you?" I received a nod from the same alpha who just disclosed the location. "Interesting that you would give up your child to me with little to no threat. Nonetheless, I will be taking them with me, and you will never see them again. Consider your lives spared as my dowry for your omega." I quickly bowed and walked in the direction I was guided to, and as I approached the door, the smell became stronger.

Changmin's POV

I was abruptly awakened by people screaming outside the house, and I could feel my heart beating in my throat. I turned around to see Chanhee in the same state, he was shaking. I try to get up, but I feel Chanhee pull me back. "Let me just look out the window okay? Just really quick." He let me go to look and what I saw out the window was terror. There were bloodied bodies everywhere, people running and screaming for their lives from giant men, and when I turned to scan the area I saw a villager impaled going limp as the life drained out of him. They killed him. They were slaughtering everyone. My fight or flight instinct kicked in as adrenaline coursed through my veins. I grabbed a crying Chanhee's arm and dragged him to the safety spot under the floorboard where we used to play hide and seek together. I whispered to Chanhee, "there are people out there, and I need you to stay really quiet okay...that's the only way we're making it out of this alive." I watched him cover his mouth and attempt to steady his breathing. He began to shake, and before I knew it I could smell a sweet aroma emitting from him. He's in heat, and as if he could hear my thoughts Chanhee looked at me nervously and said, "My heat...Changmin what do we do?" as he began to cry harder. I pulled him into my chest to both comfort him and muffle his sobs. Chances are, the men out there are alphas purely judging off their size and strength. If they are, then we have no hope. They will find us and only the gods know what they will do to my Chanhee...and even me. My thoughts were interrupted by people's muffled talking, soon after the talking ended, it was followed by heavy boots stomping on the ground. Chanhee and I tucked ourselves into each other. The footsteps had suddenly stopped. I thought for maybe a second we were okay, but then the opening to our spot was ripped open, and then came a booming voice, which made us jerk our heads up, "well, well, well, now I was only expecting one, but here we have two omegas and one of them in heat, well isn't tonight my lucky night?"

Chanhee and I looked up to the massive alpha standing above us, and because of the dominating pheromones being released, both Chanhee and I groaned, but I know for sure it affected him more than me. I looked over to Chanhee, but all he was fixated on was the big alpha above us. He might as well be drooling, and I know that he would be terrified if he weren't in heat, but there's also a part of me that thinks it has nothing to do with the heat. He's not even at the worst part of his heat as it just started, but this alpha is about to make everything worse. And make it worse he did, Chanhee launched out of my arms and into the alpha's arms. He was basically crawling on him, but I didn't have much time to think as I followed to try and pull him back to me. "Chanhee! Stop, come here...please, it's okay. We need to le-..." but I was interrupted by the alpha. "The only place you're going is back to my palace, you and your pretty little friend. His heat will only get worse. Has your friend never spent a heat with an alpha before?" I owed him nothing, so I stayed quiet, but he didn't like that. He grabbed me by the arm and pulled me close to him, "answer me sweet little omega, before I start to get angry with you," and I did, "no...he's never been with an alpha before because our soulmates were not alphas." He smirked at me, but all it did was make me sick. Here we are, we are about to be taken away, and because of his pheromones, my Chanhee can't even think straight...what are we supposed to do? I had no answer, and so I cried feeling helpless as the alpha dragged both me and Chanhee away to our fates. On the way out, I catch a glimpse of my parents cowering with Chanhee's in the corner. I will never see them again.

We are pulled outside, this alpha is tightly gripping my wrist and holding Chanhee close to him with his other arm. Chanhee has his legs wrapped around this alpha's waist with his arms linked around his neck. Chanhee has his face buried in the alpha's neck, and he's grinding on this alpha, shamelessly. I didn't know he had this little restraint. I expected more out of my soulmate than to just grind on the alpha who is not only taking us but has slaughtered most of our village. I hear a small moan followed by a grunt, Chanhee has garnered a reaction out of the alpha from his relentless scenting. I'm immediately halted in my steps as we've made it to a carriage of sorts, and he throws me into the back. I don't move to run. I see the alpha pry my Chanhee off him and set him on the ground far more gently than he did me. When Chanhee is clingy, he gets grumpy, so I am not surprised at the pout and loud whine he lets out. I hear the alpha speak to him in a soft voice, "quiet now my salacious omega, I'm getting us all set up for our ride back to my palace. I'll be back in a moment." He turned to me and glared, and then proceeded to pick me up, off the ground, from behind and fling me into the seat of this carriage. He takes both my hands roughly and ties my wrists together and then to my ankles as well. I am stuck, nowhere to go, but then why would I try? I love Chanhee too much to just abandon him when we can still try and leave together, eventually.

I turn to look at the alpha setting my soulmate in after me, followed by himself with the slam of the door he commands the men waiting on the horses to move. Chanhee adjusts to cling back onto the alpha by straddling his lap. They are inseparable, just as we were before this happened...I can't help but wonder if my friend might be different after this heat with the help of an alpha...will we still be soulmates...or will this alpha sever our tie. Imagine that...a fucking knot is enough for me to lose my best friend and end up thrown away...that wouldn't be possible...right? But as I analyze the situation, the hope I have begins to waste away. Chanhee is relentless with his grinding. He might as well be riding this alpha fully clothed, but the alpha is calm and unbothered. I am truly shocked he has the restraint given the beast he is. I can tell he is close because his whines begin to become more frequent and of a higher pitch, and before you know it, he came in his pants soaking everything with slick and cum. The sight made me sick, and the response of the alpha made me sicker. "Well that will take the edge off won't it, I think you'll quite enjoy the feel of an alpha's knot. You even look so pretty fucked out when you haven't even been fucked. Don't fret, we will fastly approach the castle and change that for you. I'm sure you'd like that huh?" All Chanhee did was whine and bury his nose into the alpha's neck, and all I could do was let the tears slide down my face and curl into myself as we made our way to the castle. I am alone, and I might have to get used to that.