The Rose and Its Thorns

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    The young boy was sitting in the cold dark cellar for what felt like hours. His shoulder was killing him but he knew over time it would heal. He was scared, but I guess this is what he deserves for what he's done. He heard some muffled voices at one end of the cellar, it sounded as if they were arguing. The arguing continued and got louder, before he knew it a door opened on the wall opposite of him. He tensed and sat up, wishing he could sink into the wall away from the angry alpha marching towards him. Although he was scared out of his own skin, he was able to get a better look at his two captors. The Alpha in front of him was a tall and skinny woman, she had long dark brown hair, and the woman chasing after her was an Omega, that stood a little shorter than the alpha with shoulder length dirty blonde hair. Together they both look gorgeous. But the angry look on the alphas face told him he should be scared.
    The alpha stomped over and grabbed him by a handful of his hair. He winced and gasped, he was pulled to his feet.
    “Seriously Jackie! Let him go, he’s lost adn scared it was out of instinct!”
    “STOP TALKING!!!” the apha yelled causing the two omegas in the room to cower. The alpha looked the young boy in the eye for a moment. It was completely silent as she glared at him. She removed her hand from his red hair and grabbed his arm, and marched him up the stairs. “Keep your eyes on your feet and do exactly as i say! Understand?”  she said. The young boy nodded and directed his gaze to the hardwood floor. He was marched up two flights of stairs, into a room and pushed down onto a bed big enough for one person. He sat down and kept his gaze low. The Omega came over with a med kit and sat next to him. She pulled his hoodie down and examined the bite wound from earlier. She wiped the blood off and cleaned the wound of him. The alpha shoved a stack of folded clothes in his hand and pushed him into a bathroom, and sat him down in a chair that st in front of a mirror. He noticed on the sink counter was his bag. And the box dye he bought from the gas station was sitting out and opened.
    The omega followed them into the room, grabbed a pair of scissors, and began giving the young boy a haircut.

    The next few hours were absorbed by a haircut, dying his hair, a shower and a hot meal. After everything he was sat down in their living room as the two women stood in front of him.

    “Start talking. Who are you, and why are you on the run?” the alpha said as she crossed her arms.
    He looked up at them. “I'm not on the run…” he mumbled. The alpha growled. The omega knelt down to look him in the eye.
    “Sweetheart, it's okay. We are protectors.” she sighed and looked at the alpha before standing up. “Let me show you something.'' She took his hand and walked with him into a hallway. This hallway was nothing special, but it was lined with pictures. In each picture there was a different person until you got farther down the hall then the same four people kept reappearing, and at the end of the hallway only one person stood in a picture with the two women standing on either side of him. “These are pictures of all the kids we've saved.'' She smiles kindly. “My name is Evelien, and my mates name is Jackie. Every picture in this hall is of a child we have taken off the streets, saved from the brink of death, or adopted from abusive homes. The town calls us Mothers, because we take care of the ones who need it most.’ She stops in front of a picture of a cute boy with freckles and a big smile. “This is our son Felix. He was kept in an abusive orphanage, he ran away one night and was scared, cold, and alone. Now he is a strong Omega with an overprotective Alpha. And an amazing pack.” the young boy was amazed. He had no idea people like this existed. He was led farther down the hallway and told about the stories of almost every young child that has stayed in this house.
    At the end of the hallway he saw the picture of the tall black haired male, who stood in between the two beautiful women. He kept staring at the picture, wanting to take in the features of this unknown man. The alpha, Jackie, walked to him with crossed arms.
    “That is our son...our actual son..well.. Eves actually….” the boy looked at her confused, but interested. Evelien walked over and joined her mate who embraced her with loving and warm arms. He sensed it was an uncomfortable topic.
    “You don't have to say anything...i apologize if i pushed too much…” he said, Evelien sighed and looked at his with teary eyes.
“About 22 years ago, before i met jackie. I was walking home from work late at night.” her tears began to fall, Jackie pulled her in tightly and kissed her head. “Some guys were hanging out in an alleyway, they saw me as an easy target i was unmated, alone, and tired…..so they grabbed me.” Jackie sent out some calming pheromones to try to help calm her down. “I begged and screamed and cried. I wanted them to stop. But they just kept going...i felt like i was dying, like an eternity had went by...but they finally left me alone. They left me to rot on the alley floor.” at this point she was crying, and couldnt….wouldnt continue her story. The boy stared at the two women in front of him.
   
    He had a bad first impression on the kind women and even hit one of them. He felt horrible, these two were kind enough to take him in, help change his appearance, gave him new clothes and food...and hearing this story….he looked to his feet, tears filling his own eyes as he remembered his past, adn knew the pain this woman went through. He kept his head bowed.

    “In my old pack, I was abused by my father. In every way you can imagine...nobody knew what i went through, and continued to call me weak...i couldn't take it anymore, my choices were to end my own life or take his.” he raised his head to look at the women standing in front of him. “I was the son of the head Alpha of the blue moon pack, and I killed him to protect myself.” The women were now shocked and stared at him with wide eyes.

            “My name is Kim Hongjoong…”