Alpha and Omega

Family Ties

The moonlight was shining through the open windows of the balcony lightening the slim figure who was currently sleeping on the king sized bed. Looking at the how the sheets were pulled from one side of the bed, how they were almost on the floor and how Kris was tossing his head from side to, side his expression pained, his forehead coated with sweat, Tao could hardly say his mate was having peaceful dreams.

Tao was looking at the figure of his mate from the other side of the room, hands propped up under his chin, his face showing how much it hurt him to see Kris like this. He wanted to ease Kris's pain but he didn't know what to do. He wanted to take his nightmares and make them his own just so that he could take the hurt away from him. And Kris had nightmares, has been having them for weeks now, he was in so much pain ,ever since they met with those damn twins. But that was impossible, and he knew it, it was a childish thought. The only thing he could do was hold him every night and try to soothe him, even though it didn't work. He just had to do something or he would go insane.

He knew that what those people said was taking a toll on Kris, but there was something more about the whole ordeal and he didn't know what it was. It frustrated him. He was playing that meeting with the two newcomers in his mind on a daily basis.

(flashback)

It was a nice day, well, every day was nice before they came. Tao was getting ready to go grab some breakfast before he went out to run some errands. He was walking down the huge staircase when the door bell rang. He was immediately taken aback because he knows that no one was scheduled to come to the mansion today, and definitely not at this early hour.

He heard the footsteps of the servant coming to open the door. He was standing there watching the back of the servant while he stepped in the doorway and not a minute has passed when he noticed that he was clearly arguing with someone on the other side of it, so he went to see what was all this commotion about.

The servant heard him and turned around with an apologetic look on his face.

˝Sir , I am really sorry about this. I don't even know who these people are and how they even passed through the gates, ˝ he said his voice clearly irritated by the newcomers, ˝ but they are refusing to move until they can talk to master Kris. I was about to call Chen and Xiumin to escort them off the property. ˝

˝And why do they want to talk to Kris? ˝ Tao asked.

˝They say it's a matter of life and death.˝ the servant answered and Tao only rolled his eyes at that.

It was always the matter of life and death with the wolves that were inhabiting this town. They always thought their problems are the worst ones in the world. They had three people already coming to the gates of the estate only this week with their life threatening matters. Of course they always helped them, even if the wolves were not a part of their pack. It was mostly money or shelter problems, nothing they couldn't handle

Tao went to take a look at the strangers and the servant moved to make way for him as he opened the doors wider.

A girl and a boy were standing in the doorway, both had raven black hair, they looked like they were related to each other and both had an expression that Tao immediately thought was strange but it was quickly replaced with sweet smiles when they noticed him.

˝Who are you , and what do you need to talk to Kris about? ˝ he asked his voice demanding.

The scent that filled his nostrils told him that both were Omegas but he has never seen them around the town so he knew they just came.

It was accustomed that if there was a pack already living in a town, and if the territory was already claimed by that pack that all the newcomers had to come to introduce themselves to the Alpha. It was not a problem for them to stay in the town, even join the native pack or share the territory, if they desired it, but most of the wolves that came through were just passerby's, travelers. Wolves tend to travel until they find the perfect place to settle , the perfect pack or until they form their own if they were of the Alpha's rank.