Scentless

FOR HIS PACK

"I face you in the deepest place. The weakness, hatred, loathing, and even rage" — Burn it – Agust D

'Kill him, save your alpha!'

The chant repeats in Yoongi's mind, his inner alpha all but screaming at him as he lunges for the black wolf's throat. His action is met with teeth, snapping in his face, forcing him to back up a step. They circle each other, looking for an opening. The wolf is larger than Yoongi, something he's never had to contend with, and obviously trained to fight. His teeth are bared in a reflection of Yoongi's, snarls and growls flowing between them like water.

The black wolf lunges, teeth locking around Yoongi's hind left paw. He yelps as his back-end twists, landing heavily on the ground. He jumps to his paws, narrowly avoiding teeth snapping shut a hair's breadth from his flank. Enraged, his inner alpha pushes him to lunge, his own teeth sinking into the black wolf's right shoulder. The dire wolf takes the hit, rolling with the impact and flipping Yoongi onto his side with all four paws. Before Yoongi can regain his footing, the black wolf sinks his teeth into his left foreleg. Pain shoots through him as he struggles under the black wolf, managing to dislodge him with a well-aimed kick to his stomach.

Blood stains Yoongi's white fur as he takes a limping step back, the black wolf's eyes tracing his every move. From the corner of his eye, Yoongi sees Hoseok, shifted into human form, helping Namjoon make his way into the woods. Namjoon is using crutches.

Where did he get those?

He eyes the black wolf suspiciously, Hoseok's words about the uncertain nature of the mercenary ringing in the back of his mind. But his inner alpha would hear none of it. This wolf is challenging him, and that can not go unanswered.

He continues to circle the wolf, making small lunges to distract him, until both Hoseok and Namjoon are past the tree line. Once they're safe, he makes his move. He charges at the dire wolf, dodging teeth and sinking his own into the black wolf's hind leg. But the wolf's fur is deceptively thick, and his teeth only sink in about half an inch. The mercenary twists, forcing Yoongi to put weight on his injured leg. He fights back the pain, but the limb gives way, and he stumbles. In that instant, the black wolf is on him.

The larger wolf collides with him, knocking him fully onto his back. As he twists to regain his footing, the other alpha's teeth close around his back right paw, pulling and dragging Yoongi a few feet before letting go. The moment Yoongi finds his footing again, he's slammed into the wagon, his head colliding with a wheel. He stumbles and the black wolf lunges, teeth closing around Yoongi's scruff and pulling him to the ground, settling most of his weight on top of the white wolf.

Yoongi struggles to escape his grasp, but each movement sinks the black wolf's teeth in farther, until blood is running down his neck and chest.

If I keep this up, I'll die. I can't die, the omegas need me. I have to fight.

'Submit. Submit and he won't kill you.' Hoseok's voice rings in his mind.

His inner alpha balks at the idea. He is pack alpha; he cannot lose.

'Help me,' Yoongi calls back.

'I will. I promise, we will help you. But your inner alpha has to submit to him, or it will never work. Can't you see you can't win this. He's a pureblood dire wolf from across the oceans, not the hybrids of wartime pillaging you've likely encountered. He was bred and raised to be a fighting machine. Let him help you!'

But his inner alpha resists. He is strong. He doesn't lose.

And if I'd been raised by my sire, maybe I wouldn't. But I wasn't trained to fight like this mercenary.