Runaway hearts 🥀

Chapter 4

Jimin carefully emerged from his hut, his toes barely touching the earth, hands clutching a fabric bundle and a leaf of food for the two to live for a few days until they find a home. He carefully peered around the dark to see if anyone was there, his wolf sniffing the air skeptically and heaving a sigh when he saw no one. But his omega immediately detected the woody fragrance from the bushes near him, and a pleasant smile appeared on his face. He ran over there and flung himself on the figure, who responded to his urgency and affection by placing an arm around the latter's tiny waist and he delved into his scent gland.

"Alpha...," Just as the omega was about to share the joyful news of the alpha's impending fatherhood, Jungkook urgently grabbed their hands, signaling to flee the area. With a nod of understanding, the omega held onto their hands firmly as they made their escape. Although the omega's inner wolf was disappointed, he promised himself to reveal the news to their alpha once they were out and safe from the threat of the Park pack's clutches.

As they approached the outskirts of the danger zone with their joyous scents mingling around their way, suddenly, with a flash and clash, they fell to the ground on their legs, struck by a sharp blow to their knees. Darkness overtook their vision of hope as they slept into their unfortunate fate wrought by the harsh living beings. Birds screeched and flapped their wings in a furious display, while the clouds raged above, witnessing the unjust plight of two innocent lovers below. Moon hid behind the clouds with tears.

Jimin's world had been a hazy mist until a sudden splash of water jolted him awake. As his consciousness began to clear, he realized he was amidst a throng of people and lying prostrate on the ground. His survival instincts kicked in, and he scrambled to his feet in a state of panic, his omega instincts clamoring for his alpha. But when he beheld the spectacle before him, he was petrified to the core. The pack members had captured Jungkook, and their head alpha aka his father, the formidable Park, loomed menacingly in front of them, his visage ablaze with fury, his scent reeking of rage.

"Father, NOOO, have mercy! Spare him, spare us! Oh, please, oh, please!" Jimin implored his father, falling to his knees and grasping at his father's feet, as hot tears streamed down his cheeks in a torrent. The cacophony of Jungkook's anguished howls pierced his ears, adding to the unbearable anguish that consumed him.

Without warning, the elder alpha seized the flowing locks of the younger omega, causing him to cry out in pain as he was yanked back to his feet. The patriarch's grip was tight, his fingers digging into the tender flesh of the omega's scalp as he bellowed his displeasure.

"How dare you abscond with a rogue like that, my precious offspring? Have you forgotten your place in this pack? You cannot simply slip away undetected, my darling."

His father cackled maniacally, relishing the fear and submission he saw in the omega's eyes. With a rough tug, he twisted the omega around to face the other captives, where the rogue Jungkook was being restrained by the pack's enforcers. The young man fought with furious passion, lashing out with his fists as he glared daggers at the pack's alpha, who stood alongside his beautiful mate, wracked with sobs of agony.

"Release me this instant!" Jungkook thundered, his eyes ablaze with fury as he defied the captors' hold. He squared his jaw and threw his arms with such force that even his captors recoiled in shock. "You can't stop me, Alpha Park. Jimin is mine and I'll take my omega with me no matter what!"

Undeterred by Jungkook's defiance, Alpha Park's countenance transformed from a smug smirk to a seething scowl. With a wave of his hand, he motioned for his pack members to tighten their grip on the rogue alpha. In response to Jungkook's challenge, the head alpha tightened his grip on the omega's wrist, his other hand inching closer toward Jungkook's jaw in a threatening manner. With a contemptuous sneer, Alpha Park taunted the rogue alpha, his voice laced with cruel sarcasm.

"Your majesty, do tell, what did you say? You'll take my son with you no matter what? Oh, how tragic. I shall miss my dear boy," the alpha feigned shock and upset, his expression grotesquely contorted. But soon his facade of amusement faded into a visage of pure rage as he leaned in close to Jungkook's ear and hissed, "Only if you manage to leave here alive."

The elder man took a step back, his smirk etched on his visage,

as Jimin held his breath in anticipation. Aware that his father

was no saint but rather an embodiment of a cruel and callous

wolf, Jimin sensed that something wicked was afoot as he

knew that his father was up to something. He knew he must

intervene, must do something to halt this nefarious scheme. He

should stop-

"Finish him"

And then, with a single command, Jimin's world shattered like fragile glass. His knees buckled beneath him, and his omega howled in anguish, clawing at his chest as though seeking to rend itself free and hurl its body against a tree until its spirit fled. His father's edict rang like a bell in his mind, a knell tolling for doom. "No, no, n-no..." he stammered. "No no no, I'll never l-let anything happen to my alpha, no, F-father-"

"And Jimin," the man suddenly glanced at him as he declared with a haughty air, "tomorrow you shall be mated with none other than the illustrious son of our esteemed alpha, hailing from the formidable Kim Pack. As my own flesh and blood, you are deserving of nothing but the most distinguished alphas not some lowly and repulsive rogue. Make your preparations accordingly, and mark my words, for I shall not repeat myself. Should you disobey, you shall face the direst of consequences."

With that, the head alpha turned on his heel and strode away, seemingly unperturbed by the turmoil his words had stirred within the young omega.

As Jimin's inner omega raised its head within him, it felt belittled and endangered by his very own father.

The injustice and cruelty were too much to bear. The omega growled, baring its fangs in anger, and its claws unsheathed in preparation for battle. Jimin rose from the ground, his eyes swollen with tears, yet his courage remained steadfast. He didn't cower before the watchful eyes of the pack members, nor did he seek solace in the benevolent gaze of his alpha. Instead, he mustered the strength to confront his father for the first time. Despite the looming threat, Jimin's voice pierced through the stillness, defying his father's tyranny.

"NO"

Upon hearing this, the elder man came to an abrupt halt, his eyes darting back towards Jimin with confusion etched upon his face. "I beg your pardon, son?"

Jimin stood unflinching, as he repeated his defiance,

"I said NO. I'm not mating anyone"