The Thief (Sahyo)

Chapter 2: The Princess

Days stretched into weeks which stretched into months since Sana had last seen the thief. She often caught herself thinking about Jihyo. Whether what she had told her was the truth, what she did with the jewellery and what she's doing now. Sana was beginning to regret telling her to stay away.

She found herself staying up late nearly every night with the hopes of seeing the alpha again. Her handmaidens often found her still passed out in her bed hours after breakfast had been served. The king scolded her, but it fell on deaf ears.

Eventually her mind began to wonder away from the alpha. She offered her assistance in helping prepare a birthday party for the youngest member of the Son family. It helped to take Jihyo out of her mind.

That is, until she actually got to the party.

She had no idea how many alpha's there were in the palace. Being a very important omega, she was hidden away from nearly every alpha she could have accidentally come into contact with. Centuries of submission and torture could erase most alpha traits, but not all and the king was terrified of a rogue alpha anywhere near his two daughters.

There were, maybe, fifty or so alpha's waiting hand and foot at every table with another fifty milling around trying to look busy. Sana briefly wondered about what happens to these alpha's at parties she's deemed too young to attend. The thought makes her shudder.

She spots the Son  family at the head of the room with the king and her sister, Momo. She waved towards them as she made her way over.

"About time you got here." Her sister scolded.

Shrugging her shoulders, Sanareplied, "I was helping Chaeyoung with her dress."

Momo didn't get the chance to say anything further as the doors to the hall were pushed open and the woman of the hour stepped through.

It was like something out of the fairy tales her grandmother used to tell her. Chaeyoung looked like royalty in her sky blue flowing dress. Her hair in curls and parted over each shoulder. Sana even hired people to open a box of butterflies when Chaeyoung entered the room, just to give the air a more magical feel to it. It's not every day your best friend turns sixteen, Sana wanted only the best for her.

Not long after, the party was in full swing. Chaeyoung 's family were half drunk on palace wine and the alpha waiters could barely keep up with the demand of topping up their glasses. Sana wasn't much of a drinker, so she happily watched everyone else slowly lose the power of speech whilst she still cradled her first glass of wine.

A shadow caught her eye half way through the night and a familiar scent wafted into her nostrils. 'No,' she thought. Couldn't be. The thief wouldn't have the audacity to come here tonight of all nights, would she?

She shook her head and tried to focus on whatever was coming out of her sisters mouth when she finally locked eyes with the alpha that haunted her thoughts. The alpha looked away as soon as Sana caught her and pretended to be busy serving some noble omega.

That's when Sana saw how good the thief actually was. One minute a bejewelled encrusted hand was placed in between the alpha's own hands and within seconds at least three rings were replaced by cheap replicas. The omega had no idea what happened, she simply took her hand back, winked at the thief and groped her bottom as the alpha walked away.

Jihyo casually made her way towards one side of the room and stood there obediently. Sana glared at her for a few minutes trying to catch her attention before giving up and getting to her feet. She excused herself from her sister, who was probably too drunk to notice that Sana was even there, let alone leave, and made her way to the alpha.