The Thief (Sahyo)

Chapter 4

Winter crept up so fast Jihyo was sure that she slept the whole summer away. One day the sun was blazing down on the back of her neck and the next a frost started to settle. Luckily she was an alpha and was naturally warmer than omega's or beta's so the cold didn't bother her too much. Her sisters, however, were curled up by the fire with nearly every blanket they could find.

The princess came as often as she could to teach Dahyun and Tzu how to read and write. Apparently she was an excellent teacher because Dahyun could now read books cover to cover with very little assistance from the omega princess.

Jihyo often thought about Sana. What she did when she wasn't at the village, what her responsibilities were as princess and often Jihyo would wonder if she was set to be married off to some high class noble or a beta prince from another kingdom.

It had been nearly nine months since Jihyo broke into the palace. Nearly nine months since Jihyo was nearly arrested and executed. Nearly nine months since she met her.

She couldn't explain it with words, she's sure there's no word in existence to explain it anyway, but ever since she first locked eyes with the omega princess, she felt a connection, a longing or a pull to her. She tried to brush it off at first, she was sure she'd never see the princess again. She even took her sisters and Mina to a different kingdom to avoid coming into contact with Sana again.

But something brought her back. Something made her change her mind and head straight back to Sana's kingdom. She's sure it was just so that she could rescue alpha's. But the more she thought about it, the more she realised that subconsciously she desired to meet the princess again.

So she built the village. She acquired help from abandoned and near starving alpha's she found lying in a pool of their own self pity in the poor districts. They had nothing to lose and everything to gain by taking up Jihyo 's offer.

They had built five houses in total and one medical shack. But the money was running out. Feeding alpha's was easy enough when you considered the boar problem and the river that ran along side the village that was teeming with fish. Keeping up the village in terms of maintaining the structures, building more houses and getting medicine from the kingdom was depleting their gold.

So, Jihyo made the decision to go back to the palace and test the princess' generosity again. When she and her sister, Dahyun , crept along the market place to purchase goods, Jihyo had over heard a conversation by two young noble women. They had revealed the party for the youngest family member of the son family that was organised by princess Sana herself.

It didn't take Jihyo long to locate the princess at the party. Sat at the head of the table taking the tiniest of sips out of her wine glass and pretending to understand whatever gibberish was coming out of the mouth of the woman sat next to her.

It was strange that, in a party full to the brim of omega's, Jihyo could still smell the scent emitting from Sana. It was etched into her memory the night they first met, when Sana knocked Jihyo to the floor and hovered over her. She shook her head, now was not the time to reminisce about being beaten up by a princess.

Jihyo worked her way around the room, trying to not draw attention to herself but also trying to gain the attention of a certain omega and after a while she decided to be more daring.

The girl sat a few chairs away from the princess looked like she was about to puke. Jihyo could tell she had never drank before. She was swaying from side to side when the thief approached her. Jihyo started off with a casual "Would you like anything, Miss?"

The young girl took a liking to Jihyo and began flirting with her. Jihyo was never one to openly flirt with anyone, but if she wanted to get the bracelet off the girls arm, she'd have to flash a dazzling smile and allow the girls hands to roam.