Our Way ||| Ateez

17

Yunho sat off to the side with Wooyoung while the three alphas tried to come up with a game plan. While Mingi wasn't opposed to contacting the colonel, the idea made him nervous.

It made Yunho nervous too... While he had been a huge help to them last time, there was no saying he would be willing to help them now. The Hunters had sworn to kill of their race...

And who knew if he was even still in charge?

Although his parting gift was his phone number saying to call if he was needed, so maybe there was a chance?

He sighed and pulled Wooyoung into a tighter hug. "How are you doing?" He asked softly, closing his eyes and resting his head on top of the omega's.

"I'm doing ok."

"Scared?"

"A little."

"Me too." Their voices were now a whisper. For whatever reason, Yunho had a sinking feeling in the pit of his stomach. Something was going to happen, and he didn't like it.

He was just thankful that Theo was home and safe. He missed his little boy terribly and was afraid Theo would hate them for leaving, but he tried not to dwell on those thoughts. At least he had family taking care of him. And Avayla would protect him too.

"What's Ultima like?"

Wooyoung pursed his lips as he picked at his nails. "Honestly? It's actually kind of beautiful. You can tell they put a lot of time and effort into making it a city for them to be proud of."

"City?"

"Yes. It's probably three times the size of the fortress. They built it to last with no intention of having to leave it. It's tucked away in the mountains so there is only on entrance, unless you want to try sliding down a steep cliff, which they have spiked so that's impossible anyway. Everyone seems happy. They have plenty of food and water. They do supply runs to human towns and cities every week, taking several large trucks to haul food and supplies back. But they raise their own cattle, sheep, and I think I heard they even raise elk somewhere."

"Wow. No wonder they are an ancient pack." Yunho had to admit he was impressed.

"All of the houses are nice and spacious, although smaller than ours. They have schools for the kids, plenty of jobs, and their library is impressive."

"And the son? Did he really...?"

"Yes." Wooyoung sighed and Yunho held him tighter. "Although he never did anything until that last day. He was actually really nice, until it came to San. But he was persistent, so the day San snapped he did try to force himself on me. It was my fault really, now that I look back on it."

Yunho gritted his teeth. There was no way this was Wooyoung's fault.

"I could have been firmer with him, but I was hoping he was going to lead us to the spell books. Which, he did, so that ended up working." The omega let out a nervous chuckle as he looked up to where San was glancing at them. "But we all know what ended up happening there."

"Did he have any siblings?"

"One. A younger brother, so the pack still has someone to take over once his parents step down." Wooyoung said as if that was a concern of his.

Yunho just smiled at his friend. "You're too caring sometimes, you know that?"

Wooyoung blushed a little, but nodded. "I know. But when I grew up being treated like shit I don't feel the need to treat others that way. No one deserves that."

Yunho nodded and glanced back at the alphas. Both San and Jongho had soft smiles on their faces, indicating they had heard their conversation.

Jongho locked eyes with Yunho and mouthed 'love you' before turning back to Mingi.