Our Way ||| Ateez

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Jongho watched in horror as the front gate to Ultima was opened and two people walked out. He felt San's breath get quicker and harder next to him.

The first one was Wooyoung. He had his arms bound behind his head so his elbows were sticking out straight. He was also shirtless, showing off his upper torso that was covered in long cuts.

Behind him was someone all three of them recognized.

San's mother.

The older alpha snarled and started to step forward, but Jongho snapped his jaws at him. No! This is obviously a trap. He said, even though he could hear his own voice cracking.

Wooyoung's lips were already blue.

"Bombers on my mark." Colonel Gregson said from their left.

San spun and snarled at him, trying to tell him to stop. Mingi froze and turned to the Colonel as well.

"All I want is my boy!" Freya called out as she forced Wooyoung to kneel in the snow. She pressed a knife to his throat and yanked his head back. "And for you to leave!"

Jongho let out a whine as the wolves behind him grew restless.

When she didn't get an answer, she dragged the knife over Wooyoung chest, adding another cut to his chest. Everyone winced as Wooyoung screamed in pain.

"Target the outer edges." Colonel Gregson spoke softly into his radio.

Mingi let out a low whine and stomped a foot on the ground.

The Hunter just looked at him and nodded once. "Avoid the center gate, we have an innocent there."

Jongho let out a little sigh while looking back at the couple.

Freya was whispering in Wooyoung's ear and he whimpered before shaking his head. "No!" He cried out.

"Fool!" She shouted, backhanding him so he fell on his side in the snow. "You better come get your boy, Sannie." Freya said, exaggerating the sweetness of her voice. "Before I kill him!"

San roared and ran forward, Jongho close on his heels.

"No! Don't! Mingi get them back!" The Colonel yelled.

Jongho could hear them calling to him, but he was so enraged now as he watched Freya position her knife over a shivering Wooyoung that he lost control. Just like he knew San had.

But as he got closer, he felt two pairs of teeth grab onto his legs, halting his progression and sending him forward onto his stomach. He growled and whipped around to see Marylou and Tina holding onto him.

Mingi ran past and tackled San to the snow just as a few planes flew over their head.

Time seemed to slow as both Freya and Wooyoung looked to the sky.

Bombs fell from the belly of the planes and made contact with several sections of the wall protecting Ultima.

The five wolves were sent flying back as the shockwave hit them.

Jongho twisted to try and see what happened to Wooyoung, but there was too much dust and snow in the air.

He could hear the walls crumbling,

The screaming started.

From his position on the ground, Jongho watched as the wall crumbled under another wave of bombs.

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