Cloud Recess Wrath

Chapter 6: Xue Yang and Ouyang Zizhen

Rain, that was the weather tonight. Endless rain with the occasional lightning and thunder. Rain always made Xue Yang feel uneasy, because whenever it rained something bad would happen. He sat alone in his shared bedroom with his mates. They were out on a job and wouldn't be back until later in the night, but that wouldn't stop Xue Yang as he waited patiently for them, he hated the night missions. They took too long and Xue Yang feared that if he fell asleep alone, he would wake up alone...permanently.

So he stayed awake until they walked back into the apartment, until their scent enveloped him upon entrance. "2am....that's almost a new record." Xue Yang muttered to himself as he fiddled with the ends of his silk robe, a gift from Song Lan. Deciding time will pass by faster if he did something, Xue Yang stood up and made his way to the kitchen.

From there, he raided the wine shelf and took a few bottles to drink. Not bothering with glasses and just popping open one of the expensive wine bottle and drinking straight from it. "At least text me...stupid alphas." Xue Yang whined to the empty space of the apartment. As he begun to drink more, the shrill tone of his phone rang through the apartment. He instantly launched for it and saw the number, while it wasn't his alphas, was Ouyang. He answered the phone immediately.

"YangYang what's wrong? Its 2am, you should be asleep you have classes in the morning." Xue Yang lectured but didn't get a response. In fact it was deathly quiet on the other end, and that type of silence shook Xue Yang to his core. "Zizhen this isn't funny if its a prank. Answer me you brat." Xue's voice shook as he spoke, the kid was like his own son and the thought of anything bad happening to him send him and his inner omega into a panicked frenzy. "Zizhen please I'm ser-"

"C-Can you come get me please....I'm scared Yang...." Zizhen finally spoke, cutting Xue Yang off, and he was crying on his end. That alone broke Xue Yang's heart and made him extremely worried. "I'm in the a-alley behind my favorite bookstore...Yang please..." Zizhen pleaded and Xue Yang didn't need to me told twice.

He ran out his apartment door, forgetting he was in his pajamas and his robe was quite thin and see through, and ran like his life depended on it down 6 blocks to the bookstore. The rain was pouring more heavily now, Xue Yang soaked to the bone but he didn't care...Zizhen needed him. Within 10 minutes he was there, he turned the corner of the alley entrance as fast as he could. "Zizhen! I'm here! I'm-" Xue Yang's words died on his tongue, face turning pale, completely unprepared for the site standing in front of him.

"Yangie...." Zizhen cried out, legs shaking. Xue Yang wrapping his arms around Zizhen, trying to comfort him and snap out of his own shock. He begged in his head that what he was thinking happened didn't happen, that Ouyang's clothes were torn in a struggle and not....that. "Shhhh, I'm here. What happened?" Xue Yang asked, wanting answers and who to kill.

"I-I was on my way home when a alpha pulled me into this alley. H-He was drunk and said I s-smell good, smelled l-like a pretty omega. He licked my cheek and I tried running away b-but he was stronger t-than me. H-He tried to rape me but then was shot by someone. Yangie I'm scared...t-the one that shot him was my teacher Wen Zhuliu. I'm scared he'll want something in return...and I don't want to give that something to him..." Zizhen sobbed and the rest of his words faded into heartbreaking sobs.

"I won't let that happen, I'll kill Zhuliu if he so much as breathes in your direction." Xue Yang promised, shaking with rage but tried to stay. calm for Zizhen's sake. He rubbed Zizhen's head in a gentle way to calm him before he had a panic attack.

"A-Yang!" A voice screamed from behind them, Zizhen clinging tighter to the older omega, and Xue Yang turning his head in the direction of the voice. "Alphas...?" Xue Yang couldn't fully turn around before he was encased in his alphas arms, when he felt their warmth that's when he realized he was shivering.

"Baby what are you doing out here. We called you and you didn't answer and when we got home the door was open and you were gone." Said Song Lan, leaning his head down and nuzzling into Xue Yang's neck to scent mark him. Xue Yang realized his phone must've died from getting soaked by the rain. "A-Yang what's wrong," Xingchen asked.

"Take us home please...." Xue Yang said, both alphas now seeing the very upset Zizhen curled up in Xue Yang's arms. Both nodded and led them to the car, no words necessary to explain what happened. The silence practically rang throughout the car ride home but it wasn't awkward or unbearable. Song Lan had turned the heat up so Xue Yang and Ouyang could warm up a bit. The drive was short and they were back at the apartment in less than 10 minutes.

"I'll take the kid to the guest room and get him some spares clothes." Xingchen said, leading Zizhen to the left side of the apartment while Song Lan took Xue Yang back to their bedroom. He pulled the soaking wet robe off the shorter and went to the bathroom joined to their room to grab a towel along with dry clothes.

As he was drying his baby off, he noticed how quiet Xue Yang was and if there was one thing he learned about Xue Yang early on in their relationship...it was that a quiet Xue Yang was never ever a good thing. "What's on your mind my sweet?" He asked, noticing how Xue Yang calmed down a bit at the pet name.

"YangYang nearly suffered the same pain I did back when i was with...you know. And out of all people that could've said him it had to be Wen Zhuliu. Lannie I know how that man works, he doesn't care. He doesn't feel anything, doing everything he can to appease and please that damn Wen Chao! Wen Zhuliu just doesn't do things like that out on a whim and because he can, he did it because Wen Chao ordered him and I'm scared....I went through hell with Wen Chao and the fact he's taken an interest in Zizhen means he hasn't given up on me or worse..." Xue Yang was ranting at this point and only his alphas got to see this side of him.

The side that was broken and still shaken and traumatized from his past. The side that proved Xue Yang was human and not the psychotic omega everyone thought he was 24/7. He enjoyed that title and power and practically thrived off it, but even he had his breaking points. Song Lan could smell the distraught and panic radiating off Xue Yang, his alpha instincts telling him to kill off the source. "Even if he still wants you, he'll die trying. You are ours baby, and we have no intention of letting you go." Song Lan said as he pulled the dry shirt down Xue Yang's body and tossed the wet ones away.

"He's right A-Yang. Your our omega. We claimed you and no one can remove those marks from your neck, ever." Xingchen said walking through the door. "I put Zizhen to sleep. I know you wanna go check on him."

Xue Yang gently kissed his mates before going to go check on Zizhen. Leaving his two alphas alone to plan Wen Chaos 3rd death. But to make it permanent they needed to find the one that revived him the first two times.

To be continued...