After filling his truck with gasoline. He pulled his keys out as he thanked the man who helped him drag the truck in the gasoline station. The silent night gave him shivers but when he heard some commotion going on nearby as Hyeop stumbled his way into his truck across the street, his heart take a race.
But he didn't much care about it.
"Hyeopil!"
Hyeop halted when he heard the familiar voice. He hastily turned around and his heart pound hard when he saw his twin in the other side of the street. He was crying and there was many wounds on his body, also his clothes was a mess.
He hurriedly ran to his twin and embraced him. Junhyuk closed his eyes and tears immediately leaked down his face. How he missed his twin's warmth, how he missed this feeling of safety whenever Hyeop was hugging him like this. How he missed his twin so much.
Hyeop pulled away and cupped his face, wiping his streaming eyes with his fingers.
"Are you alright?! How did you escape?!" asked Hyeop in worry, checking his twin's body. Junhyuk was badly hurt. He have many wounds and bruises. "Come on, we need to bring you into the hospital."
He pulled Junhyuk's hand and dragged him into his truck. Junhyuk is still crying, sniffling while looking his twin and said, "I'm sorry Hyeop, I can't do anything... "
"What are you talking about? Stop worrying, after this we will going back to the city and everything will go back to normal," said Hyeop not even looking back at his twin.
He was about to open the door of his truck when the keys were slapped away from his hand. The keys sailed off under the truck and landed in a rapidly growing puddle with a muted jingle. Then a hand as steel, clamped around his wrist. He was spun around rudely and slammed against the side of his truck.
Wincing out of shock and pain, Hyeop looked up and saw Jeongsun. His face was no longer bright, the warm and happiness in his eyes was no longer there unlike before when he was still stucked in that little den. It was now a raw mask of fury breathing down at him.
Hyeop couldn't help himself but paled up upon seeing his eyes again, iris were white and the dark red eyes shadow around his eyes was back again, lips were red and there was blood, leaking at the corner of his lips.
"Where the fuck do you think you're going?!" he growled at him through clenched teeth, fangs were showing. "You're not running away from me again, you liar!"
Hyeop eyes moved at Junhyuk who was now crying hard while Hyunsung was behind him, hugging him to somewhat soothe his guilt?
They lured him by using his twin. What a bullshit.
"Let go of me!" he cried, struggling to free himself even though he was 2 inches taller than Jeongsun, the alpha was far stronger than him.
Jeongsun's free hand tangled in his hair and pulled, making him gasp in pain. His face pushed even closer to him and hideous smile form on his face, and that he could see at this night.
"I thought you wanted to learn to love me? I thought you love me, but you lied to me! We were mated and we shouldn't leave each other! How can you be so stupid?!" he asked, taking off the band aid on his neck, digging his nails into it that made Hyeop crying in pain. "I will tell you this Lee Hyeopil. You are not going to leave me and you're going to stay with me until your last breath!"
The hand on his wrist suddenly let go and slid down his abdomen to gently touch his lower belly for a moment. Hyeop bit his lip, letting his tear go away from his eyes.
"Did you forget how you begged me to breed you? What if some gloat like you can be pregnant? Or perhaps, you are now pregnant," Jeongsun paused, staring deeply at his mate who silently crying, tears flowing nonstop while his eyes were glaring at him.
When he spoke again his voice was soft and gentle. "You can't leave me any time soon. We're going to have baby pups,"
They all knew that werewolves can't breed the gloat and saying that made him looked crazy.
"You're insane!" Hyeop shouted, biting his hand, digging his fangs into his skin.
A low hiss of pain was a sign for Hyeop to run away. Skidding into the middle of the road. Soon, it started raining but Hyeop didn't stop running. As he was running, somewhere to his left that he could not see, heard a loud screech and a horn honked long and loud. The man shouted through his window. "You crazy fucker! Haven't you crossed the road?! Can you not see the red light?!"
That followed by a loud roar of an engine but Hyeop didn't register what the man just said. All he was aware of was Jeongsun's furious smile in front of him.
When did he...
Nothing else mattered right now to him at that moment other than getting away from that horrendous shark like grinning looming over him. He could think was his safety.
He ran again to the other side, crying loud along with the heavy rain. "Please stop it!" he said, his voice hitching with a sob on the word. "Just leave me alone! I'm not your mate! I'm not a gloat or anything like that! I'm just an ordinary human!"
Hyeop once again stopped when he saw Jeongsun standing right in front of him. The alpha shook his head as rainwater dripped down his face and plastered his dark hair to his forehead. His white eyes were cruel made him looked like a zombie; without mercy he said, "You're going back home with me -- to our den. You're going to do it nicely and without any fights or I'll make you regret!"
When Hyeop shook his head and was about to run again, someone held his both arms behind him. He looked over his shoulder and saw Minhee and Junghwan, glaring at him with their silver ones.
They suddenly pushed him forward causing him to stumble and almost fall but Jeongsun was quick to grab his hair, and arm. Hyeop desperately think of a way to convince him to stop this and release them. Jeongsun savagely tightened his hand in his hair and rapped his head against the roof of the car beside them and Hyeop cried out. "Please! Let me and Junhyuk go! We promise not to tell it to the police -- " an uncontrollable sobs escaped from his mouth. "we promise to go back in the city and you won't see us -- "
His words replaced by scream when Jeongsun pressed his body against him and bit his bite mark, digging his fangs more than before. "I'm not stupid mate, we were mated and we are officially like a married couple, you think letting you go is a better choice?"
Hyeop can't hold it anymore and screamed for help like a dumb victim. He cried out loud again when Jeongsun violently shook him, snarling angrily at him. He struggling once more against the big hands restraining him.
He couldn't let him get back to that damn den and house. Jeongsun was much mare unstable than he ever would have believed. Who knew what he'd do to him once he had him back in the wolf den where no one could help him whatever horrible things he had in mind.
"Get your hands off of him!"
Hyeop gasped and Jeongsun froze when they both heard a dominant voice behind them. Then Hyeop leaned to the side a little to look past Jeongsun's shoulder and saw the same police officer in the school before. He doesn't care if he was being soaked by the rain, his gun was pointed at Jeongsun and the other two.
Jeongsun furiously smiled and moved his hand on Hyeop's face, sliding his fingers on the soft skin made the younger flinched in fear as he cried again, looking down.
He dragged Hyeop into their car that was parked near their spot, ignoring the officer's words. He slid the door open revealing Junhyuk who was still crying and Hyunsung in the driver seat.
"Keep an eye," said Jeongsun and threw Hyeop inside before closing the door shut.
Hyeop fumbled the door but it was already locked and Hyunsung was looking at him as if mocking him with his smug look.
Hyeop sniffled, looking at his twin who has his gaze down and sniffling like him too. He can see the bite mark on his nape and neck. This Hyunsung guy just marked his twin too.
"You can embrace your twin now, enjoy your little reunion because once we get home... " he paused looking at the twins sternly. "You both will locked again especially you. You don't have any idea how our Jeongie deal with the people like you."
"He is worst!" Hyeop burst out, greeting his teeth in overwhelming anger.
Junhyuk moved his eyes at his twin and see how his fangs getting longer as his eyes turning into emerald.
"You all are worst -- "
Junhyuk yelped when Hyunsung suddenly strike over Hyeop and wrapped his hands around his neck, digging his nails into his bite mark that was already bleeding. But Hyeop wore his masculine expression despite the pain.
"Don't you dare show me that eyes of yours!" said Hyunsung with a low growl.
"You will pay for what you have done to my twin!"
Junhyuk held his twin's arm and signed Hyunsung not to do anything to harm him and the older was so pissed right now.
Hyeop's instinctively moved his hands and claw Hyunsung's neck, scratching his skin. The older alpha roared loudly while snarling at him.
Junhyuk stared at them with fright. They looked like a cat and a dog fighting over him, growling loudly.
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What Jeongsun hated the most is that when someone interfering in his matter. Minhee and Junghwan was beside him while snarling at the officer.
Jeongsun can see through within this guy that his ancestors were werewolves hunter before, back in 1708. Seeing that made his blood boil and the main reason was his interruption.
Meanwhile, the police officer was caught off guard for awhile after seeing what Jeongsun did to the poor college guy. It seemed like he was the wolf who was very territorial over his mate. What kind of wolf was he?
He have the book about the different kinds of werewolves and based by their eyes, he can tell what they were.
Ever since he was a kid, he believed in werewolves and he believed that they're still existing. For thousands of years their religions have told them of supernatural beings, both good and evil, who are capable of shape-shifting into forms that can mystify or terrify people.
The police officer could not believe in his eyes that he was literally encountering the still famous folklore — the werewolves, a shift-shifting creature and like to eat flesh. He knows about a lot of werewolves and their races.
But the thing that confused the officer was that about gloats. That is not the matter right now, he should know how to deal with these shape-shifting werewolves.
The night was chilly and the heavy rain won't stop any time soon.
"Get your hands on the ground now!" he tried to fight his fear.
Minhee stared at the frightened officer. He can smell his fear and he can't help but felt his stomach grumbled. He is just like their other victims.
"Aren't you pretty little officer?" Minhee suddenly said while smiling with a murderous glare. "But... what a waste,"
Junghwan roared and suddenly attacked the officer and landed right on top of him. The officer screamed in terror while Junghwan tried to claw his face and bite his neck. Minhee hissed and joined in too while Jeongsun just watched them toppling over the officer.
The officer screamed when Minhee scratched his face. With his all energy, he kicked Junghwan away and shot Minhee right in the shoulder. He quickly got up and changed his gun into something that no one knows what, only his ancestors and family knew.
He cocked his gun in the air and shot Junghwan right on his leg. Junghwan screamed in pain as they can see the faint smoke permeating from his wound.
Jeongsun roared angrily after seeing his little brother got shot by the unknown gun. He ran towards the officer, skidding in such speed and strike him, hugging his waist until they both hit the car hood.
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Hyeop stopped growling when his eyes noticed the fight outside. He looked back at Hyunsung, rummaging his pocket until he found what he is looking for. The hair spray.
He sprayed it right on Hyunsung's eyes. The older roared loudly in pain while holding his eyes. Hyeop grabbed his twin's arm and kicked the window with all force. He reached over the locked when he heard the soft click, he opened the door almost instantly, dragged Junhyuk out of the car.
They both ran away from the speculation but thinking about the officer made Hyeop's mind make a loop around to get the officer. He thinks the officer know something about werewolves.
"Hey you two!" A woman called them and when they looked around, seeing the same woman who was with that officer making himself run into her without hesitation.
***
Hyeop doesn't know what happened next but he found himself with his twin beside him inside a weird looking house that was located in the alley.
"Are you both alright?" the woman asked and both nodded as an answer. "Good."
The door behind them abruptly opened and the officer guy came in with a huge scratch across his face. "Man! Those stinky wolves are far stronger now!" groaned from the guy and slammed the door shut.
A loud whooping made them froze.
"They are mad I guess," said the woman and walked towards the table and sat there.
Hyeop looked around the studio type house with bundles of weird ancient weapons in hunting was displayed on the walls. There was nothing much inside the house, no lights nor windows, just walls and candles.
"Who are you?" asked Junhyuk.
"Don't you have any gratitude for us for saving your asses from those monsters?" said the guy and plopped down on the old sofa.
"Ok, thank you then for saving us. Those maniacs kidnapped and abused us," Hyeop said and took a seat in the other side of the sofa, Junhyuk did the same. "It was our luck for escaping I guess."
"Just this once," said the woman. "I'm Jia and that is my nephew, Lim Jiwook. We are the hunters of werewolves in this new generation."
"Wait, was there many of them?!" asked Hyeop.
"Yeah... it started back in the ward though. They started appearing when something weird going on in the ward, I was still a kid back then and decided to come with my mother. It happened 30 years ago."
"Aside from werewolves, what are they?" Junhyuk asked, still trembling, he don't know but he doesn't like this place. It itching his body to get out of here. He snuggled close to his twin and asked him to wrap his arms around him and Hyeop obeyed.
Jiwook stared at the twins intently. He can still remember what his father told him about werewolves, about the three packs and the documents his auntie was reading about what happened in the ward 30 years ago.
The researchers of the ward or the head doctor Mrs. Lee have suggested, the human species may have greatly depended upon wolves for its continued existence and she clearly understood why humans in 1233 BC may have modeled so much of their behavior especially in the area of survival skills upon the wolf.
Mrs. Lee studied more about werewolves and based of the information she gathered; both species employ a cooperative rearing strategy for their offspring, with both parents participating in the feeding and rearing process.
Wolves practice fidelity and mate for life, thus setting an early model for the family structure that humans violate far more than their canine counterparts.
She also studied about the three genres and the great mythology about the two kinds of wolves.
"What I guess is... they are lycanthrope?"
"Can you tell us about their existence?" Hyeop interfered that made Jia chuckled. "Doctor Lee believes in science but also she is into spiritual -- folklore perhaps? What do you think about werewolves?"
The twins thought for awhile thinking what exactly they are.
Junhyuk don't know anything about that but Hyeop does, he knew that werewolf is a human with the ability to shift into a humanoid, wolf-like creature, has enhanced physical capabilities that are far greater than any human or animal, as well as razor-sharp claws & fangs. Werewolves have different eye color like blue, gold, or red eyes which seemed to glow, seemingly as considerable emotion, oftentimes anger.
But their eyes were different. White, silver and gold though the gold is the original color of the werewolves eyes.
"And what do you know about gloats?" Jia added causing Jiwook to shift in his seat.
"Gloats were like werewolves right?" Jiwook said.
"Let me say how they existed in this world."
Junhyuk shivered from the cold, the guys were still soaked from the rain but this is not matter now. They don't have any clothes in here anyway. This place seemed sacred from the outside world, he guessed.
"Gloats exist first before the werewolves, but the werewolves themselves killed all the gloats after knowing the gloats' real identity. Cats and dogs are real enemies, but gloats were friendly species especially when it comes to werewolves."
So the tale wasn't true after all. "And gloats can be breed -- "
"What?!" Hyeop said almost yelling at Jia and stood up from his seat. "Cats and dogs cannot be together! How that even -- "
"Gloats are a blood sucking race and the relatives of vampires yes, but werewolves are also the relatives of gloat."
"I don't understand... " Hyeop mumbled before slumping on the old chair with his hands fisted together, biting his lips. Did he just make a mistake then?
"Just joking, don't be so riled up as if you are actually a gloat," Jia quickly said.
Hyeop heaved a sigh before shaking his head.
That was not a funny joke. He unconsciously touched his belly and sighed in relief again. If he is really a gloat then he can't be breed and he is safe if Jeongsun tried to breed him again once their rut kick again.
But when he remembered his twin was like them; an omega perhaps then...
Hyeop paled up while looking at his twin. They can't breed Junhyuk against their will! They can't take advantage of his rut. Hyeop could not help but tear up.