The arrival at the monastery was far from going unnoticed as the night continued to plunge the surroundings into absolute calm. The crossing of the ward of the guards and senior officers was done without the slightest slowing down. Although it was forbidden to cross the first protective enclosure with a motor vehicle. The gods came to a halt in a skid in front of the second stone wall, alerting the squad of medical soldiers who immediately exited the second protective enclosure. Hurriedly, Day opened Foud's car door and let the soldiers pulled out Minndt. The stretcher next to it picked up the limp and bruised body and carried it inside the monastery, bringing it to its room before laying it on the ground.
"Day, you should let them do their job," Leit informed in a low tone, grabbing his forearm. "They'll take care of it. He'll be fine."
"He's waking up."
"This is a good thing."
"He seems to be afraid of alphas, and they are alphas. He will panic!"
"They will know how to handle it, his father will arrive to help them, and we will wait until he is better to talk to him."
"I'm not going to leave him alone!"
"You'll leave him alone," Nyx said, popping up around the corner. "He's going to need some time and some quiet. Being alone with himself will allow him to put his thoughts back in place."
"He's going to scream."
"He's going to be scared too, then he'll calm down when he recognizes his room. Come with us. You need to put your thoughts in place."
The blond mumbled but couldn't refute the truth; his thoughts were a real mishmash, and seeing Minndt on the floor, half-dead and the feel of his blood on him, made him shiver in horror. He had to take off his clothes now. He had to clean his body before the contents of his stomach ended up on the just waxed floor. The Goddess of Light pulled him halfway with her into the hallway before forcing him to follow Nyx to the room they shared. Arrived at the door, he greeted them with a movement of the head and winked at the flaming god before leaving them face to face.
"Do you want to eat something?" the latter asked before opening the door, letting him go first.
"No, I need to take my clothes off and clean myself before I vomit."
"I can help you."
"What, empty my stomach?"
"Taking your clothes off is much cuter than holding your hair while you throw up."
"Would you do it?"
"I could kill everyone for you."
"I think humans say 'I could die for you as a phrase to seduce."
"If I died for you, I couldn't guarantee it was useful, and I would leave you alone."
Day smiled weakly and let him grab his hand before taking him with him to the bathroom. Two wooden stools with a towel resting on them were waiting near four wooden buckets filled with water. The door closed behind the blonde, who began to undo the ties on his top when warm hands rested on him.
"Let's take a bath together," the flaming god whispered into his ear as his hands slid the garment down his arms.
"Together, together?"
"Yes. Does that bother you?"
"Not if it's only with you."
Nyx let a smile stretch his lips and put a kiss on his bare shoulder before letting him finish undressing on his own. He was the first to sit on a stool and moistened the glove. He rubbed with soap, letting Day take a seat in front of him. He shuddered when the soap started to spread on his back then on his chest before descending on his abdomen.
"You feel better now?" the flaming god asked him cautiously as he continued to wash him.
"Now that I can't feel his blood on me anymore, yes. It was horrible."
"I know, I know very well even."
"It's not the first time this sort of thing has happened, is it?"
"Whether Minndt is the target? No. To see one of my friends beaten and tied to a chair? Neither."
"Who?"
"Foud."
The omega turned to the older one and gave him a questioning look.
"His fear of alphas stems from this in addition to a social experience that went awry when we were children," explained the god of night and death after a deep sigh.
"Minndt is afraid of alphas now seen his reaction when you or Moain approached him."
"Hence why we have to leave him alone. With Foud, we have done everything to be with him, as long as possible. Now he thinks all the alphas are like that. He thinks we think he is weak when not."
"You should let him go out on his own, let him approach different people. I could help him."
"You and him alone outside? You want to kill me for worry, right?"
"Trust us."
"I trust you and him too, but certainly not the people outside, even in the monastery! The alphas and betas will scramble to try to seduce you because you are two omegas unbound and unknotted."
"Unknotted? What do you mean?"
Nyx looked at him amusedly before remembering the discussion he had with Foud, before he left on his mission. The alpha soaped himself up quickly, and the two lovers headed for the tub where a hot bath awaited them.
"I'm awaiting my answer," the omega recalled once it was in the water.
"Come closer. I'll give you the answer."
"Um?"
The blond stepped between his legs and turned his back when he asked, feeling his hands pull his hips closer to him. Nyx's fingers slowly travelled over his back, stroking the mark tattooed on his back with unknown gentleness before resting them on his thighs. With a slow movement, he straightened up and brought his hips closer to those of his companion.
"You don't know the answer to your question?" he asked between kisses on his shoulder.
"I wouldn't ask the question if I knew."
"Not even part of the answer?"
"Foud didn't talk to me about knot and unknot. Bound and unbound, yes, I got it right."
"Omega are not the only ones to have heat."
"What? The alphas have them too?!"
"Less but yes. There are two categories to differentiate: the heat caused by omega in heat and heat coming from the alpha himself. The latter category is much more dangerous. Mines are in June, August and in November."
"Three times in a year?"
"Yes, and they are violent."
"What do you mean?"
"We won't be able to sleep together. I could hurt you without knowing it. When alpha is in one of the hot spells, instincts guide its comportment. What they're asking for is someone to bound and to knot."
"But what does that mean to knot?"
"If we sleep together while I'm in heat, not only would your whole body be mine, but you won't be able to escape or remove me from you because of the knot. These are glands that, during intercourse, will grow bigger in you and will block you from withdrawing away from me. As alphas in heat are dictated only by instincts, they diffuse their pheromones. In this situation, the omega could have its heat at the same time. However, protect himself is far from being a concern for the alphas. So, the omegas will surely fall pregnant. Since the fertilization rate is 100% during the heat of an alpha. If the omegas do not have their heat too, the rate is much lower but not to be overlooked."
"That's what is different about you, so… I wondered what it was. So are you going to stay locked in your room?"
"Yes, of course, and you better not come in. I don't want to hurt you."
"But I'm not going to let you go through this alone!"
"This time, you will."
"But why?"
"It's better that you have an idea of what an alpha's heat looks like before you want to go through it with him. In first the theory, then the practice. Learn to manage yourself during your heat before."
"Why don't you learn to manage yourself during?"
"Because it is impossible. That is the problem. The heat from the alpha himself is much more violent than the heat from the pheromones of an omega."
Day was silent for a moment, watching his hands under the water before dropping back against Nyx's chest. His body heat higher than his made him shiver and made him want to snuggle up to him, which he did without the slightest hesitation. It wasn't long before a hand landed on his head and held him in position.
"Day..."
"Yes, Nyx?"
"When are you going to fix the situation with your family? Your parents are not here, but your uncle is."
"No."
"What no?"
"I won't eat with him, I won't go into the garden with him, I won't have tea with him. He's on one side. I'm on the other."
"People are asking more and more questions..."
"They are at least occupied with that."
"At least tell me why, so others stop asking me the question."
"He wants to force me to take a place that I don't want to take. I'm here while things work out, and then I will go back to my ordinary life casually."
"In your house?"
"Of which you will have to finish the work. I warn you!"
"We will. We will come and settle in with you."
"What?"
"We're not going to leave you alone. We like being at your place, it's fun! We can make a large vegetable patch in your garden, install a water basin, plant trees and grow them! Even work who knows!"
"I want to see that here, the warrior gods converted into a convenience store."
"And why not? Well, maybe not in a movie theatre, but I would be able to live a life like humans too!"
"While not forgetting to drink the blood of one or two clients."
"Hey!"
"Just kidding. Right now, I don't want to think about all this. I want to relax and forget what happened for a while."
The flaming god tightened his arms around him and rubbed his back, resting his head on his. The two lovers thus remained a long time in the most total silence before they heard the room's door open.
"Day, Nyx! Harmful alert!" Moain shouted as he crossed the room. "Where are you!?"
"In the bath!"
The bathroom door opened almost immediately. The god of earth and gravity walked through the first part before advancing towards the bath.
"Pest problem, get moving." he declared, crossing his arms firmly.
"Come closer too. I won't say anything."
"The Duke has disappeared. There is more to it than the fact that I see his body!"
"What ?! Minndt's room is..."
"Guards are posted in front, and his father is by his side. He's asleep, but that's not the problem! A pest is running around the monastery, and we can't get our hands on him! "
"He can't get very far anyway."
"Obviously. But how this guy has made to escape?!"
"The guards were taking him to the pest isolation room in his case near the shed when he struggled and assumed his wolf form before heading out into the hallways."
"What a shit asshole."
"Your language when you near of Day!"
"It's not a problem," he said, straightening up. "Could I have a towel, please?"
"You have three minutes to get dressed. We absolutely have to find the Duke before he thinks of going to Minndt's room."
"He will be massacred on the spot by the guards who will not take care of who he is."
"And we need him alive for his information. We have to find him before they do!"
"We arrive."
"Hurry up. Foud is screaming that he's going to let him know what it feels like to fall in love with one another! I'll be waiting for you outside the bedroom door, but be quick!"
The man of extraordinary strength came out of the bathroom and stood in front of the bedroom, his favourite practice firmly held in his large hands. The two companions still in the bath shared the same annoyed sigh before taking out the hot water.
"Always disturbed ..."
"Indeed, Nyx. Being perpetually disturbed is starting to annoy me."
"Me too, even in a bath, we cannot be quiet."
"We'll share one later, don't worry. Come on, our clothes."
Bitter, the two lovers opened their dressing room and put on the first clothes that came to hand before putting on their boots. Wordlessly they grabbed their guns and joined Moain in the hallway before following him in his search for Duke Orthon Monty, recklessly fleeing into the big monastery.