[JIMINIE]
Watching Jiminie disappear after dropping a bomb on them, the Kiyoto warriors and the beta looked at themselves like they hadn't heard him well.
It was like they were desperate to know what the fuck was going on and at the same time, their alpha wasn't being open with any information.
It was all so confusing for them at the time, because Jiminie had suddenly gone from the depressed alpha they had had over the past months, to a hyper alpha who did not care about everything that was happening.
He was too positive about life all so suddenly and that scared them even more.
"Do you guys think he is okay?" Jae Jun asked as he looked at his friends. This isn't the time for them to be speculating, with the safety of the pack and the alpha possibly at stake, but there weren't that many options laid out for them.
They were fucked either way because the alpha was not what they had imagined. That should have made them wonder what side of the realm the sun would rise the fastest, but even that was just a speculation for them.
Would they ever understand Alpha Park Jimin, or would they just have to wait and see for themselves what in the hell he had planned for them?
"I don't know what happened out there, but it got him in a good mood. At least this time he isn't faking it," Lee Tang said after a long silence. He had been trying to understand his best friend but each time, he failed.
It was hard to know what was going on in Jiminie's head. Then again, the mention of So Hee coming back made Lee Tang assume that perhaps their alpha was on good terms with his erasthai.
Or maybe they were just thinking too much because Jiminie hadn't given them anything to make sense of. Maybe when they got to So Hee it would be easier to ask the woman what the fuck was going on.
"For a dull day, it really is going on well," one of the warriors said and the others just smiled sheepishly before they got busy prepping for the hit alpha needed because clearly none of them would ever understand the alpha, ever.
That rainy night, as the storm picked up again sometime later, the people of Kiyoto were wary of their alpha, but they were simply glad he was smiling. They watched as he cooked and sang to whatever the hell he was singing.
They wanted to enjoy the moment, but deep down, they knew a storm was coming that they wouldn't be able to understand. Or maybe that's why the alpha was this happy, right?
Then again, it made no sense at all for Jimin to be all smiles when there was a worse fate for his people, right? Oh, but it was as crazy as it could get, but maybe they were forgetting the fact that Jiminie was mated to the devil of the realm.
Maybe the beautiful alfa just wanted to match the energy that the Lycan had been giving them for the past year, yeah? Or maybe he was just tired of sitting like a duck and waiting for the impossible. Was that it though?
*****
"Why are you really here?" Lee Tang asked So he who had come to their pack first thing in the morning. She looked different, like she had been to a few wars too many in the past years.
Lycans were always at war so this wasn't to be surprising for any of the wolves but it was. She had new scars and she looked like she had a lot of anger issues in her. This time, she was different from the woman who had been chosen by her king.
In fact, she looked like she wanted to kill everyone in Kiyoto save for their alpha who was not to be touched.
"I am here for your alpha. If you have a problem with it, take it up with the king and his erasthai," So Hee said, her voice cold, making Lee Tang take a step back.
He had known So Hee to be a dangerous Lycan, but in all their encounters, this woman had always been nice… Which wasn't something that changed easily, but what the hell could have changed?
Or was it just because the years had been long and war had taken a toll on her? Or maybe she was just done trying to be the better person for a bunch of wolves, right? Oh, but it looked like she wanted to be everywhere but her with the wolves of Kiyoto.
"What crawled up your ass, So Hee?" Lee Tang asked, his curiosity getting the better of him because he refused to believe that So Hee could change that fast and drastically.
He knew something was amiss, and the fact that she had mentioned the king, meant that Agust was alive and cared for Jiminie.
Well, who was Lee Tang kidding, the Lycans never let go of their mates, unless they went through a rejection, something that Jiminie hadn't done and August had clearly not tried to even consider.
It was all just a lot for them to deal with, not that he was going to open his mouth and start whining for the last of them this time.
"Where is Alpha Park?" So Hee asked as she looked at Lee Tang and then at Jae Jun who was staring at her skeptically.
She could tell they were not okay with her attitude and her coming here, but she didn't give a shit about it. She wasn't here for the merry-making of whatever the hell this was. She was here for the alpha and the alpha alone.
"For someone in a foreign territory you sure have an attitude," Luna Park said as she walked in with Doctor Jung Hwa beside her.
They had come from the infirmary and they were just passing by when they saw So Hee. The woman had changed a lot. Her appearance and her mode of dressing had changed a little too fast for Luna. But was it their business this time?
"For someone who abandoned her son and is still capitalizing on the fact that the pack trusts Jiminie with their lives, you sure have some nerve speaking here when you should always be on your knees and thanking the alpha for not giving the order to take you out.
"Best believe that if he tells me to pick my kill, I will come for your hand first," So Hee said and the warriors gasped as they looked at her once again. They had seen her change but they hadn't expected that she could attack Luna again.
This woman was right to be angry about Luna Park's actions but damn, was she a fierce one. If Jiminie didn't show up right now, then his mother would be gone when he made a show; unless that's what Jiminie wanted.
His mother had forced him to go through worse shit and right now, it just didn't make sense that she was relying on him in his absence. Did that make sense or was it just as suspicious as the fact that So Hee hadn't been like this when they first met?
"How dare you?" Luna Park said as she raised her hand and Jiminie showed up, laughing.