Seonghwa storms back to the house, not even caring he's walking through the woods naked or that the twigs and sharp rocks are stabbing his soft feet. He grumbles about the encounter with the four strangers in their territory, daring one of them to try and go against his wishes of them staying outside.

However, once he steps into the clearing where their house is located, he sees Yeosang sitting on the porch swing with Ana in his arms. She was laying down against his chest, possibly asleep for her nap. Seonghwa's heart melts and once he's close enough, he kisses Yeosang's forehead, "Thank you."

"What happened?" Yeosang immediately asks, his large green eyes were wide as he waited for an answer.

"Mingi's brother is here," Seonghwa mumbles under his breath, "And he brought his pack."

"Pack?" Yeosang frowns, then his eyes soften, "I didn't know Mingi had a brother."

"They're half brothers," Seonghwa explains, sighing as he brushes a dark brown curl behind Ana's ear, "Mingi doesn't talk much about his family because... well, his father is the most powerful Alpha, and he has many Betas and Omegas claimed as his own. Mingi doesn't have full siblings. From what I understood is that Primrose, his mother, had trouble getting pregnant. The midwife even told her that if she were to carry a pup to full term she and the baby wouldn't make it. And so when she finally got pregnant with Mingi and gave birth to him at full term, she almost died during child birth from bleeding out."

"But," Seonghwa sighs, "Valentine had flings with many Betas and Omegas, Jongho's mother being one of them. He's actually one of Valentine's favorites when it comes to his claimed Betas and Omegas. Not sure why though... some say the Beta saved Valentine during a hunting trip when they came across a bunch of hunters. But he never compared to Primrose, and he knew that. But, having Primrose as his mate didn't stop Valentine from fooling around. So he has older half siblings and younger half siblings, but he wasn't as close to any of them like he was to Jongho."

"His pack sounds a lot like ours," Yeosang frowns, "What happened to them? Jongho and Mingi?"

Before Seonghwa could answer, he snaps his head over to the clearing and sees Hongjoong helping Mingi walk to the house. The fight amongst the Alphas caused him many injuries on his body, thankfully nothing broken. Seonghwa stands, moving to take his daughter in his arms but Yeosang smiles, "It's okay, I got her. Go help him."

Seonghwa nods and races off of the porch to go help Hongjoong bring in the Alpha, Mingi hisses when Seonghwa lifts his arm to place it around his shoulders. He looks to Hongjoong, taking this moment to speak to him through their private link, I'm going to place him in the bed, watch for the them.

You don't trust them do you? Hongjoong asks, arching his eyebrow.

No, and right now you shouldn't either considering they had attacked our Alpha on our territory, Seonghwa growls slightly before carrying Mingi in the house, down the hall and to their bedroom.

Once he was placed on the bed, Seonghwa made sure he was comfortable before tending to his cuts and bruises. That is until Mingi waves him off, "Leave them." Seonghwa didn't protest, he sighs and moves to put the first aid kit away when Mingi gently grabs his hand to stop him, "Lay with me."

The Omega smiles softly and obeys, sitting the first aid kit on the table by their bed before crawling in his Alpha's awaiting arms. Seonghwa places his head on Mingi's bare chest, Mingi sighs heavily and closes his eyes, "Where's Ana?"

"Yeosang was holding her," Seonghwa whispers, tracing figures on Mingi's chest with the tip of his finger.

Mingi hums, "Good," he sighs, kissing the top of Seonghwa's blonde hair before rubbing his hands up and down Seonghwa's back and arms, "Do you think he did it?"

"Who? Did what?" Seonghwa whispers, frowning slightly.

"My father. Do you think he would've been heartless enough to banish his own son with a threat of being killed if he came back?" Mingi scoffs, almost not believing the thought of his father banishing his own son, let alone an Alpha.

"I honestly don't know Mingi," Seonghwa looks up at his Alpha, seeing he was staring at the ceiling, "But why else are they here? And not there?"

Mingi sighs, shaking his head before bringing his hands up to cup his face, rubbing his eyes tiredly, "I don't know..."

Seonghwa sits up and removes his hands from his face before leaning down and pressing their lips together. The kiss was soft and had no hint of hunger or need. It was just simply a kiss for connection. When Seonghwa pulls away, he brushes Mingi's cheekbone with the pads of his thumb and smiles softly, "Whatever happened has happened for a reason. Maybe this is a sign from the Moon Goddess for you to patch up your relationship with your brother."

"You've seen the way he acted today Seonghwa," Mingi mumbles, closing his eyes, "He hates me."

Seonghwa swallows the bile in the back of his throat at the distaste for the other Alpha before he sighs, "Don't fret over it too much baby," he leans down and connects their lips again for a kiss before getting out of bed, "I need to go make dinner, get some rest."

Before he could leave the room, Mingi stops him by speaking out loud, "Treat them as guests. Show as much respect to them as you would going to another Alpha's home." Seonghwa nods and grabs a pair of leggings and a large T-shirt, closing the door behind him before he goes to the kitchen to cook dinner.

Once dinner was done, and the sun was setting, the temperature outside was dropping drastically to the point Seonghwa began to worry about them. He eventually lost his angry facade, and took many pillows and blankets out to them as well as their meal.

The Omega was especially grateful as he took the blanket into his arms and wraps it around him and the Beta named San. Yunho gave Seonghwa a soft smile as he takes his pillow and blanket, sighing in relief when the warmth envelopes him. Seonghwa looks around, not seeing or smelling the other Alpha anywhere, "Is Jongho hunting?"

"No," Yunho answers, "He's not joined us since the fight."

Seonghwa bites his lip, shivering a bit before taking himself inside and going to find Mingi. When he does find his Alpha, he's bonding with Ana by laying on the floor with her during her tummy time hour. Ana was getting to the place now where she can push herself up on her hands, but can't quite figure out the knees or legs yet. And she babbles constantly, a small grin was always on her bright face.

"Mingi," Seonghwa kneels down to be on the same level with his mate.

"Yes my love," Mingi looks up to him, his eyes immediately draw back to Ana when she squeals and scoots forward a little to reach the toy Mingi has in his hand.

"Jongho hasn't joined the others," Seonghwa reports, biting his lip, "It's awfully cold outside for someone to be alone..."

Mingi was quiet as he stares at their daughter, his face falls from the smile he had when she babbles. He takes in a deep breath, and stands, Anastasia squeaks at him as she watches him stand tall over her. He bends down, and kisses the tops of his mate's and child's heads before walking to the door.

"Don't wait up for me," Mingi calls back, "Hongjoong keep watch over the house."

"Yes, Alpha," Hongjoong replies, watching as he exits the house before humming, "This should be interesting."

"Shut up for once Joong," Seonghwa rolls his eyes, taking Mingi's place to do tummy time with Anastasia.

Mingi shakes out his fur after shifting in the trees, his nose plants itself on the ground and sniffs, easily finding Jongho's scent and following it. His eyes easily skim through the dark, he can see many creatures coming out of the woods and waking up even when it's so cold outside.

He didn't have to walk a ways away before he finally comes across the large black wolf by the tree he had punched. As soon as he stepped in the same area as Jongho, the other wolf snarls and stands, the fur on his neck and back were bristled. Mingi shifts and grabs the spare change of clothes he had tied to his one ankle, grabbing the other from the other leg he took off of the clothes drying line back at the house.

He tosses them to Jongho, the wolf shrinks away from them before Mingi snorts, "It's clothes. To at least try to help keep you warm."

Jongho snorts at them and turns away from them with a huff. Mingi rolls his eyes, "Are you not going to even shift? I can't understand you anymore you know."

Jongho growls, looking over his shoulder before curling up in a ball, facing away from Mingi. The older Alpha sighs, running a hand through his red hair, "Jongho come on man. I know you're not happy with me, but at least work with me here. Your pack is at the house, they're eating an actual mean and wrapped up in warm blankets. Won't you at least come join them?"

Jongho snarls, and Mingi once more snorts, "Really? Quit having a pity party and come join them. After today you may have destroyed a bit of that Alpha they love, but their love for you is still there. They want their Alpha, and that's not me."

Jongho didn't make a sound or move, not even when Mingi throws the clothes at him again, the jeans landing on the wolf's head, "Get up and get dressed. Plus we need to look at your hand. You're going to come join your pack, eat a hot meal that's not deer roasting on a fire, and sleep closer to protection. It's not much, but it's better than what you had."

Mingi didn't say anything else before he turns and starts to walk away. He didn't walk very far before he hears footsteps behind him and turns his head to see Jongho following him. He was wearing some clothes that belonged to Mingi, the pants were a little long so he had them rolled up to fit better. Mingi smirks slightly as he turns back around and starts to finish the walk back home.

"Stop fucking smirking you prick, just because I'm following you doesn't mean you won," Jongho snaps, passing by Mingi to get in front of the other Alpha. Mingi sighs, he wasn't sure how long Jongho and his pack would be staying, but it was going to be a long and complicated period of time.

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Written by @luckyhwa98