Rage consumed Taehyung's entire body whilst he ran back towards the audience.

The amount of questions he has makes him dizzy.

It's even more frustrating because he can't even answer at least one of them.

Who the hell signed him up for the event?

Who was that alpha?

He was one hundred percent sure he hadn't ever seen his face before. Not even a small glimpse of it, neither of his scent, which was just as confusing for multiple reasons.

And the words he spoke were so unusual.
The man really wanted to hunt him down.

Taehyung huffed, shaking his head feriously.

He made up his mind within two minutes. He was going to pretend to exit this event alone, as if nothing ever happened. He won't ever go back, not even to watch.

He hates dominants, alpha's, with a burning passion and he certainly doesn't want a change of mindset. Absolutely not.

He isn't going to let himself get commanded around like some toy. He isn't going to let himself get taken advantage of.

With that in mind, he finally reaches the others.

People stared at him, some blinking a few times, because genuinely no one had expected him to come back alone.

Taehyung is a beautiful omega. Everyone can see that. It is the obvious.

Yet there he is.

Taehyung was about to march back towards his own place but once he passed the registration, he couldn't help but peek down at the list of names.

Most of the names have been scrapped with a check mark behind them already, since most of the wolves have returned. Only some of them haven't yet.

His orbs scanned the remaining names, wondering which one belongs to the alpha. He scoffed internally once he saw his own, the fire within him growing more furious.

He frowned, however, when he came across a specific scrapped name.

Jung Hoseok.

His gut feeling twisted.

It has to be him. It has to be him, who enlisted him.

But if so, why didn't he come after him?

The alpha with the list in hand glanced at Taehyung, raising an eyebrow.

"What do you need?"

Biting his lip, Taehyung reckoned that asking might not be such a big issue.

"What happened to that alpha, Jung Hoseok?"

The dominant chuckled,
"The man got himself eliminated. He tried to go off before the start sign was given. He could enter again, but he is banned for a week."

Taehyung couldn't help but smile at that. He nearly laughed out loud, this amusing him to the fullest.

Then, he thought of asking information about the unknown alpha that pounced on him in the woods. But he figured that if he'd do that, he would have to give specific details.

And no one was supposed to know he met him, so how would he ever bring this?

He furrowed his brows, the person in front of him wondered why the omega hasn't left yet.

"Is there anything else?"

Taehyung hummed quietly, barely nodding his head.

Fuck it.

"By any chance, do you have any idea of a possible alpha in our pack with a very heavy earthy like scent?"

Taehyung didn't miss the way the dominant stilled in his spot. One other high-ranked from behind him glanced him in his eyes, like they silently communicated.

The alpha clears his throat, shaking his head.

"I have no idea. There's no alpha with such a description that enlisted himself. There's not a possibility someone else signed him up either, it's the rule that alpha's need to do that themselves. Why are you asking?"

Taehyung took note of the tone the other spoke with.

As if he was nervous.

As if he was going to stutter.

"Oh, no reason. I was just asking because I thought I smelled a scent like that the other day. Must've been my imagination, haha, silly me."

The omega clears his throat and dashes away, not wanting the other to ask questions. He won't be able to keep up his facade if that happens.

Before going back to his own place, he went past Jimin's. He had to speak to his best friend. He has to tell him about it. He can't bare this alone.

He trusts Jimin with his life. Literally.

He knocked on his door several times, waiting for someone to open. He wasn't surprised once he saw Yoongi's face, a welcoming smile tugged on his lips.

"Hey, Taehyung. Come on in!"

The omega thanked him and did so, looking around to spot his friend.

"Jimin is upstairs in his room." Yoongi answered before the question was emitted, noticing how the boy searched for him with his eyes.

"I need to speak to him. Is that alright?" Taehyung has to ask for permission now.

Yoongi laughs,
"Of course it is. Go ahead."

A small smile found its way to his own lips. The dominant seems nice.
Jimin is very lucky.

"Jiminie, it's me. Can I come in?"

The door opened and the smaller omega pulled him in his embrace, a fond, big smile on his lips.

"Taehyungie! I've missed you. Come in, I have so much to tell you!"

Jimin closed the door and urged Taehyung to sit on his bed.

One sat criss-crossed and the other sat there, hugging his legs.

Taehyung's eyes widened once they fell upon the other's neck.

A fresh mating mark thrived on Jimin's scent gland, the boy seemed ecstatic.

"Whoa there, you guys didn't take it slow."

Jimin giggled, shaking his head shyly.

"He's so good to me, Tae!" He chimed happily. "He treats me so well. I'm so lucky! It feels right, just perfect. That's why we didn't take it slow."

Taehyung smiles, "I'm so happy for you, Jimin-ah!"

Jimin scanned Taehyung's expressions. As his best friend for years on end, of course he didn't fail to notice that something was off.

And so he asked.

Taehyung bit his trembling lip, some tears welling up in his eyes which he surprised himself with. Jimin gasped softly, worry taking over.

"Tae, what happened? It wasn't Hoseok, right? Did he hurt you? Did he touch you? Tell me! I'm going to kill the fucker."

A sad chuckle left Taehyung's mouth. "You know you can't. You'll get yourself killed instead."

"So it indeed was him. You aren't denying it! What did he do? You coming here must have a very important reason, at this hour."

Taking a shaky breath in, Taehyung spoke up.

"I think he enlisted me for The Hunt. I went to watch today. Before I knew it, I was forced to join. Someone had signed me up."

A loud gasp left Jimin's throat.

"How─ what happened?! Are you okay?!"

Taehyung shook his head.

"I don't know. I think so? I─ I don't know, honestly."

With that, he began spilling every detail. From the way he ran, all the way to the unknown alpha and what happened at the registration.

Jimin could only listen with a heavy heart.

He knows how much Taehyung hates dominants, especially alpha's. Yet there he sat, spilling his latest unwanted experience.

"─But, to my surprise, I don't think the alpha went back to the others. His scent didn't linger that way, in fact, I think he wandered off somewhere else, away from everyone."

The listening omega gasped softly at the new information.

Should he tell him?