Poor Taehyung was nearly swiped off his paws once the start sign was given. The other participants flew past him so quick, they were a mere flash.

He stood still, not daring to move and go after them.

Someone in the audience coughed awkwardly, staring at Taehyung's unmoving body.

The low, threatening growl of a high-ranked wolf behind him is what made him start running after all.

He wasn't planning on dying today.

He bolted away, relieved that his omega could take a stretch after all. But this isn't what he had in mind. It's far from it.

He ran and ran, the idea of not knowing when the dominants would come after them caused him more stress than ever.

He jumps over a few piled up branches, the leaves on the ground scattering everywhere when he landed back on four paws.

He takes a few panicked turns, praying that no dominant is going to be even remotely drawn to his scent.

He fears to imagine a random wolf claiming him, treating him badly and needing to live with that person for the rest of his life.

No, Taehyung isn't going to let that happen. If that is going to be the case, he'd rather off himself instead.

He saw how some couples 'worked' and he doesn't have a worse nightmare than ending up just like them.

Feeling like he had ran for hours, he glanced back, relieved to see that he had gotten far.

Noticing that there were no other scents around, he stops running, trying to catch his breath and calm himself down slightly.

His tail automatically found its way back to his belly again. His pointy, short and fluffy ears were clutched against his head and the white of his small, black pearls of eyes was on display.

He feels like a prey about to get attacked by a predator at any second now.

And, as a matter of factly, that unfortunately isn't far from the truth.

Actually, that is exactly what is going to happen.

Hearing a few branches behind him snap, his breath hitches in his throat.

Sniffing the air immediately to try to pick up on any scent, he mewls fearfully when there seemed to be none yet.

He starts to run again, dodging a few trees. About to make a turn, he suddenly whimpers loudly when his entire body crashes to the ground with enough force to knock one out. His spine hit a tree painfully.

Shaking off his dizziness, he tries to figure out who this wolf is that has him pinned down.

The scent is unfamiliar. He hasn't ever smelled it before. It is way too strong for a beta and even for a regular alpha it is too heavy, too masculine. Everything screams pure power.

Taehyung doesn't know what to think. For now, all he knows that he has to escape. Or, live. Figuring out what his status is and who he is, is something than can be done later.

The gigantic black wolf above of him had his pearly white teeth bared. A deep growl continously flows out from his chest that reverberated throughout Taehyung's entire body, which caused shivers to go up his hurt spine.

He didn't dare to move.

"Shift, omega."

The alpha voice caught him off-guard. A helpless whimper left his snout because everything in him seemed to throw itself at the alpha's feet, submitting almost immediately.

His bones started cracking back on their own accord. It was as if his body listened better to the stranger in front of him than it listened to his own mind.

He now sat in his human form pressed up against the tree. He had his head down, not daring to look up.

His blonde locks covered some of his face and he couldn't be more glad about it.

He suddenly feels the big, wet snout sniff the crease of his neck. The cold nose that is pressing against his bare skin makes him shudder.

The wolf takes a step back, the sound of bones cracking to shift into another place fills up the deadly silence.

The man in front of him gripped Taehyung's chin, making him look up forcefully.

Every bit of air was punctured straight out of his lungs at the sight of the male.

The deepest, darkest red glowing eyes stared his soul down. His mouth was slightly open, two fangs from his wolf still on display. Black, slightly wet and curled locks contrasted his face perfectly.

His jawline is so sharp, Taehyung is sure it could cut through anything without even needing to add pressure.

He figured he had to breathe again, so he inhaled.

Oh, how he inhaled.

The scent of the other was so thick, it was all that Taehyung breathed. With every inhale he took he felt like he was being filled up with the other, it clouded his mind and took over his being.

It was an earthy scent. Like freshly fallen rain mixed with liquorice. Taehyung felt like he drowned in it. The scent made him think of walking through a damp, slightly cold forest in the early mornings, the sun yet having to rise. Small droplets of water dripping down green leaves and on the tips of grass, creating some small puddles where they landed or slid down.

The scent made him feel grounded in the best way possible, truly connected with himself, the earth, and strangely the person in front of him, too.

The unknown wolf stood about half a metre away, not saying anything. He just stared Taehyung down, eyes flickering over every part of his body.

As if he had a sudden picture in mind purely because of his scent, too.

Once their eyes met, Taehyung was at loss of breath once more. He saw his own reflection in those orbs. The male in front of him was so ethereal, he didn't know what aspect to focus on.

It was at this point, subconsciously, gravity no longer bound him to the world. The stranger in front of him did.

But, then he realised what he was doing. He was looking a higher-ranked in their eyes, without verbal permission.

He silently prayed to the moon goddess that the male in front of him wouldn't harm him because of it. 

He looks down as quick as he can.

"Stand."

With wobbly knees, Taehyung does as told.

The alpha stepped closer. He proceeded to grip Taehyung's arms and pin his wrists above his head, keeping them in place with one hand. With the other, he brushed through his blonde locks, softly at first.

Then, it was like he was battling his animal side, since he tugged at it a few times.

A whimper left the blonde's throat. He closed his eyes, shaky exhales exiting his mouth.

The dominant stepped in even closer, leaving no more room between them. He had his chest pressed up against him, his head now tucked in his neck, taking deep breaths in.

Taehyung reckoned that his own scent had just as much effect on him.

"Smell so, so good, omega." The alpha rumbled out, nosing his scent gland. It  made the blonde nearly collapse to the floor. The alpha voice was almost too much, but the way he addressed him by his nature just stirred something up inside him.

"A─Alpha.." Taehyung spoke for the first time ever. It was a mere whisper, an anxious one at that. But the other male heard him perfectly.

A snarl like thing left his mouth, as if he went feral.

The grip on his wrists tightened, nails digging into his skin.

He moved his head from his neck to his face, without a word he pressed his forehead against Taehyung's.

They stood in silence for a few more seconds, before the alpha spoke up again.

"Wanna hunt you down, omega. Wanna do it over and over again.
Want to chase you, pin you down.."

Taehyung wasn't sure if he could ever re-open his eyes. As unusual as the words were that the other spoke, because normally, you only enter this event once─ it awoke something in the omega.

It were like the words excited him.

Like his omega took over him and he wanted this alpha to chase him, to hunt him down like a predator playing with his prey.

"Want to do it again tomorrow.
Be there, omega. Be there to run away from me. Don't stop running once you do, make it difficult for me. Want to claim my prize afterwards.."

Taehyung is going to faint.
He is sure of it.

He couldn't speak. His body and wolf had decided for him. He nodded, his heart doing flips.

He wanted more. He wasn't himself, he wasn't in the right state of mind. The alpha took over his being, with his mere scent, words, and pheromones.

The more he thought, the less he realised that the other had released his grip.

Taehyung still had his eyes shut, inhaling deeply to smell more of the other.
It was just so intoxica─

When Taehyung opened his eyes, he found himself almost disappointed.

Almost.

But, then his own conscious, his right state of mind crashed back in.

What the actual fuck just happened?