To the alpha's utter relief, Taehyung weakly pries open his eyes, half-lidded staring back up at him.

"Taehyung, darling, can you reach anyone from your pack? You need a healer. It's still the seventh day, if you return once more right now, you won't be punished. Once you're better you can come back, okay?"

Taehyung's ears are ringing, the sound of Jeongguk's voice faint and hollow. It just doesn't register.

"My omega, you have to reach a friend of yours. Anyone. Can you do that for me, pup?" Jeongguk tries and tries, but quickly realises that Taehyung is just too out of it.

He sighs in frustration, not wanting to lose him. He shifts back to his wolf form and hoists the male onto his back, starting to run back towards the cabin.

Once he arrives, he sprints upstairs with the omega in his arms, tucking him into bed.

Soon he starts pacing back and forth, gripping and tugging on his black locks and his eyes never leaving the omega's vulnerable frame.

Taehyung's state only got worse and worse, so with one final look he dashes towards the cabinet and sprays scent-blocker all over himself, locking the doors behind him ─not to keep him in but instead keep everyone out─ and with all of his speed starting to run towards Taehyung's pack.

He reckons that once he arrives, he'll be able to sniff out the scent of that other omega male and beta that were with his mate the day he managed to escape. Obviously they were his friends, so they'd help him.

Maybe not him, but Taehyung. He has to try, there are no other options.

Once he trespasses the border, his nerves are going insane. He's actually going to risk showing himself in the broad daylight─ how long before someone notices he doesn't belong there?

When the houses got in view, he hides behind every tree, bush and wall, stealthily sniffing his way through the village in order to pick up on the scents he's aiming for.

"Ahem."

The sudden voice behind him made him look back, seeing a female beta eyeing him up and down.

"What are you doing?"

He grins, standing straight. With a small cough, he tries to come over as confident as possible; but with Taehyung's life on the line he was currently anything but that.

"I'm searching for friends of mine. I have no idea where they went. My apologies for coming across as strange." He states, already walking off.

"Uh, alright. What's your rank, anyway? For some reason I can't pick up on it."

He never looks at her in her eyes, keeping up his act.

"Omega. I've always had a faint scent, a lot of wolves have trouble pinpointing it."

"Oh! Well then, why don't you tell me your friends' names? I'll help you look for them."

Jeongguk internally groans at the spike of pheromones coming from her, obviously now interested. How does she not question his big frame? His muscles? Everything screams 'higher-ranked' but at least he's glad she just takes his words for it.

He'll have to suck it up for now, he has a mission. With a deadline.

"Um, right.. their names are.." Shit. What are their names again? He quickly ponders on it, trying to remember if Taehyung has ever mentioned them.

"Jimin! Yes, that is one of my friends." He awkwardly laughs, knowing for sure he has at least one name right.

"Uh, okay. What is his scent like? Wait! I know a Jimin. Maybe he's gone home?"

Jeongguk stands there, no idea what to do. Which way is his home? Of course the beta in front of him assumes he knows where it is, as he's his 'friend.'

"Yeah, maybe he did. Can you maybe sniff out his scent, anyway? Just to be sure, haha."

At this point the beta stares wierdly at him, but she let his behaviour slide since he's ridiculously handsome. Maybe she could ask him to join in the event one of these days.

So, she just shrugs, agreeing. With that, they start walking towards what Jeongguk assumes is his house─ the beta actually knowing where he lives which saved him the trouble of having to sniff him out of hundreds of houses and avoiding crowds.

"Ah, got it! He's back home. Here you go. Anyways, maybe I'll see you sometime again, omega."

Jeongguk nods quickly, cringing at the way she adressed him. Yeah, right.

When she walks off, he knocks on the door hastily, sweat rolling down and getting soaked up by his shirt.

When the door opens, he invites himself in, closing the door behind him roughly.

The man in front of him, a beta, growls at the unknown intruder.

However he was shut up when he got an even more threatening growl in return, the scent-blocker worn off due to his frantic actions and sweating.

"You! Where is Taehyung? What have you done to him?!" An omega appears from the staircase, glaring at him.

Jeongguk swallowed, somewhat intimidated at the tiny male. He looks ready to kill.

"Look, we have to be quick. People took Taehyung and made him take wolfsbane, he's terribly sick right now. I need a healer. You have to get me a healer."

Jimin's eyes widened drastically, tears glazed with tears as he shot his gaze to his mate in panic. He speeds out of the door, shutting it close behind him.

"Great. My scent-blocker has worn off. Now how do I get back?" He mutters to himself, glaring down at the floor and tugging on his shirt.

"Yeah, sucks to be you, man. Good luck." Yoongi pats his shoulder sarcastically, wanting to walk off, but his wrist got twisted in a tight grip and a low rumble made him take his words back.

Maybe not the right time to piss off a pure blood.

"Damn dude, alright, fine. I have some upstairs, I'll be right back."

Jeongguk's wolf snarls, proud inside of him.

When he returned, he sprays nearly all of the bottle's contents on himself, not wanting to go through the same fate somewhere else less fortunate.

"Yeah, sure, go ahead, not like that stuff wasn't expensive or anything.." Yoongi mumbles, glaring at the male who scoffed.

"Oh please. Don't even─" Before he could finish his sentence, the door reopened and Jimin stepped in, another wolf following suit.

"I heard there's a wolf whom has wolfsbane in his system? Where is he?"

Jeongguk glances at Jimin, not sure whether he can trust the other. The boy just shrugs. Great. Very reassuring.

"Yeah, follow me." He went with, hoping the other wouldn't start asking too many questions. Otherwise he'll have to fling the wolf over his shoulder and start running.

"I'm coming too!" Jimin squeaked, dashing after them.

Yoongi was left flabbergasted as it all went so quick. With a sigh, he waddles after them, purely to keep an eye on his mate.