Yunho picked at his lip as he sat on the bed and stared at the faded yellow comforter. His foot bounced up and down where he had it crossed over his knee.

He just couldn't get Lizbeth's words out of his mind. Hardships... Challenges... Bloodshed... They whirled around in his mind. He was positive she might have been alluding to his old pack when she said that an old pack could pose a problem but also provide a solution, but what could that possibly mean?

And one of them being hunted more than the others... That had to be Mingi, since his father was head alpha of Alpha pack. But someone getting hunted more...

It was all too much.

He was just about to stand up when he felt a pair of arms wrap around his stomach. He closed his eyes as his wolf immediately leaned into the contact. Jongho leaned forward and placed his chin on Yunho's shoulder, placing a couple of kisses on his mark.

"What's wrong, my love?" His alpha whispered.

"I'm just trying to figure out what Lizbeth meant by all that."

Jongho sighed and squeezed him tighter. "I know. It's got us all on edge. But... At least we can work on being prepared. I feel like they were warnings that those things could happen, but that we could also do things to prevent them from happening."

"Yeah... That's true. I don't know, it just makes me nervous." Yunho leaned his head back and Jongho continued to kiss his neck. He purred as he focused on the mark, knowing that his alpha was doing that to try and calm him down. It was perfect.

"It makes us all nervous." Jongho whispered. "But dwelling on it now won't do anything. We have a bed for the night, we are in a place where we know we are safe..." His tone turned into a little bit of a growl as he kissed the mark again while slipping his hands under Yunho's shirt.

The beta shivered at the sensation and let out a content sigh, loving the way his alpha's hands felt on him. He sucked his bottom lip into his mouth.

San and Wooyoung were out exploring the town...

Jongho brought his hands higher, pulling Yunho's shirt up with him to pull it up over his head. Yunho went to turn to face his alpha, but Jongho just pressed up against him again to hold him in place, resuming his gentle caresses.

Yunho could feel himself becoming more and more relaxed. It had been a long time since he and Jongho could be alone like this. Back home, one of them was always on patrol or out hunting while Mingi, Hongjoong, and Yeosang had been out of commission.

His wolf reaffirmed it by forcing its way forward. "Alpha..." He moaned as Jongho's hands drifted lower. "I've missed you."

"I've missed you too baby." Jongho said, slipping a hand into Yunho's pants and slowly wrapping his fingers around the beta's hardening length. "Do you want Alpha?"

Yunho nodded his head as his hips thrust up into Jongho's hand, wanting the friction. Jongho chuckled in response and tightened his grip as he started to pump his hand up and down.

But he didn't do it for long. As Yunho's whimpers increased, Jongho withdrew his hand and dragged it back up his beta's stomach and chest, circling his nipples a couple of times.

Then he brought one hand up to rest on Yunho's chin and tilted his head so they could look at each other. "I love you." Jongho whispered before connecting their lips. It brought a small whimper from Yunho and that caused Jongho to twist them around so he was on top of the beta, pinning him to the bed.

Yunho brought his hands up to pull Jongho's shirt over his head and then pulled them closer so their chests touched. His would purred with joy, loving the attention from his alpha. It really had been too long.

Jongho slipped his tongue into Yunho's mouth as he started to grind their hips together, drawing on the friction the both desired. He kept the movement long and slow, drawing everything out as long as he could. It was driving Yunho insane.

He whined a little, his wolf trying to say that it needed more. There was a deep rumble on Jongho's chest as he chuckled, still keeping their lips connected. "So impatient for Alpha." He smirked after finally breaking the kiss to kiss along Yunho's jaw.

"Please Alpha. I am... I need my Alpha." The bets said as his breathing got quicker. He clenched and unclenched his hands at his side, trying to keep himself calm as Jongho's kisses got lower and lower.

Then he surprised Yunho by slipping two fingers into his mouth and playing with his tongue. The beta sucked on them greedily, knowing what this meant for him as he brought a hand up to take his alpha's other hand.

In a quick switch, Jongho moved back up to start kissing his lover again while sticking one finger into Yunho's entrance, moving it in and out quickly before adding the second one.

Yunho whimpered at the stretch and clawed at his alpha's back, loving every touch, every kiss, every sound.

He loved his alpha so much.

Jongho moves to nuzzle his mark as he lined his member up and slowly pushed it in. The pleasure stemming from the mark was a good distraction from the pain at the stretch Yunho felt. But the pain didn't last long. As soon as Jongho started rocking his hips Yunho moaned his name and clung to him.

"You feel so good." Jongho said, rubbing his cheek against Yunho's before picking up the pace.

The beta has a hard time forming words as his alpha slammed into him repeatedly. He never realized just how much he had missed this and needed it until the moment. All the things he had been worrying about before were forgotten. His was making love to his alpha. Nothing else mattered.

As Jongho started to slow, they both knew his knot was coming. He grunted and adjusted a little, all the while Yunho just nodded his head as he reached for his alpha.

There fingers intertwined as they both climaxed at the same time. As they came down from their high, they rotated to their sides and nuzzled each other's marks continuously, adding to the pleasure they both felt.

"Thank you." Yunho whispered, still panting a little. "I didn't realize how much I needed to feel you."

Jongho placed a gentle kiss on his forehead. "And I, you. We need to be better about trying to make time for us."

"Well we have been preoccupied with other things lately." Yunho smiles as he curled up into his alpha's chest. "But I agree."

They stayed there for a couple of minutes before Jongho carefully reached down and pulled a blanket up over them, just in case Wooyoung and San came back. Then he let his fingers dance over Yunho's back in a comforting, lazy motion as they both drifted off to sleep.

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"This one would be a good one." Seonghwa said, handing Wooyoung a bottle of pills. "It's stronger than what your used to, but that might be needed right now." He rubbed the back of the smaller omega's head lovingly as Wooyoung leaned into his side.

They had run out of the medication needed for his heat, and that was the last thing they needed to go through right now. It was too dangerous for San to take him out in his own for that amount of time, and it was too dangerous for Wooyoung to be around so many alphas.

The thought of being knotted by four alphas made both of them cringe.

"Do you think there is a cure out there?" Wooyoung asked quietly, stating at the bottle in his hand before looking outside where San and Mingi were talking.

Seonghwa felt his heart sink at the words. He couldn't even begin to imagine what was going through his friend's head right now. For Lizbeth to say she had been looking for a cure for years...

"It's possible. But... I wouldn't get your hopes up." Seonghwa lulled the younger into a hug and kissed the top of his head. Wooyoung just nodded into his chest and hugged him back.

Then the sound of someone clearing their throat came from behind them and they turned to see Lizbeth standing off to the side. She looked at Wooyoung with a mixture of fondness and sadness. "Little one." She said, tilting her head a little. "I know it is hard, but you have a good support system. Not everyone is meant to be a parent. Some are meant for something more."

"Would you stop speaking in riddles?" Seonghwa snapped, looking down on her. The entire pack was on edge after her 'reading' and it ticked him off. Especially because of how Mingi has reacted.

Lizbeth's smile faltered as she glanced at Seonghwa. "I do not mean to offend. I just want to help ease his pain."

"Then don't give him false hope! How could you say that you've heard of a cure but have never found it?" Seonghwa's voice got harsher as he felt his wolf getting angry.

"Seonghwa it's ok..." Wooyoung said, trying to step back, but Seonghwa just tightened his grip.

"No, Youngie, it's not ok! It's not fair to you! In fact, everything she told us wasn't fair. Why don't you explain why my mate flipped out in there? Or were you just doing that to help too?"

Lizbeth's eyes flashed red for a second and she snarled. Wooyoung shrank back as he started to submit but Seonghwa held his ground. The alpha shook her head and took a few deep breaths. "I warned you before we started that not all of it would be happy news, so don't blame me." Then she smiled. "You're strong, for an omega. It's refreshing to see. Hold onto it, you're going to need it in the upcoming days."

"Why do you have to be so vague?" Seonghwa snapped. "Just tell me what on earth you are referring to! I'm tired of you mind games."

The alpha eyed him, then glanced outside. "Wooyoung, will you go get Mingi please and then stay outside?" She asked quietly.

Wooyoung looked up at Seonghwa, but the older just nodded in approval and took the bottle of pills from him so he could pay for them. Then he watched as Wooyoung hurried outside and was immediately hugged by San who could sense the stress coming off the boy.

Mingi came in and hesitated when he saw Lizbeth, but he came to Seonghwa's side and wrapped an arm around his waist. "What is she doing here?" He growled.

Lizbeth clenched her jaw. "I think you know. But Seonghwa doesn't. Would you like to tell him, or do you want me to?"

Seonghwa looked up at his alpha and noticed that he had lost some of his color. "What is she talking about?"

"Please, please tell me it's not true..." Mingi shook his head and tightened his grip on his omega. "Please..."

The female alpha sighed and her shoulders dropped. "I wish that I could, but as I said before, it's too late."

Mingi covered his mouth to cover a sob. He was visibly shaking and Seonghwa could feel so many emotions rolling off him. He sensed... Happiness and love, but also so much fear and anxiety.

"What is going on?" Seonghwa growled, pushing Mingi away from him.

His alpha looked almost broken as he sobbed and looked at him. "Seonghwa... I'm sorry... I'm so sorry. I should have been more careful. I've put you in terrible danger."

"Why?" Seonghwa brought his hands too his chest and took a step back.

Lizbeth moved to him and placed a hand on his shoulder. "Seonghwa, sweetie, what Mingi is trying to say is... You're pregnant with his pups."

Seonghwa's heart stopped as he looked between the two of them. If this was true then... Why was Mingi so upset? Sure, it wasn't ideal timing, but...

He looked down and placed his hands on his stomach. "I'm... pregnant?" A blush came to his cheeks. He was going to have pups with the love of his life. "Mingi." He whispered, glancing up at his alpha. But his good mood started to fade when he saw tears pouring from Mingi's eyes.

His heart dropped and he stepped away. Mingi didn't want to have a baby with him... After he had accepted him as a mate, now his alpha didn't want to have pups with him...

Lizbeth's eyes went wide as she looked at Seonghwa and she started to speak, but he just turned around and fled the store.

"Seonghwa?" Wooyoung called after him, but the older didn't stop.

He felt like he had been rejected.

"Seonghwa!" A deeper voice yelled. It just made the omega run faster. "Seonghwa, stop!"

He didn't want to. He wanted to run away and not come back if his mate was going to reject him like this.

"Stop! STOP!"

Seonghwa felt his knees give out and he stumbled forward, catching himself on his hands and knees. Ugly sobs escaped his throat as he trembled under his alpha's order.

Mingi knelt in front of him and pulled him into his arms. "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry."

The omega cried out and pushed him away. "Well I'm not!" He yelled, then slapped Mingi across the face. "After all I did for you, how could you treat me this way?"

His alpha placed a hand against his cheek and looked at him, his mouth open slightly. "Baby..."

"Don't baby me! How could you reject me that way?"

"R-Reject? Is that why you ran away?" Mingi asked quietly, lowering his hand from his red cheek.

"Why else would I?" The omega yelled, raising his hand again. This time Mingi caught it and pulled him forward to connect their lips.

As much as he wanted to pull away, Seonghwa couldn't. Kissing his mate was everything to him.

"I'm sorry." Mingi whispered against his lips before moving to kiss his mark. "I didn't mean to make you feel rejected. That wasn't my intention at all."

"Then why were you crying?" Seonghwa asked, wrapping his arms around his alpha.

"Because I'm scared of my father..."

The omega froze. How could he be so stupid? Of course Mingi would be worried about what his father would do to them if he found out about the baby...

"He wants nothing more than to carry on our bloodline. I know that's why he didn't kill me and tried to turn me against everyone. He said there's something ancient in our blood that makes alphas stronger... If he finds out that I have fathered pups... It puts you in so much danger my love."

Seonghwa sat back and cupped his alpha's face. "I am not scared of him, and I am no ordinary omega. If he thinks he will harm our baby, he's greatly mistaken."

Mingi chuckled and brought him in for another kiss. "You are definitely no ordinary omega my love. I'm sorry I panicked like that, I'm supposed to be the strong one."

"It's ok to be scared when it comes to the ones you love." Seonghwa leaned forward to nuzzle the mark on Mingi's neck.

Then he heard something rattle and started laughing. Mingi pulled back and looked at him with wide eyes.

Seonghwa covered his mouth to stifle the giggles that followed as he held up the bottle of pills he was going to buy for Wooyoung. "We had better go back and pay for these."