His story isn't as traumatic as Yeosang's.

Sure he grew up with an Alpha mother and an Alpha father, alpha siblings, and pretty much everyone surrounding him being an Alpha. He was ridiculed for being a Beta since day one. They never treated him equal, always making him eat last and eating the scraps. He never slept in a bed, always in a cage outside whether it was raining or snowing, or even blistering hot outside.

One thing he did try to do, was be kind and dream that someone someday is going to save him and the other children here being abused. While Alpha children lived life of luxury, Beta pups like San and Yeosang as well as Omega children were treated like they didn't matter. Like they were the most disgusting creatures on the planet, and if you disagreed, you were beaten to death whether it be sticks or stones, or even fists.

San took the beatings like a champ, always gritting his teeth and accepting the punishments. He seen children refuse punishments get their necks or their spines broken, and he didn't want to end up like them. One Beta always caught his attention, and as much as he tried to make friends with the other, he wouldn't say a word. Though they weren't accepted in the pack, they couldn't mind link like everyone else, so they communicated through words in the dirt or mud.

His name was Yeosang. They never spoke, he remained mute and always kept his eyes down cast, but he was San's only friend.

One night, San remembers it well and has nightmares of it quite often, San's father didn't like the tone of voice San spoke in. He unlocks San's cage, ripping him out and beating him with a closed fist. He was going to end his life after picking up a large stone in one hand, until San snapped.

He shifted, for the first time ever since he lived in that damn cage, he shifted into his wolf form and attacked his father. His father's screams were instantly silenced the moment he pounced on him, snapping his head right off his shoulders. San shifted back into his human form after realizing what he's done, knowing the pack will kill him if they find out. He runs.

He ran past Yeosang's cage, which was right beside his very own and before he can get far he hears a sob and the cage rattling. He freezes, turning back and seeing Yeosang sobbing and reaching for him, pleading to be free like him. San hurries and frees Yeosang from his cage and together the two run away.

When they run into the place they call home now, Seonghwa immediately imprinted on them as the kind and gentle mother figure. Hongjoong is who they're most terrified of, him being Alpha blood. While him and Yeosang lay in bed that night, cuddling for warmth, Yeosang looks up at San.

Let's stay here.

And so they did.

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