Taesan’s POV

My blood freezes as Seoha ends the call.

’Omega isn’t safe?’ my alpha asks, searching our bond link for anything that might let me know what’s going on...but it’s silent.

The sound of footsteps grabs my attention, and I look over my shoulder; it’s Seoha’s grandmother.

"Is everything alright?" the elderly woman asks with concern.

She’s holding a bowl of porridge and I shake my head, "something has gone wrong" I say.

And immediately, my phone starts to ring again, and this time, it’s a call from my grandfather.

"Did you get his call?" he asks and I growl angrily, turning my back on the old woman in the room.

I don’t want her to see this part of me.

"What have you done you piece of shit? I swear if you fucking hurt him-" I snarl into the phone and my grandfather starts to laugh.

"Oh mountain, mountain, you always make me the happiest my boy" he says in between laughter, and my irritation grows stronger.

"You are your mother’s son, emotional fools" he lands a low blow, but I don’t flinch, I won’t fucking flinch.

"Let Seoha go, he has nothing to do with all of these" I order, lowering my voice to save his grandmother from hearing this.

"Oh, Seoha? I don’t have him" grandfather says and my alpha roars in anger, "stop lying you bastard!"

"If you keep insulting me, boy, I might get him" the old man says coldly.

"Actually, I have something more valuable than that omega, little tiger" he says into the phone.

No laughter, no jokes...he isn’t lying.

"What do you have?" I ask.

"I asked you to take care of my boy, Daeshin, and you went ahead to cut two of his fingers off" he continues to talk.

"What do you have? Answer me" I say impatiently as panic is starting to build in my chest.

I list all my valuables in my head, and right now no one matters to me but Seoha and Sooin.

Seoha is not with him, and I know that Sooin is heavily guarded.

"Are you fucking with me?" I ask with a sneer.

"Yuki fought hard, what a good fighter she is" grandfather says and all my thoughts come to a stop.

Fuck.

"Grandfather" I growl.

"She’s smart too, well trained, but of course, brute force always wins"

"GRANDFATHER" I roar loudly and the laughter returns.

"We are having tea party, Sooin and I, she is a very interesting child" he finally says and I start to see red.

He’s with my daughter. He has taken my pup. My Sooin.

"My daughter doesn’t belong in this dirty game you’re playing" I say and he laughs, "why else do you think she was born? Taesan, I told you, I am a god"

"I will kill you, I promise" I spit out, and I feel a touch on my back, asking me to calm down.

"Join our tea party, and bring that Shin guitar to me, that last property will be handed over to the government if I don’t have the proof of ownership" he says and ends the call.

"Arrggh" I roar, punching the air around me and scratching the wall with my claws.

Fuck!

"Son, take a moment and breathe" Seoha’s grandma says and I turn to look at her, my breathing is coming out with difficulty.

"My pup..." I say and she winces.

"Go and save that pup, but think wisely, if you act impulsively, you will only put the poor baby in more danger" she advices me and I rush out of the house.

I am still dressed in the borrowed shirt and pants, my breathing is still erratic, and my heart is on fire.

Sooin, my daughter, I have done everything grandfather wants to keep her out of this position.

"Fuck!" I yell and start to drive back to the city at high speed.

I can’t think clearly, my experience with that old bastard is painting a hundred images of what he might do to my little girl.

The psychological torture, the forced murder, the mental games.

I go straight to his mansion, and burst through the door, aiming to get to him and kill him first of all but I am stopped by his guards.

They grab my hand and force me to my knees, I try to shake their hands off me, but my body is weak from lack of sleep and stress.

"Where is my daughter? Where is she?" I yell, my throat is dry and bleeding as I ask those questions.

The grand door opens and my grandfather steps out with a cane and Yuki behind him.

I growl as I realize that Yuki looks...fine?

"I told you, there was a weak link in your clan, captain" he says and I keep staring at Yuki, while Yuki keeps staring at the floor.

"Y-you gave my daughter out?" I ask, but she doesn’t respond.

"Calm down boy, it’s your fault, I told you emotions and sentiment are two damning factors in this world, didn’t I?" grandfather asks and I successfully free myself from the guards.

"Stop him!" grandfather yells, moving backwards with fear in his eyes.

And as I am seconds away from attacking, they force me to my knees again, injecting something into the back of my neck.

"I TRUSTED YOU" I cry out through clenched teeth, and my pain seems to amuse the deranged bastard that is my grandfather.

"Trust is expensive, now, I know the guitar is not with you" he says and I try to breathe through the drugs coursing through my veins like liquid fire.

"What?" I ask in confusion, fighting off the dizziness trying to swallow me up and grandfather laughs again.

"Junho told me he gave it to Seoha" Yuki says and I let out a noise that sounds like bark.

Why am I surrounded by betrayers?

"Junho is a hard man to get on your side; I guess we needed soft round breasts and a warm wet pussy" grandfather says and I see Yuki drop her head with shame.

Why? Why?

"WHY?" I manage to shout before dropping to the floor.

I stay conscious, but can’t move, and I hear the call to Seoha, telling him about the guitar.

Your mother’s guitar or Taesan’s life.

’Don’t come...Seoha, please...don’t come here’ my alpha pleads in my head before I lose consciousness.