Chapter 81: Bloody shoes
Seoha’s POV
I drop the merch to the table and Yuki scoffs.
"He gave this to you?" she asks and I nod slowly.
"That sly snake, he knows what he’s doing, he knows you" she says and takes the shirt to throw into the trash can.
I feel so stupid.
Jaemin? The one that wrote a solo song about loving and staying till he dies? I remember sobbing to that song.
He’s the same person that hurt my Sooin?
"Look, we tell you to stay away from Taesan, not because he’s a bad man, but because he has gone through enough hell" she says and returns to the desk.
She looks like the Yuki I met when I first came. Cold, strict and disciplined. The Yuki that does her job and goes away silently.
"We say that because we don’t want him to hurt anymore, love...love hasn’t been kind to him" she explained and I fall into the chair, my legs feel weak.
There is too much that I don’t understand about Taesan, too much that I haven’t seen, too much about him that I don’t know.
"But...but why?" I ask in confusion, who would leave a man like Taesan?
I know he doesn’t love me, but the way he loves Sooin, and the way he put those kids first tells a lot...who would walk out on him?
"Why? It’s because Jaemin is Jaemin, selfish, mean and a snake" Yuki says and runs her fingers through her hair.
"He left when Taesan needed him the most, and he chose his career over his family...he was grandfather’s tool to break Taesan anyway"
"Oh..." I whisper.
Grandfather...that man.
"Why would a grandfather treat his own grandchild like that?" I ask.
"Simple, he’s a beast, a lion that eats his cubs instead of raising them...look, it’s not my story to tell" she sighs, losing a bit of the tension.
"I only know what I saw from outside, and I know how much it hurts Taesan, just...just don’t let him know you interacted with Jaemin" she says and sits in the chair in front of me.
We stay in the room quietly, just staring at each other while my omega whines inside me, picturing how hurt our alpha was when we were not there.
How alone he must have felt.
"I think you should finish your sketch" Yuki says softly and I slide my forgotten sketch pad to myself.
When I open the uncompleted sketch, the drawing I want to make comes to life in my mind.
I’ll heal every scar those monsters left on him.
C/W: violence ahead
Taesan’s POV
I let out a puff of thick white smoke.
The cigarette is half gone, and I throw it out of the car, and watch Junho put it off with the heel of his shoe.
The taste of the cigarette lingers in my mouth, harsh and bitter, just the way I like it.
My scent also mixed with it, it’s a raw and dirty mix of anger, violence and madness.
I fix my mask and pick my sword before getting out of the Bentley.
My body is relaxed and my mind calm, and each step I take echoes through the underground garage.
"Ready?" I ask Junho and he nods, walking behind me as I drag the sheathed end of my sword across the ground.
One step after the other, careful, calculating and dominating.
My red bottom shoes will be even more red by the time I’m done.
"Where is he?" I ask in a low voice as Junho fixes his mask.
It’s simple, we bring justice, I satisfy my crazed craving and we leave.
"He’s in the room with some of the omegas he prepared for you, from the age of sixteen to twenty" Junho says and I nod quietly.
The next step I take sends a sharp pain up my leg and I clench my teeth.
Finish this, go home, wash up and lie with Seoha...my omega and my pup.
"Now don’t forget what we practiced, you kneel and open wide. Hey you, what did I tell you about crying like a fool?" Han Yechan’s voice says from the room and I lift the sword to unsheath it.
"You’re nineteen for crying out loud" the man’s voice says and there’s the sound of a slap.
I growl, gripping my sword handle tighter.
"I’m sorry! I told my mom I am- ahh" a young girl says.
Another slap, I increase my speed and pull the door open, the man is growling and sitting on a teenager.
"Who are you?" he asks, unbothered by my presence and I slide the tip of my sword on the floor.
The sound of the sharp metal makes the man straighten his back.
"Y-you- what are doing with a real sword?" he asks without getting off the sobbing girl.
The other girls in the sweet smelling room are holding on to each other, they are poorly dressed, in heavy make up and terrified.
"Girls, leave the room, there will be someone to take care of you" I say and they all run out of the room.
"Girls! Call the police, who is this intruder? Who are you?" he asks again, dripping spit out of his ugly mouth and I grab his neck.
"Han Yechan" I say his name, pulling him off the girl as he trembles.
"Wait a minute, hold on, I don’t know who you are!" he cries, holding on to my gloved hand.
The girl gets off the floor sobbing and runs out with her hands over her mouth.
"How many...’models’ do you have?" I ask him calmly and I hear a wet noise hitting the floor, followed by the pungent smell of urine.
I let out a short laugh and rip his scent patch off his neck, he smells like a dead rodent, fear smells bad on him.
"You comfortably hurt little ones...and can’t take pain?" I ask and he shakes his head.
"I didn’t hurt them! They like it! Ask them!" he pleads and I drop his body to the floor in his own piss.
"Please! They like it!" he screams and flops around like a fish in his own mess, trying to run away from me but I step on his leg.
"Strip" I order and he nods, not questioning my command as he takes off his clothes.
"I-I did what you want, don’t hurt me please" he cries out, holding his hands up in surrender now that he’s fully naked.
"No more" I whisper.
He nods, and at his agreement I cut off his penis, the man’s mouth drops open but the scream is delayed as blood spurts out of him.
"NO MORE" I roar and stab him in the chest.
The man falls to the floor with his mouth still open, his pelvis bleeding, and his face drained of life.
When he completely bleeds out, I drop my sword and I take a deep breath, drawing in the disgusting smell of fear, ammonia and death.
"Captain?" Junho calls from behind me and I nod, "bring my sword, but don’t clean him up, I need others like him to learn" I say before leaving.
The relieved sobs of the saved omegas fill my ear and I release the breath that I have been holding.
Once I arrive home, I check in my room for my precious ones and find Seoha sleeping with Sooin nestled into him.
Pleased, I leave them for my bathroom.
I strip everything off, the mask, my gloves, the bloody clothes, and I start the shower, letting the water wash it all off.
"You’re home?" Seoha’s small voice calls and the omega hugs me tightly from behind, pressing his body into me.
"Hmm, I’m back" I say and he starts to sob.