Taesan’s POV

My men are with me.

One of them came to pick me up with one of my own cars and they drove me to my burning building.

We stay at a distance as I watch my company burn to the ground.

I watch as orange flames swallow up what I built from the dust with my blood and sweat.

My alpha, crouching and raging, is burning with more heat than I am burning with.

My chest hurts. It feels like watching my mother die all over again. Shin Yechan has made a deep mark on my life again.

Twice in one lifetime is too much.

IT’S TOO FUCKING MUCH.

"Boss, your phone is vibrating" someone says, and I turn my attention to the ringing phone. It’s a call from Junho.

"Taesan, where are you?" he asks with worry in his tone, and I don’t respond. The sight of my own dream dying out is too much for my brain to process.

There are people all around, some of them are taking pictures, and others are live streaming as the firefighters do their work.

"Taesan, don’t do anything reckless, I’m tracking this phone right now" he says.

"Junho" I call his name with heavy tongue, and he stops talking.

"I need Yechan dead" I say.

"And it will happen. We will get him. I don’t want you getting your hands dirty, okay?" he says and I scoff.

"I will kill him myself" I snarl.

"No, it’s not smart to do that. Fuck, how do you think Seoha will feel about it?" he asks.

Seoha won’t give a fuck. I already know that. Plus, that man has hurt my omega before now too.

"What would you tell your kids in the future? Will you be the father who killed their grandparent?" Junho asks.

Fuck him and his rationality.

"ARGH!" I roar, punching the driver’s seat in irritation with myself for being in this situation.

"I need him dead" I say again. "I need him dead today, Junho. I can’t stand seeing him alive" I say with anguish in my tone and he sighs.

"Trust me to get that done. I reached out to the Gods" he says and I stop punching the seat.

Right...that was in the fucking option.

"And?" I ask impatiently.

"I just landed with the three brothers here in South Korea" he says, and I relax further. My alpha is still on edge and enraged.

I need to smell blood on someone. I need to kill someone. I need to make someone fucking pay.

"When do they plan to fulfil their duty?" I ask, still watching as red and orange flames fight against the attempts of firemen to subdue them.

"As soon as we get his location, they’ll attack" Junho says, and I drop my head against the seat.

"Fuck" I hiss.

Yechan has made himself into a ghost. Where the hell can I go looking for him at?

I get out of my car, lean against the roof and stare at the burning fire with anger.

The thick clouds of smoke are starting to sting the back of my throat.

It hurts.

The villain of my life is dead, yet I still get pain inflicted on me. What the fuck did I do wrong in life?

"Junho" I call his name.

"Yes?"

"I can’t continue to live a life like this" I say to him tiredly, and I hear him breathe out a heavy sigh.

"I know. I’ll make sure by tomorrow, it all ends" he says and I nod, dropping my head to the metallic top of my car.

My body is big, but I feel so fucking small. Like the child who was abused by his grandfather.

"Excuse me" a feminine voice says, and I turn my head.

The woman talking to me is dressed warmly even under the afternoon sun

She looks to be in her late forties. She comes closer to me with a small smile on her face and bows.

"Do you know me?" she asks.

"Who are you?" I growl. I’m already in the mood to blow her fucking head off.

"I’m Minju...does that name ring a bell?" she asks and I tilt my head. Eyeing her from top to bottom.

"Am I supposed to know you, ma’am?" I ask and she shakes her head.

"Yes and no. Actually, I’m Seoha’s mother" she says and I freeze.

"What did you say?" I ask in a whisper, straightening and approaching her with the goal of twisting her neck and killing her on the spot.

"Yes, I’m Seoha’s real mother. In the same way Yechan survived, I survived" she says and I start to laugh.

Are the husband and wife fucking with me? Do they think I’m a fucking push over?

I pull my gun out, cock it, and aim it at her head. Teeth bared as I growl at her for playing this expensive game with me.

"Are you hungry for death?" I ask and she bows her head.

"You can shoot me. After all, Seoha wants nothing to do with me" she says and I frown in confusion.

"What do you mean?" I ask, pressing the gun against her forehead.

"I met him. I was the one who guided him..." she says, pulling shit out of the thin air.

"You’re begging to be killed?" I roar and spittle fly out of my mouth at the idea of Seoha meeting her.

If he did, why didn’t he tell me? Why the fuck wasn’t I informed about it?

Everything is getting on my fucking nerves.

"You can kill me after listening to me, Taesan-ssi. I knew I was risking my life after all" she says.

She doesn’t sound like she regrets her decision despite my reaction to her. She doesn’t even sound scared of me. She sounds like she has accepted her fate.

"I know where Yechan is" she says.

"That man is hiding nearby. I can show you, and I’ll disappear for good" her voice crack and I bark a short laughter again.

I sound like a mad man in my own ears.

"Do you think I’m stupid? No one does anything without benefit. Are you trying to trap me?" I spit out and she shakes her head in disagreement.

"My benefit is knowing that my son will live a good life" she whispers and a lone tear slides down her face.

"I ruined his life by accepting Yechan. The least I can do is to take Yechan out again" she sniffles.

I study her expression for a few seconds and nod.

"Fine. I won’t hesitate to kill you if you think you can trick me and get away with it" I inform her.

Shin Yechan...I hope this isn’t a ploy of yours.

I fucking hope so.

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