in one of the rooms on the ground floor of the comparatively empty halls of jeon mansion, kang was restlessly pacing the length of the room.

the sneer on his face was just obscured by the cigarette stud between his ashened lips, the ends of it blazing an orange red before it dissolves into grey ash that falls and dusts his ironed blazer.

"--he doesn't look at me anymore, dad" the only other person in the room, ayami, whines pitifully, a pout on her reddened glossy lips and manicured nail twirling a strand of long raven hair.

"i'm sure that bitch seduced him-- following him everywhere and flaunting his belly" she grumbles, shimmying further onto the couch and glaring into nothing.

"you will have him. i will make sure of it" kang grunts around his cigarette, white smoke blowing out and ayami takes a break from self pitying to smile at her father.

of course jungkook will be hers, ayami thinks. whats unlikable about her anyway?! she is smart, well educated and very pretty, unlike that pathetic excuse of an omega poor jungkook has to suffer.

ayami is still hurt though; the way jungkook balantly pushed her away at the club that day and the way the alpha had ignored her to tend to taehyung at the office-

but it might just be that omega using his pheromones to influence her alpha.

doesn't matter because a few more months later and the contract ends- she's sure jungkook will be truly hers then.

ayami cant wait to have the alpha twirling in his palm- she cant wait to have her claws deep in his neck- she cant wait to have 'starlight' all for herself- all for her to spend, all for her to rule.

meanwhile kang is uneasy because of another problem- he doesn't know where seokjin took off to.

its so unlike of the brothers, usually one of them always stays back, but this time both of them are out of country.

usually kang is aware of everything that goes on in jeon jopok. now he can't help but suspect, they're hiding things from him.

kang thinks he has to act fast now. he cant afford to lose like last time.

when master.jeon and mrs.jeon had dissappeared years ago, jeon jopok was a mess- there were riots springing, the lower sector unsettled as the news spread,

and kang was smiling sinister inside, for he was sure he could step up and take the empire into his hands.

but what he didn't expect was for the the eldest lanky beta kid of the jeons to be the at the head of the table that day- dressed prime, face a hard mask and words sharp enough to have everyone's spine straight despite his young age,

even after then, kang had expected them to fail, for the kid to give up. but he had only risened up alongwith his brother; both to become equally brutal.

everytime he had to bow his head and indulge their orders like some filthy lower rank, kang vowed he would be on the other end one day,

that he will have the jeon brothers on their knees for him begging for mercy.

and so far, all the elders of the jopok are on his side. so it wont be long.

kang dreams about that day with every living breath he takes.

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there flight back is in a few hours and jungkook is all packed and ready.

he is now sat on the bed, resting his back on the headboard as he watches taehyung fumbles through his nest deciding on which of the blanket on it he needs to take for the flight.

now that he is not drunk or doesn't have any immediate work to be done, he just watches taehyung flit around.

jungkook thinks taehyung had changed alot.

his transitioning scent has now seemed to settle on one- it sweeter with an undercurrent of some other which jungkook cant pinpoint on, all the while enjoyable.

taehyungs bump is very visible too, even through the clothes so much that he at times waddles, it getting more often now that one of his foot is permanently swollen.

taehyung also looks pudgy, especially his cheeks that looks so squishable, very cuddle-able? just the thought had jungkooks heart feeling like its expanding or its just his fool of an alpha.

the omega always walks with a hand on top of his bump too.

speaking of that, ever since taehyung said that the pups have started moving, the alpha wonder how it must feel. can he feel it from outside too perhaps?

and there is another thought too,

that dr.mio said taehyungs pregnancy is dangerous.

does that mean there is chance that he might lose one of his pups? or taehyung himself?

just the thought have jungkook wanting to pull taehyung into his lap and bury his face onto others neck, which is very very wrong.

he know he cant and he curls his fingers just to fight the instinct.

it all confuses jungkook.

from the first day he saw taehyung to the times he had the omega helpless under him- jungkook used to hate taehyung to the guts.

and then things happened and he hurt taehyung not knowing the other was pregnant- and jungkook was hit with guilt, something he never felt and something he didn't know how to process.

sometimes he thinks taehyung isn't the only one affected by this pregnancy because after that jungkook was beginning to feel things he never had- and he had retaliated everything with violence,

jungkook would never admit it, but the truth is that he was scared.

scared of having to care for another, because jungkook was only ever taught to hurt people,

scared that the emotions that feels soft might end up being one of his weakness, and he can't afford to have one. that will destroy him in his line of career.

and he is shit scared to become a father.

if just the thought of the pups inside of taehyung affects him this much, jungkook doesn't know what will happen when one day he sees them for real.

what if then he can't let them go like he intended it to?

what if he cant go back to how his life used to be before the contract?

moreover what will he do when he becomes responsible for two little lives, his own blood, that he is supposed to protect and not hurt ?

taehyung from where he was putting his blanket into the bag then winces. he waddles two steps before he plopped onto the bed, hand rubbing the side of his bump.

"they're moving?" jungkook asks, eyebrows pinched default and tone emotionless as a rodent.

taehyung only grimaces, looking uncomfortable for a beat before he relaxes his posture, finally heaving a sigh.

"i guess they're fighting in there. they're your pups afterall" taehyung glares at his bump, which is utterly cute, while the gentle hands on the bump contradicting any of the hardness in his voice.

and for a moment jungkook couldn't breathe, as it gets everytime he experiences a foreign emotion.

so he just abruptly stands up taking his bag and growls a "we're leaving", to which taehyung only makes a displeased noise.

jungkook busies himself with the bags and other things like the obnoxiously large painting that mr.iwasaki had gave him as a gift, which he didn't even bother unwrapping and is now a burden to carry.

"can i unwrap that?" taehyung had then asked, his curious eyes were on it ever since the alpha had brought it. besides his art history major self was devoid of any luxury of paintings for months now.

the alpha just grumbles something as he checks through their documents, so taehyung takes that as a yes.

taehyung was gentle as he pried the paper wrapping the canvas, untying and gently peeling it until the painting is visible.

taehyung took one glance at the painting and gasped, giving a little jump that had jungkook suddenly alert.

"this is the real painting?!" taehyung exclaims as he bends to take a closer examination, "whoa this is one of my favorites, a bit stereotypical but-- hm must have cost millions" taehyung utters in between his awe as he peers closer as if to stop himself from touching the canvas.

mildly interested by the happy, excited pheromones and now of the painting, jungkook turns and looks closer.

now jungkook loves art but doesn't really know much about the subject, but the painting surely was expressive.

titled "an alphas wealth", it shows the silhoutte of a mother and child infront a melancholic blue background as a black alpha in their ancestral wolf form looms protective over them.

"this is amazing. we should pack this gently" taehyung was deep in his amazement as he gazed at the painting with sparkle eyes and smile, not a care in the world,

and jungkook stood frozen.

an alphas wealth...

taehyung and his pups...

jungkook felt as if he got slapped across the face- a single piece of old paper just told him that his wealth doesn't lay in the money or the empire he rules rather in providing and protecting for his omega and the pups?

fuck iwasaki. that old fucker always knew how to hit a nerve.

jungkook was unsettled and that all as always came out as growls and commands until taehyung is pouting and full of upset scents that only made jungkook more unease.

if he wasn't before, oh jungkook surely is scared now.

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