Free Web NovelChapter 170: The challenge
Taesan’s POV
My alpha feels challenged and I don’t like it.
My righthand man and I glare at each other for what feels like hours and I don’t plan to move or divert my gaze.
"Stand down" I growl at him, and he growls back.
His brown eyes flash with stubborn determination and I want to break his bones.
He is my righthand man, but he doesn’t fucking tell me what to do and if he doesn’t stop glaring at me that...we will have a problem.
"You are starting to piss me off, Junho" I warn and he gets up slowly.
Junho is a huge man.
He is as big as I am, and I know we will kill each other in a fight if we ever face each other off in one.
"You can’t leave the mafia" he says and I raise a brow.
"I can, and I will, tonight I will put an end to the mad world we live in" I say and without a warning, Junho’s body slams me to the floor.
Minjae lets out a scream of surprise when my body drops to the floor.
Junho snarls like a mad dog as he holds me down with his knees and I land punch on his face, pushing him off my body.
It’s too been long since we fought like this.
"You won’t walk out!" he roars in my face, manipulating our position so that I’m under him again.
"I am your captain!" I shout in his face.
"And you will act like one" he spits out violently as he puts his hands on my neck.
The bastard squeezes my neck, cutting off my air supply and locking me down.
"Junho" I hiss, baring my teeth like an animal before taking the upper hand in our struggle.
I throw his away from me, but just as I am about straddle and beat him up, I hear a commanding; ’hey!’.
I snarl as I look up to find Minjae holding his bucket of puke above us.
The omega’s eyes are blue; he looks angry and determined to make a mess in this place.
"What the fuck are you doing, omega?" I ask him and he hisses at me like a cat.
Junho is panting under me, his clothes are roughed up, and my jaw is throbbing from when Junho lunged at me.
"Get off him or else" Minjae says, pinning me down with his eyes in the same way I’m pinning Junho down.
"Or else what?" I ask in spite.
It will cost me nothing to end him here and now.
"Or else, I won’t hesitate to empty this bucket on your head" he warns and Junho groans, pushing me off his body.
I want to deal with this omega badly; I want to teach him that there are lines you don’t cross.
’He’s omega’s best friend’ my alpha reminds me.
"Fuck" I curse in anger.
"Sit down, both of you, sit and talk like the grownass men you are" Minjae says, pointing to the couch.
Junho drags himself off the ground, obeying the omega’s order as he takes his seat. I follow him with my eyes, amused at how easily is following order while he’s still glaring at me.
I want to bash his face in.
"Seriously, you bastards, think before you act" Minjae snaps.
I see the vein bulging in his forehead, he is truly angry...shouldn’t he be trembling with fear?
"If you can’t think before acting, I will act before I think, try me" he growls, lifting his bucket to prove his point and I suck in air in disgust.
I finally take a seat on the couch opposite the one Junho is occupying, folding my arms across my chest to contain my displeasure.
Junho refuses to meet my eyes and I refuse to meet his.
"You can’t quit the mafia" he repeats his argument and I lean back into the seat, looking at him through heavy lidded eyes.
"Reasons?" I ask in a low voice.
"You promised" he hisses at me and I furrow my brow, "I promised?"
"You said you were going to protect the kids, the omegas and everyone he has been hurting" Junho says.
Yes I said that, I said that when I was young.
Things have changed, I am now a man with a family, a man with a mate and a pup.
"The world will take care of itself, I met the injustice here, didn’t I?" I ask coldly and Junho shakes his head.
"Taesan" he calls my name, saying it like a reminder of something that I shouldn’t forget.
He is worse than me when he’s let loose and when he is on the field.
He’s the most insane of us both, but still the most logical, and the most loving.
"I will kill you if you leave the underworld in the midst of chaos" he says calmly, and I see that he means it.
"I’ll like to see you try" I say, and instead of flaring up, Junho leans back too.
Calculating his next words in his head, the same head I wanted to crack open some minutes ago.
"Your grandfather is offended by you, and he chose to expose Sooin as not being yours" he says and I get up to my feet.
"Don’t you ever fucking repeat those words" I snarl at him, eyes turning red with my alpha’s rage.
Sooin is an uncrossable line.
"I’ve given you the time to fuck up, but Taesan, you are playing with lives now" Junho sneers at me.
"Sooin-"
"Sooin was a pawn on his board, you know how that felt like, but now that he has exposed her origin...do you think anyone else is safe?"
Junho is right.
I have always known that if I kill grandfather, the world will be thrown into chaos, but now...if I leave, he will have my sect under his power, no one will escape him.
No one.
"What do you suggest?" I ask Junho, clenching my fist and gritting my teeth.
"I suggest handling this step by step, one careful act after the other" he says and I see his eyes dart to Minjae.
The omega is staring at us with a frown, he looks like a stern mother, he is standing there and silently monitoring our conversation.
A stern mother...
If my grandfather completely takes control of my share of the underworld, what will happen to omegas like Minjae? What happens to omegas like Seoha?
"Fine" I say, dropping back down to my seat.
"Where do we start?" I ask.
"Solidify mountain atelier, focus on building your empire, and I will find a way to make it work for you"
’Make it work for you’
My shoulders fall as those words echo in my mind. I doubted Junho for nothing, I thought he was challenging me.
"Good then" I say.
I need to go home to my omega, I can feel that he’s awake through our bond, and he feels...odd.
The noise of a phone vibrating distracts me from feeling Seoha through our bond and my eyes snap to Junho’s phone.
The phone is ringing on the small table in the middle of the room and I hurry to snatch it up.
It’s Choyeon.
"Uh...uh...is Taesan there? I need to talk to him,, it’s very important" Choyeon’s high voice says through the phone.
"What is it, Choyeon?" I ask and she sigh audibly like she has been holding her breathe.
"Taesan, oh thank goddess, Jaemin is here in the house and he’s- he’s talking to Seoha" she says in a rush and I start to see red. freewebnσvel.cѳm
No.
My heart skips a beat at the thought of Jaemin meeting Seoha.
No.
My omega is too soft for that man.
"Choyeon, keep him away from my mate" I snarl, pointing at the wall like she’s here.
"What’s wrong?" Junho asks.
"That bastard Jaemin is with Seoha" I hiss, ending the call and rushing to get out of the house.
"What is going on?" Minjae asks but I don’t stop to look back, breezing past the door with my mate on my mind.
Jaemin showing up at my house is a damn dare.
How dare he leave a pile of sins behind and expect my home to welcome him.
I will kill him. He will be forced to join Daeshin tonight, and I will make sure I enjoy killing him.
My ride home with Junho by my side is fast and careless, I drive with the need to deal with Jaemin.
The past and the future don’t belong together.
When I stop in front of my home, I don’t wait for the gate to be opened. I just jump out and run all the way to the house.
I push the door open and I am greeted with the sight of a Jaemin and Seoha standing in front of each other.
Seoha’s omega eyes are blue and bright, like an omega defending his territory.
"Roh Jaemin" I roar the red headed omega’s name and he slowly turns his head to me, smiling at me and daring me to come.
