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VII

Jimin's POV:

"My mate is you Park Jimin."

My blood suddenly cooled and I couldn't feel my legs anymore.

Mate?

"The fuck are you saying?" I furrowed my eyebrows.

"I mean, can't you feel it? That we are mates?" he said with a stare I have never seen before. It looked more gentle.

"B-but wait!" I raised my arms. "I know that my parents were mates, also other couples I knew but I don't what the hell it means!"

He stared at me and nodded. "Let's sit first, okay?" he asked softly.

He put his arm around my waist to help me walk into the bed.

I felt shivers running through my body at that simple contact.

He sat next to me and kept looking at his hands.

"As my uncle said, mates are two people destined to be with each other. Two people who'll have to live together, protect each other and.. the stronger race has to mark the other."

"Mark?" I asked. "What does it mean?"

"Well as I am the Alpha, I'll have to mark you.. as mine." he said in a deep voice, staring right into my eyes, making my heart beat faster.

"Y-yours?" I was confused. "But how?"

"There are two steps as I learned." he started. "The first one is what is called 'The Mating', which consists of.." he nervously rubbed the back of his neck. "Making love."

I gasped. "W-what?!"

"The second step is 'The Marking'." He turned and put his cold index finger on my neck. "I'll have to bit you here." he mumbled. "The marking consists of transmitting our blood to each other, like to seal the bond between us." he finished, leaving me speechless.

I stared at him in confusion.

"You're joking right?" I chuckled nervously.

He slowly shook his head. "Just try to understand." he said. "Look." he gently caressed my cheek. "How do you feel?" he asked.

I felt my face getting hotter and my eyes shift into their yellow color. "I feel strange." I mumbled before getting his warm hand off my cheek. "But still, I don't believe this shit."

Yoongi sighed and looked around him. He stood up and took an empty porcelain cup.

"How about when I do this?" he stared at me and broke the cup on his hand.

I felt like my whole body has been electrocuted.

I felt a horrible pain in my chest and widened my eyes when I saw blood flooding from his hand. "Are you crazy?!" I screamed and quickly took a towel to stop his bleeding. "You're insane I swear to god."

When I lifted my head, he was smirking. "See? You can feel my pain."

I frowned because he's making sense. He was the one who got hurt so why did I feel it too?

"Remember when the hunters attacked you." he said while I put a bandage around his hand. "Do you think I was randomly walking in the woods and saw you?" he chuckled. "I came because I felt that you were in danger. I didn't know that you were my mate before but I felt you getting hurt and I followed your scent until I found you. This isn't something we did our entire life, it's new to us."

"So.. if we are mates do you mean that we have to be together, like together together?" I asked.

He nodded. "I know we're not really in good terms but maybe we can work on it." he said.

I rubbed my chin and kept staring at him as he walked slowly around the room and looked through the window.

It's true that he is very handsome and manly. He looks exactly how an Alpha should be, charismatic, calm with gentle manners.

He was wearing a long black sweater and black ripped pants.

My eyes landed on his hands, they are big and you could see his veins. It was strangely attractive.

How hands can be so attractive?

His black hair hid his eyes a little, but I could feel his feline stare piercing mine.

His skin was so pale you'd think he's a vampire rather than a werewolf. The whiteness of his skin suited perfectly with the darkness of his hair and the color of his eyes. Not to mention his little pink lips that he bit nervously looking at me.

As I was staring at him, I felt my body getting abnormally hotter. I saw his eyes shifting to red as he approached me slowly. "So? You understand now?" he asked.

I gulped, thinking about how my life will become if I mate him. Looking at his attitude now I must assume that i won't be that bad. He doesn't look that rude and nasty after, maybe we can get along.

As I was about to open my mouth, the image of my mother's body, all bitten, shredded and destroyed, appeared before my eyes.

I remembered when I found her inert in the middle of the woods, without any hopeful sign of life.

I remembered how I cried like crazy, my head on her chest and my arms around her fragile body.

I can't believe I almost gave my trust to an Alpha. I must hate myself for this.

He tried to touch me but I immediately slapped his hand. "DON'T TOUCH ME!" I shouted.

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Yoongi's POV:

"DON'T TOUCH ME!" he violently pushed me and stared at me like I was a piece of garbage, like I was a monster. "Don't touch me." he added, breathing difficultly.

"What's wrong?" I asked.

Everytime I advanced toward him, he would take a step back. "Jimin, what's suddenly wrong with you?"

He sighed heavily, trying to calm himself down. "There is no way in hell I would spend the rest of my life with an Alpha." he mumbled coldly.

Oh. He hates Alphas. I forgot it.

I rubbed the back of my head. "I know that you hate Alphas but I'm not what you think I am, okay? Yes, I do look scary and shit but I never layed a finger on a Beta or an Omega." I said, hoping he would believe me.

I was wrong. He just shook his head and crossed his arms. "I don't care about what you are. You are an Alpha like the others. You think that you're better than everyone, you think you can control us and make us your puppies. What? Mates? Haha!" he laughed. "Do you really think I'll give you my body to play with?!"

I felt hurt, deeply hurt. How can he say such a thing? I did my best to be gentle with him even tho I'm not the type, I came every hour to check if he was alright, if his wound hurt a lot. I did things I never did before for someone.

But now he's accusing me of wanting to use his body?

"I'm not an asshole Jimin." I mumbled.

He sat back on his bed and covered his face with his hands.

We kept silent for a long moment.

"What if I refuse?" he broke the silence.

"Refuse what?"

"All this mating shit."

I froze. "W-why?"

"I'm not doing it. So, what happens?"

I remembered what my uncle told me about rejection. "Mates are like your other half and if they reject you, well then you might die out of heart break."

I gulped.

"So?"

"Bad consequences." I mumbled.

"Like what?" he furrowed his eyebrows.

"Just bad, okay? You and I won't survive it easily, it's gonna be hard to be separated from each other now that we both know we're mates."

"You shouldn't have told me!" he groaned.

"Now I did so we must accept the situation." I said.

"This is bullshit, pure bullshit!" he shouted and scratched his neck.

"Jimin."

"Just go out."

"But list-"

"Go! I don't want you." he said before slamming the door.

Those last words made me feel the most horrible pain I ever felt in my life. I fell on my knees, gasping for air. I felt my heart shattering into small pieces, I felt dizzy and weak.

"M-master?" I heard Jinyoung's voice. "Oh god, master!" he shouted and quickly knelt in front of me. "What happened? Are you hurt!"

I couldn't articulate. My body was very heavy and my head hurt like crazy.

"We need a healer." he called on of the servants to help him lift me up. "Call Dr.Im."

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Taehyung's POV:

I helped the butler to fold the towels, while Jungkook was in front of us, painting something.

"Can you stop looking at me?" I groaned.

"I can't." he smiled. "I'm painting you."

Really, man?

"Why are you painting me?" I raised an eyebrow.

He seemed too concentrated on his draw, I saw him adding a lot of colors and gracefully move the brush on the canvas.

"I wanted to paint a portrait of a beautiful person, that's why."

Oh?

I heard Wonho giggling next to me.

I frowned and stared at Jungkook. "So, you mean that I'm beautiful?"

He nodded with a smile.

He has no shame woah.

"Your really handsome so you're perfect for my painting." he added.

I felt my cheeks heaten. How can he say it casually? "Well, thanks?" I shyly rubbed the back of my neck. It was very embarrassing, especially in front of his servants and Wonho who was still smiling looking at me.

"Stop giggling." I mumbled to him.

"So cuute!" he whispered and I slapped his arm.

"Master!" a servant ran to him. "Something happened in the other house."

We both lifted our head quickly.

"W-what happened?" Jungkook asked.

"Master Yoongi suddenly fainted."

Oh, shit.

He dropped his brush and widened his eyes. "W-what happened?"

The wooden floor a round him was now covered with brown paint, he must have been coloring my hair.

"I don't know exactly but they called Dr.Im."

"I-I have to go." he took off his gown.

"I'll go with you." I stood up and followed him.

We ran to Yoongi's house, Jungkook was faster than I thought he would be.

"Oh, young master!" All the servants bowed to him and a handsome raven haired that I must assume is the butler approached us.

"Young master, you heard it." he said.

"Yes Jinyoung, what happened?"

"I'm not sure, the doctor is inside."

We both entered his room and found the doctor injecting something.

"Dr. Im."

"Oh? Jungkook!" the young doctor took him in his arms, making me curious about how they know each other. They seem pretty close.

"This is doctor Jaebum, our family's main physician and also my childhood friend." Jungkook had the sympathy to appease my curiosity.

"Nice to meet you, I'm Taehyung, his ser-"

"He's the main character of my painting." Jungkook cut me off.

"Oh, must be really special to you." the doctor smirked.

"What happened to my brother?" Jungkook asked.

"Seems like his main character let him down." the doctor sighed.

"What do you mean?"

"High fever, diziness, sweat and slow heart beats, the symptoms of a rejection."

"Rejection?" I asked.

"He was rejected by his mate."

What?

"He met his mate?" Jungkook widened his eyes. "Who is he?"

"I think it's Jimin." Jinyoung said.

Jungkook and I shared a confused look.

"Jimin? Like, my brother?" I asked.

"Oh the main characters are brothers!" Jaebum laughed. "What a coincidence."

"How do you know if it's him?" I asked the black haired butler.

"I found him unconscious in front of his room."

I frowned and rubbed my chin. "I'll go see him." I told Jungkook before heading to my brother's room.

I opened the door and found him cleaning the wound on his bed.

"Tae!" his surprised stare made me smile. My older brother may seem rude and cold but he can be a real fluff ball sometimes.

"How's your leg?" I asked, helping him put the bandage.

"It's healing, even though it kinda hurts when I go to sleep."

"I see. So, you rejected your mate huh?"

He froze and stared at me. "How do you know?"

"Don't tell me you don't know what's happening." I chuckled.

He looked confused. He doesn't know.

"Yoongi fainted."

He widened his eyes. "W-what?"

"He fainted right after he left your room, how come you didn't hear anything?"

"I went to the balcony after our conversation.."

"Well he fainted and now the doctor'z with him."

"No wonder.." I heard him mumble while running his neck.

"No wonder what?"

"I was feeling weird, I thought it was because I was angry but it was because he got hurt.." he sighed.

"Why did you reject him?" I asked.

"Is that even a question Tae?" he rolled his eyes. "He's an Alpha, you forgot?"

Oh, right.

"But he's your mate, you can't escape." I said.

"When I look at him, I see our mother." he said while looking straight at my eyes.

Shit, it hurts.

"I tried to understand but I can't stop hating on Alphas, do you get it? I just.. I still can't forgive what they did to her." he sighed.

"I know." I layed next to him and rested my head on his shoulder. "Sometimes I tell myself alright that Alpha killer her but it doesn't mean that they are all like this but it's stronger than me, I can't look at them without replaying those memories in my head." I said.

"I feel you, it's exactly the same for me."

"But what are you going to do? It's not good to reject a mate."

"I don't know." he shrugged. "I don't even like him."

"Mmm sure."

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3rd pers POV:

Jungkook sat beside his brother's bed and kept staring at his face. "He looks so peaceful like this." he mumbled with a smile.

After the doctor left, he insisted on staying next to his brother to look after him.

He took a look around his room and saw all the portraits on the wall. "Seems like he still likes the piano."

When he was a child, he would sneak out of his room at nights and hide behind the sofa to listen to his older brother playing the piano.

No one knew it but it was his source of happiness.

"Young master, are you sure you want to stay the night? You will get tired." Jinyoung said.

"Don't worry about me Jinyoung, I'm alright."

"Good night, sir."

He kept watching him and cleaning the sweat on his face with a small towel.

After long hours, Yoongi finally opened his eyes.

Jungkook who was very sleepy was now well awake when he felt his brother moving.

"Y-yoongi?"

The black haired stared at him in confusion, like he wasn't expecting to see him in his room. "Jungkook." he whispered with a weak voice. "What are you doing here?"

"I-I heard that you're not feeling well so I came t-to look after you." the younger stuttered, fearing his reaction.

"Mm that's very kind." the older mumbled, surprising his younger brother.

Someone knocked at the door.

"I-I'll open!" Jungkook stood up and opened the door to see Jimin standing with a sad and tired face. "Jimin?" he wanted to hate him for rejecting his brother and making him in such a state but he was already a friend and he was close to his brother so he couldn't feel such hatred for him.

"Hey Jungkook." the blond waved weakly. "Can I come in?"

"Yeah."

The Beta was limping because of the wound, he clumsily walked inside the room and froze when he saw Yoongi staring at him with his killer eyes. "You're awake."

"Maybe you prefer that I don't?" the Alpha said.

"I didn't say that."

"Well, uhm, I'll go get you something to eat." Jungkook told his brother before leaving.

"Are you happy now?" Yoongi asked. "To see an Alpha suffer like this?" "Huh?"

Jimin didn't say anything.

"I bet this is what you always dreamed about, to avenge your late mother. Well you got it now, I'm a weak Alpha now. Bravo!" he lazily clapped his hands while faking a smile.

"I never meant to hurt you." Jimin said. "I refused because I'm not comfortable around an Alpha, not because I want revenge."

"Yeah sure."

"Yoongi, I'm serious! I didn't know it would end like this."

"Yoongi?" the black haired raised an eyebrow. "Since when did you start calling me by my first name?"

"I thought I could do it?"

"Huh!" the older chuckled. "You refused to be my mate so you remain as you were before, a servant, nothing more, nothing less."

"Tell me something I don't know." the blond rolled his eyes.

"Call me master like everyone does."

Jimin gasped. "Are you insane? Hell no I'm not gonna call you this way."

"You will because I said so." Yoongi said. "Now get out of my room."

Jimin felt his chest tighten. The kind and gentle Yoongi he saw earlier disappeared to let space for the usual rude and shameless Alpha.

"Didn't you hear? I said get out!"

The younger stayed facing him for a moment. Yoongi was staring right into his eyes, he tried to show him that he hates what he did, that he dislikes his presence but it didn't last longer. He broke their eye contact and stared at the floor. He wanted to avoid looking at him.

"I will go then." Jimin said calmly before leaving the room, limping and walking by putting his hands on the wall because his wound was hurting him.

Yoongi wanted to get up and help him but his pride was precious to him.

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The next morning, everyone was giving weird stares to Jimin. He regretted leaving his room.

He had a hard time taking the stairs downstairs but he was hungry.

"Morning Jimin."

"Morning chef."

"How's your leg?"

"Doing better, thank you."

"You dare showing up here." Jinyoung appeared inside the kitchen. "Shameless."

Jimin furrowed his eyebrows. "Excuse me? Do you have any problem?"

"A p-problem?" the butler put his hand on his heart. "You're making our master suffer and you dare asking me what my problem is?!"

"Calm down Jinyoung." the chefs squeezed his shoulder. "He's still young."

"I never saw the master in this state." the butler was on the verge of crying.

"It's not my fault, I have the right to choose who I want to be with." Jimin protested.

"If you were fully human maybe, but not as a wolf." the chef sighed. "It's sad yes, but this is how our life is."

"Everyone is laughing at our master now! Everyone is mocking him because his Beta rejected him!" Jinyoung said.

"Not my business." Jimin slammed the door and headed outside, despite the cold.

"Oh, look who's here."

He felt better when someone finally smiled to him. He was glad he found Hyungsik in the garden.

"You won't scold me too?"

"Why would I?" Hyungsik chuckled. "You did nothing wrong."

The blond smiled. "Say Hyungsik, dont you have a mate?"

The older shook his head. "Still haven't met him or her." he said.

"Lucky you."

"Aw look at this sad face!" the older cupped Jimin's cheeks. "Where is your smile?"

The younger started laughing.

Hyungsik saw the younger shivering under his light clothing. He took off his cape and put it around his shoulders. "You don't wanna get sick, do you?"

"Say, can we go to the village?" Jimin asked.

"You wanna go?"

"Yes."

"Are you sure it's alright?"

"There is a wheelchair, you can push me."

"I'm not talking about your leg but rather.. your mate. The master won't like me being near you." Hyungsik said.

"Screw him and his mating thing." the blond shrugged. "I don't want someone to control my life. I'm a grown up, I have the right to do whatever I want."

The handsome gardener smiled and nodded. "I really like you Jimin." he said. "I'll look for a wheelchair, wait for me here!" he said before running to the mansion.

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Yoongi woke up and found Jungkook sleeping in a chair next to him.

He smiled and slowly got up. He took a small sheet and covered him.

"He stayed the night for me." he mumbled. "How sweet."

He wore his night robe and headed downstairs.

"Master!" Jinyoung ran to him. "How are you feeling?"

"Better, I'm hungry."

"I'll tell the chef to prepare your breakfast."

"Where's Jimin?"

The butler frowned. "I haven't seen him." he answered coldly. He hated that his master was looking for the man who made him this way.

"I'll go to the kitchen."

Yoongi nodded and walked around the hall.