Chapter 265: The dream vs S.Y.C

Taesan’s POV

At what point did I stop using my fucking brain?

Fuck!

"Seoha, stop!" I yell as the omega struggles in the water. He’s fighting against me as if I’m trying to fucking kill him.

"NO! TAESAN!" he screams and I pull him up, hugging him tight and forcing his nose into my scent gland.

I pump my scent out for him to breathe in, forcing his omega into a state of calming down.

"Baby, it’s me" I say calmly and he stop struggling, his hands fall limp by his side but keeps on fighting for air.

My beautiful omega whimpers and I focus on filling him with my scent. He’s completely naked and vulnerable but fucking beautiful.

"There you are, are you okay, hmm?" I ask as I rub his smooth back.

He’s still shaking from cold and his body is burning up.

Why do I only bring bad things to this omega? I didn’t mean to make him sick, but here we are.

Fuck.

"Are you okay?" I ask and his teeth clatters.

"I had a bad dream, b-but I don’t want you to go" he says with a weak voice. His arms are locked around my neck, refusing to let go of me even though he’s still half sitting in the water.

I had put him in the water to fight the fever off, but I am only making it worse.

"I’m not going anywhere, little thief. I told you I’d always be by your side" I whisper and he makes a high-pitched whimper that cuts through my heart.

"Why am I here? Shouldn’t we be with Minnie?" my omega asks. His small voice comes out muffled from hiding in my neck.

His body burning with a fever, he’s violently shaking yet he’s thinking of someone else. How is he so selfless after what he has been through?

"You need to be healthy if you’ll be by Minjae’s side" I tell him and he winces, shuddering again from the cold water.

"I don’t like cold w-water" he stutters.

"You’re burning up, doe. You need to use cold water" I murmur and he pouts, sniffling as he relaxes in the tub.

There’s a small pool of water on the floor from when he was fighting and splashing around.

"Come in. Can you come in?" he asks and I clench my teeth.

I have spent my years living as a killer, a mafia leader, and even as a businessman, but sitting in a tub of cold water is going to be my biggest defeat.

"The bath is too small" I lie and Seoha folds himself up, making space for me to join him in the bath.

"Better?" he asks, completely innocent and clueless of how badly I don’t want to join him in that water.

"Better" I lie, getting up to take off my clothes.

Seoha watches me with the eyes of a devoted worshipper as I strip off layers of clothes for him.

My wet shirt hits the floor, my pants follow, dropping to the floor faster because of the weight of my belt.

I take off my briefs and step out of the mess of wet clothes.

"Happy?" I ask, and he nods.

He moves out of the way for me, and I take my place, pulling him closer to make him sit on me with his back to my chest.

"In my dream...you asked if I was happy" Seoha says.

I can feel the vibration of his words between our bodies, and I run my hands over the soft line of his sides, holding his waist and cupping his belly.

"Why was it a sad dream then?" I ask and he goes silent.

"Seoha?"

"There was a man" he starts and I stop moving for a second.

There is a man looking for Seoha right now. That person is the reason I blindly slaughtered everyone in that law firm building.

"What did the person want?" I ask, trying to keep the anger out of my voice.

It’s just a dream. It’s not real. It’s just a fucking dream.

Do I have to get my sword ready? Do I have to ask my men to get their weapons ready for an attack?

Is it war?

"The man was wearing glasses but not like yours...he felt so creepy" Seoha shares the dream with me.

"Did he hurt you?" I ask him, forcing my hands to move over the small bump of our pups.

"He made everything disappear"

I’m going to kill him...whoever he is, I’m going to murder him.

"Everything?"

"You, Sooinie, Minnie’s pup and our pup. He wanted to take everything that made me happy, I know it’s just a dream, but he scares me" Seoha says.

"I’ll never let anything happen to you and the babies, okay?" my words are strained, I’m starting to slowly slip into anger.

I came here to take my mate away from the mess of our world, why the fuck is it creeping in?

"It’s just a dream, it doesn’t matter" Seoha says, yawning and slacking against me.

He thinks he’s only having a bad dream, but I know...I know what it is. It’s a fucking bad reality.

"Can you go back to sleep?" I ask Seoha, and he doesn’t reply.

"Baby?" I whisper, shaking him slightly, but he has fallen asleep again.

I check his temperature with the back of my hand. The burning has gone down a notch, so I take him out, wrap him in a towel and take him into our room.

The omega stays asleep as I clean him up, kiss his belly, dress him up, and tuck him in.

When I’m done, I find my phone and place a call through to one of my men who is still at home.

"Sir" he responds immediately.

"I have an assignment for you"

"Well...sir, I have bad news for you" he says, he sounds like he’s panting and running. I frown and look over my shoulder at Seoha.

"What?"

"Sir...I don’t know how to tell you this, but..."

"But what?" I bark and he sighs, "your grandfather has been kidnapped" he says and I freeze.

"What?" I ask.

"The perpetrator, S.Y.C demands you come home immediately, or he kills Lord Kang and...and release all the files he has"

"What files?" I ask, moving away from Seoha. I don’t want to wake him up and worry him.

"Your grandfather has been keeping record of everything you’ve done sir...all the things that can ruin you publicly sir"

Fuck. Fuck. Fuck.