Chapter 267: They want a beast?

Taesan’s POV

Leaving Seoha in this warm room is proving to be the most difficult task in my life.

I stand with my hand on the door handle, watching as he falls into a deep sleep again, lips parted as he breathes through his mouth.

Fuck.

It’s taking everything in me not to take my shirt off and lie next to him. I desperately want to spoon him and continue to feel the round bump of our pup.

"Excuse me" my sister pushes her way into the room with a plastic bowl of cool water and a small towel.

"If his health is still bad by noon, I’ll take him to the hospital" she says without looking at me, and I continue to stare at the omega wearing my mother’s ring.

Am I putting him through my mother’s fate too?

I made him stay in the rain, I made him travel between continents, and now I’m threatening his future.

No.

I’ll come back and fix everything for him. Letting go of him is not in my dictionary. Mountains do not forgive.

"Tell me everything about his safety and don’t miss a single detail" I say and Taerin noona turns her head to look at me.

Her brown eyes that are similar to mine move over me in a demeaning way.

"He’s safer with me than with you, Sannah" she says.

I should take it as a fucking challenge but it’s the truth. I nod, drop my hand from the door handle, and order my body to leave.

I take determined steps to the room Sooin is sharing with three other kids.

I open the door and the four of them flop on their beds at the same time, pretending to be asleep.

"I know you aren’t sleeping" I say in a low voice.

Sooin looks up at first and starts to giggle when she realizes it is me at the door.

"Dad! We are doing a pretend sleep over" she says, and the other children start to giggle too, still hiding their faces.

"Come here, pup" I call, and she jumps out of the bed, running over to me with a smile on her face.

"Dad, where are you going?" she asks, and I squat just in time for her to throw her arms around me and hug me.

"I’m going to do some work; I’ll be back soon"

"Tomorrow?" my daughter asks.

"Maybe" I kiss the tip of her nose.

"Is daddy going too? I want to go too, dad" she says, grabbing my shirt and staring at me with puppy eyes.

"No, princess. Your daddy is resting, you have to stay and look after him, okay?" I say and she nods.

"I love you, okay?" I whisper and she nods again.

"I love you most" she says. Her lisp is more audible as she tries to hold back her tears with a pout.

"There’s my big girl" I say and hug her again.

"Now go to bed, Aunty Taerin won’t like to see you four awake" I ruffle her hair and she gives me a kiss on the cheek before going to her bed.

"Goodnight kids" I say and the other kids start to giggle again. The young ones are completely unaware of the troubles and shits of life.

As I turn to leave after shutting the door, I find Yuki coming out of Minjae and Junho’s shared room.

The young lady startles when she sees me, dropping her gaze to the floor, and bowing her head.

"Junho oppa wanted me to get Minjae new clothes" she explains and lift the bag in her hand.

I take a step towards her and she steps back, clutching the bag to her chest.

"Are you part of my family?" I ask. I communicate my intent by keeping my voice commanding and she looks into my eyes.

"I want to be a part of your family if you let me, Taesan" she responds in her native language.

"Then look after everyone, do you understand?" I ask and she nods, short hair moving around with the intensity of the nod.

"Yes, captain" she says.

"And keep yourself safe too" I say before walking away from her.

I won’t tell Junho about my plan. He has to focus on his family. His omega and the new child need him more.

I get in my car and disappear into my head as the journey back to my real world starts.

The time is five a.m. here and the sun isn’t up yet.

My body is tired, but my brain isn’t. I didn’t get any sleep through the panic of Minjae’s baby, and the worry of looking after Seoha.

In the private jet I sit with my back against the seat and my eyes on the ceiling.

I’ll kill them all.

They want a beast? They’ll get a beast.

I’ve lost count of the hours I spent traveling back home at some point, and the only thought in my head is murder; murder, dismembering, and mayhem.

We land and I get out of the private jet, going to the car with one goal; find and kill S.Y.C.

"Sir, we’ll drive you home to rest" one of the men in my five-man team says, and I ignore him.

Fuck rest.

"Do you have the location of the person?" I ask and my team look at each other.

"Yes boss, he sent a video and we already have men at the location. The man is genuinely insane, captain" the one who dares to speak first says.

"Show me" I order.

They bring an iPad to me, whispering to each other about who will bring it to me, while my alpha gets more impatient.

"Bring. It" I say through clenched teeth, and they rush forward, showing me the screen and playing the video.

The screen gives nothing about the sender away.

There are constant static noises, and for two minutes the screen only displays an error code before the sender laughs.

The sound is low and muffled.

A distorted voice.

"S.Y.C, does it feel familiar?" the man in the video asks and leans forward.

He’s wearing a mask that covers his mouth and nose. Fuck, I want to put my hand through the screen and kill him.

"Kang Taesan. Kang Taesan. Kang Taesan" he calls my name and laughs again.

"Are you back with my Seoha? Don’t keep me waiting, I don’t like waiting, I don’t like your grandfather either" the person stops talking and the static starts again.

My blood is boiling.

"Tell yourself this, ’Shin Seoha is not mine’, go on and say it because that will become your truth soon" he says and I growl.

"Meet me at the-" I punch the screen in anger before he shares the address.

The device goes blank and dead. But breaking the screen is not enough for me. I snatch it out of the hand of the holder and slam it to the floor.

"If this person wants war, we’ll give them war" I roar to my men, and they respond with strong yes sir.

"Let’s go" I say and get into the car.

My body needs sleep, but my hands need to kill this person. No one preys on the predator and gets away with it.

I am Kang Taesan. I am the mountain tiger. I am the fucking captain.

When I find that person, I’ll make him regret crossing me.