Yawning softly, Nikolai entered the Romanov mansion, bringing with him, his things from the military barracks, as he had recently come out of his daily training. Because Nikolai and his family were not that fonds of the prominent people in the city, not being too friendly with the high society people, so they did not attend pompous events with such people unless it was necessary for them to be present.
For that reason, Nikolai did not know that his cousin and the rest of the Romanov family were not at the mansion, that they had gone on a visit to the art museum for that little party. So innocently, Nikolai had gone to the mansion that afternoon to see Alexis, as he knew he was depressed about what happened recently with Luka, and Nikolai wanted to ask him how he was doing and give him some moral support for the whole situation.
But upon arriving, entering the mansion without knocking or alerting the servants, having free entry because he belonged to the leader's family
Freezing, Nikolai stood at the door of the mansion's living room, observing the spectacle that was taking place at the entrance of the mansion.Despite being a military man and knowing how to fight, Nikolai had never been in favor of violence, no matter if it was between alphas or omegas, he considered himself a pacifist, someone who would fight and hurt another person only if forced to do so.So seeing Luka on the floor, having been beaten by his fiancé, Nikolai felt blank, incredulous of what he had just witnessed, and beginning to feel sick just thinking about what he had just seen.Luka was an omega like any other, his body was much smaller than any alpha's, being slender and of short stature. Not wanting to notice his soft and somewhat delicate appearance, Nikolai could only think that Estephan was a bastard. Luka's fiancé was a full-fledged alpha, with a big, muscular body that was almost twice Luka's size. And seeing that nasty guy touch and
"I need to talk to you."Entering his private room, Alexis sighed softly. He felt exhausted, both physically and mentally. After such a tumultuous day at the art show, with all the trouble he'd had with Luka and having to deal with the other guests who had attended the venue. Alexis couldn't help but feel extremely tired.And upon arriving at the mansion, still having to secretly deal with the pain caused by what happened with Luka, Alexis found her cousin, who looked much more serious than usual. While his own family and the Kuznetsov family lingered on the first floor of the mansion, talking to each other animatedly, reminiscing about what they saw at the party downstairs and how they had fun."Is it something so urgent? I'm really tired, today was a disgusting day..." Alexis complained, sighing again."I know you did it with Luka.""We didn't, we didn't get too far, unfortunately..."Keeping silent for a moment, Nikolai told him, "This is
In silence, Alexis stared silently into the darkness of his room, he could only think of one thing, Luka.In his head, he couldn't stop repeating to himself that the omega had been hit because of him, that because Alexis couldn't control himself, Luka's fiancé realized what they had both been doing, and decided to react that way. Alexis knew it wasn't right to think like that, that there was no way he should excuse Estephan for being a bad alpha and hurting Luka, but he couldn't help thinking that the younger boy might not have been hit if it hadn't been for Alexis.What should he do then?Alexis felt that his life was too intertwined with Luka's, and those bonds were growing stronger with each passing day as their two younger brothers finalized their engagement. What would happen in the future? The two of them would be family, and at Christmas parties or on some trip, Luka and Alexis would coincide again, both of them would end up seeing each other again
*** 5 years earlier ***With a sigh, Alexis hopped off the school bus, cursing between his teeth and looking very annoyed.Usually, Alexis never complained about having to go to some camp or meeting, since by going to those places he could free herself from going to school for a couple of days. But this camp was different, as it was happening in the middle of the school vacation, so it was interrupting Alexis' time off.But he couldn't complain, as he knew it was a punishment given by his parents, after all, he had done a lot of bad things in the last months, and so many that he couldn't even list them properly. And it was right to be punished, but knowing that didn't make Alexis happy."This is a shit" Alexis complained angrily, kicking a stone angrily, before starting to pace.Sighing with displeasure, Mikhail walked up to Alexis and put an arm around his shoulders, saying, "Come on... We've put up with your bad mood for the whole trip, can't you
*** 5 years earlier ***Alexis couldn't help himself, leading all the people in the city who had gone with him, and standing in the middle of the road like an idiot, Alexis had been stunned to see those golden eyes in the distance.Standing behind Alexis, all the other boys looked at each other in confusion, as no one understood why they were making that unnecessary slightly dramatic pause. And deciding to hurry the matter along, Nikolai broke formation and approached his cousin, looking at his puzzled and somewhat lost face."Alex?" Nikolai asked, feeling somewhat concerned about his cousin's attitude, "Come on, move forward, you're slowing us down..."Like a distant echo, Alexis could hear his cousin's words. But he couldn't remember where he was, much less who he was... His mind was somewhere else. Never in his whole life had he had a feeling like that, something so... Intense.For a moment, he felt stunned by the pheromones he could feel coming
*** 5 years earlier ***Closing his eyes, Alexis sniffed the air around him, unable to find that omega, but still looking for him.Three days had passed at the camp, and with sadness, Alexis soon realized that it would probably be much more complicated than he had thought at the beginning to be able to find that omega he saw at the opening of the camp. For even though all the alphas, omegas, and betas were together at the camp; it was very difficult for them to grant at the same time.As in any camp, everyone had activities planned, but they were separated by alphas and betas, and the omegas were kept in a remote location or doing a different activity. Alexis didn't know if the camp organizers separated them that way because they had the typical fear that the omegas would be attacked by alphas or betas, or because they considered them more delicate to do the activities that the others did.But whatever the real reason was, in the middle of that fake mixed
*** 5 years earlier ***Shortly after his encounter with the omega in the camp's dining room, Alexis didn't mention or talk about it again, not wanting to think again about that omega that had called his attention so much at the beginning.This caught Nikolai's attention, who did not understand how his cousin had lost the excitement of meeting that boy in such a... fast way. Since without any kind of explanation, Alexis refused to talk to him again about what had happened, pretending that in reality... He had never been interested in omega in the camp.And the real reason... was an embarrassment.Immediately after that embarrassing and ridiculous dining hall incident, which was witnessed by everyone who attended the camp, Luka became the target of ridicule and laughter from everyone who went to the camp. Luka was undoubtedly beautiful and came from a good family, but most of the people who attended the camp were young boys, who didn't pay much attention t
*** 5 years earlier ***Desperate, feeling his heart pounding so hard that his chest hurt, Luka ran with all his might out of his cabin. Everything had gone dark for a moment, and without thinking that someone could be bothering him or that it could have been a technical problem, Luka could only think of one thing: Ghosts.In all his innocence and fearing much of the forest, Luka could only reason that some supernatural being had wanted to harm him. So terrified, screaming, and very fearful, he ran away without any fixed direction, only wanting to get away from the thing that had attacked him while he was alone, miraculously hoping to meet Ivan or his older brother to protect him.But running into the forest without a fixed direction or knowing the direction in which he was running, Luka soon began to get lost, yet he did not stop running. As his fear of what had happened and the darkness of the forest increased, Luka ran even faster.Until in the middle