The sound of footsteps following each other in the middle of the silent forest could be heard. A girl named Cassie, with a panicked face, continued to walk forward while looking back many times, afraid that those who were chasing her would discover her whereabouts.
"Cassie, where are you?! Keep trying to hide, we'll still find you." Three men laughed loudly behind there, they were the ones currently hunting Cassie.
When Cassie heard that, she became even more afraid. Her footsteps walked faster, as far away as possible from the three male Alphas who were trying to approach her. Of course, as a weak Omega, Cassie wouldn't be able to fight three Alphas at once.
Cassie couldn't imagine what would happen if they caught her. Therefore, she had to run as far away from them as possible to save herself.
Two minutes later, no more footsteps were heard behind there, nor were there any voices calling Cassie's name. The girl assumed that the three Alphas had left.
"Are they gone?" Cassie slowed her steps, she looked back to see where the three Alphas were.
However, there was no one behind Cassie at this time, and her ears did not pick up any sound. Cassie stopped, then took a deep breath and exhaled, her heart feeling relieved that she had managed to escape from them.
"Did you think you could get away with us that easily, Cassie?"
Cassie got goosebumps when she heard the voice of a man who was very familiar to her ears, her body froze perfectly as if her nervous system couldn't cooperate, not to mention Cassie's heart which started beating very fast because she felt scared.
"This girl thinks we can be fooled easily," said Ray, one of the three Alphas.
"She thinks we can't smell her pheromones from a distance," said Billy, while another man was named Ben.
"D-don't hurt me," said Cassie in a low voice, she was terrified right now.
Cassie's body writhed and trembled violently as soon as Ben touched her shoulder, the man moved to stand in front of Cassie. Not daring to look, Cassie lowered her head deeply, she wanted to cry.
Being in the middle of a quiet forest with three Alphas at once is not a good thing. Considering that these three Alphas had often teased her and had a bad reputation, Cassie was afraid that they would do something to her.
Forcibly, Ben raised Cassie's chin, so the girl looked directly at him. "Look up if someone is talking to you, especially if he is an Alpha. Haven't your parents taught you good manners?"
"She doesn't have parents," Ray replied quickly.
The three Alphas immediately laughed loudly, belittling Cassie, who was already starting to cry. She was used to getting nasty treatment from people in village, but it still hurt when they talked about the parents Cassie didn't have.
Ben brought his face closer to Cassie, the man sniffed near her neck to smell the girl's pheromones. "Cassie, why do your pheromones smell so good? I want to smell them all the time."
"Let go!" Cassie tried to distance herself from Ben and pushed the man, but her strength couldn't match Ben's.
One kiss landed on Cassie's neck, making the girl's body immediately freeze. Cassie must not let this happen, or she will be provoked and worsen things.
With all her strength, Cassie turned around and pushed Ben until the man fell backward. Ray and Billy reflexively helped the man, while Cassie immediately took the opportunity to escape from there.
Cassie ran in no particular direction. She only thought that the important thing was that she could get away from those three bastard Alphas. Cassie's breathing was getting more and more irregular. The girl was tired, but she couldn't do anything but run.
Suddenly, Cassie bumped into someone's body in front of her. The girl fell but quickly looked up to ensure the figure was not one of the three Alphas chasing her.
"Help me!" Cassie said quickly when she saw the unfamiliar face in front of her.
Even though the forest was dark and had very little lighting, Cassie could still see that the figure was a man. If she looked at his body posture, it looked like he was an Alpha. This was Cassie's only chance to get help.
"Please, help me!" Cassie crawled forward and held onto the man's legs desperately, tears streaming down Cassie's cheeks.
The strange man made no movement, he just looked at Cassie down there with a flat face. But the man could see how Cassie's body was shaking violently with fear, she also seemed very fragile.
"What will I get if I help you?" After a long silence, the man finally spoke, asking Cassie.
"Anything!" Cassie answered too quickly, not even a second after hearing his question. "I'll give you anything, but please save me from those three Alphas!"
Before the man had time to answer, the three Alphas Cassie was talking about arrived. Cassie immediately stood up and hid behind the strange man. At this time, she could only rely on him, even though the man had not answered whether he wanted to help or not.
The man glanced at Cassie's tight grip on his shirt, then turned to the three Alphas in front of him.
"Who are you?! Let go of that Omega, she's ours!" Ben spoke first.
"I just happened to be passing by. I don't even know who this Omega is," said the man casually. Cassie looked at him from behind with a look of disbelief because she thought the man didn't seem to want to help her.
The three Alphas laughed. "Then act as if you didn't see all this. Just go and let the girl go, we're having fun," Billy said in response.
Ben stepped forward and grabbed Cassie's arm, who was still hiding behind the strange man. Cassie struggled to be let go. "Come here, your business with us is not finished yet!" Ben said with great emphasis.
"No! Let me go!" Cassie replied, wanting to cry, she was so scared.
The tug-of-war had to stop because the strange man grabbed Ben's hand and quickly released Cassie from Ben. "I don't know this girl, but it doesn't look like she wants to have fun with you guys, so why are you forcing it?"
"Don't get involved! You foreigners better just leave!" Billy shouted angrily, the presence of this strange man was alarming.
"What if I refuse to go?" Even though he was surrounded by three Alphas at once, the man still looked relaxed. He was also an Alpha like them, so why was he afraid?
Ben chuckled and took a step forward to face the man directly. His index finger pressed very roughly against the man's body as if challenging him. Ben said, "You're nothing here, so don't disturb our fun. Just go back to where you came from and play there."
With quick movements, the man grabbed Ben's hand and immediately twisted it until Ben screamed in pain. It didn't stop there, the foreign man also punched Ben in the face hard and then pushed him until Ben fell while enduring the pain.
Ray and Billy were shocked and annoyed that their friend had been defeated. Both of them immediately took out their long wolf claws and beat the man.
But in fact, the man was not easily defeated. He was able to easily avoid Ray, then moved behind the man and nimbly bit Ray's neck with his wolf fangs. Ray screamed and fell to the ground. The man immediately ran at Billy. He took out his wolf claws and tore Billy's body, who couldn't dodge or fight.
They were fellow Alphas, but the foreign man's strength was more significant, and he became more dominant than the other three men.
Cassie watched the three Alphas fight with a trembling body, but suddenly, she realized that now was the right time to run away because they were all busy and wouldn't pay attention to Cassie.
Therefore, amid the fight, Cassie finally chose to run away without even saying goodbye to the strange man who had previously helped her.
Cassie recognized only one thing about him, namely the scent of his pheromones. The man smelled like the calming sea.