Strings of Fate

4- Mating Pull

Namjoon waited with fake patience, Yoongi openly glared, Jungkook was the only one to look somewhat apologetic.

"Jin, if you want us to keep our calm, stop dragging it out," The slightest irritation was lacing Namjoon's voice. If you didn't know him well, you might not be able to catch it. Jin pinched the bridge of his nose, which piece of bad news to tell first?

"I think she was being given seenap root." Namjoon and Yoongi froze. Jungkook looked at his two alphas and then at Jin.

"What is seenap root?" Before Jin could answer, Namjoon was answering in a flat tone,

"It's a type of suppressant. How often was she taking it?"

"Everyday."

"Fuck!" Yoongi exclaimed, turning around and walking away a few paces. Namjoon runned a hand through his hair. Jungkook looked anxiously at each member of the group. To their credit, Jungkook's fear was the only emotion that was strongly affecting him, Namjoon and Yoongi were regulating their scents a lot better.

"What does it suppress?" Jungkook asked quietly.

"It can affect a lot of different things. Taken in small doses for short periods of time can be very helpful for omegas," Jin elaborated.

"Jin!" Yoongi prompted impatiently, he could tell that Jin had more to tell, but Jin didn't want to continue discussing it with Jungkook, not yet anyway.

"Jungkook, will you let the Alpha Mother know that we need to talk with her?" Jin ignored Yoongi.

"I'm not a child Jin," Jungkook immediately flared up, "She's my mate too and I deserve to know what's going on!"

"And we'll tell you all as soon as I've discussed it with the Head Alpha and Beta," Jin insisted. Jungkook opened his mouth to reply, but Namjoon interjected.

"Listen to your Luna. We're not going to hide anything from you, we will tell you and our betas everything. Now do as you're told." Jungkook glared at Namjoon for a moment before he spun on his heel and stomped away.

Jin pinched the bridge of his nose again, he was starting to get a headache. First it had been Y/N's scent, then Jimin's, now all the alphas. His heat must be closer than he thought because it was too much, he felt sick and heavy with sadness, anger and fear that was not his. Part of what made him a good Luna is that he could ease the emotions of others, but their emotions and scents lingered longer than it did for other wolves. As a Luna he often became an emotional sponge, but he could normally regulate the rate of saturation, just not during his heat. 

"Luna?" Namjoon reached out and gently massaged the back of his neck. Jin wanted nothing more than to curl up into Namjoon's chest, to be covered in the alpha's scent, but now wasn't the time.

"She said they told her it was to prevent pregnancy and help ease her heats," Jin swallowed, "She said that they didn't want to breed her, she was just used for ruts." He could feel Yoongi's fury brewing.

What Jin told Jungkook was the truth, seenap root in controlled amounts does help omegas with both of those things. Omegas who aren't mated and don't want a heat partner can take seenap root to ease symptoms. But if they were using her during ruts they clearly weren't doing it for her comfort, they were doing it for other reasons. Seenap root was banned completely in a lot of packs because the side effects were often severe after prolonged use.

"She doesn't feel the mating pull."

"Not at all? Not for anyone?" Yoongi asked.

"Not even for Jimin. I asked her why she mated him and she said that she was scared, trying to escape her old pack and she wanted to mask her scent with Jimin's. She said –" Jin cleared his throat of the emotion starting to coat his words, "She denied being our mate and asked to leave. She doesn't trust us."

The rejection he felt when she first said that to him had felt like a physical blow, even reflecting on it made him feel like crying. The pull he felt for the female wolf was strong. He wanted to comfort her and hold her, but she had physically flinched away from him like she was scared of his touch. What kind of shit had she experienced to produce that type of reaction?

"They probably gave it to her to control her by suppressing any potential mating pull and increasing the alpha influence," Namjoon was thoughtful, staring down at the ground while he rubbed his chin, "But why would they do that? Why were they keeping her just for ruts? And if she wasn't a mate or a breeder, why would they so actively pursue her? Something else is going on."

"I want to fucking kill them all!" Yoongi's growl was low and menacing, "What kind of fucked up pack still does things like that?"

Are you guys fucking coming or what? Jungkook's tone through the link was bitter and petulant.

"Such a child sometimes!" Yoongi huffed. We're on our way you brat!

"Joon?" Jin asked the alpha.

"Hmmm?" He hummed, still lost in thought.

"Can I stay with the betas?" Namjoon blinked at him, finally focusing again.

"Of course Jin." He pulled Jin to him and kissed his forehead, "You feeling ok?"

"I'll be fine," Jin reassured, then left the two alphas to talk with the Alpha Mother. As he walked back inside, his thoughts strayed to his Y/N, locked away in the spare bedroom. It was possible that given time, the effects of seenap root would disappear and she would be able to feel the pull, but it was equally possible that she would never be able to feel the pull at all. 

Fated mates could only mate while experiencing the pull, the pull is what bound them together. Because they were all fated mates, if she never felt the mating pull, they would never be able to properly mate with her. Their marks would never stick.  The thought was terrifying.