In the marvelous kingdom of Ephiphania, the capital called Seoulvia is bustling with life. Due to the great king, poverty was least of the problems in the kingdom. Corruption however, is all over the land. Selfish nobles abuse their workers and only give them sufficient amount of income for food alone, leaving the workers buried in debt to them.
Which is why two young individuals promote charity programmes to ease this problem; The omega Prince Kim Seokjin of Ephiphania and the alpha, Lord Kim Namjoon of the Noble house of Kims.
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The Kim household is in charge of a large portion of land and have a lot of workers under their supervision. This is such for they are very distant relatives of the royal family who shares the same family name as them. But the current royal family and the current generation of the Kim Household are far from related. The last pair of Kims from both families that got wedded was centuries ago.
Relatives marrying each other is common practice to maintain the family wealth within the household. The Kims don’t allow their heirs to marry outside of the family or the royal family; seeing as marrying other nobles or commoners is just going decrease their wealth.
Today, Kim Namjoon, heir to the noble house of the Kims, an alpha, is pacing around his brother's room while chewing on his nails, nervous. He’s going to meet his betrothed, his cousin.
He doesn’t even know what his cousin looks like or even their name! All Namjoon knows that his cousin is a male beta who can’t even produce an heir, and has the family name Kim. Namjoon’s distressed pheromones were all over the place, making his younger brother, Kim Yoongi cry in his crib.
“Oh sorry Yoonie.” Namjoon apologized as he carefully picked up his brother, releasing calming pheromones as he did so. “Hyungie is a little bit upset.”
Namjoon looked down on his brother fondly as he rocked him gently as how Yoongi would like it.
Namjoon isn’t bothered by the fact he’s betrothed to his cousin, its normal. But what bothered him is that maybe his cousin is pushy, a snob and a complete witch like the woman he has for a mother. Secretly, Namjoon is also quite worried that his cousin would look horrendous.
However, what Namjoon is more upset about is the fact that his cousin can’t even give him pups. The alpha is fond of the idea of having pups that he will be a good father too, just like his late father.
The late head of the Kim household is an alpha woman who died from an assassination that Namjoon and the rest of the family luckily survived from. Namjoon has fond memories of her and promised to live out her legacy to the best of abilities. But with his mother acting like a complete witch- scratch that, a complete bitch, Namjoon is that close to snapping and just abscond with his brother.
As Namjoon placed a now asleep Yoongi back to his crib, a soft knock could be heard from the door.
“Come in.” Mumbled Namjoon softly, as to not wake his brother.
The door was opened by a beta maid who immediately scrunched his nose, seeing as he got hit by extreme alpha pheromones. Behind the beta, is Kim Shin-ae, the omega who’s currently head of the Kim household, noticed the unpleasant expression on the servant. Shin-ae raised her hand to slap the servant who bowed, anticipating the hit.
“Mother, must we hit the servants? My unpleasant pheromones caused their displeasure. Please, refrain from punishing them for no valid reason.” Namjoon said, holding his mother’s wrist.
Shin-hae frowned, slapping her son’s hand away. Despite the negative expression on her face, her beauty didn’t falter. As an omega, their beauty is permanent and in every motion, they remain elegant. However, due to lose of her mate, Shin-ae’s eyes remained lifeless and her personality worsened. Shin-ae has never been a kind and gentle omega like the others. But now, she’s just a cruel bitch, as Namjoon would say.
“Whatever, Namjoon. Your betrothed is in the salon, already waiting for your presence.” Shin-ae said, placing her hand in front of her abdomen, sticking her head up high and began walking.
Namjoon gave the servant an apologetic gaze who returned a thankful look before going inside the room to take care of Yoongi in Namjoon’s absence. Namjoon let out a deep sigh before following after his mother begrudgingly.
When Namjoon and his mother arrived at the salon, he saw his uncle and someone who had a veil over their face. Namjoon sniffed the air and smelled the familiar scent of his uncle and a faint scent of musk emitting from the veiled person. Namjoon assumed the veiled person to be his beta cousin.
“Namjoon, meet your soon to be bride, Kim Taehyung.” Namjoon’s uncle said, the beta stood and did a courtesy. Namjoon bowed and offered his hand to which Taehyung accepted.
The alpha kissed Taehyung’s hand and unveiled the latter. Namjoon’s breath hitched. There’s no way the person in front of him is just a mere beta. With a symmetrical facial structure, sun kissed complexion, blonde hair and piercing brown eyes that could enchant anyone; Namjoon couldn't help but to feel attraction.
“Beautiful isn’t he? He’s perfect for you Namjoon. He’s also the second heir for the household.” Shin-ae said.
“Thank you, my Luna.” Taehyung bowed, his deep voice surprising Namjoon.
“Brother, you have made an excellent wolf that will soon take over my position.” Shin-ae bluntly said.
“The honor is all mine, my dear sister. Now how about we discuss the marriage plans and leave them to get to know each other?” Namjoon’s uncle suggested, which earned a nod from Shin-ae who led him to her study.
Namjoon offered his arm to Taehyung who accepted it.
“Would you mind If I took you to the library, would you not?” Namjoon asked, slowly walking forwards to give Taehyung more time to ponder.
“I don’t mind Alpha. I hope I’m not much of a disturbance to you. I also hope you don’t find my appearance horrendous.” Taehyung said.
“What utter nonsense do you spout? You’re far from it. And please, call me Namjoon. I don’t like being called alpha by someone who’s not my mate.” The alpha said, not thinking about his words.
Taehyung let out a small wince, clutching unto Namjoon’s arm tighter, unconsciously. Namjoon realized his horrible wording and almost slapped himself if it weren’t for Taehyung holding unto him.
“I apologize my future Luna. I didn’t mean to sound rude and cause you displeasure.” Namjoon shook his head.
“No, not at all, my Alpha-er, Namjoon.” Taehyung assured, face remaining blank. “Say, do you perhaps have a secret lover? Or a love interest?”
Namjoon flushed lightly.
“I do not. I’m more keen on taking care of my brother and trying to fix the unjust government of other nobles. I wish to help my people first before worrying about love and be stuck in a relationship the world wouldn’t approve of. That is why I left mother in charge of looking a bride for me.” Namjoon said, missing out the part he was fond of the idea of pups, not caring whoever his partner is. “How about you Taehyung? Surely a beauty of yours attracted suitors from far off lands.”
Taehyung was the one who flushed this time.
“I do have many suitors but they were soon dismissed by their parents when they knew I was a beta. However, I do have one love interest. But our love isn’t going to happen. My love would continue to bloom for him, however he wouldn’t notice it- Oh! I’m sorry, I really shouldn’t be talking about another in front of my future mate.”
“Hey, it’s fine. Say, even if we’re mated soon, I’ll let you be with your love. And what kind of man ignore your love for them? Are they blind? How could they not see how lucky they are to be loved by you-“
“They don’t know of my existence.” Taehyung cuts off, a bit bashful from Namjoon’s compliments.
“Taehyung, you’re the second heir to the noble house of the Kims. We’re the second most important family in the kingdom after the royal family. How can one not know about you?”
Taehyung shifted his gaze to the floor, a bit uncomfortable which Namjoon noticed. The alpha released calming pheromones to ease the beta even a bit.
“Okay, I wouldn’t press you about it.” Namjoon reassured, taking one of Taehyung’s hands that rested on his arm and kissed it.
“You’re such a great alpha. Any wolf who’ll be loved by you is truly lucky.” Taehyung smiled.
“Don’t worry, I’ll soon learn to love you. That is if you wish to?”
“I’ll be honored to.”