6 Terrence’s Hand

Everyone began to whisper nice and bad things about the boy but among so many astonishing eyes there were a pair of eyes who looked at Terrence with fury and hatred for stealing the attention that wasn't meant for him….

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Killian was going to take Terrence to his table and leave but seeing how all the alphas were looking at the young omega with that unpleasant expression, he couldn't allow him to leave Terrence alone at a time like this, Killian grabbed the hips of Terrence and guide him to his own table near the platform while releasing a little of his chocolate-scented pheromones to surround his friend and draw others away from him.

Leva watched the action of the alpha more excited than anyone, he knew how much his master could attract any alpha but she had never imagined that his master's "friend" would mark him with his pheromones. Terrence blushed immediately firstly for the strong scent of the alpha and secondly for the meaning of his actions.

Terrence knew he couldn't be doing it because Killian was attracted to him after all he knew Killian likes his master Orsen for a long time but it still made him very nervous. Orsen saw that image with a lump in his throat, he didn't understand why Killian was marking an Omega with his scent, could it be...that Terrence was his mate? The blond boy's heart was beating fast and he felt suffocated. Would it be too late to confess his feelings for him?

Someone coughed a little making Orsen realize that he had been quiet for a long time so without further delay he let the youth tournament begin, as in the previous time a random choice was made by age until the participants were available.

The youngest started and in the end, only Erick and a rather enigmatic girl with black hair and gray eyes remained victorious.

When they finish fighting the most interesting part of the event started. All the young wolves from 17 to 25 approached the platform, among them Blausen and Daemon who looked at each other challengingly.

There was a quantity of 15 young male wolves among each pack, some of them were willing to reach the final tournament and others were waiting to have their glory and ask for the hand of the omega they desire.

The moon was shining even brighter and when its shine covers all the kingdom Orsen announced the start of the courtship tournament but also the other stage of who might be the next heir to the throne of Reinheit.

At that moment all the Omega began to put their name on a wooden plaque.

The courtship tournament was a little different from the previous ones they had had, this time they would not be chosen randomly according to their age because they could have a different romantic interests.

Every single Omega would hang his plaque on the courtship tree and whoever wants the hand of certain Omega must take the plaque with that boy or girl's name, the first one to take it can ask the Omega to marry him if no one challenges him to compete for his hand; however, if someone else wants the same person they must fight until one wins and only the winner can present his victory to the Omega.

Orsen asked all the Omegas to hurry up but there was one who still didn't write his name.

"Young master please put your name on it"

"I do not want to…" Terrence was stubborn to put his name in that wooden.

"Terrence, don't be stubborn, if you're here you can't avoid participating" Killian squeezed one of his cheeks as he scolded the omega.

Terrence was angry he didn't want to participate in that circus of monkeys, he knew that no one was going to take his plaque so why should he have to participate?

"What's the point?"

Terrence was about to explode in rage when Blausen's voice filled his ears.

"You're going to participate too, Terrence? Well, all saw your beautiful face so I'm sure there are surely many alphas lining up to see where are you going to hang your plaque" Blausen had approached the table when he saw the small fight between the three of them and also encouraged Terrence to participate.

Terrence was embarrassed and his heart began to beat desperately at Blausen's words. He began to wonder if that meant that he was also waiting for him, not knowing that his face was completely red, he nodded his head.

With Leva's help, Terrence wrote his name on the board and asked Killian to help him guide him to the tree. When they were close he couldn't get there with the alpha because it would be a trap and since Leva was also an alpha he had to go alone.

He can hear the murmurs of others about his "courage" to hang his name there, although he felt embarrassed he took a deep breath and took the tree with one of his hands to place his plaque there; however, as he did so he heard a voice coming from the tree.

«My Child… I have been waiting for you for a long time»

That voice scared him so he just placed his wooden with his name on it and quickly walked away from the tree.

What Terrence didn't know was that the tree had been dead for a long time and thanks to his touch it began to blossom again. Nobody had noticed that voice more than Terrence and when he turned to Killian he asked him if the tree was some kind of spirit or something, which surprised the alpha.

"Why do you ask that?"

"Oh, it's nothing… I think I hallucinate something"

Killian wanted to ask more but he had to prepare himself, even though he didn't want to participate either in that competition, he had to do it. Once he left Terrence with Leva he said goodbye to both of them but a little before going to the line with the others Alpha Leva approached him.

"Young master, Killian"

"Mm? What's wrong Leva?" She turned around to see the worried face of the girl.

"I would like to ask you a favor…"

"What it is?"

"I am afraid that the leader of Dahlia has found a partner for my young master that will not appreciate him... and I am afraid that he will suffer for it, I know that now that they have seen it many may want his hand but I would only like to ask you that... if you know the one who takes his plaque is someone who won't take care of my young master… could you… pretend that you want to ask for his hand so that my young master can be free?"

Killian felt a lump in his throat, he wanted to look for Orsen's plaque but... it was true what Leva said, the leader Caius had been very calm but when the tournament started he had cast glances at a boy from a noble family although there were very bad rumors about that guy.

He began to worry about his friend, maybe later he could explain everything to Orsen and his reasons why he was taking care of Terrence.

"Very well, don't worry, I'll take care of it" Killian sighed a little looking at the girl.

"Thank you very much, young master"

Leva smiled a little, returning to the table with Terrence, she began to explain all the details of the tournament to Terrence while the last Omegas ended up hanging their names.

Daemon didn't dare approach Terrence because he didn't want Blausen to know which badge he was going to take but he was eager to find it as fast as possible. There was only 10 Omega from each clan so many of them would be left without a partner in this tournament but Daemon was not willing to lose Terrence.

When the last Omega placed his plaque, Orsen asked all the young male guys to line up well and prepare.

"Alright everyone is ready so just to remind you of the rules, firstly you have to get to the tree and find the name of the Omega of your like, secondly once you find and take the plaque you must leave the tree and take a place on the platform, and lastly you CAN'T take more than one plaque, did everyone understand?"

Orsen walked in front of everyone explaining to them once again, seeing that there were more alphas and betas than on other occasions, he asked them to form three rows interspersed with each other. The blond glanced at Killian wondering what plate he was going to get, he swallowed a little nervously and returned to the platform to start the tournament.

He started counting from five to one and when he got to the last number he yelled "Now" letting everyone run to the tree, Blausen looked carefully at Daemon, he wanted to find if his rival was looking for a certain plaque, although they had bet on fighting for Erick when the boy talked to them Daemon didn't seem too interested in the omega, but there was something strange in the eyes of the always cold Daemon.

When the signal was given Blausen saw Daemon running like crazy towards the tree so he kept up with him however the others began to crush them to leave them behind, and they began to pile up in the tree

Daemon clucked his tongue but thanks to being pushed aside he managed to see Terrence's name.

«It seems that fate is bringing us together»

Daemon got a little excited but before he could take Terrence's plaque they threw a badge at his face which he had to take with his hand, many were fighting over Erick's badge, and that flew away at Daemon's face but as soon as Daemon took it out of his face everyone looked at the Blumme leader with annoyance.

Even though Terrence had looked very attractive to a lot of alphas and betas when they saw Erick taking care of his brother their attention came back to him so no one was willing to marry the cursed omega...

Daemon read the name on it and gulped at seeing so many hateful looks on his person so he immediately looked for Blausen to throw that plaque at him, after all, he was the one who wanted to marry the boy but when he found him he frowned his eyebrows.

Killian arrived at the tree almost at the same time as Blausen and Daemon, he was looking for Terrence's plaque but he couldn't find it, he looked around and his eyes focused on the leader Blausen thanks to Daemon's strange angry expression but Killian has never expected what would happen next...

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