It was slow going towards the border. Things were either destroyed or road blocked so we had to go around or else deal with angry territorial Alphas. "You guys can cross if you leave us the pretty Omega." One cooed as he stared right at me as he licked his lips.

I glared back as Ludwig cleared his throat, "We'll go around."

"It'll take you a few extra days." He said with a laugh as he looked at me with lust, "He's just an Omega and we'll treat him fairly."

At that moment Abel wrapped his arm around my shoulders and walked me away, "No I don't think so." He said shouting back at them, "We'll keep our friend here, why don't you fuck yourselves if you want a good time?" We had to run at that point since they really didn't appreciate anything the Danish man had to say. "Bastards." He panted once we lost them, "Next time we stay and fight."

"There were twenty of them." Kiku noted as he looked around with his hand still holding tightly to a very old katana he wore on his belt. He once told me it was his great grandfather's and was all he had left of his large family. I once asked him about it but he won't say much nor about his family.

Abel on the other would talk non-stop about everything and anything. He was loud and brash but his heart was in the right place. "Oh we could have handled fifty of them." He said with a wide grin, "Nothing we haven't done before."

"And if they had friends?"

"We would have kicked their asses too."

At this Anthony shook his head. "You are going to say something your ass can't cash one of these days, my friend." I learned his name was really Antonio and there was a time when he had a mate and two children. But that changed the day our country was attacked, maybe that's why he would sit next to me and hum little Spanish songs. He told me once that I reminded him so much of his oldest son. "And then what are you going to do then?"

"Kick ass like I've always done."

At that point Gil chuckled, "So while we would be busy kicking ass one would have taken Alfred and dragged him away."

"I could have handled myself. I'm not some weak little Omega." I think it shocked a few of them as they all turned to me and stared. "Hell, I could get to the fucking border without you if I wanted to!" I was angry and glared mostly at Gilbert. I had told him a little of what had happened so while I knew why he said it deep down it hurt me so much. With that I turned on my heels and started off towards where I hoped was the border.

"Alfred, where are you going?"

I didn't answer as I continued to walk. It wasn't long before I felt a hand grab around my wrist. I spun around on my heels and stared right into crimson eyes, "Let go of my hand."

He looked deep into my eyes as if he was staring into my soul, "I didn't say it to offend you. It was just to prove a point."

"Yeah sure but I'm not helpless." I hissed as I tried to stay angry at him only to find none. "I won't let myself be raped by a bastard Alpha that thinks he could fuck with me."

He nodded knowing there was much more to the story, "I know. You're not exactly the smallest Omega and in a fight I'd be happy to have you by my side." It made me blush instantly as I looked away and I could tell it was coming from his heart. "I lost my Mama too; she was a beautiful omega with a wild imagination and spunk that you won't believe. I loved her, hell we all did."

I watched him as he spoke and I wasn't sure where it was going, "What happened to her?"

Gilbert looked me in the eye as if he was telling me the time of day and said, "My father killed her because he said she had cheated on him. He claimed she attacked him first but I know exactly why she was killed."

A shiver ran down my spine as I stared at him, "Why?"

"Because she had been raped earlier that year and he couldn't let it go. It ate at him but not because he couldn't do anything about it but because he thought she was responsible for it. He said she won't have been if she wasn't asking for it. He never once saw what she was going through, never asked if she was okay or that she still loved him. Then one night he dragged her out by her hair and shot her in the street. He left her to die and no one did a damn thing about it."

I just stood there as what he said settled in my mind, "Why are you telling me this?"

"Because when you fell out of those woods I knew that look because that was the same look I had that day. I'm telling you because mostly this is between you, me and these trees here." I understood his reasons loud and clear. I don't know how but he sensed I wanted to talk if his story was true I have no idea but I doubted that he would lie to me about anything like that.

So I told him my story or at least what I wanted to tell him and he listened and nodded his head every so often until I finished. "So now what?" I asked once I was done, "Tell the others? Call me a bastard for just burying her there?"

He shook his head, "Like I said this was between you, me and the trees. I would have probably done most of the same things honestly. As for what now that's up to you. I won't force you to stay if you don't want to." It again felt sweet and kind to me and while I didn't want to admit it I was falling for the white haired man. Perhaps simply because he had opened up so much to me and in return I felt safe with him, felt love but I wasn't going to be easy.

"Are you like this with any Omega you know?"

"Only the ones I like." He said with a smirk that once again turned my face a bright red. I don't know why but I hit him hard on the shoulder as I walked back towards our group.

"Shut up Gilbert." I said with a sway of my hips just to see if I could cause the same blush on his face. I looked back just to see him wrap his arms around my shoulder and whispered something into my ear.

"Make me Sparrow because the awesome me would like to see you try."