Chapter 222: 'Are you fucking in heat?'

He looked towards the crowd, then spotted Leo pinning a man against the cart. His expression changed immediately.

"Damn it, Leo! What are you doing?"

"Fuck! Axe, hold him down. I need to teach him a lesson today!"

A vein bulged on Axe’s forehead.

Moon thought he was going to drag Leo out of the mess, but instead, Axe put down the bag and threw a punch at the man.

"..."

’They are out of their minds...’ Moon thought. He couldn’t stay still any longer.

By the time he came out of the inn, another cart had been thrown aside by someone.

The entire street was a mess.

Moon passed two men rolling on the ground as they brawled, then quickly avoided a kick.

When he finally reached Leo, he was already drenched in sweat from the sheer panic of getting punched or kicked.

He could have used his spiritual pressure to stop them in an instant, but that would undoubtedly be suspicious.

So he covered himself with a thin layer of spiritual energy, just enough to keep himself from getting hurt if a stray kick landed.

But what he didn’t notice was that, with every step he took forward, the people behind him were growing quieter.

Too quiet...

In fact, they had become extremely silent.

Their movements slowed as they turned towards him.

Their ears perked up as if trying to catch even the slightest sound from the man who had just passed them.

Their noses twitched, sniffing the air.

And the fists that had been punching their opponents slowly loosened.

Even the men who had been fighting seemed to forget what they were doing.

Moon didn’t notice any of it, but Nox did.

His fluffy tail suddenly stiffened, and his eyes narrowed.

A warning glint appeared in his amber eyes as he released a dense layer of scent and pressure, masking Moon’s presence as much as he could without Moon noticing.

Moon Astra–who had been showered and filled with the five alphas’ scent last night obviously didn’t notice the smell in the air was changing slowly.

As Moon stopped in front of Leo and Axe, they also seemed to sense something.

Their noses twitched, and both men turned around.

But the first thing they did was not look at Moon. Their gazes swept over the people surrounding them.

Their eyes narrowed in alert.

Moon frowned. "What are you..."

His voice was cut off as Axe suddenly pressed his lips against his, kissing him hard.

"Stay back, darling," Axe hissed against his lips.

"..."

Moon, who had only come to make peace and get them back inside, was utterly speechless and horrified by the sudden intimacy in broad daylight, out in the open.

Before he could push the man away and get angry, another body pressed closer.

Then another.

In a moment, he couldn’t see even an inch of the street as four figures completely blocked his view.

"Hell, are you...?" He wanted to curse, but his words were cut off again.

"Shhhhh!" Leo pressed a finger against his lips.

Moon suddenly felt goosebumps spreading all over his body.

Only then did he notice that the atmosphere had changed.

It was silent.

Too silent.

Like the moment before a storm.

He wanted to look around and see what was happening, but the four walls of muscle surrounding him stood like a fortress, blocking his view.

’What the hell!’ he thought.

His nose twitched.

He knew these scents.

Ashen oud... smoky petrichor... damp moss... cedarwood... and that rusty gunpowder.

His breath hitched as the dense scents surrounded him. His body began to go limp again.

He knew this feeling.

It was the same feeling he had experienced inside the cage last night.

’What the hell...’ he swore inwardly.

Then he heard growls.

A lot of them.

Not one or two.

Maybe ten, twenty, or more.

Moon’s eyes widened.

What was happening?

The four figures blocking him suddenly moved.

They lunged forward at the same time young wolves pounced in their direction.

Not one, but several.

Leo grabbed Moon by the waist and pulled him backwards, out of their reach.

Before Moon could even regain his balance, Leo threw a kick at a half-turned wolf who was reaching for his arm.

"???"

Moon’s eyes widened in shock.

His body shivered.

’What? How come they are attacking me instead?’

He wanted to think about what he could have done, but he didn’t get the chance.

Leo shoved him behind his back and blocked another wolf’s attack with his forearm before throwing a kick at the next one.

Axe closed in from the side, while Ugo moved behind them.

They kept Moon surrounded, but more agitated men were approaching in a dense group, steadily closing the distance.

"Mooney, get inside the space," Ugo whispered, his voice still husky.

"No... we can’t..."

"Get fucking inside!" Ugo swore.

Moon was startled, but before he could respond, another five men lunged towards them.

Ugo shifted, strangling one wolf while striking another with his other arm.

Nox slammed into a man and threw him aside, only for another to rush forward.

Suddenly, a clawed hand caught Moon’s wrist and tried to drag him out of the circle.

But before the man could pull him away, his wrist caught fire.

Leo nearly burned the man’s hand off.

His eyes were practically spewing fire.

Just when Moon was beginning to think the situation was getting out of hand and they couldn’t keep fighting much longer, a howl rang through the street, followed by hurried footsteps.

A spray of tranquilizing arrows shot through the crowd from all directions.

Enforcers wearing leather brigandines and bracers equipped with tranquilizer mechanisms quickly surrounded the area.

The sudden arrival of the enforcers gave them the distraction they needed.

The four men seized the opportunity and fled into the inn with Moon.

As soon as they entered the room, Nox didn’t waste a single moment.

He activated his formation, sealing the doors and windows.

"Get inside. Now," Axe grumbled.

He grabbed Moon’s arms so tightly that Moon felt as though they might break.

Nox caught hold of Leo, and they swiftly transported themselves into the Lost Realm, leaving the chaos behind.

"Are you fucking in heat?"

Leo’s swear landed before even Moon’s feet landed on the grass of the Lost Realm.