Things started to change for Cory and Jimin after they figured things out between the both of them. Things seemed to be going back to normal now, and the mood around the house got better. Cory was afraid of relapsing however, because the last time he had done so he got Jeonguk's mate killed. Kisu and Hui kept a close eye on their friend as a few more weeks passed.

Cory was out at the lake again with Hui and Kisu, being out here for the third time that week. "You're afraid of relapsing aren't you hyung?" Asked Kisu as he turned to Cory who had skipped a rock across the water. "It's hard not to think about it," said Cory. "Especially after the close call a few weeks ago," he said. "I'm glad I managed to pull from that," he said.

"I think... I'll be able to explain my past to them now," he said. "Now that I've gotten a chance to calm down," he said. "Are you sure?" Asked Hui as he skipped a rock across the water. "Yeah," said Cory. "I might as well," he said. "In case I relapse again and you two aren't here, they need to know what to do," he said. "Can you let them know that I want to talk to everyone?" He asked. "I want to spend a bit more time out here before heading back," he said. Kisu hesitated. "Are you sure hyung?" He asked. Cory nodded. "I'll let you know, if I need you out here," he said. Kisu nodded and headed back with Hui.

"Jimin," Kisu called when he entered the house with Hui. "What's up?" Asked Jimin as he walked out of Changkhyun's room. "Can you call everyone in for a meeting? Cory wants to talk to everyone," he said. "Sure," said Jimin as he went to text the group chat. "Youngjae and Jooheon went to the grocery store, they should be here soon," he said. Kihyun came out of Changkhyun's room, his head tilted to the side. "Cory wants to talk?" He asked. Kisu nodded. "He's ready to talk about his past," he said. "Oh," said Kihyun as he blinked.

Cory returned to the house after Youngjae and Jooheon returned from shopping. He looked more relaxed now, being ready to talk about this. He let out a deep breath as he looked around the living room, where everyone was sitting and waiting for Cory to speak.

After getting encouraging nods from Kisu and Hui Cory decided to speak. "I was born in the early 1900's in South Korea," he said, letting out a deep breath. "My family was poor, but we managed to get by with what we had," he said. "I enlisted in World War 2 and got sent to Japan where I met Jeonguk and his mate," he said. "They were both civilians at the time, but we got along well," he said.

"Things went okay, I brought food over to Jeonguk and his mate Chaeyoung when I could," he said. "It went as well as it could, until they captured the 3 of us and sent us to one of the worst camps in human history, Unit 731," he said with a shiver.

"I managed to keep Jeonguk and myself from getting anything done to us, but Chaeyoung was sent to the women's side of the camp," he said. "I swore that I'd get them out of there but word from the other side of the wall, where the women's camp was, said that Chaeyoung got sick," he said. "I don't know what they injected her with but I had to put my plan to work," he said. He was trying to keep the trembling out of his voice as he spoke, as he looked down.

"When I put my plan into action they decided to take Jeonguk out to get his wolf extracted, they wanted to see what it would do to him since he was a pure blood and I went berserk," he said. "They had injected me with some kind of drug that caused me to go violent, killing everything in sight," he said.
 

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"Take the two wolves to the chamber!" Barked one of the officers. Cory fought with the guard as he growled. "You don't want your friend to die do you?" Asked the officer. Cory had paused, glaring at the officer as they pushed him forward. "It's alright Joohyun," came Jeonguk's raspy voice as he coughed. "We'll live through this," he said. "Bring the girl!" Barked the officer and a guard brought over Chaeyoung, who looked pale and sickly. They were forced into a chamber with some sort of machine above a table. They forced Jeonguk onto the table and strapped him down.

"Don't you dare!" Cory snarled out as he leaped forward only to get shocked with a cattle prod. He fell with a grunt, and felt the prod against his back. "This will be short and quick," said the officer as he the machine. A beam of light shot down onto Jeonguk's body and all anyone could hear was his screams in agony.

Cory could feel the anger burst through his body as he the guard before him, his eyes glowing gold. He snarled and attacked everyone in the room, destroying the machine in the process. He didn't recall what he did when he finally came to, standing in front of Chaeyoung as he was about to kill her. "Joohyun!" She had shouted, her voice weak. It snapped him out of his rage induced stupor as he came to his senses.

"C-Chaeyoung?" Came Cory's quiet voice as he looked down at his blood soaked hands. He turned to where Jeonguk lay, before turning and picking up Chaeyoung and bringing her to him. "Jeonguk," sobbed Chaeyoung as she hugged an unconscious Jeonguk. "I'm sorry Joohyun," she said. "I know you promised to get all three of us out, but he's dying, I need to give my wolf to him," she said. Cory just stood in a daze, nodding. He stood by the door to give the two a moment as he continued to stare at his bloody hands, wondering what had happened to him.
 

~

"He got his wolf extracted, and she gave up her wolf to him," said Cory as he clenched his fists and looked down. "She lost her memories but died in the camp before we got liberated, I broke my promise to them," he said. "Jeonguk learned of what happened later, and he kicked me out of the pack," he said. "I had been alpha for a few years prior to that, as we met Kisu and Jinhong when we went back to South Korea," he said.

"I still have these random bursts of anger," he said after taking a minute to calm down. "The only way to snap me out of it is to use my human name," he said. "Or, rather my birth name I guess since I'm a pure blood," he said. "It's been a while since I had an outburst, but I'm due for one soon," he said.

"Well," said Kihyun after he processed everything. "You have my support," he said. "Same," said Jimin. "We're mates, I want to help you," he said. "You've had our support since the beginning," said Kisu and Hui. "I'm here to support you," said Youngjae and Jooheon. "Thanks guys," said Cory as he smiled some.