Chapter 34

"Don't leave...please..."
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"But turning you into a vampire is a good idea, I wouldn't toss it aside just because you had fallen into one of my plans, not only you can't leave me forever...but you'll never be pure again."

"You monster..." There's nothing she can say except for those words, Jungkook is a monster.

He tilts his head cutely and smiles innocently, "No I'm not, I'm your kookie."

"Why don't you ever call me by that nickname again hm? Kookie is upset!" he pouts

Y/n doesn't know if he acts cutely just to mock her and pissed her off or if he has multiple personality disorders, cause the Jungkook she talked to before was very different from Jungkook she talks to now.

"Why do you look so scared my muse? Shouldn't you be happy now that your kookie is here?"

Y/n didn't reply, she just stares at him with an unbelievable look.

Jungkook sighs and gets off the bed and walks to the door before he smiles at Y/n again.

"Kookie will be leaving because Kookie has to prepare for your funeral!"

His words caught Y/n off guard and she chokes on her saliva.

"My what?!"

"Your funeral! It was a part of my plan, I put poison in that porridge, and I always know you were smart and I knew you wouldn't eat that porridge because it looked suspicious to you. It was half filled to make it seem like you were eating it."

Y/n slowly begin to realize, that Jungkook is planning to keep her down here forever and Jungkook smiles cunningly after he sees her expression.

"You will never get to leave me, my muse."

The wooden door closed and followed by two clicks, Jungkook locked the door.

"No...no!"

Y/n runs to the door and starts desperately banging on it, her face goes pale as she imagines the worst.

Locked in a secret underground tunnel that is twelve feet under without anyone knowing she's still alive is the worst way to spend her entire life here.

"Open the door! Get me out of here Jeon!" Y/n bangs the door loudly with both of her fists as she cries desperately.

Y/n knows that begging Jungkook to open the door for her is a waste of time, so she begins to search for something around the room that could help her escape.

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The atmosphere of the palace is nothing but gloomy, Jungkook announced the death of Y/n in the throne room and everyone in the Palace knows, soon the news would be spread to the people outside the Palace.

The other kings didn't believe it at first, they went crazy and even tries to attack Jungkook but they were held by their guard.

The kings demanded to see her body, but Jungkook told them that the deadly poison she ate caused her body to melt not even an hour after she ate the porridge.

And so here they are at the cemetery, all the kings look down on the coffin that is not being buried, they only put a picture of Y/n inside because they want to keep her belongings to themselves, as a memory.

It's a private funeral and only the kings and some workers come, they didn't try to speak to each other making the atmosphere feels more depressing and their cries are hidden by the heavy rain above them.

Jungkook watches as the four royal carriages leave his Palace, the kings had thanked him for letting them stay just for formalities, now that
Y/n is gone they no longer want to stay in here and go back to their kingdom.

A smile crept up on Jungkook lips, he has finally taken off the sad mask he's been wearing for the last three days and soon that smile broke into laughter.

"How easy it was to fool them!"

Jungkook continues to laugh until his stomach hurts, he stops laughing and grabs Y/n's portrait from his table and smiles widely.

"Now, I can have you all to myself."

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Y/n has been locked down here for three days now, she didn't find anything in this room that could help her escape.

Y/n tries to keep her sanity by thinking of ways to escape, but it just stressed her out.

Jungkook didn't visit her for the last two days and she was grateful for it, she doesn't know if he will come tonight.

Every night she feared that wJungkook would come here while she sleeps and make her a vampire, so she didn't get enough sleep.

The only good thing is he still gives her food and water, with his magic the food can suddenly appear from the air.

Y/n has also tried to contact Mara through the little mirror that she brought with her but Mara didn't come when she called her name.

Y/n lies down on the bed and closes her eyes, hoping that all of this is just a bad dream and she will wake up facing the gorgeous ceiling of her room.

After a moment of peace, Y/n suddenly feels a presence near her, she also notices that the empty part of the bed on her sides is sinking, she feels like she is trapped by something.

It doesn't take long when Y/n feels someone playing with her hair and cold breaths hitting her lips.

Y/n slowly opens her eyes and sees Jungkook hovering on top of her, he doesn't let her speak and immediately presses his lips roughly on hers.

At first, Y/n didn't do anything and lets Jungkook deepen the kiss, but he is taken by surprise when Y/n kisses him back.

Y/n could feel his heartbeat going crazy through his chest, he then tries to get the lead but Y/n didn't let him and so he melts into her touch.

Jungkook groans loudly when Y/n kneed him on his private area before throwing him on the ground and running out of the room, Y/n closes the door and locked it before her legs starts sprinting.

Luckily Y/n had memorized the map and know where the escape way is, Y/n is thankful too that she is a fast runner.

Y/n panics when she hears the door break but she doesn't let herself look back and runs faster.

Soon Y/n hears Jungkook running behind her, due to his powers he is almost catching up with Y/n.

"HOW DARE YOU." his scream echoed.

Y/n eyes go wide when she sees the path in front of her is blocked by some wooden planks and so she quickly slides into the small space under them.

Y/n immediately found the small door, the door to her freedom but the lock has already rusted so it would be hard to break but Y/n doesn't give up.

Y/n kicks the door hard but stops when she hears someone whimpering.

She looks back and sees Jungkook's red eyes through the wooden planks, he isn't the Jungkook she met earlier, the cruel king in front of her is replaced by a crying giant baby.

"Y/n, don't leave...please..." he sobbed and tears poured down from his eyes.

"Please...I-I'll be good, just don't leave me please..." he begged.

Y/n doesn't feel any sympathy toward him, the one that should be crying now is her and not the other way around, she knows he's just putting up a show just to make her feel bad and manipulate her to crawl back into his arms.

Y/n focuses back on the door and continues to kick the door as hard as she can, ignoring Jungkook's cries and begging.

"Please! Don't leave me please!"

"I won't leave you alone in here anymore, I'll do anything you ask Y/n!"

"Can't you see that I'm doing all of this because I love you?!"

Y/n's eyes lit up in joy when she successfully kicked the door open but she jumps when she heard Jungkook ripping the wooden plank and desperately trying to reach her, Y/n doesn't waste any time and immediately crawls out through the small door.

"GET BACK HERE!"

Y/n once again starts sprinting into the forest as soon as she gets out through the door, she could hear Jungkook laughing crazily before he screamed.

"YOU THINK YOU'RE FREE NOW, BUT YOU CAN'T GET RID OF ME EASILY!"

"GO RUN AS MUCH AS YOU WANT BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY YOU'RE MINE AND I WILL FIND YOU!"

Y/n has to quickly find a hiding spot because Jungkook will soon send his guard and start a search party for her, she's not surprised if tomorrow her face will appear in the newspaper.

But then Y/n rethinks how will Jungkook find her, he had told everyone that she was 'dead' so he wouldn't share missing posters with her picture around the kingdom or put her picture in the newspaper.

Y/n smirks, he just made it easy for her.

But Y/n doesn't let her guard down with that fact, who knows Jungkook could send his secret soldiers to search for her?

Y/n heard about them once, the secret soldiers are a group Jungkook made that consists of the most loyal soldiers, they are very strong and will do the job Jungkook asks without a question and will do it swiftly without leaving any traces behind.

Y/n soon hides behind a bush and starts changing her clothes, thankfully she didn't forget to grab her bag of supplies before running out of that horrible room.

After finishing changing her clothes and her appearance Y/n grabs the mirror in her bag and sees her reflection, she looks like a boy.

Y/n had put on a very short wig, she also bonded her chest and put on layered clothes to hide her curves and the layered clothes make her body look bulkier.

Y/n smeared some dirt on her face so people would look at her and think she is a peasant and not a missing lady that was living in the palace.

Y/n decides to sell her previous clothes to the pawnshop, she could get a lot of money with her clothes as it was handmade by a very famous and exclusive designer.

Y/n finally arrives at the village just as the sky is getting dark, she goes to the pawnshop but before she steps in she put on a weird-looking mask.

"Hello!" Y/n greets the man on the counter with a very high-pitched voice, the man jumps and turns to look at her.

"You couldn't do it quieter kid?" The man asked as he place his hand on his chest.

"Sorry...and I'm not a kid! I'm a man!"

"I doubt you are, with that voice of yours you probably haven't been through puberty yet." the man scoffs.

"Don't judge me by my voice sir, and anyway I'm here to sell something!"

Y/n place her clothes along with some jewelry that she brought with her, she never claimed it as hers but the kings gave it to her.

"Boy...where did you get all of this? Did you steal them?!" he asked looking at Y/n up and down, he was also judging her by her worn-out outfit.

"First of all, I didn't. Second, you are not in the position to ask how did I get this."

The man rolls his eyes and mutters about he doesn't care and gave her a large amount of money.

"Pleasure doing business with you buddy!" Y/n said before going out of the pawnshop as she carries her heavy bag that is now filled with money.

Even though Y/n has a lot of money now she doesn't want to stay in a hotel, that must be the first place that Jungkook would search for her, so she proceeds to find a good place to sleep.

After walking for a while Y/n finds a horse cart filled with wheat, she couldn't fight the urge to sleep so she gets in the horse cart and falls asleep immediately.

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"What...?"

"I'm sorry for your loss...Your Majesty."

Taehyungs laughs loudly.

"I didn't know you have amazing taste in humor!"

"Your Majesty..."

The spy looks at the King with sympathetic eyes and the king continues to laugh at his face.

"As much as it sounds funny, don't joke about things like that Hyunwoo. You almost got me there." Taehyung said as he push his hair back.

"Your Majesty I'm telling the truth!"

"Lady Y/n is dead."

Everything happened so fast, in a second Taehyung walked toward Hyunwoo and grabbed his collar tightly.

Hyunwoo stares at Taehyung's dark eyes with no expression as he had already expected the king to react like this.

Taehyung only looks at him deeply in the eyes, before letting go of Hyunwoo by throwing him on the ground and walking away as he grips on his hair.

Hyunwoo knows that Taehyung did that just to see if he was telling the truth or not, sadly he did.

"King Jungkook announced her death two days ago and the funeral was held yesterday, it was a private and heavily guarded funeral but I managed to sneak in."

"The cause of her death is...poison."

Hyunwoo gulps as she watches the king doesn't move a muscle.

"She's not dead."

"Your Majesty-"

"She's not dead!" Taehyung shouted.

"I could feel it...she's not dead, she's still alive."

Hyunwoo was about to tell his king to accept the truth, but before he could do that Taehyung continues to speak.

"Hyunwoo, take care of the kingdom for a while."

"Your Majesty wha-" Taehyung doesn't give Hyunwoo time to question his order and jumps out of the window.

"YOUR MAJESTY!"

Hyunwoo's scream was the last thing Taehyung heard before he transport back to Seoul.

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Y/n slowly opens her eyes and the first thing she feels is the horsecart moving, she quickly sat up and looks at who's riding the horse.

"Good morning boy!"

The old man that is riding the horse smiles kindly at her.

"You were sleeping and I don't have the heart to wake you up, but I have to continue to work." the old man laughs, he then continues.

"So if you want to get down you still can, we haven't passed the barrier yet."

"Where are you going, sir?"

The sun is rising so it's probably five in the morning, and the streets are still empty as everyone is still asleep but some had already woken up like the old man.

"I'm going back to my hometown in Daejon! As well as to deliver some of this wheat to my boss." Y/n had assumed that the old man isn't from Seoul as his accent is different and she is right.

"Great! I'm going there too." Y/n honestly doesn't know where else to go, she just wants to have back her peaceful life living in a small cottage in the forest or the mountain, any place where those monsters couldn't find her.

"Ooh, what a coincidence! Are you from there too?" the old man asked.

"No, I'm from here. But I decided to be a traveler."

"That's excellent! Where are you planning to go next?"

"I don't know, I'm just letting my legs carry me anywhere they go."

The old man laughs at Y/n's words, liking her free and calm spirit.

"So you're single then?"

"O-oh...yeah I am."

"I'm surprised a handsome guy like you is still single, usually guys like you would be married already because of how many girls that are throwing themselves at you."

Y/n laughs shyly before changing the topic.

"What's your name sir?"

"My name is Lee Yunsu! What's yours?"

"M-my name is...Choi...Jaehyun."

The old man laughs hearing the name of the 'man' that is in his cart.

"Even your name sounds handsome!"

"Alright then Jaehyun, I suggest you hide your bag, under those piles of wheat there's a secret place to hide your bag, we're about to pass the barrier and the guards there are always curious about what everyone's stuff is."

"Okay..."

Y/n pushes the pile of wheat aside and sees the secret place, she opens it and put her bag inside before putting the piles of wheat back to cover it.

"Do you have a hat, sir?"

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"What time is it?"

"It's five in the morning, my king."

"Do you know why I called you here?"

"I have no idea, my king."

There is no single source of light in the room, the man that just entered the Palace a few minutes ago by the king's order can still see the silhouette of the king that is sitting majestically on his throne.

"My future bride ran away from me, and I want you to bring her back to me."

The man is confused but he keeps his emotionless face as it is forbidden for him to show any sign of expression in front of his king.

"And may I ask who your future bride is? My king."

"Y/n L/n"

Now the man is more than confused, he's worried. He heard the news of the young lady who lived in the Palace because she caught the king's attention, but she died a few days ago, and now the man is worried that the king has gone crazy because of the death of the woman he loves.

"My king...you announced to the whole Palace that she died a few days ago..." Although the man is a little hesitant to say that, he still keeps his straight posture, making it seem that he's confident about what he's saying.

"I lied, I kept her in the basement while I told everyone that lie."

"I'm going to go straight to the point because I don't want to waste my time, I'm sure you had seen what she looks like so I don't need to describe her for you, I'm sure she's not far yet."

"Find her and bring her back to me, Jeong Jaehyun."

"I will, my king."

And with that, the secret soldier walks out of the room to begin his mission.

Jaehyun is the top one of the secret soldiers that Jungkook made at the beginning of his reign, so Jungkook trusted him that he can bring her back to him without ordering the other member of the secret soldiers.

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Right now the sun has raised and Y/n guesses that it is six in the morning already, they are now right in front of the barrier and Y/n starts to panic when she sees so many guards guarding the barrier.

"Wow, there's a lot of guards more than usual, what's going on here."

The old man's words only make her panic even worse, the old notices it and simply smiled.

"Don't worry young boy! They won't hurt us."

Jungkook must have added more security to make sure she can't get out of the kingdom, Y/n doesn't know if she could fool the royal guards that know her well but she can't run now.

"Next!" one of them shouted, and the horse starts to move in front of them.

"Get down, both of you."

Y/n makes sure to hide the nervousness on her face and put on a confident mask and confident body language.

Three royal guards start to check the cart and the horse, while two royal guards are standing in front of Y/n and the old man.

"I see you're here again Mr. Lee."

"Hm."

Y/n is surprised by Mr. Lee's response to the guard, the old man's expression tells her that he's not fond of the guard in front of him.

"We need you to remove your hat, sir."

Y/n whips her head to her front when she heard a feminine voice, it's a female guard.

Y/n removes the hat without objecting, as it would make the female guard feel suspicious, but when she took her hat off she didn't expect to see the woman's reaction.

Y/n smirks and tilts her head to the side when she sees the woman blushing and gaping, now
Y/n is confident that she can charm any woman with her disguise.

"Aren't you supposed to body-check me, royal guard?" Y/n smirks wider as she said that, the woman blinks and clears her throat.

"R-right."

The woman doesn't do her job right as she is flustered when her hands touch Y/n's body which is covered by some layered clothes.

"He's good..." The woman said to the other guard, and so Mr. Lee and Y/n are free to go.

Y/n has a big smile on her face as she puts on the hat back and jumps into the cart, she winks at the woman as the horse starts to pull the cart, and the woman blushes even more.

"Goodbye, Seoul," Y/n whispered as she watches the barrier close after she was out, she lay down on the cart and smiles as she looks up at the blue sky.

"Jaehyun wake up!"

Y/n feels someone patting her shoulder gently, she opens her eyes and sees Mr. Lee smiling face greeting her from her deep sleep.

"We arrived at Daejon thirty minutes ago, but since you're still asleep I decided to bring you to my house."

Y/n sat up and rubs her eyes as she looks around, there is a small cottage in front of her, reminding her of her previous house in the forbidden forest.

"It's pretty late already, I suggest you stay here for the night boy, I don't want to find you getting eaten by the wolves!"

Mr. Lee then walks away and gets inside his house, Y/n quickly grabs her bag and follows Mr. Lee inside because he mentioned wolves.

"Welcome to my humble aboard!" Mr. Lee announced.

The house looks very comfy and smells like a bakery, giving Y/n more nostalgia for her old house.

"Sorry for the mess, I never expected to have a guest. Now come with me! I'll show you your room!" the cheerful old man waves his hand at
Y/n.

The house is not even messy like he said, it's very clean and well organized so Y/n thinks that the old man is just being modest.

"Your house is very nice Mr. Lee." Y/n gives him a genuine smile as they walk through a short corridor.

"Thank you!"

Mr. Lee opens the door and walks in before stretching out his hands.

"Here's your room! It was actually my son's room but he moved out with his wife one month ago, even though he's gone I still clean his room so don't worry."

"Go freshen up, all the things you need are in that bathroom, and after that come to the kitchen okay?" Mr. Lee gives her his kind smile for the hundredth time.

"Of course...thank you..."

The old man gently pats her shoulder and steps outside before closing the door behind her, Y/n could never be more grateful to find someone like Mr. Lee and she thanked God for everything.

Thankfully Y/n brought a lot of clothes with her so she doesn't have to ask Mr. Lee to borrow his clothes.

Y/n looks at the mirror as she puts on her wig again after showering, but her heart drops and she takes a big step back when she sees that the person in the mirror isn't her reflection anymore.

"Congratulations!"

Y/n sighs in relief "You scared me Mara!"

"Why? Who else would approach you like this?" Mara asked raising her eyebrows innocently.

"I'm sorry I wasn't there when you need me, Jungkook sensed something strange around you that wasn't there before, he put some spell over you so I can't get near you or otherwise I'll get caught, and trust me he's going to do something horrible to us if he finds out. but don't worry, his spell is not on you anymore."

Y/n stares daggers at Mara, Mara did that to protect them but she couldn't help but feel mad.

"Oh don't look at me like that, you look more handsome when you're angry." Mara said.

"Your disguise is really good by the way, If I didn't know I would think like everyone else that you're a young bachelor looking for a partner."

"Shut up..." Y/n goes to sit on the bed and puts on her boots which makes her look really tall.

"Paying attention to details I see." Mara smirks.

"You promised me that you would show me what the kings did to my family, And now I'm sure that you have gained enough strength to show me."

"I do." Mara replied shortly.

Y/n stood up and turns to the mirror once again.

"Show me when I'm back, I have to go for a while."

"Have a nice dinner, Y/n."

Y/n gives her a side eye, "You have been watching us do you?"

Mara only smiles and waves her hand at her before she disappears, Y/n sighs again and walks out of the room.

As soon as she steps out she smells something delicious coming from the kitchen, Mr. Lee is making dinner for both of them and so Y/n happily skips to the kitchen.

"What a perfect timing! You came after everything is ready, take a seat!" Mr. Lee smiled at Y/n who just entered the kitchen a few seconds ago, Y/n doesn't sense any sarcasm in his tone or words as Mr. Lee shows her his infamous kind and genuine smile, and as they eat the food they begin to chit chat.

"So where are you going after this boy? Do you have any goals?"

"I don't know and I don't, but I'm going to leave tomorrow and see where my feet will take me."

"I hope they take you to amazing places, it's sad that you're leaving though, I really enjoy your company, even though we just met a few hours ago but I already see you as my son now, I hope you don't mind." the old man's eyes wrinkles as he smiles again, Y/n wonders if his lips ever hurt by smiling so much.

Y/n is touched by his words, and she feels bad that she is not what he thinks she is, she's a woman and not a man, and she's not traveling but running away from the kings that are trying to claim her because they're obsessed with her, if she stays with this man she will put him into serious danger.

"I'm not..."

Both of them continue to talk until they are done eating, Y/n was about to help him with the dishes but Mr. Lee strongly refused and claims that she needs to take a rest because she is leaving tomorrow and wished her a good night before pushing her out of the kitchen.

Y/n lies down on the bed and stares at Mara who is standing beside the bed, both don't say anything when Mara covers Y/n's eyes with her hand before using her power on her.

And Y/n finally sees everything that happened, every little secret they kept from her, what and how they planned the attack, and the day of the attack.

Y/n couldn't stop her tears as they fall like a river from her eyes, the pain in her heart is too much to handle, Mara knows that Y/n wants to be alone so she left.

That night is horrible for her, she tries to deny that it was the truth, she even thought that Mara is just creating a story but she's not. Everything was real.

Y/n cries herself to sleep, she again hopes that everything was just a bad dream and she will wake up in her home in the forbidden forest, she hopes for the same wish every night before she falls asleep, but the reality always hits her like a brick every time she wakes up.

When Y/n looks at herself in the mirror the next day she feels more horrible, her eyes had gone red and puffy due to her crying all night, she doesn't have the energy to bring herself together but she doesn't want to be a burden as she already told Mr. Lee that she's going to be leaving today.

After getting ready, Y/n makes the bed and slips some money under the pillow before taking her bag and walking out of the room.

Y/n goes to the kitchen because she knows Mr. Lee is in there cooking something for breakfast.

"Good morning Mr. Lee" Y/n greeted him and smiles, Mr. Lee returns the smile and greets her with a good morning too.

They start to talk as they enjoy their breakfast, Mr. Lee also gives her mango juice that he made by himself, it was the best juice Y/n had ever tasted.

Mr. Lee is a very kind person and Y/n is sad that she has to leave him, she doesn't know if she ever meet him or meet someone like him but she knows if she stays she will put Mr. Lee in his own grave because Jungkook is still searching for her and Mr. Lee is an easy victim to Jungkook.

Y/n helps him clean the kitchen and wash the dishes after they finished eating, this time Mr. Lee doesn't refuse her help.

"I want to show you something, come with me." Mr. Lee said as he finished drying his hands with a towel.

Y/n follows Mr. Lee as they walk out of the house and go into a small barn beside the house, the horse's head turns to the door when they walk in.

Mr. Lee then stops in front of one of the horse's stables and Y/n is shocked by what she sees.

"Elsa!"

Y/n hugs the white horse's neck and the horse immediately starts nuzzling her chin on the crook of her neck, the horse shows that she too is happy to see a familiar face.

"You know her?" Mr. Lee asked.

"Yes! She was my old boss's horse, but they died and she was left alone... I gave her some food but then I can't come back because..."

Y/n stops talking, she wondered if she is either going to tell Mr. Lee the truth or she makes up random excuses, but she couldn't think of any excuses.

"Well, I'm glad you know her 'cause she's yours now." Mr. Lee noticed a discomfort look on her face so he decided to change the topic, Y/n realize this and thanked God for making her cross paths with someone like Mr. Lee.

"What do you mean?" Y/n asked.

"I can't let you travel the world only by your legs, they would give up before you even left Korea!"

Y/n tried to refuse, but arguing with Mr. Lee is useless because he will always win in the end, so Y/n had no other choice than to accept the man's generosity.

"There you go, all pack up." Mr.Lee said as he was done attaching a small cart to Elsa, he also give her some food stock of his own along with some food for Elsa, he also gave her a huge map of the world.

Y/n's eyes watered as she is deeply touched by the man's kindness and she couldn't help hugging him, Mr. Lee only smiles and pats her back gently like a father.

"Thank you...thank you so much..." Y/n said as she sobs on his shoulder, he may think that he is just helping her with her dreams but what he doesn't know is that he is actually helping her escape from the clutch of the monsters that are trying to catch her.

"Anything for you...boy..." Mr. Lee whispered.

After saying goodbye, Y/n hops onto the horse after putting her stuff into the small cart and she looks back at Mr. Lee, remembering his kind smile for one last time before the horse takes off.

"Thank you for everything!" Y/n said as she waves her hand.

"Have a safe journey Jaehyun!" Mr. Lee waves back at her.

Mr. Lee watches as her figure slowly disappears from his sight.

"May God bless you, beasty."

'Mr. Lee' smiles again before his body starts disappearing.
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That's it!

Sorry if this chapter is kind of boring though😕

Anywayssssss, here is a sneak peek for the next chapter 👀
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The young man stood in front of the destroyed forest that he once knew, where he lives, his home.

He makes sure that everything he's seeing is not an illusion, he hopes it was but it's not.

His wide eyes stare at the destroyed forest, he could feel his blood as his nails dugs into his skin because of how hard he clenches his fists.

"What happened when I was gone?..."
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Written: 28/04/23
Published: 12/05/23