Chapter 38

"Let's rescue our dragon."
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"Good morning Your Majesty!"

Allysa greets Y/n with her usual cheerful smile and Y/n returns it with a warm smile.

Somehow the cheerful energy of Allysa brights the darkness inside of Y/n's heart a little. Allysa is just like her from the past before the disaster happened.

"Good morning Lady Allysa." It's been a week since their first meeting. Y/n and Allysa start getting closer as they meet each other every day, Allysa explains the reason she comes to the Palace every day is because her father, Duke Alfonso De Crystal, is working together with the emperor on something. So she rather spend the day with Y/n than have to sit in the meeting room for hours listening to something she doesn't know about.

Both sit down on the chairs opposite each other that the servants had settled, the coffee table in front of them had already been booked with a couple of desserts, tea, and a set of chess games.

"How do you always look more beautiful every day Your Majesty?" Allysa begins to shower her with sweet talk. The cheerful girl always likes to compliment her every time they meet.

"I could ask the same thing to you, Lady Allysa." Y/n smiles before sipping her tea.

Allysa giggles before sipping her cup of tea, she then puts down her cup without making a noise.

"I take care of my skin a lot Your Majesty. I assume you're doing the same thing, can I know your secret?" Allysa asks with eyes full of hope, hoping that Y/n will reveal her secret.

Y/n's eyes lit up a bit, she doesn't have any secrets other than some products she uses to take care of her skin, but she likes to leave people mysteriously.

"If it's a secret, why would I want to reveal it to you?" Y/n asks jokingly before giggling. The hope in Allysa's eyes falls a bit, but it quickly goes up again.

Somehow Y/n knows that Allysa is just making small sweet talk before asking or discussing some big news going around the kingdom or anything personal about her.

Y/n always dodges the personal questions that were directed toward her by Allysa with ease, either she changes the topic to her or excuses herself because the Emperor called her.

"Should we start, Your Majesty?"

Y/n nods and moves a single white chess on the board, starting the game. Moving her white piece one step ahead of the others as if it were the trumpet blower of a war.

"The Emperor is going to hold a masquerade ball in a few weeks, isn't he?"

Bingo.

Allysa casually asked a question as she moved her black chess piece, she then looked into Y/n's eyes with her doe eyes.

"News travels fast hm?"

Y/n was shocked to hear that news, she doesn't remember Jin telling her that he was going to hold a masquerade ball. What a great husband he is.

Now Y/n really feels like a doll, being kept in this Palace with no way out and her husband always leaves her in his bedroom as if she is just some decorations.

Don't get it wrong, she is grateful that Jin is too busy to spend time with her. They only make small talk and sometimes have arguments when Jin is finally coming back to their bedroom.

Yes, they slept in the same bed and Y/n hates it. Even though the mattress feels like a dreamland with texture like clouds, she always feels uncomfortable sleeping next to her kidnapper.

Jin never touched her after the wedding, the last time he touched her romantically was when he pulled her close and kissed her in front of everyone after their wedding ceremony.

"Yes, He is." Y/n answers after thinking and moving another chess piece.

"This ball will be the most grand and luxurious in Incheon's history, won't it? I can't wait to go!~" Allysa squealed.

'Is it because Jin is an Emperor now?' Y/n asked in her thoughts as she moved another chess piece, thinking about how to win the game and the fact that she would be attending a social event that she didn't know about in a few weeks.

"There's going to be a lot of guests Your Majesty, I heard from my father that the Emperor is inviting every royals in Korea! Isn't that exciting?!"

"What?" Y/n breaks out of her thoughts after hearing the information that slipped out of Allysa's mouth.

Allysa looks taken aback by Y/n's harsh shocked tone, Y/n realizes what she has done and clears her throat before talking to Allysa with her soft and sweet tone.

"Of course, every royal in Korea is going to be there. You'll gonna meet a lot of people." Y/n said before her eyes went back to the chessboard.

"You will gonna meet a lot of people too, Your Majesty." Allysa giggles before coming closer to Y/n to whisper something, Y/n keeps her eyes on the chessboard as Allysa's hand cups her left ear.

"There's going to be a lot of handsome bachelors..."

Y/n's eyes go wide before leaning back onto her chair, creating a distance between them as she is shocked to hear what Allysa just said.

"Why are you telling me this Lady Allysa? I already have a husband."

Allysa tilts her head to the side as she looks confused. Y/n's eyebrows are raised because she is shocked that Allysa has the nerve to say that to her. Does she need to act mean so she can respect her as an Empress?

"You're not planning on having a concubine, Your Majesty?" Allysa asked with a hint of nervousness in her innocent face.

When Y/n still doesn't respond she begins to ramble, she realizes she just made a mistake.

"I-I'm sorry if my words were not careful Your Majesty, I thought you wanted to have a concubine to build a good relationship between two or more kingdoms..."

"I'm very sorry...Your Majesty..."

Allysa's eyes began to water when Y/n just looked at her in silence, her expression did not hold any emotions as they were locked inside her heart.

Jin would never allow her to have a concubine. Not that she want to and he will go psycho if someone is even brave enough to touch her, let alone seduce her or shower her with love.

"It's okay Lady Allysa, I understand your concern. Your turn." Y/n kindly said, Allysa bowed her head before wiping the tears that were welling up in her eyes and continuing the game.

Y/n gets lost in her thoughts again as Allysa is making strategies to win the game of chess.

'Every royal in Korea will be here, that means those monsters will.'

What is Jin thinking? Inviting them here is like bringing hungry wolves into your own home.

'Will Jung Hoseok come? Can he? What about Jeon Jungkook? He will know it's me even If wear a mask.'

"H-have you decide on what you're wearing Your Majesty?" Allysa changes the subject after moving her black chess piece.

"No, I will discuss that with the Emperor." Y/n said, even though she knows she can't say anything about what she wore.

"Well, then I want to give you this." Allysa pulls out a card from her handbag and gives it to Y/n with her hands, Y/n accepts it and reads the card.

"I know you have an amazing stylist, but I really recommend you to look at this boutique's collection. I swear they are so into your style."

Y/n smiles and gives the card to the guard standing next to her.

"Thank you, Lady Allysa."

Both went on to continue the game, the chessboard was like their battlefield, and the pions in front were their soldiers, one of them had to take the queen first before defeating the king.

But as time went on Y/n found it hard to win over Allysa, right now Allysa managed to take her queen.

"Can I ask you something, Your Majesty?" Allysa asked, breaking Y/n from her thoughts.

"Go ahead." Y/n simply said before taking down Allysa's knight.

"How do you feel...if someone takes you away from the Emperor?"

"Hm?" Y/n was confused when Allysa asked that so suddenly.

"Just like how I take your queen, what if someone takes you away from the Emperor? What would you do?"

Y/n smiles, another weird question is directed toward her and she has to give a grey answer.

"No one can take me away from the Emperor. And even if someone could the Emperor would hunt them down till the end of his life."

Y/n knows Jin's obsession with her is uncurable, he wouldn't let her go because she had become his, but to Y/n they're only husband and wife in the papers, not for eternity.

"But if you were given the chance to run away, would you go back to him?" Allysa asked, Y/n just stared at her in silence, Y/n knew her answer but she wouldn't tell it to Allysa. She would never trust anyone here with her secrets.

"Your Majesty." the guard beside Y/n called, Y/n looked up to meet the guard's stone cold face, even until now she doesn't know his name even though she spent more time with him than Jin.

"The Emperor asked for your presence in his study, he would like to discuss something about the upcoming event."

Y/n looks at the man beside the guard, Y/n assumes that he is the one who delivered the message.

For once, Y/n is grateful that Jin called her at the perfect time. She can get away from Allysa's question once again.

Y/n fakes a sorry smile "I'm sorry Lady Allysa, but I must go. It was nice to spend time with you."

Allysa gives Y/n her usual cheerful smile "It was nice to spend time with you too Your Majesty. Thank you for having me."

"So you have decided to tell me?" Y/n asked after the guards behind her closed the doors, leaving Y/n and Jin alone in his study.

Jin smiles and takes off his glasses "Come closer." Jin said and motioned his fingers so Y/n would come close as she was standing in front of the marble doors.

Y/n sighed and complied with his command, her slow steps made Jin want to pull her so she could be by his side in just seconds, her heels that echoed in the room kept Jin's eyes and mind focused on one person in front of him. His wife. His Empress.

Once Y/n is close she leans down and places her hands on Jin's mahogany table, her action just made Jin turn on while to Y/n it was an act of rebellion.

"Make it quick, Your Majesty." Y/n said in a mocking tone, even though Y/n knows Jin will be mad with her attitude she doesn't care. Meanwhile, Jin looks angry but also amused since this is the first time Y/n shows an attitude after their wedding.

"Don't call me that." Jin said before he stood up and cupped Y/n's cheeks then pressed his lips onto hers.

Y/n's eyes go wide as Jin slowly sucks the air out of her lungs, he has one palm on the back of her head to keep her in place so she couldn't move yet Y/n doesn't seem like she's going to break free any moment as her body froze and her mind can't process what just happened. Y/n doesn't kiss him back but Jin continues to deepen the kiss until Y/n has to push him back so she can breathe.

"WHAT ARE YOU-" Y/n cut herself when Jin suddenly grabbed her waist and made her sit on his mahogany table, goosebumps ran down her spine as Jin's hot breath brushed her neck.

Jin's hands remain wrapped around her waist as he chuckles darkly.

"Behave, Y/n."

"So you already know, that I'm going to hold a masquerade ball in a few weeks right?"

"I assume you knew it from that friend of yours." Jin spat the word 'friend' like an insult.

"Why didn't you tell me about this information earlier? why do I have to know from other people?" Y/n said as she turned to face Jin.

Jin bites his lower lip as he looks straight into Y/n's eyes, he's beginning to see another side of Y/n, a caring one. He thinks that Y/n is acting like this because she's jealous and she cares but Y/n just worries about herself.

When Jin doesn't respond and just stares at her with that lovesick eyes, Y/n continues "Lady Allysa said that you invite every royal in Korea, that also includes Namjoon, Yoongi, Hoseok, Taehyung, Jimin, and Jungkook right? do you realize what you're doing Jin?"

Jin couldn't help the smile that etched upon his lips when his name came out of Y/n's flushed lips, but those pretty lips that belonged to him also said another man's name which he hated.

"Don't say their names again, I don't like hearing them coming out of that pretty mouth of yours," Jin whispered as he glided his lips on Y/n's left cheek.

"Don't you worry about them, Nothing and no one could take you away for me. Our soul has become one and wherever you go, I will always find you Y/n."

Instead of feeling comforted, Y/n feels hopeless. Her hope of running away from here crushes like a piece of candy that was once beautiful and promising. But she wouldn't give up that easily, once she sees a chance to escape she will take it without thinking twice, even though the percentage is small.

"I'm going back. To my room." Y/n said and tried to get Jin's arms off her, but he stayed like a statue.

"To where? " Jin asked with a warning tone, that's when Y/n realized that she just said something wrong, she triggered another side of him that she doesn't want to see.

"I meant our room...I'm sorry."

"You're forgiven, but don't repeat the same mistake again." Jin whispered dangerously before letting go of Y/n, Y/n didn't waste any time and walked out of Jin's study without looking back. The guards that were standing in front are now following Y/n's fast footsteps, the sound of their boots overpowers the sound of Y/n's heels that are echoing in the hallway. Y/n is sick of hearing the same footstep rhythm that always followed behind her ever since she came here.

Y/n finally arrives in her room and slams the doors closed, the same rhythm of footsteps stops and everything goes silent after that.

Y/n then notices a small box placed on the bed, she slowly approaches the box before picking it up and opening it, inside, there's a necklace with a swan pendant covered in diamonds, besides the necklace there is also a note.

Without opening the note Y/n already knows who's this gift from.

The note is sitting nicely in the box, waiting for her to open it yet Y/n doesn't want to, but she has to know what's inside the note than die out of curiosity.

Y/n's shaky hands slowly grab the note and unfold it, the writing is beautiful yet the words are like thorns that slowly wound Y/n's heart the longer she reads it.

Dear Swannie,

It's disappointing to see you getting married to that bastard, I admit I almost blew your wedding but I have a better plan in store.

Don't you dare fall in love with that bastard. Because you and he won't be together for long, even though you both are husband and wife in the papers, you're still mine Y/n. We're both meant to be together. You are born to be mine, and I'm born to be yours.

Hope you like the wedding gift I got you swannie.

I'll be coming to get you, soon.

Y/n crumples the paper in her palm before taking the box and stuffs the crumpled paper inside, she then walks up to a nearby window and throws the box with as much power as she has, she goes back to bed with teary eyes blurring her vision.

her plan is doomed, one by one, the kings know she's still alive and Jungkook was just bluffing, her plan of living a far and quiet life is now destroyed by them.

Y/n wonders how she can be so stupid? why can't she see through them when she meets them, their weird behavior around them, their special treatment to her. She shouldn't have let them get close to her in the first place.

If Y/n could turn the time, she would want to live locked inside the forbidden forest. She doesn't want to explore the outside world now that she knows how ugly it is compared to her real home.

If she just stayed in the forbidden forest, they wouldn't die.

The pain of failing again hurts her heart, she wishes someone would help her out of this cycle of madness, she wishes someone would help her escape.

Y/n keeps wishing and praying to God until she falls asleep, her puffy red eyes are too heavy to keep up and her mind needs to rest

'Take my hand...'

'Take my whole life too...'

'For I, can't help...'

'Falling in love,'

'With...'

'you'

The slow music plays in the background like a chirping bird, Y/n can't see anything as she feels that something is covering her eyes, she also feels her head leaning onto someone's broad chest, and her body is being swayed by that person she leans onto.

'Shall I stay...?'

'Would it be a sin'

Even though the only sound in their surrounding is filled with the background music, Y/n only focuses on the person's beating heart.

'If I, can't help'

'Falling in love, with you'

He is the one who takes the lead in this dance, he moves and guides her effortlessly as if he and Y/n had done this a hundred times before, the warm hand that intertwines with hers spins her around and pulls her back to his warmth.

'Like a river flow,'

'Surely to the sea'

His familiar comforting scent engulfs Y/n, the feeling is like heaven. Yet it is too good to be true, somehow Y/n knows that something bad is going to come.

'Darling so it goes'

'Something...are meant to be'

But Y/n feels like she wants to stay longer like this, everything just feels so peaceful.

'Take my hand'

'Take my whole, life too'

Neither does this person, he doesn't want to let her go. He doesn't want her to open her eyes so he can hide the truth about him.

'For I, can't help'

'Falling in love'

'With...'

But Y/n finally opens her eyes slowly.

'you'

The beautiful background song that was playing suddenly starts glitching like a broken radio when Y/n opened her eyes, she straightened her posture and looked up to see the person she's been dancing with.

Yet she regrets that decision when her shaky pupils meet Taehyung's dark ones, the look in his eyes is as crazy as his personality.

Y/n wants to pull away, yet Taehyung pulls her body and presses it on his so that Y/n can't pull away, his hands that are keeping her in place feel like a hot chain that is burning Y/n's skin.

"I've finally got to meet you darling, how was heaven?" he asked Y/n like old lovers finally meeting each other.

"Let me go Taehyung," Y/n said firmly, yet her order was like a simple wind passed through to Taehyung because he didn't listen and kept replying to her words with a smug face.

"Why should I? you were looking comfortable leaning on my chest a few seconds ago." Y/n wants to scratch that smirk on his face so badly, yet her hands feel like it's glued with Taehyung's hand and shoulder.

"You put me under some sick illusion, now let me go!" Y/n screamed and Taehyung just laughed seeing Y/n's irritated expression.

"Acting brave now are we? the last time I saw you, you were trying so hard to run away from me."

"I still do." Y/n hissed.

Taehyung leans his face closer to Y/n and smiles crazily.

"You were so scared...where is that cowardness I miss, hm?" Taehyung laughs as he looks deeply into Y/n's eyes, trying to dig the cowardness out of the bold look Y/n is showing right now.

"You're right, I was scared of you. But that was not the last time we met."

"Hm, mind to refresh my mind a little dear?" Taehyung asked as he spun Y/n around again, the broken background song was still playing and it's hurting Y/n's ears. But she wouldn't show Taehyung that she's in pain, she has to show him that she's strong, stronger than him.

"You were present at my wedding party, I saw you."

"And where exactly did you see me?" Taehyung asked once again, looking into his eyes Y/n knew Taehyung remembered what happened but he decided to act stupid.

"You showed up in the bathroom mirror while I was washing my hands." Taehyung laughs again like Y/n just told him the funniest joke ever.

"You look shocked to see me. Why? Are you expecting someone else to show up in the mirror?"

Y/n's eyes go wide as she gasps, he knows.

"WHAT DID YOU DO TO MARA?!" Y/n screamed as she tried to struggle to get off of Taehyung, he giggled because he thought she was cute.

"She tried so hard to keep me away from you. Whenever I try to meet you spiritually or physically she will always block me from doing it. But don't worry, I took care of her like I should way before she could meet you."

"WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS? HAVEN'T YOU AND THE OTHERS DONE ENOUGH ALREADY?! WHY?!" anger has consumed Y/n and she can't hold her emotions anymore, her emotions have mixed and she just wants to puke them out of her heart.

"BECAUSE I LOVE YOU!"

"CAN'T YOU SEE THAT ALL I DO IS FOR YOU? CAN'T YOU SEE MY EFFORTS?"

"I WAS THE ONE WHO'S ALWAYS THERE FOR YOU! EVER SINCE WE MET FOR THE FIRST TIME I WAS ALWAYS THERE, I PROTECTED YOU FROM ANYTHING, I HEALED YOU MANY TIMES, AND I CAN'T EVEN COUNT HOW MANY TIMES I RISKED MY LIFE FOR YOU! BUT YOU NEVER NOTICED!!"

"And that woman you called mother...is keeping me away from you...she tried to kill me a lot of times...she even killed my one and only family member just to warn me..."

"So I killed her. stabbed her in the heart, so the walls she built between me and you would crush down."

Y/n slaps Taehyung and pushes him with all of her strength, yet Taehyung only takes a few steps back.

"But then those dorks think they could have you...But I will kill them, just like how I killed your mother."

"YOU SICK!" Y/n screams with teary eyes while Taehyung laughs out loud, he then takes dangerous steps closer to Y/n, but Y/n doesn't try to get away. from now on, she will face him.

Taehyung grabbed her chin and pulled her face closer to his, his cold breath grazed her cheek like a knife.

"How about we make a deal?" Y/n doesn't say anything and just shoots daggers to Taehyung, If looks could kill, Taehyung would be six feet underground now.

"I'm going to help you and your little animals to escape from Jin, but in return, you have to spend your entire lifetime with me."

"What do you say, darling?"

Y/n scoffs and slaps his hand that is holding her chin.

"You're not good at making deals Kim."

"I'm not going to make you answer now, I will wait."

"But if I don't like your answer, then I have to take matters into my own hands. And you will not gonna like it."

"And if everything comes down to that path. It's your fault, Y/n"

"Don't ever show your face to me again, Kim."
Y/n gritted her teeth as she said those words, Taehyung chuckled lightly after hearing what she said.

"I'm afraid you will not gonna like that, because I'll be seeing you every night from now."

Y/n gasps when she suddenly feels a strong force that pulls her back from the dream world into the reality, she immediately sits up and wipes the cold sweat that is running down from her forehead, she can feel her heart beat crazily as if it's going to burst out of her chest any minute now.

Jin was also woken up by Y/n's loud gasp since he's a light sleeper, he also sat up and looked confused but also worried about her.

"Control your breathing flower," Jin said and removed the hairs that were sticking on Y/n's face, Y/n did as he said and it took her almost three minutes to do it.

Once Y/n calms down, Jin takes some tissues from the nightstand and wipes the sweat off of her face, he also grabs a hair tie to put Y/n's hair into a low ponytail so that he can wipe off the sweat that is on her neck, when Jin is done he starts questioning Y/n.

"What happened? why are you suddenly like this?"

With bloodshot eyes, Y/n looks into Jin's eyes and demands answers, the worry in his eyes tells Y/n all about his emotions right now.

But Y/n knows better, telling Jin what just happened will make the situation worse than it already is. He would probably not let her sleep if he knew that Taehyung would be coming into her dreams.

Yet another part of Y/n wants to tell him about what just happened. Maybe, just maybe, Jin knows something to block Taehyung from coming into her dreams every night from now.

"Nothing...I just had a nightmare..." Y/n said as she looked away from Jin slowly, Jin sighed and stood up from the bed before putting on his silky robe.

"Stay here." was all he said before walking out and closing the door softly.

A few minutes later he comes back with a tray in his hands, there are two glasses of warm chocolate milk on the tray.

Jin approaches the bed before setting down the tray on the nightstand, he sits on the bed and takes the glass, he then offers the glass to Y/n who looks at him confusedly.

"Whenever I have nightmares, a warm chocolate milk always helps me get over it. I hope it'll help you too."

Y/n looks at the glass before taking it, her fingers brushing Jin's as she takes the glass from him. Jin blushes at the contact but quickly looks to the side to hide his pinkish cheeks.

After drinking the warm milk Y/n feels her body getting warm and she starts to feel sleepy again, all thanks to the warm chocolate milk.

"Do you like it?" Jin said after taking the glass from her and placing it back on the tray, next to his empty glass.

Y/n just hums as she lays down on the bed again and stares at the beautiful carved ceiling, Jin soon follows her action but instead of looking at the ceiling, he looks at her. Because the only thing he finds beautiful is her. one and only.

"My mother always made me those when I was a child, I had a lot of nightmares back then and warm chocolate milk always soothes me and they make it easier for me to fall back asleep, It's like a sleeping pill but in a cute form."

Jin starts talking about warm chocolate milk while Y/n just listens to him in silence like he is telling her a bedtime story, and it works because when Jin hears her soft snores, he smiles and goes back to sleep while facing her, before he falls asleep he stole a kiss on her forehead.

It's been two weeks since the first time Taehyung visited Y/n in her dream, his promise wasn't empty because he did show up every night. Sometimes he just stares at her, sometimes he was chasing her, sometimes he manipulated her, But he often slow danced with her and offered the deal again and again.

Y/n always woke in a cold sweat in those two weeks and Jin was always prepared with his warm chocolate milk and stories ready, sometimes when he was too busy, he still prepared the warm chocolate milk along with a note which where he had written his story. Y/n doesn't know when he prepared all of that, but whenever she wakes up she will always see those items placed on the nightstand.

Y/n is grateful that Jin never brings anything up in the morning, they will go into their usual schedules. Except for Y/n she doesn't hang out with Allysa again because she wants to spend some alone time.

Now Jin and Y/n are in the one of the many living rooms in the Palace, they are sitting on the couch with another person sitting across from them, her name is Madam Park Jin Young, and she is the only designer Jin trusts to make everything that he and Y/n wear.

They are now discussing about what they are wearing for the masquerade ball, everything from top to bottom will be customized so that no one will wear the same attire as theirs.

Y/n is surprised when Jin lets her choose the design she wants for her gown and accessories, although with a little adjustment in the length and the neckline. But what he doesn't let her pick is the shape of her mask.

Jin picked a mask that covered her whole face, not the one that just sat and covered the area around her eyes. And without asking him why he picked that Y/n already knows the answer. She doesn't want to fight because she also agrees with Jin's pick.

"It's such an honor to serve you both, thank you so much again for trusting me with your choices." Madam Park bows before exiting the room, meanwhile the two married couple still sit on the couch.

Y/n is the one who stood up first after some time and was about to walk to the door but Jin grabs her hand.

Y/n turns and looks down at Jin but he doesn't look back or say anything, which makes Y/n confused.

"Don't think about running away Y/n."

His sudden statement makes Y/n even more confused, this time Jin looks up and sees Y/n's eyebrows scrunching.

"Why did you suddenly say that?"

"The ball is in a few days, and I know if you have a chance to escape you will."

Jin stood up and took her other hand into his before squeezing it a little, his touch was gentle and not like how he usually held her, rough.

"Those low kings who also want you will be present just for formalities, but I know if they even have the chance to be in the same room with you they will try to take you away from me."

Jin brings her hands up to his lips, Y/n's cold rings come in contact with his lips making him shudder a little.

"I'll never let you go Y/n. I will make you fall for me one day."

Y/n stares at him with cold eyes and her lips rest flat, right now she just wants to get out of this room so she can avoid his nonsense.

"The nightmare you have every night, it's from Taehyung isn't it?"

Y/n widens her eyes and steps back but Jin holds her hand tighter and pulls her closer.

"Why didn't you tell me flower?" his eyes were dark as he asked, those eyes that were soft and harmless now turned into the eyes of a monster who could kill everyone by just looking at them.

"H-How do you know?"

"It doesn't matter. What matters is when you don't tell me such things like this."

When Y/n doesn't say anything Jin sighs.

"What did he say or do to you?"

Y/n kept silent and just looked down, she couldn't believe that Jin knew all this time. But how and when did he know? did she unconsciously say Taehyung's name?

Jin sighed again when his question was unanswered by Y/n, he gently grabbed her shoulders and pulled her closer before cupping her face with his hands to make her look at him.

"Don't worry about anything. I'll place my guards to protect you, and if you want to eat or drink give it to them first. Someone could put anything in there."

"Can't you just blacklist them?" Y/n whispered with teary eyes, Taehyung, and the other kings had traumatized her enough, even though the man in front of her did the same thing she believed he had the power to do her request.

But far from Y/n's expectation, Jin could only look at her with guilty eyes.

Y/n sniffed before turning away and walking to the door, she wanted to get out of that room as soon as possible to avoid crying her eyes out in front of the capturer, but her steps halted as she was inches away from the door, Jin says something that brightens her mood.

"If you won't run away...I will let you see them."

Y/n turns around and looks at Jin with an expression that tells him that she doesn't believe him, yet there is hope in her eyes, even though Y/n's appearance looks like a full bloom flower with her slightly puffy pink nose and eyes, the sight of her holding back her emotion still hurts Jin.

By them, Jin is revering to Shela and Elsa. the dragon and horse duo that has been on Y/n's mind ever since they were separated and held hostage.

"Really?" Y/n half whispered, her arms are shaking as she couldn't hide her excitement. Jin sees this and he's happy that he can finally see her excitement after a long time.

"I will take you to see them the day after the ball."

The glow in Y/n's eyes is visible to every maid that is helping her to get ready for the ball, this the first time they have ever seen the Empress is happy because she always had a flat or gloomy face before. The maids assume that maybe the Empress is just happy because there's a party in a few hours or she's happy to get to wear the most expensive dress in the kingdom. But the truth is simple, she will be meeting her friends tomorrow.

Even though Y/n looks okay from the outside, the truth is she doesn't feel well since she woke up in the morning, but she ignores the weird feeling inside her and just feels excited for tomorrow.

When a maid is done brushing her hair, she is told to get up and go into the bathtub and so she does but she stops when a painful headache pierces into her skull.

Y/n screams in pain before she falls on the floor, the maids begin to surround her before dropping onto their knees and asking her what happened, Y/n then hears the head maid orders some maids to go call the Emperor.

Y/n looks up at the maids' faces who seem panic but Y/n can't see anything clear as her vision goes blurry every second before she passes out.

Y/n finds herself standing in a white room,  there is nothing when Y/n looks around and she feels cold because she's just wearing a sleeveless white dress that always had been her attire when she met Taehyung.

"I can't wait to see you." Y/n heard Taehyung's voice behind her and she quickly turned around before taking a couple step back.

"How?! I wasn't even falling asleep!" Y/n shouted while Taehyung only smirked.

"Do you think I need you to be asleep to pull you into this world?"

Both went silent for some time before Taehyungs smirked wider and started walking towards Y/n, Y/n walked backward as her eyes traveled down to his attire, he is wearing a different outfit when she last saw him. He is wearing a black suit along with a matching pair of black shoes, but what Y/n notices is his v neck shirt that cuts down to his chest which exposes a scar that looks really painful.

The scar looks like a tree root that spreads from his chest to his neck, yet it also looks like veins but the scar is black.

Suddenly Y/n's body couldn't move as if something in keeping her in her spot, the look in Taeyung's eyes told Y/n that it was him who did it.

"Let me go!"

Taehyung chuckles darkly before he wraps his arm around her waist, Y/n tries to struggle but her body feels paralysed.

"Just in a few hours..."

Taehyung pauses and takes a strand of Y/n's hair in his hand before bringing it to his lips and kissing them.

"I can finally feel you for real..."

"And once I do, I will never let you see a daylight."

Y/n opens her eyes and tries to control her breathing, her chest feels so heavy like an elephant is sitting on her and she could feel herself drenched in her own cold sweat.

A familiar face comes into her vision followed by some faces which are maids and doctors, but the only person she recognizes is Jin.

"Out."

With a single word the people around them walk out of their bedroom in an instant, Y/n still can't control her breath again yet Jin holds her hand in his and helps her to calm down by helping her to control her breath.

Jin moves the hair that is sticking on Y/n's face because of her sweat before helping her to sit up and hands her a cup of water. But due to Y/n's shaky hands, Jin holds the cup to her lips so she could drink.

"Slowly flower, slowly," Jin told Y/n when he saw that Y/n was chugging the water like she hadn't drunk for years.

Y/n looks around with eyes that hold questions inside them and before she can ask what happened Jin tells her.

"You passed out while getting ready and blood came out of your nose a lot, do you still feel unwell dear?"

Instead of answering his question Y/n's mind goes back to her encounter with Taehyung, she knows something bad is going to happen that night because had planned a disaster.

Y/n suddenly grabs Jin's hands which startled the Emperor yet he doesn't mind as he is flustered by her action, he doesn't care whether it's a romantic touch or a reflect. As long as Y/n holds him like this he will be a loyal servant for her only.

"Double the security, double the guards, just double everything!" Y/n shouted frustatedly.

Jin cups Y/n's face and makes her look at him properly, her eyes are now puffy as if she just cried and they look desperate as well as scared.

"Why are you like this flower? tell me." Without hesitation, Y/n tells him what happened while she passed out and Jin is being silent and listens to her carefully, after Y/n is done Jin hugs Y/n, his touch is possessive, and he caresses her back to continue soothing her while he places his chin on her shoulder, his eyes are dark and dangerous as he is thinking of a certain person that wants to take his flower.

"He won't take you, he can't."

"Our soul has become one and no one can separate us."

"You had sealed your fate with me."

"After all, no one can take away my flower from my garden right?"

Y/n puts on her mask that covers her entire face, the purpose of this mask is to hide her identity as Jin said, he made sure that Y/n feels comfortable even though the mask is quite heavy because there are some gold carved decorations.

Her eyes are the only thing for people to see, Y/n is glad that Jin ordered some people to wear a familiar mask model so that it isn't her who's wearing this model alone, she will catch unwanted attention if she does.

Jin was hesitant to let Y/n join the party because she still didn't look well but Y/n convinced Jin that it would be more dangerous for her to stay here because the kings could easily take her.

Y/n and Jin made a deal to not bump into each other while at the party to not draw any attention, so they wouldn't be coming at the same time, Y/n would come after Jin started the party.

But Y/n came to the party a little later than Jin expected but he understood because of the previous incident Y/n's getting ready was delayed and the maids needed some extra time.

Now Y/n stood in front of the entrance with the head guard standing beside her like a partner, Y/n also convinced Jin to do this but it took her a lot of time to do so, and he only agreed if the head guard only plays as her father and not as her partner.

Both enter the ballroom with Y/n's hand around the head guard's bicep, Y/n sees a lot of people in the room as she expected but she doesn't see any of the kings' faces, only some familiar people that went in and out of the palace frequently.

"Don't worry Your Majesty, you've got more than a hundred armed men in disguise protecting you, you'll make it through the night." the head guard beside her whispered and left Y/n in shock, Jin had tripled the guards around her.

"Let's go to greet His Majesty first, it's only for formalities." the head guard instructed and Y/n just obeyed what he said.

Both walk to Jin who is sitting on his throne, Jin has seen her ever since she stepped inside the ballroom and never takes his eyes off her. Even with a mask on she still enchanted people with those eyes.

Y/n and the head guard bow when they stop in front of the Emperor, Jin stares at them with cold eyes and shows a demeanor that Y/n never knew he had.

"Thank you for inviting us to this grand event Your Majesty, we are very honored to be here." the head guard spoke and Jin broke into a little smile, yet his eyes were not on the head guard but it was set on Y/n.

"I hope you enjoy the party," Jin said before dismissing them.

And so Y/n and the head guard start walking away from the throne, the head guard makes some small talk with people to avoid suspicion while Y/n just stays by his side listening to their conversations.

As they are walking Y/n's fan slips out of her hand all of a sudden, but before the head guard can crouch down to grab it, someone has already done it for Y/n.

Y/n's blood ran cold when the man straightened up, bringing her fan up his chest, his eyes stared at her like he just won a lifetime prize, and the little smirk on his lips showed satisfaction.

"I believe this belongs to you, Lady."

His hand moved slightly to offer Y/n her fan, Y/n slowly lifted her hand to grab the fan and was careful not to make any contact with the man in front of him, yet his sneaky fingers grazed her palm but Y/n played calm and brought her hand back to her side before bowing her head to the man as a thank you.

"Have we met before?" The man asked, his playful question made a chill run down Y/n's spine.

"I'm sorry King Park, but my daughter is mute. please let me answer your question." the head guard beside Y/n spoke, even though his words made her shocked a little Y/n played along.

"Go ahead," Jimin said as his eyes continued to stare into Y/n's eyes and his smirk got wider.

"I believe not, because I was always with my daughter whenever she's out."

"Really? Even with that busy schedule of yours Mr. Wang?" Jin said the head guard's name suddenly.

"Anything for my daughter, King Park." the head guard shortly answered.

"I'm sorry Your Majesty, but me and my daughter has to go now. Please excuse us." Both bowed their heads to Jimin as a farewell and walked past him, yet before they could get away Jimin grabbed Y/n's wrist and pulled her roughly which startled Y/n and a yelp came out of her mouth in reflect.

Y/n's horrified expression is hidden under her mask, she could hear a warning siren as if her brain was telling her to run because Jimin just caught them lying.

Jimin's lips begin to move, but before he can say anything a crowd of people suddenly surround Jimin, and Y/n is pulled away from him by the head guard, the crowd starts talking to Jimin about business and other things but Y/n can't listen because she's being drag away with the head guard.

"W-what should we do?" Y/n asked panic.

"As long as we stay in the crowd, he won't be able to do anything to you, Your Majesty."

Both go into another room, the ballroom is massive and it's not just one big room but five rooms connected, when Jimin is nowhere in sight both of them stop to catch a breath.

"He knows, he recognizes me." Y/n said as she tried to control her breath.

Y/n suddenly hears a crashing sound and someone shouting for people to get away from his way, Y/n listens to the person's voice carefully and she knows who that voice belongs to.

"We need to get-" Before Y/n could finish her sentence, a scream followed by people falling to the ground caught her attention, her eyes looked down at the people who were on the floor holding parts of their bodies that were in pain.

A pair of black boots comes into her vision and she soon looks up at the man's face.

"Not this again..." Y/n mumbled.

She was only here for thirty minutes and she met two already? Coming here is like inviting herself into the predators' cage.

"Y/n..." he whispered.

His looks shocked to see her, his pupils get bigger like a stray cat finally found his owner, the longing in his eyes is mixed with craziness and his fingers are ready to tear apart the man she is holding.

"I don't think he cares about the people in this room..." the head guard slowly whispered.

Yoongi growls and starts sprinting to Y/n and the head guard, but before he can get his hands on Y/n he is grabbed by Jin's guards and pulls him far away from Y/n, the head guard pulls Y/n to another room to avoid the chaos that is happening behind them.

"S-should I just go back into my room?"

"No, Your Majesty, if you go to your bedroom it'll be easier for them to find you. what we have to do is stay in a crowd so that they can't touch you."

"Didn't you see what happened?! Just bring me to some random room then!"

Y/n argues as she is scared for her safety, she could be meeting the other kings anytime now and she doesn't want that to happen.

"I'm sorry Your Majesty, but His Majesty ordered us to keep you here until the end of the night." the head guard said with a stern voice.

Y/n growled and turned away from the head guard but she didn't walk away, that would be stupid of her to do so.

"Just two more hours Your Majesty, you can do this."

Someone suddenly bumps into Y/n making her stumble a little, she accidentally looks at the person who bumped her with a pissed look making the girl scared.

"Oh my gosh! I'm so sorry!"

Turns out the person who bumped into her was Allysa, Y/n could recognize her because her mask doesn't cover her entire face.

"I didn't know you were there, I was looking for someone. I'm so sorry."

"It's okay..." Y/n changed the tone of her voice to a little deeper than usual.

"By any chance, have you seen the Empress?" Allysa asked, her innocent soft eyes curiously traveling around her face to look at the details of Y/n's mask, Y/n found this adorable.

"I haven't seen her ever since the party started."

Allysa's eyes turned sad after she said that, Y/n then notice that her eyes are starting to get teary and she looks down to avoid Y/n's eyes.

"I wished I hadn't asked such an inappropriate question." Allysa sobbed.

"What?"

"I-I asked the Empress an inappropriate question and I think she's mad at me...even though she said it was okay..."

"Now I don't have anyone to keep me company... I should just go home."

Before Allysa could walk away, Y/n grabbed her wrist to stop her. The girl looks at her with her puffy eyes and questions her actions.

"What are you doing?" Allysa asked while holding a sob.

"I can keep you company, why don't you stay? You're going to miss out on the fun if you go home." Y/n tried to convince Allysa to stay, her eyes lit up by the offer and she couldn't help but interested.

"But I'm afraid to ruin your night, Miss..."

"Anne, just call me Anne please." Y/n is glad that Allysa doesn't recognize her.

"Why don't we dance together, Anne?" Allysa said as she grabbed Y/n's hands, with those glimmering eyes of hers, Y/n could not resist.

"Your Majesty, it's too risky..." the head guard behind her whispered close to her ear so that only Y/n could hear him.

"Just one dance..." Y/n whispered back before letting herself be dragged to the dance floor.

Y/n is glad that it's the ladies' time to dance so there are no men on the dance floor, Y/n reminds herself that there are more than a hundred men protecting her and Jin could easily spot her so if anything happens, she will be okay.

As Y/n expected, when she looks up at the throne Jin gaze at her with a confused look, but she ignored him and looks back at Allysa who still had her hand in hers.

As the music begins to play the ladies on the dance floor start dancing according to the genre, the same patterns make the gentlemen stop and stare.

Allysa giggles in happiness as she dances with Y/n, Y/n is also happy but can't help to notice that her moves remind her of someone.

Y/n continued to observe Allysa's moves that oddly resembled someone she couldn't put her hand on, her eyes carefully examining every detail while dancing with the lady.

Y/n gasps when she finally recognizes Allysa's moves, her whole body starts shaking in terror. The nightmares that had traumatized her are coming back but they're now turning into reality.

Y/n keeps dancing to not draw attention, she keeps calm although she wants to run away from here and just hide from the person she's dancing with.

The same sleek movements, the graceful twirls, the way 'her' tiny fingers intertwine with hers protectively and full of power.

The person she's dancing with isn't Allysa. There was no Allysa from the beginning, there was only Kim Taehyung.

Once the music stops Y/n grabs Allysa's hand pulls her out of the dance floor and places her beside the head guard.

"Stay here, I'll get you something to drink." Y/n said with a convincing smile, 'Allysa' smiles and lets go of her hand.

"Lady Anne?" the head guard called Y/n with her fake name and said with a questioning tone, the head guard looked confused as to why the Empress wants to wander around alone.

"I'll be back, you have to keep lady Allysa company and stay by her side until I'm back."

The head guard notices the Empress' tone and he has to agree because if he doesn't, he will blow their cover.

Even though the head guard disagrees he lets
Y/n goes but signals some of his men around them to follow her.

Y/n feels something is building up in her chest and she feels nauseous. She couldn't believe he had been sneaking into the Palace pretending to be someone and he had met her and spent time with her in person.

Y/n walks away until she can't be seen by 'Allysa' and the head guard before she goes through the door that's the nearest to her and closes it.

Y/n recognizes the place, she is outside and close to the Emperor's garden. But she doesn't care and takes off her mask before puking to the nearest bushes.

After she puked, Y/n took off one of her gloves and wipes her lips with the back of her hand. She then walks slowly to the fountain and washes her hand there.

Jimin, Yoongi, and Taehyung have known about her existence. Y/n hopes that she won't meet the other three but that seems impossible.

She begins to wonder who she will be meeting next, and without waiting she immediately gets the answer.

Another face appears in the water's reflection, the face she hasn't met in her dreams or in real life. He doesn't have a smirk like the others usually have, only a small smile on his lips but that is enough to make chills run down Y/n's spine.

"Hello, Eve."

He greeted her casually, while Y/n just stared at his reflection in the water, he too watching her from the water's reflection.

"I always knew you weren't dead, but you don't look so well."

Upon hearing Namjoon's words, Y/n's eyes go to her own reflection and he is right. Her lips look pale and her eyes look dead.

"You...planned all of that didn't you?"

"You planned to trap me, then the attack..." Y/n continued, she spoke in a soft tone that made a cut in Namjoon's heart, but he didn't regret what he had done.

"You're right, I gathered all of them and convinced them to team up to kill anyone who was in the way to get you. They agreed because I told them we could share you, all of them weren't dumb and knew I was tricking them. Yet they all played with me so things would be easier in the beginning."

"I created the plans, the strategy, and showed them ways to execute my plans. I never had to make my hands dirty because they gave me all the things that I needed to do my next plan."

"When you were finally in our trap we began to fall apart, we started showing our selfish side and look where we end up now." Namjoon chuckles.

"Why?" Y/n's voice cracked a bit.

This time Namjoon lifts his head to see her directly, but Y/n still stares at Namjoon in the reflection to think that he is just some hallucination.

"Why...are you doing this to me?" Namjoon stared at her for a moment with a longing look.

"I don't think you're a human Y/n, never."

"You don't know just how much I love you that you wouldn't imagine what I would do to have you all to myself, for you to become mine."

"At first I was enchanted by your beauty, but then your personality got me too. You're too innocent for this world Y/n, everyone doesn't deserve you except me. I did everything just for you and you should've thanked me."

"You're crazy..." Y/n was so lost for words that all she could say was those, she then turned around to walk away but Namjoon grabbed her wrist and stopped her.

Y/n doesn't turn or resist, she just waits for Namjoon to say what he wants to say because she doesn't have the energy to fight back.

"Come with me Y/n."

"I'm asking you nicely, because if I'm going to do it in my way many people will suffer the consequences and you too will get hurt."

Y/n stays silent as her empty eyes stare blankly at the door that seems far away from her. When Y/n doesn't reply, Namjoon continues.

"There will be a war Y/n. A big one that will be written in the history books, our names will be mentioned a lot."

"But as much as I love to be mentioned in the history book, I don't want people to think that I'm a cruel King, I want people to know me as the wise and powerful King with you by my side as my Queen."

Y/n scoffs and chuckles before turning around and looking Namjoon dead in the eyes.

"Don't worry, I'll write your name along with the others. And I'll make sure they will know what the seven of you had done to me."

Y/n pulls her hand from Namjoon's grip before walking to the doors.

"You've made a bad decision, Y/n." Namjoon calls her out but Y/n ignores him and puts on her mask before walking back into the party.

Namjoon's words linger in her mind that she doesn't realize that the door she went through isn't the same door to go back to the party. She only realizes when the only thing she can hear is the sound of her heels echoing through the walls.

Y/n looks around and is a bit scared because she hasn't explored this part of the Palace and it is quite dark here, she realizes she has made a big mistake by walking too far away from the guards who are protecting her.

Y/n starts walking back to the door she went through, she had gone far from the door because she was in her head all the time.

"Leaving soon, Baby?"

Y/n stopped walking and almost screamed when she heard that voice, she successfully held it and sighed in desperation.

"Give me a break." Y/n mumbles before turning around with a sharp glare directed at the man standing gloriously some steps away from her.

His attire is beautiful as well as intimidating, elegant and luxurious blends well with his title as a king yet his aura is as dark as his eyes that are taunting her along with that silly smile of a child like which makes a contrast with his psychotic personality.

"More like you, need to give yourself a break." he smiled possessively as if he just found the toy he had been looking for, he could see how tired his muse was by looking into her eyes, but all he wanted to do was to protect her from everything that was on their way.

"If you just didn't run away from me you wouldn't have to go through all of this mess, right?"

Y/n didn't say anything and just watched the lunatic talking nonsense, she hoped that she was just too tired and started imagining some unreal things.

"Now that they found out you're still alive, I might have to lock you up in the basement again." he said as he walked toward her slowly with menacing steps, Y/n was still on her spot and had not moved an inch because she still thinks that all of this was just her imagination.

"But this time...I have to chain you to the walls so you wouldn't escape again, I might have to put you in a cage if I need to."

A sudden realization rush into her brain after his cold fingertips touches her chin and lift her face before he moves closer.

"You're not scared?" Jungkook asked with a slight smirk on his face, he knows that Y/n is trying to mask her fear with that poker face of hers.

"You're not real..." Y/n whispered but loud enough for Jungkook to hear her.

Jungkook chuckles, his chuckles are deep and dark but the way he smiles is like a child getting presents on christmas.

"You're so...cute." he pitched his voice a little as if he was talking to a toddler.

"I'll show you, what's real and what's not."

Y/n breaks into a sprint, luckly she is wearing short heels that make her easier to run, she only hear a chuckle behind her and some footsteps. Y/n has a bad feeling and knows that Jungkook will find her wherever she is.

After running for a while Y/n sees two big doors and without thinking twice she runs in and close the doors carefuly before looking around to find something to block the doors.

Y/n grabs and pushes the nearest objects to her, with a lot of struggle and strength she was able to block the doors from opening.

Y/n takes off her masquerade mask because she feels hot and sweaty after pushing the objects in order to block the doors from opening, but she knew those objects won't protect her or prevent Jungkook from coming in, so she has to explore this room to find an escape.

Y/n makes sure that the objects were placed right before walking backwards to make sure again.

Y/n's blood run cold when her back hits something hard but soft at the same time, she could also feel hot breath passing through her cheeks, but there were no movement or sound behind her as if there's nothing but air.

"Got you." he whispered right behind her ear.

Y/n gasps and screams when Jungkook grabs her hair harshly and starts dragging her, Y/n tries to punch and kick him but it only makes Jungkook tighten his grip on her hair, Y/n feels like she is about to pass out because of how hard Jungkook grips her hair, it feels like he is pulling all of her strands from her scalp.

Jungkook tossed Y/n onto the couch like a rag doll and sat beside her, he then held her neck to keep her down and Y/n's body instantly feel paralyzed.

"W-what have you done to me?" Y/n asked as she couldn't feel her body anymore.

"You keep resisting so I just did what I gotta do, baby" Jungkook smiles.

He then waves Y/n's mask to her face mockingly as if he just took something precious to Y/n.

"You think this..." Jungkook pauses before his hand that were gripping her neck slowly glides down to the silk fabric of Y/n's dress and plays with it.

"And this, would hide you from me?"

His sinister smile completed his psychotic look, Y/n could feel his aura surrounding and choking her even though it was just a metaphor for how she feel because right now she couldn't breathe properly.

"As soon as I walked into the room, I could smell your blood. It was easy because your blood smells sweeter than everyone else."

A wave of emotions suddenly hits Y/n, she feels like she is about to cry any moment, she doesn't want to cry in front of Jungkook but she can't help it when her eyes start to get teary.

Y/n quickly turns her head to the side, avoiding Jungkook's amused gaze that sends chills all over her body and makes the little hairs on her hand stand up.

"Aww, why is my muse crying?" Jungkook cooed, his thumb was about to wipe Y/n's tears that were slowly going down to her cheeks but Y/n avoided his touch.

Y/n gasps when Jungkook starts sitting on top of her, she tries to break out of his spell again but the result is disappointing, she still can't move a muscle on her body.

Jungkook slowly leans down, he is enjoying
Y/n's facial expression. He wishes he could paint her right now with this angle, this atmosphere, and most importantly, with this expression.

"Tell me, my muse..." Jungkook purred as he grabbed Y/n's chin and forced her to face him.

"Do I make you scared?"

Both went silent after he said that, Y/n throat hurts because she's holding her sobs from coming out of her mouth.

"Why..." A weak whisper finally came out of her lips and Jungkook raises his eyebrows, but before he could ask, Y/n had already answer him.

"Why are you doing this...to me?" Y/n whispered again and a weak sob escaped through her lips which took Jungkook in surprise.

This is the first time Y/n shows him this side of her, the weak and vulnerable side of her that she never show to him which triggers an emotional rush in him.

"How many times do I have to tell you my reason sweetheart... I love you, that's why." Even though his touch were gentle and soft, Y/n still flinch when his thumb wipes off the tears that are falling from her eyes.

"If you love me...wouldn't it best to let me go?"

Jungkook go silent and just stare at Y/n with confused look on his face, so Y/n take this opportunity to continue.

"You know that this is wrong, you know I don't want you, you know it's not right to force me to be with you." Y/n tries to dig out those insanity out of his head.

But unexpectedly, Jungkook starts chuckling, his fingers goes up to his eyes to rub them.

"You and I clearly have a different opinion on love..."

"But..." he continues after a moment of silence.

His hands rests beside her head as he moves closer, with every move he makes alerts Y/n to stay focus and be aware with his next action.

"If that's what you want then..."

He paused again after he stoped moving closer, now their face are an inch away, their noses graze each other and their eyes are on the same level, him staring at her soul while his hot breath fanning on her trembling lips.

"I'll do it."

His words taken her by surprise, her eyes had gone wide as if she doesn't believe what he just said, Y/n opens her mouth to say something but before she can do that, a siren goes off in her head when she sees Jungkook smirking.

Jungkook waste no time and dives down to devour Y/n's lips, her gasp and sudden move to break free make him let his guard up.

Y/n screams when she feels a sharp pain on her bottom lip, that's when she could smell and taste the metallic blood, Jungkook sucks the blood on her bottom lip and he make sure to not waste a single blood.

Her vision start to get blurry each second yet she could still hear Jungkook's words as clear as daylight.

"I will leave you alone, Y/n."

"But let's see who's crawling back to who." Y/n's half closed eyes see the cunning smirk on Jungkook's face, she shouldn't have fallen into his trap, she should've known he wouldn't let her go that easily.

Y/n gasped in horror and immediately sat up from her lying position, she tries to control her breath as her memory came back to her like a speed of light.

Y/n looks around and sees that she is in her room, she's not wearing a ball gown anymore and just has a thin nightgown covering her shivering body.

The first thing Y/n feels is cold, her whole body feels cold, and then she hugs her stomach when she feels an unpleasant pain as if she hadn't eaten in days, what's killing her the most is her sore throat.

Y/n is dehydrated, she desperately searches for water around the room and finds a glass of water on the nightstand, without thinking twice she chunks the water down her throat as if her life depended on it.

But even after chugging down the whole water the sore feeling in her throat doesn't go away, even though Y/n doesn't have the energy to move she forces herself to get out of bed and run to open the door.

Before Y/n could stop herself her face bumped into a hard chest, and she fall on her butt while the person she bumped into stood still as if nothing had just hit him.

"Y/N! flower, you're finally awake!!" Jin immediately engulfs her with a bear hug without caring that they are on the floor now, Jin's excitement is visible through his tone and action but sadly Y/n doesn't feel the same way when Jin suddenly hugs her.

Yes, she feels excited, but not the kind that Jin is feeling, it's more...sadistic.

Jin's scent is different than usual, tonight his scent is sweet, too sweet that it tempted Y/n to snuggle into the crook of his neck just to sniff his scent again.

Y/n's hunger gets more intense after smelling his scent, her hands wrap around his body in a possessive way as if they have a mind of their own, Jin who is shocked by this decides to just let Y/n, letting his fantasy finally become reality.

A shiver runs down his spine when Y/n's cold tongue licks his warm skin, Jin still doesn't do anything to stop her because this is what he's been waiting for over an eternity.

Y/n opens her mouth wider as Jin closes his eyes, and...

Y/n pushes Jin away after realizing what she was about to do...she was about to bite Jin.

After connecting all the missing dots, Y/n finally realizes that she's not normal again...

She craves human blood, and that's why the water cannot satisfy her thirst, that also explains why she got tempted by Jin's scent.

She is hungry.

And she is dangerous.

"Flower...why did you stop?" Jin looks like a child who is about to throw a tantrum because his mom forgot to buy him ice cream for dessert, he stares at Y/n in disbelieve and slowly scoots closer, but Y/n immediately crawls back in panic digging a deeper wound in Jin's heart.

"Don't come closer please..." Y/n begged, she isn't scared of Jin, she is scared of herself, she's scared of what she can do when she loses control like that again.

But from Jin's point of view, Y/n looks like she is scared of him, a swarm of emotions rushes into him and those mixed feelings turn into anger in just a second, he feels humiliated, and he thinks that Y/n was just playing with him.

"I thought we already get over this 'you scared of me phase'..." Y/n could feel something was wrong when his dark eyes glared at her as he scooted closer again.

"But I was wrong."

Y/n yelps when Jin grabs her ankles and pulls her to him, he gets on top of her and sits on her torso before pinning down her arms beside her head so she couldn't get away.

Y/n turns her head to the side to avoid the sweet smell that is calling her to have a taste.

"It's not good to test my patience flower, I thought I had already shown you the consequences, but I guess it wasn't enough was it?"

"Jin please! It's for your own good!" Y/n screams as she struggles to break free from his hold.

Jin scoffs and smirks "For my own good?!"

He then brings his face closer to Y/n's, his eyes are dark and manipulative.

"Then tell me, what could you even do to me hm? Slap me?"

Jin asked like he was challenging Y/n to do something that he believed she couldn't, Y/n felt stronger after hearing his words.

So she slapped him.

And he went flying to the wall before passing out.

Y/n wastes no time and gets up before sprinting through the exit, the hallway looks dark and creepy but Y/n can feel movements and heartbeats that disturb her.

Y/n goes to the maids' kitchen on the first floor since she knows there's no one there this hour.

Y/n is a little grateful that because of the new power she has, she can run very fast, it only took her two minutes to get from the fifth floor to the maid's kitchen on the first floor.

She throws the door open before carefully closing the door, Y/n couldn't risk going to the front gate because there will be a lot of armed guards with their horses who are ready to put her into prison for attacking the Emperor.

Y/n walks to the window and opens it, but before she could climb through it, a voice as soft as air calls her name.

"Y/n?..." the person breathes out.

Y/n froze on her spot, not because she thinks she got caught but because she recognizes the voice she hasn't heard in a very, long time.

In front of her, stood a tall man with all black clothing. His long purple hair is tied back into a high ponytail but his eyes captures Y/n's and therefore she can't look away from the beautiful mess in front of her.

His eyes are bloodshot, he looks like he hadn't slept in a blink with those horrible eye bags. He has some wrinkles indicating that he didn't take care of himself and most importantly his face had slimed down, he looks malnourished but his posture and muscles make Y/n almost think otherwise.

Before Felix could run up to Y/n she had already did it and slammed him onto the nearest wall, she then traps him as she puts her hands beside his head.

Felix was about to say something but his words got caught in his throat after seeing Y/n's teary eyes.

"WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL THIS TIME?!"
Y/n screamed, forgetting that she is still in a lion's cage and anyone could hear her any moment.

But Felix is smart and knows this is going to happen, he had already cast a spell to make the room they're in soundproof.

"Everything...had turned into a mess." tears begin to pour from Y/n's eyes, for the first time in forever she could let all of her guard down and just break into a crying child in front of her best friend.

Felix slowly and carefully take a step and close his arms around Y/n's shaking form, taking her into the warm hug she hasn't feel in a long time.

Instead of feeling calm her cries gets more hysterical when Y/n smells the scent that reminds her of her beautiful past, the smell of home. Yet it was just for a brief moment and the scent is completely gone, slapping her with a painful reality that she is facing now.

"I'm sorry...I shouldn't have gone away." Felix whispered as his fingers goes through her hair soothingly, they stayed in that position for sometime before Felix pulls himself off and wipes the tears on Y/n's cheek gently with his thumb.

"I hate to break this reunion, but you and i are not safe yet. We have to get out of here."

Y/n nods "We have to get Elsa and Shela first, they're holding them hostage."

"Elsa? as you mean that over confident white horse?" Felix asked with a sour face.

"Yes...how do you know?" as Y/n could remember, both had never met before.

"He was the one that brought me here, I don't know why but when I met him he was so persistent to make me get on his back, almost dropped me couple of times but I guess I could forgive him now that he's bringing me to you."

"How? Jin was hiding him somewhere in this castle..."

"Well he must've escaped, but don't worry. I had already turned him into bee and kept him in this little jar!" Felix said as he takes out a clear jar from his bag.

Y/n gasp as she sees a bee flying agrily, bumping and slamming its own body as a protest to get it out of the jar.

"Felix! how could you?!"

"How else am I suppose to bring him? i couldn't just walked into this palace and ask a random dude to park him!" Felix said as he shove the jar back into his bag aggressively which gets him a slap on his shoulder.

"Whatever! do you have a plan?"

"Did you heard that?"

"Heard what Yoon?" the guard looks at his friend with his sleepy eyes.

"I heard someone crying! it sounds like a woman crying... what if its the Queen?" his concerned friend said as he looks to where the sound comes.

"You're ridiculous, why would the Queen roam around the Palace at this time? the King wouldn't let her." said the guard before rolling his eyes.

"Well what if its something dangerous?"

"Like a ghost?" The guard chuckles.

"Maybe! whatever I'm going to check it out." his friend then turns towards the direction where the voice comes, leaving the guard standing alone.

The guard sighs before following his friend to get rid of his tiredness.

Not far from where they're standing before, a woman who hides her face with her hands cries softly. the guards that sees this recognize the Queen's form but before they could check on her the woman suddenly laughs hysterically with a pitch high tone making the hairs on their body stood up, they immediately turn around to run but everything goes black and they drop to the ground.

"Bravo!" Felix claps his hands before grabbing a key from the guards.

"I don't understand why couldn't you just make them unconscious without me acting like a ghost." Y/n huffed.

"The shock from your acting will make them unconscious longer. now, is this the key?" Felix asked Elsa who is still in the form of a bee, she nods before Felix shove her back into his bag.

"Let's rescue our dragon." Felix cheerfully said and make the unconscious guards float around the ceiling.

Written: idk i wrote this when it was still 2023😂
Published: 8/03/24