It'd barely been a few days since Taehyung had asked me to stay deaf and blind to all his activities, and yet another alarming case shows up out of nowhere in our small town Daegu.
It wasn't something that bothered everyone, but it bothered us. The department and I.

The day was already half ruined when I found out that I'd gotten my period early in the morning, now on entering the station, I gasped along with Hyun who frantically yanked me back to his side at the sight before us.

Somebody had broken into the police station for fucks sake! The white walls had imprints of cat paws. Tiny, but numerous. The hall reeked of blood. The imprints were red and dried up against the walls, making the place look like it was some kind of a horror movie setting.

Hyun stepped in and before he could reach up to switch the lights on, I stopped him.

"Don't touch anything" he turned to me with wide eyes before nodding.

Stumbling out of the building, we grabbed our phones, "we need back up! Call my father when I tell you to" I ordered and he nodded as I dailed to someone else.

Taking a few steps away from the boy, I pressed the phone to my ear as it rung a few times.

"Hello?" A strong yet cheerful voice answered and I already felt like half my problems were solved.

"I need your help" I mumbled.

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"Hey cutie!" I felt two strong arms wrap around my shoulders as he hugged me to his chest.

"Jack!" I laughed, "so long"

He pulled away before looking over my shoulder to Hyun, "I'm Jackson..Jackson Wang. But I don't really like my surname, so please just call me Jack or Jackson or Jackie or-" and that's when I grabbed his hand and pulled him along with me.

"Hyun, I'll take him inside.." I looked the boy in the eyes, "keep guard".

"Yes, officer!" He said with a stiff voice and I knew for a fact if there were people I could trust blindly, Hyun was one of them.

"Someone's been working out a lot lately.." I wiggled my brows at Jackson's body as we entered the building together. Seeing him made me so happy for some reason and it restocked some confidence that I was running out of, reminding me that we'd seen worse before.

"This how I score gurlz" he made a face and couldn't help but scowl in response.

Jackson had been my partner in crime for so long throughout my time at CIA. He was a man of trust and loyalty and as much as I wanted to spank his ass with a stick for being a dork sometimes, I also very much looked up to him.

"What have you got for me, officer?" He laughed, making fun of Hyun for a second and I raised my brows "prepare yourself" before I pushed the door to the main hall open.

The station looked like a normal broken into building from the outside. But on the inside, it was a train wreck.

"Beauty!" Jackson exclaimed looking at the wall drenched red.

"Jackie it's blood " I covered my nose, unable to handle the stench.

"Ow fuck" he shook his head chuckling softly, before opening his little bag. Putting gloves on, he examined every single thing, starting at the bottom of the door, to the farthest wall. He scraped off the blood from one of the corners and even collected a strand of hair, a thread, chewing gum under the desk and much more. I didn't know how much of it could turely be deemed as evidence because Jihyun could have stuck that bubblegum under his desk before he left work yesterday for all we knew.

Stepping out to get some clean air and also to give Jackson some time and space to work alone, I wondered what all this really meant.

Why would Taehyung want me to ignore everything for a month? Why only a month? Upon that, why was everything somehow finding it's way to me?

It all started with two men being shot in the head and a stolen file. Taehyung had assured me that it was one of Yoongi's men that stole it but at this point, it felt unconvincing.
Second disaster to happen was being stalked,examining a dead man on a bathroom floor who had my gun in his possession.
And now..

This.

"Ji Yeon.." Jackson called. His voice low and when I turned, I looked at him standing there worried, with a card in between his fingers.

"What is it?" I raised a brow, walking in closer.

"something you need to worry about" he said, before handing me the card and taking his gloves off.

The words were penned down carefully in calligraphy. The card although thick and white was stained with blood at the edges and when my eyes scanned through the words written, they made a cold shiver run down my spine.

"What even?" I panicked a little. I didn't know what this was and it was suddenly creeping me out.
"I believe that is addressed to you" Jackson spoke, carefully packing his stuff before stepping out "I'll try to get you as much info as I can. But you might have to figure this out on your own" he pointed to the card in my hand as I looked up at him wide eyed.

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V is hiding so much from you. I wonder what your pretty little face would look like when he carves his initial onto it..
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I didn't know what to do at the moment. Would it be right to just show it to Taehyung and talk this out? Should I give it to my father? No, I couldn't. I shouldn't let him know I run with Taehyung and him at the same time. That I've been far from loyal for a while now. Or.. I could just burn the letter and pretend it never existed.

Sighing, I stuffed it into my pocket. Deciding on neither of those things when my eyes caught sight of my father's car and a couple of others' pulling up in front of the building. Hyun nodded at me and I only gave him a half hearted smile. This was my problem, and I'd try to figure it out on my own.

"Are you okay?" Was the first thing that left my father's lips as he ran upto me before holding onto my shoulders, checking if I'm alright. How bad must I be to be able to betray such a man?

"I'm fine, dad" I nodded, leading him into the building and Jihyun followed behind.

"Ugh" dad shook his head as a bunch of forensic experts rushed into the building to collect evidence. The fact that Jackson had already scraped away all the best parts of this crime scene was a secret between the three of us as I motioned Hyun to zip his lips and not spill the beans about Jack visiting this place.

Jihyun stood beside me, his hands stuffed into his pockets as he stared at the walls. "What does this remind you of?"

"What?" I asked absentmindedly.

"Where else did we see a huge ass cat paw before?" he raised a brow, stroking one of the dried imprints on the wall next to him and it took a second for my dumb founded brain to put things together.

"The weapons air bus we captured!" I gasped and he gave me a pat on the back.

"We have someone leaving signs" he smirked before walking away and I was left with another jab in the heart when I realized that Taehyung very well knew whose symbol this cat paw was.

He seemed happy when I'd informed him about ceasing a plane with a print on it, but refused to tell me who it belonged to. All I remembered was, Taehyung saying "it belongs to someone I don't like. Cease it!"

When my phone buzzed in my pocket, I expected it to be mom checking on me, but it was Tae.

" 8pm, sea woods restaurant. Dress warm! " was what the text read.

I responded with, " I have a tight schedule today. We'll meet up some other time. Sorry!" before shoving the device back into the confines of my pocket.

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