Minho POV

"Look who is here.", I chuckled.

"Hello, Minho..."

"Hi, Lucifer. I am not much older than you. Call me Hyung and don't you dare to disrespect me again. Especially you should know not to provoke me."

My voice is calm, but strict.

Chan POV

"What are you talking about? Isn't your brother the real devil?", the small one asks confused.

"He is. But this is not about titles, Jeongin. My brother is the official king of hell, the devil, Satan or whatever you people call him. But we call the real devil like like this, because nobody dares to spell his real name. He hears everything... everybody has far more respect of him than of the devil king himself.

The young boy shudders.

"Just don't provoke him.", I try to comfort him. "As long as you are cursed to stay here, just stay and do nothing."

"You know about the curse?", he asks surprised. I turn around.

"Yes. I feel your bond to the forest. I should have thought Lucifer would do something like that."

"Can you destroy it?", the little one gets excited and nearly jumps on my lap in the adrenaline rush. Even though the situation is rather serious I couldn't muffle the chuckle escaping my throat.

"No, that would be to easy. The demon who cursed you is the only one who can break the curse again. Or if he dies."

"But isn't it impossible to kill Lucifer?"

"It's not. In fact, Lucifer isn't even that strong. If a few demons would build an army to go against him, he would have no chance. But nobody in hell dares to start a revolution. Jeongin nods and looks down to the ground.

"BOYS! Food is ready!", Changbin shouts from inside. I nod in Jeongin's direction to end the dialogue and stood up.

Hyunjin POV

The night sets in. I walk down the street in the direction of the mysterious forest and sigh. Even though Lucifer lets me travel around as much as I want to, in the end I am bonded to the forest by night time. As a devil I can see the transparent foggy curtain, falling down from the sky and draping the forest in between. After all these years I can officially say, this is worse than hell.

I sigh a second time, before entering the zone. Walking through the forest, with my hands in the pockets of my baggy jeans. For now, I do not feel any humans in this part of the woods. I know there is the cop Chan talked about, but he is not in my hunting range. Also, somewhere there should be the little boy from last time. Lucifer told me he cursed him and I should hunt him down. But I am not planning on doing that. At least not for now. Sooner or later a boring adult or an teenie who thinks he is brave will enter the forest and declare themselves to be my next victim.

I look up, running past a few trees, before finding one with a branch high enough, at about 4 meters. I jump up and before I landed I took out my hands of the pockets to catch myself if I should fall. But I landed perfect on both feet and looked around, feeling through the forest. I can sense the cop woth another presence I can't identify. But before I could ask myself about it, I feel another humanly presence. This one is special. It stinks burned. Like a cursed human.

The boy.

My eyes light up red. I look on the other side of the forest and feel how my wings grow. The hunter in me comes to life I try to fight against it, shaking head and hitting the branch. Then the wings go back. But now my eyes won't stop shining. A growl escapes my throat and suddenly I can feel the third presence in the little house stronger. Another demon. He heard me. Or she. The presence is strong. Majestic nearly. So it can't be any demon. It is royality for sure... Chan. I growl. Why can't he stay out of this! I promised the cop will stay alive. But my inner demon needs this little boy. Why suddenly? In that moment I remembered something. Lucifer injected Jeongin Death Rose!

"You know, baby... the most dangerous things for humans like you is the death rose. It is a black rose with a red shimmer, dripping with blood every full hour. If it gets a way into your blood, all demons will feel the need to kill you. Kings often use this, when thy want to get their army to hunt down a specific human. Even tho that doesn't happen often. They can injet it without you realizing. Mental manipulation, telekinesis,..."

"But how can I save myself from it then?"

"Don't touch it. Don't provoke demons or the devil to inject it to you. If it happens, you will see. Because demons don't know it before they smell you. They won't smell you except they either look for you or are extremly close to you. If they look for you, the devil already told them and has no need to inject you anything. If they still smell you, because they are close enough, they will automatically get into predator mood, which means, their eyes will colour red AND they will be confused for a second, looking for you. In this moment you need to run. Hide yourself in big crowds, where they won't attack you and keep yourself save for 7 hours. Then the poison of the death rose left your body."

"Why do you tell me this? You are a demon. I could tell anyone!"

"Because you are my boyfriend and I trust you. I love you, Jinnie!"

"I love you too, Sungie!"

At the thoughts of the following kiss, tears fill my blood shot eyes. My heart bleeded and I could feel it stronger than ever. I did not even realize the older boy, sitting down on the branch next to me. He guides me into a sitting position too, making me have a more secure position. Then he holds me closer to his chest.

"I'll give you two minutes to cry. Then I will bang your head on the branch. We don't want you to die..."

"But I want to die right now, Channie.", I sob into his chest.

"You said it. Right now. But I have trust you will get over him and get better and then have a second chance with your undead live. You can't die right now, Hyunjin. And most definitely not this way..."

I cry silently, only all ten seconds I can hear my own sob. And after what feels like hours, Chan grips my long hair tight and slams my head down on the branch.