"Tae!....... Tae,wake up!"

Taehyung let out a tiny whine as he shifted on his bed ;eyes still hooded.

"Tae; please! Get up!",he heard his mother's alarmed voice.

Little Taehyung pouted but obeyed his mother nonetheless. He sat up groggily and rubbed his sleepy eyes.

The duchess went towards Jennie's bed and woke the girl up too.

She handed her a set from her regular attires and hurried,-

"Jennie, hurry up baby ~ We don't have much time to prepare for everything!"

As Jennie was getting ready with her little, hasty hands, their mother made Taehyung leave his and Jennie's shared bedroom and brought him to the small storeroom infront of the rooftop,which was the usual secret hideout to the little vampire.

"Tae... listen to me very carefully. You have to stay here no matter what, alright? Don't go anywhere until me or Abbeoji comes to bring you... understood?", she whispered, cupping and caressing the boy's face with her almost shaky hands.

"Eomonie ~", Taehyung complained in his whiny voice; his pout growing as he felt extremely sleepy.

The duchess frowned and hugged her son firmly against herself.

"I'm sorry honey..! Eomonie didn't want to wake you up this early. But, baby... Eomonie has no choice. The... the Queen has arrived at this early hour of the morning! This is not a good sign, Tae and.... even your Abbeoji has gone to the west with the King. Baby, Eomonie is worried, because Eomonie is alone right now... she has to save you all alone... So, please honey... please try to understand, okay?", she muttered and stroked Taehyung's hair, breathing heavily to calm herself.

She had a lot of responsibilities at that moment. She had to be strong, for her children, for her family...

"I have to go now,Tae..... The Queen has wished to see Jennie.I don't know what does she want from us;why has she come to visit us now.... But,Tae.... you have to promise me that you won't do anything like last time! You are not going to come infront of the others, alright?!",she forbade her son once again and kissed his forehead and cheeks before heading towards the storeroom's door.

A desperation surged inside Taehyung and he ran to his mother.Hugging his mother's waist tightly,he prevented her to go away.

"E-eomonie....d-don't go~",the scared boy requested meekly.

His mother sighed and tried to free herself from the grasp of those little,chubby hands.

"E-eomie please!"Taehyung whimpered but the duchess didn't even budge a little.

It was not the time for her to become weak.

"Taehyung! I said I have to go! Let me go!",she yelled at her son and stormed out of the room before shutting the door with a loud thud.

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"G-good morning, Your Grace...", Jennie bowed and greeted the Queen nervously while her mother was trying to maintain her smile as much as she could.

The Queen eyed the girl before turning her attention towards the duchess.

"You brought only her?",she asked mysteriously.

The duchess gulped a little before frowning in fake confusion.

-"Pardon me but Your Highness wanted to meet the other residents too and... as my Queen is well aware of the fact that my duke is not here at this moment... I could only bring her-"

"Do you think I've come here to joke around?! Where is the other one?", the Queen cut her off.

The duchess gulped a little.

"I... didn't und-", her voice trembled.

-"WHERE IS THE OTHER KID ?!"

Jennie flinched and her mother's eyes widened at the Alpha's loud growl.

"And don't try to outsmart me anymore, Duchess Kim! We have gotten information from your dukedom only, that you are hiding a northerner in your house? May I know why... Duchess Kim?!", she demanded, her eyes crimson with fury.

"W-where is the proof of this accusation? I'm sorry but....You can not just blame us like that, Your Grace!", the duchess defended herself firmly.

The Queen clenched her jaws.

"Very well....", she muttered darkly.

"Hide that blood thirsty barbarian as long as you can...... Only if your child's life is not precious to you!", she scowled and grabbed Jennie's hand, yanking the little girl towards herself.

Jennie yelped and cried out in pain at the way the alpha harshly tugged her by her arm.

The duchess's eyes turned into blood red and it seemed like something snapped inside her.

"Stay away from my child!",she snarled and in a split of a second, she knocked down the alpha by hitting right across her face.

Almost immediately, a group of armed betas and alphas;who possibly belonged to the royal army,stormed inside the house and one of them made their way to capture Jennie once again.

The duchess's red eyes brightened in rage and her two sharp fangs became visible as she attacked the soldier with her right claw.

Flesh teared out of the soldiers face and neck and his bloody figure collapsed on the marble floor.

The vampire kept her daughter flushed against herself as she glared and snarled at each and every werewolf who were, by now standing in a circle around the both of them; trapping them inside.

The Queen got up from the floor;her lips and jaw drenched with fresh blood.Wiping off the blood with her thumb, the alpha smirked like a sadist.

"You're definitely going to pay for this,Northerner......"

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The soft sound of falling water drops made Taehyung realize that it was raining outside.

His heart quickened in worry and an unknown fear as he eagerly waited for his mother to appear inside the room.

He was scared.Scared for his mother, his sister......his beautiful family.He never understood why he had to hide from everyone;why his parents were always so worried about him.

Why wasn't he able to lead a normal life like his sister? Why would anyone be afraid of him? His Prince was not at all afraid of him;then why would the others be?!

His prince...... Taehyung wanted to meet him;At least to have a glimpse of the older.But......

He whimpered as a familiar voice's shrieks reached his ears.

'Jen.....!',his eyes widened in fear.

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Droplets of constant rain blurred her vision as Jennie cried out for help.

"Please! ~",the seven years old begged to particularly nobody as she saw her mother's wounded,bloody,unconscious body being dragged outside their mansion's gate.

She wailed and pleaded for help while two betas kept her struggling figure in place.

The dark clouds covered the dawn sky completely;pouring heavy raindrops on the unconscious vampire;drenching her partially ripped,blood soaked attire.

"Leave Eomonie please! Please somebody help! Please! ~",Her daughter cried out desperately as one of the Alphas pushed the vampire and her face collapsed against the hard muddy ground.

But nobody came to help them.

"Finish this as soon as possible.",the Queen commanded and ofcourse the others complied.

An alpha took his sword out of its scabbard and firmly placed it on the duchess's nape.

"NO!"

All of the werewolves turned at the new,soft voice.

"Tae~",Jennie wailed while squirming her hands aggressively to free them from the betas' grasps.

"NO,PLEASE LEAVE EOMONIE! PLEASE!",Tears spilled out of Taehyung's eyes as he ran towards her mother but before he could reach her,the Queen snatched the pointed sword from the soldier's hands and in a blink of an eye,the sword went down the duchess's neck.

"Eomonie ~",Jennie screamed out in nothing but pure agony.

Taehyung, on the other hand.....stopped in his tracks and fell on his knees.

Only the bone crushing wails and screams of Jennie was heard in between the pitter pattering of the raindrops as Taehyung stared blankly at his mother.........

Lifeless.......

His mother was gone.....forever.....

She would never come back,no matter how much he tries.

She would never pull him in her warm embrace again....

His mother was no more.

Killed....Right infront of his eyes.

"Now.....",the Queen threw the blood stained sword aimlessly and started proceeding towards Taehyung's emotionless figure.

"Your time has come little devil.....",she howled.

But before she could reach the boy,something strange occurred in the scenario.

It seemed as if everything stopped;except the rain.

The Queen and the rest of the soldiers stayed motionlessly at their spot;even their eyelids were not blinking. And everything became blurr infront of Taehyung.........

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Tears streamed down Seokjin's cheeks and made their way towards Taehyung's chest as the younger continued the story of his cursed childhood.

"It was Abbeoji's spell....all of them were frozen on their spot because of it ...."

"He could've killed everyone at that moment if he wanted to.....but he didn't. He couldn't do anything to any one of them even after seeing his wife lying dead on a mud bed, because he wanted justice and not revenge!",the vampire chuckled hollowly.

"He knew that his spell wouldn't work for too long so he couldn't even give Eomonie a proper burial..... He brought both of us to the Northern kingdom;to our grandparents."

The younger tightened the grip of his arms around Seokjin's waist as he continued,-

"You know..... My Eomonie was their only child;The one and only princess of Northern Kingdom.My....grandmother used to say that....she was a spoiled daughter...."

Taehyung chuckled at his own words;planting a soft kiss on the omega's hair who was drenching his chest with his tears.

"She had never heard a 'no' in her life.And that's why....when she fell in love with Abbeoji,a werewolf; an enemy of their kingdom,my grandfather had no other choice but give in to her wishes...."

"But I know that he couldn't forgive any of us after his daughter's death....
Not even after grandmother's efforts... He still doesn't talk to me,you know...."

"He'd never forgive us...",he sighed.

Seokjin kissed Taehyung's bare chest in a comforting way; snuggling closer to his mate's warmth as the younger was staring up at the ceiling of Seokjin's bedchamber.

"What happened to Abbeoji?!",the omega asked hoarsely.

"He came back to Southern Kingdom....",Taehyung huffed a sigh.

"-to seek justice from the King to whom he had remained loyal throughout his whole life..... And he never went back to meet us...... He was found beheaded at the border of our kingdom a week later...."

"Stop-stop....please stop!",Seokjin pleaded;sobbing on the younger's chest hysterically; guiltily.

"Will you ever be able to forgive me?!",he whimpered.

Taehyung brought his hands towards the prince's face and lifted it up to look at his mate.

"I only know that I will never be able to live without you....",he murmured.

-"I have tried that for ten years,you know!",he frowned while thumbing the tears away from the elder's eye bags and cheeks.

"I was able to survive only because you had given me the hope that you would recognize the bracelet no matter what....",he gave the older a small smile.

Seokjin sniffled.

"Wait....",his eyes widened because of a sudden realization.

"How did the bracelet end up at the jewelry shop,Taehyungah?!",he wondered.

"Oh....about that....",Taehyung trailed.

"Actually.... I used to follow you a lot those days....I knew that you were planning to go to the town that day...",he confessed.

"I wanted to check if the bracelet can actually draw your attention or not....
So,I just....made a small deal with the shopkeeper...",he explained with a sheepish smile.

Seokjin giggled between his tears.

"What if anyone else would've bought it?!",he asked playfully.

"I would've never let that happen....",the younger opined with a bit of seriousness.

Seokjin smiled and shifted to get up from his bed but ended up wincing at a sharp pain that coursed through his lower regions.

Taehyung was quick to hold the older in his arms and he made his prince lie down once again.

"Sorry....",he muttered while looking at Seokjin with apologizing eyes.

The omega giggled once again.

"Its alright.... I'm fine...",he said with a smile.

"Tell me what you want....",the younger asked with concern and Seokjin answered by pointing at his shirt that was tossed on the floor.

Taehyung got up and brought the shirt to the older obediently.

Seokjin fished inside the shirt's pocket and took out the silver bracelet with a smile plastered on his face.

He took the younger's right hand in his and secured the interlocking bracelet around his wrist.

"Don't you dare to open it ever again,Kim Taehyung!",he warned to the blonde who was staring at him fondly;tears pricked at the corner of his eyes.

The vampire shook his head with a weak smile and leaned in.Pressing his own forehead against the older's,Taehyung rubbed their noses together lovingly and murmured softly,-

"Your wish is my command, My Prince...."

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Once upon a time,there was an Authornim who said,-"I'll update soon....."

Aah......Never mind!

This chapter has been in my drafts for 2 nights BUT....I still couldn't publish it coz... My WiFi just cannot stand my presence...... Well,that's nothing special though;even I can't stand myself lol.....

Sorry.....

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