ONE DAY LATER :

Soyeon still had her face covered in her palms as she sat back on the reclining rocking chair, not looking at the pair of siblings who were still arguing back and forth.

"-and I am telling you! He was suffering from blood loss, its very logical that he did indeed miss! Joon has been operating the company for the whole year-"

"Via Min Hwang!! Has he made any appearances?? This Min Hwang has always been his right hand man, maybe he has been operating the business by proxy by using Joon's name!" Mira countered.

"No. Its not! Many of the deals, the way the project was approached, has been the style of Joon, NOT Min Hwang!"

"Again, staying with him for over five years he might have adopted Joon's style."

"Oh god will you listen to yourself?!?!?" So Hyun lost his temper. He stood towering over Mira, glowering, "I have been in contact with him all over the year!!"

Mira nodded, accepting it, "Yes you have, but why wasn't anyone else? Those from his family or Anya? Given that his family tried to have him killed, why did the original plans of him selling of those chosen divisions stopped? Given what we know, shouldn't it have been preponed in fact? Tell me So Hyun, does it make sense that he spared his family for a whole year, after they tried to kill him and spent the time advancing in business without doing anything about it? That he did not talk to the one person we all know he has been insanely attached to?"

"WHAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE IS YOU CLAIMING A MAN WHO TALKED TO ME ALL THROUGH A GODDAMN YEAR HAS BEEN DEAD!!!! YOU TALKED TO HIM JUST THE OTHER DAY TOO!!"

Mira stood up and shoved her brother hard, retorting equally loudly, "AND I FELT HIS PRESENCE, HIS VOICE TO BE STRANGE! THE SECOND I HEARD IT! WHICH IS EXACTLY WHY HE NEVER TALKED TO ME FOR A YEAR!"

"What the hell do you mean by that?????"

Soyeon replied for Mira. Still keeping her face buried in her palms, with a low voice she said, "The Heo family bloodline does not have the gift of feng shui. That is an art you learn. The innate spirituality you possess is coming from the elite class of Masters trained in exorcisms So Hyun. It is natural, to achieve that, you have the Sight. To see and hear those, that are not part of this world. The gift has weakened with successive generations but you know, the echo of it still lives within you."

So Hyun madly shook his head in denial.

He knew what Soyeon said was the truth, knew that it was a secret only few knew, but he still wasn't willing to accept it.

He could not.

Mira sat back down listlessly, "Its going to be the day the accident happened tomorrow, making it a complete 1 year. Powerful malicious spirits gain exceptional power after 1 year So Hyun, you know that. If unchecked, the hatred and the violence will become heavy enough that no one will be able to help that spirit.

Or more to the point, he will not be able to be exorcised. A malicious spirit with deep negativity will become a true Monster. Knowing about the current Masters the way that I do, no one will be able to-"

"WILL YOU STOP SAYING THAT MY BEST FRIEND IS DEAD???????" So Hyun shouted at Mira, his emotions too strung out, the veins of his temple bulging.

He pointed with his hand to the floor above them, "Anya has collapsed completely! She is not talking, not crying, not responding to anything!! Instead of cheering her up you are-"

"I WILL NOT GIVE MY FRIEND ANY FALSE HOPE SO HYUN!!!" Mira herself was trying her best from crying, "The number you knew is no longer working! Hell it says that the number did not exist! Anya was locked in the house unnaturally So Hyun, do you wish to tell me that she hallucinated it all when her hands are still bruised from the efforts she had put??? All the coincidences? Of Tae Sun???"

Mira advanced towards So Hyun, "Then tell me! TELL ME! How the fuck do you explain what happened with Jae Hoon???? You want to tell me that he was playing a prank with the Kangs by cleaving his own damn leg?? His femur broke, his muscles torn by his own goddamn hands????"

Covering both of his ears with his palms So Hyun closed his eyes, "STOP! PLEASE!"

Mira tilted her head towards the ceiling, letting out a shaky breath, her body swaying, "I cant afford to be blind as you are So Hyun, I cant afford to mourn, I don't have the time to be sad."

So Hyun did not answer, but he opened his eyes with a question in his face.

Soyeon finally lifted her tear stained face from her wet palms, her eyes swollen and red. She looked at her fiancé. She had been crying till the point that she felt she was hollow.

There wasn't anything left in her anymore, she was empty. Devoid of substance or any emotions.

She answered his unvoiced question, "Because Anya. . . she might be in danger."

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KANG FAMILY HOUSE :

Tae Sun was drifting in and out of sleep, his room dark from having all the lights blocked for him to be able to relax enough.

He shifted a little on the bed, his legs elevated in one posture, then settled down again.

As his sleep started to deepen, he perceived the sudden chill that was diffusing through the room. Groggily, feeling bothered, he tapped at the surface, trying to find the covers. Not finding any, he groaned and opened his eyes, still trying to locate the sheets.

But the drop in temperature was steep, his whole room plunging into a winter snow chill.

Awakened fully by the slap of cold, Tae Sun shifted and sat up, then reached for his night lamp and turned it on.

"Huh?"

Sleep fuddled through and through, he was a bit slow to reach the bell that could summon the maid. His hands touched the button, when he heard a deep voice.

"Tae Sun, How many more times will I have to remind you to stay away from my Little Fruit?"

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BEACH HOUSE :

"I am still questioning Min Hwang if what you say is true, then how could he act on behalf? And I still have not accepted what you say about Joon, and I will not accept it until I get solid proof of his death." So Hyun was vehement in his resolve, "But, even if that was the case, How can you even say bullshit as that? If. . ."

So Hyun swallowed his emotions and composed himself before continuing with difficulty, "If what you say is right, if Joon is dead and back in any form, then it would mean that the person who is the most safe, the person he will protect the most will be Anya."

Soyeon got up, not feeling like she had the inner strength of continuing the conversation. She just walked out, going upstairs to check on Anya.

Mira watched her go, then kept her unseeing eyes glued in the direction Soyeon had left while answering.

"You couldn't be more wrong about it."

So Hyun tiredly burst forth, "Listen, for once, don't talk in riddles dammit. I am not in the right frame of mind to go through the loops. Please. Just tell me."

Mira remained silent, gathering her thoughts. That was a bit hard, given the rioting emotions in her body breaking every line of through that formed with sheer unhappiness and heavy concern.

Still, she tried. Because she knew, her brother really needed to be aware of the truthful picture.

Because she knew, Anya, would never understand.

"Except Anya herself, we all were always aware of how Joon felt about her. Time only managed to deepen that bond he created with her that was novel and his alone. He never loved anyone before her, which made him give all that he could. He gave her everything he had, every bit of his heart, his happiness, every bit of the warmth he had begged for.

He learned to smile, just for her. He started to think about a future, because she was in it. He became who he was, just to protect and cherish her.

Anya, was the reason he lived. There is no doubt about that. But Anya was also the reason, why he died."

Mira slid down to the floor, laying down on it, "He wanted his family gone, the hypocrisy washed away, the company dissolved, only for her. Still, Joon was the most repressed man. If he smiled just a bit, it meant he was elated beyond control. Such a man kept repeatedly telling us about the future he had planned out for them, a cold person like him couldn't wait for the day he would propose to come.

At that point, remember what I had told you?"

So Hyun vaguely recalled, "I think. . . you had said that things were turning worrisome?"

"His love was slowly turning into an obsession So Hyun. His possessiveness was starting to slip. I could see a hint of madness he kept hidden behind his icy unapproachable gaze. His love for her was something he was losing control over because he kept putting a show in front of her. He kept bottling all those feelings, only being the gentle, kind person Anya had known.

He feared showing his changing personality to her. The more he hid, the more those emotions became violent. And all of it was centred around just one person. With each day, Joon was tipping towards a time when the force of his emotions would rage in a passion of violence.

THAT person was killed, a few days before he was to make her his.

Do you understand the massive grudge he died with? Given how he was already deteriorating, the concept of death, would have turned every light he had in him, into an onyx of shimmering darkness.

He did live for her So Hyun, even after death, she was the reason he stayed."

"So," So Hyun was starting to understand a little, "what you are saying-"

"A deeply malicious spirit may have been born. A being filled with brutal vengeance and dangerous passion. Death, would have no doubt changed his feelings into a more. . . . extreme state, So Hyun.

He is capable of anything."

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KANG FAMILY HOUSE :

In a time like this, suddenly, Tae Sun lost his voice. With the cold becoming more pronounced, his body started shivering.

"Do you know? She is in pain. Too much pain." That voice continued, coming from every direction, "I sacrificed a lot just to ascertain that she would not be going through it."

A dangerously low chuckle made Tae Sun start to cry as he whimpered.

"But you ruined it all."

"I am sorry, I am sorry, I am sorry." Mindlessly, Tae Sun kept whispering trying to crawl back. His eyes kept looking closely but he could find no one.

When he leaned back, to pull his legs up and crawl, the bed violently started shaking.

"I AM SORRY! I AM SORRY!!!"

In the calm room, only the bed kept jarringly knocking on the floor, shaking and causing all the pillows and sheet to fall down.

"More than that,"

The bedside lamp on the side of his table burst suddenly, glass flying all around.

"You talked to her. Without my permission, you are not to be allowed in her presence. How many times have I said that to you, cousin?"

The legs of the wrought iron bed broke, the mattress crashing on the floor.

Sobbing with fear and paralysed with terror, Tae Sun lay on his front on the mattress, his mind breaking after reaching the limit of fear he could handle.

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BEACH HOUSE :

"He is back just for her. Do you understand the way he will stay with her? Nothing will make him leave, nothing we can do to make him.

His obsession will lead him to change more and more, until the one he harms will be her."

"Wrong." So Hyun smiled sadly at Mira, "For the first time in my life, I can confidently say that you are wrong."

"You don't understand the way the other beings think and-"

"That may be true." So Hyun cut her off, "But being Anya's friend, You don't understand how Joon thinks. Everyone but her can be in danger. Just never her.

But that may be what the problem is.

If he has become as you have said, vicious, dangerous and twisted, then accidentally or intentionally harming others, will hurt Anya."

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KANG FAMILY HOUSE :

Clear sounds of Footsteps reached Tae Sun's ears. He partially opened his eyes to see a pair of polished black leather shoes coming towards him.

The same shoes, he remembered drenched in blood when he had stabbed Joon.

Jerkily, he looked up.

From the shadows, a tall silhouette walked towards him. The man was wearing a white shirt, open at his collar, his hands deep in the pockets of his pants. He carried himself with elegance and a icy air.

Seeing the same pristine clothes, the gait that he knew too well, had a mind numbing horror filled effect on Tae Sun.

But he lost his voice completely, his pants, becoming wet with the loss of his bladder, when he looked at his face.

It was the same handsome face with high cheekbones. His hair fell in flicks on his forehead, swept back in a stylish style. The silver rimmed glasses on his nose were the same.

Only his eyes. . . were different.

His eyes, were callous. And blood red.

A small smile playing over his lips, Namjoon crouched in front of him, "Do you know something else? I hate it if someone touches her. I abhor it. She is mine alone."

Tae Sun saw Joon's eyes flare a brighter shade of red, his gaze turning deadly behind his specs.

"How. Dare. You. Touch. Her?"

Mind broken from the fear, Tae Sun just sat still, stupidly looking at the madness blazing in his expression.

"Little Fruit belongs to me. Not a soul can reach her. This mistake can only be paid with his existence being reduced to broken bones, ripped organs, severed limbs and rotting flesh."

With a seductive tilt of his chin, Joon stroked Tae Sun's face with his cold fingers,

"And that is the fate I have planned for each and every one of you."

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A/N : A lot is not known yet, right? His childhood, the way they met, their love, and of course, the consequence of this.

So I think I had warned you that this will be more dark and frightening than tragic, right?

But, yes, tragedy will naturally be present.

Anya has yet to meet him.

There will be lots, lots more in store.

I will be updating the whole rest of the story in a day. The rest of the chapters will be shorter than these.

Are you liking the story?

A lot of connections to SOF and reason for the way our wolf hybrid is, and his VRÂG will be revealed here. . . I think you can already guess something. Its that our wolf hybrid, hides a lot too.

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