Hello lovely readers! I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and I wish you have a Happy New Year!
I was trying to come up with the final chapter of Tenerife Sea but I had a hectic couple of weeks and I couldn’t finish it. My apologies to all the people that were waiting for it. Honestly, I have been feeling so burnout both physically and mentally that I have been struggling with my writing as well. I hope you understand that I don’t want to write just for the sake of being active here. I always try to write things that I would want to read and make me excited about. So, in the lights of that I think I will try to come up with the finale I think it deserves when I feel ready for it.
In the meantime, I will focus on the other two series and little drabbles or scenarios that you request or I can come up with.
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You will also find the link for chapter 1 in it.
I have not had the time to update the masterlist yet but you will find a lot of the chapters there and if you want to read some of the stand-alone scenarios please look for them in my blog while I reorganize it :)
Hello, I love your fanfiction 🥰 I'm reading Tenerife Sea and I didn't find chapter 15, where can I find it?
Hello anon! I hope you are doing ok. Thank you for your lovely message and support. I haven't publish chapter 15. I'm working on it and I hope to post it during the next couple of weeks.
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It was Friday morning and Chanyeol’s birthday. He had woken up earlier in order to get ready since he still had to go to school. He was standing before the mirror fixing his coat as the first rays of dawn had begun to appear through the window.
He had never been a morning person unless there was something or someone really important for him to do the effort of getting out of bed.
Nevertheless, every day since you two had been a couple, he had woken up on a lighter mood and he even had made the firm conviction of getting ready in record time so he could have a few minutes with you before heading for the institute.
Once he finished and took his bag, he bent over to caress Toben’s head.
“Today is my birthday, pal. It’s gonna be the first one you will gonna spend with me”. The puppy seemed to understand him as it started to lick his hand.
Chanyeol chuckled at the dog’s displays of affection “Come on” he said as he picked him up. “I’m going to take you to Jongin”.
They were walking out of the boy’s bedroom when Chanyeol saw his mother approaching.
“Chanyeol” His mother said. She was surprised at encountering his son in the hall.
“Good morning mum” He looked at her with a mix of confusion and puzzlement on his face.
“Why are you up so early?” His mother asked.
“I’m going to school” Chanyeol said matter of factly. “It’s Friday, remember?”
“I know” His mother said “I asked you that because you are never up at this hour” she pointed out.
“I am trying to be more punctual” Chanyeol remarked although the school wasn’t the main reason for it.
“Oh! I’m glad for you darling” She said as she pulled her robe tighter around herself.
“Were you coming to see me?” Chanyeol asked as he was stroking Toben’s head.
“I wanted to wake you up and be the first one on congratulating you but I guess Nana won me” Her mother said a little disappointed.
Chanyeol smiled at seeing her mother frowning. -A thing she would always do when she was upset.-
He came closer towards her “She hasn’t come over” he said and left Toben on the ground.
“You could still be the first one” Chanyeol offered as a big smile formed on his mother’s lips.
“Oh my boy!” She hugged him as Chanyeol leaned his head over hers slightly. “Happy birthday! I can’t believe you are 18 now” she said choking a sob.
The tall boy couldn’t contain his laughter at his mother’s reaction. “Mum, why are you crying?. I have just gotten one year older”.
The woman broke the hug and slapped him in the arm “Don’t laugh at me” she said slightly annoyed “I can’t help but remember the first time I hold you in my arms and now you are so tall and grown up”.
“You have been telling me that since I turned 15” Chanyeol laughed.
Her mother scoffed as she wiped her teary eyes.
“Well, you are going to be my baby until the day I die” She said and cupped his cheek tenderly.
Chanyeol smiled widely “Remember that when you want to scold me”.
Her mother laughed at his response.
In that moment, your grandmother was climbing up the stairs. When she reached the upper floor she turned to looked at them surprised.
“Ah! Mrs. C/m/n, Mr. Chanyeol. What are you doing here?” Nana asked them.
“He was on his way for school Nana” Chanyeol’s mother said.
“So early?” Nana looked at him curiously. “In the past few days I have noticed that you are leaving for school earlier than you used to. What is the cause of that?”.
“I’m trying to be a better student” Chanyeol shrugged.
His mother and Nana exchange glances, wondering if that was the only thing behind the boy’s behavior.
“Ok then” Nana said as she walked towards him and stood slightly on her tiptoes to squeezed Chanyeol’s cheeks “Happy birthday my sweet boy!”.
“Thanks Nana” Chanyeol mumbled as he was looking at the old lady smiling in front of him. She let go of his face and embraced him in a tight hug.
“You still are quite strong” The boy said to the older lady as he released a breath and hugged her tiny frame.
“Well, I have to. Otherwise, you and my grandchildren would have me in a grave already” Nana said playfully.
“Oh!” Chanyeol feigned being hurt by her words as he clutched at his heart dramatically “I could never do that”.
Your grandmother and Chanyeol’s mother laughed at his antics.
Chanyeol grinned and picked up Toben again “Well, if you will excuse me. I will leave Toben with Jongin and then head out for school”.
He said and proceeded to rush down the stairs.
“Be careful!. And don’t forget to be here after school for your celebration” Her mother said loudly, looking at him from the railing.
“I won’t. See you” Chanyeol yelled as he turned over the corner and disappeared.
You were standing next to a tree near the forest. The cold breeze was blowing against your face and the remnants of fog and mist from dawn were slipping through your legs causing you to shiver. From that spot the garden and the kitchen’s back door were still visible.
You were looking around, trying to caught a glimpse at the other possible roads Chanyeol could have taken in order to meet you without getting caught.
-there weren’t a lot of places in which you and him could go around hand in hand, mainly due to the fact that your relationship was a secret. -
The last time you checked the hour on the clock before leaving the manor it marked 07 am, which meant that you could only be with your boyfriend for 15 minutes or less before he had to go to class and you to get ready for work.
Boyfriend. Even after five days since you and Chanyeol had started dating you were having a little bit of trouble with getting use to call or think of him like that.
Only five people knew about it; Baekhyun, Junmyeon, Jongdae, Kate and your brother of course.
Jongin was having trouble with coming to terms with the idea that you and his best friend-almost brother were dating. When you and Chanyeol told him about it, he didn’t seemed upset but he wasn’t ecstatic either.
You could notice that every time the three of you were in the same space and Chanyeol wanted to display his affection towards you, whether it was holding hands or putting his arm over your shoulder to pull you closer, your brother will look the other way or walk a few meters away from you, which in all honesty, made you uncomfortable as well.
You even had to talk to Chanyeol about refraining from doing such things in front of him. He didn’t like the idea much but once he saw his best friend on the threshold of having a mental breakdown after he gave you a kiss on your cheek, he decided to stop torturing him.
Why is he taking so long? You thought as you rubbed your hands together to keep them warm.
You were looking at your feet when you heard the bark of a dog and lift up your gaze only to see Chanyeol running in your direction with Toben in his arms.
“I’m so sorry” He said panting when he stood in front of you.
“It’s ok” You said. “What took you so long? And why you bring Toben with you?” You stretched out your hands so he could handed you the puppy.
He put it in your arms and the dog started to sniffled your hair.
“My mom and Nana” He said between breaths “They wanted to congratulate me and I was on my way to leave Toben with your brother”.
“Ah, That’s right.” You said “Happy birthday!”.
“What?! Just like that?” Chanyeol said indignantly “I have expected a hug at least” He frowned at you and you laughed.
“Well, I could have given you one if it wasn’t because I am holding your dog in my arms”
You retorted.
“Leave him on the ground” Chanyeol said. “If you told him to sit he will listen to you. He listens to everyone but me” The tall boy said bitterly as the puppy barked at him.
You snorted at his comment. “Ok Toben” you said as you put the puppy down. The little dog was looking at you with full attention “Sit” You signaled him and he put his back legs and tail on the ground.
“Such a good boy!” You cooed at him as you stoked his head.
“See? I told you” Chanyeol pointed at him.
You laughed at your boyfriend’s grumpy face.
“Ok, come here big boy” You smiled widely at him and opened your arms to hug him.
You couldn’t do it properly though since your arms weren’t as longer as his.
“I am not a boy” Chanyeol complained “I’m a man now” He stood as proudly as he could since you have him caged in between your arms.
“You should act more like it then” You said teasingly.
“You are quite mean, you know that?” Chanyeol squinted at you.
You chuckled “And yet you have said you love me”.
“Yeah, sometimes the choices I make are not the right ones” Chanyeol said teasingly and you smacked his chest.
The tall boy laughed at your reaction as you released him.
“You are so rude. Toben and I will go now since we are not really appreciated here”.
You said indignantly and hold the puppy in your arms.
“You started it” Chanyeol snorted.
“It was a joke” you pointed out.
“Mine too” He said.
You frowned at him. He was looking at you with his big and expectant eyes when you came closer to him and stood on your tiptoes, giving him a peck on his lips.
Chanyeol got startled at your action but a smile appeared on his lips. “What was that for?”
“Only because it is your birthday” You stated and he laughed.
“Have a good day at school” You said and strode back towards the house.
“Are you going to be present at my birthday dinner?” Chanyeol asked out loud.
“Maybe” you yelled without turning to look at him.
The boy scoffed and ran towards you. He snaked his arms around you, making you yelp in response.
“You better be” He said in a low voice. He crashed his lips against your cheek and took off running in the direction of the main entrance without given you the chance to reply.
You smiled in amusement “Your owner is crazy” you said to the dog and he barked in response as if confirming what you just have said.
You entered the house through the back door of the kitchen and saw Jongin coming your way with a bisquet in hand.
“Morning Jong” You said as you closed the door behind you.
“Morning” he muffled, the corners of his mouth decorated with crumbs.
You put Toben on the floor and took off your cloak. The puppy went straight towards your brother and he crouched down to pet the dog’s head.
“Are you going to stay for breakfast?” You asked him while you were hanging the cape on the coat rack.
“I had breakfast already” He said. “Mom served me first”.
“Do you have a lot of work?” You turned to look at him.
“More or less” He answered and stood up straight. “But I need to finish it earlier since Chanyeol wants me to be on his dinner celebration”.
You hummed in understanding “Well that makes two of us. He was very clear when he told me he wanted me to be there”.
“Yeah, guess he can’t let his girlfriend out of it” Jongin said nonchalantly and you looked at him baffled.
“Shh...” You urged him. “Don’t say that here. Someone could listen” You said to him angrily.
“Calm down. There’s no one here” Jongin said dismissively. “Anyway, I have to go now”. The brown haired boy walked pass beside you and headed for the door.
“Wait!” You said as he turned around to look at you “Take Toben with you. Mrs. Patmore is gonna go crazy if she finds him here”.
“Fine” Jongin said. “But tell Chanyeol his debts are accumulating”.
“You can tell him yourself when you see him” you said as you were putting your apron..
“Come on Toben” Jongin called him and the puppy went after him without a second thought.
As you saw them leaving and closing the door behind them, you began to feel the stress for all the things you’ll have to do before 07:00 pm.
It’s gonna be a long day you thought grimly and you decided to get down to work.
“So, what are we going to eat?” Baekhyun asked Chanyeol as they were walking through the manor’s gates.
“Pasta and Nana’s special fried chicken” The tall boy answered him as he was rummaging through his bag in search for his keys.
“Uh! Sounds good to me” Baekhyun said enthusiastically. “Could you get hurry? I’m starving”.
“Seriously?. It has only been two hours since the last time you ate something” Chanyeol stated.
“Yeah, that’s a lot of time” Baekhyun pointed out. “And it was just a package of cookies”.
The other boy shook his head disapprovingly and opened the door, letting his friend going in first.
The boys walked across the vestibule and found Mr. Carson coming out of the dining room.
“Ah! Mr. Park” The old man said as he looked at the boy and his companion.
“Hello Carson” Chanyeol greeted the man and his friend followed him.
“Mr. Byun”. The man bowed his head slightly.
“Let me congratulate you for your birthday Sir” Carson smiled and opened his arms to gave him a hug.
Chanyeol grinned at him and walked towards the old man.
“Thank you Carson” The tall boy said “Don’t forget you owe me a domino game for my birthday”.
“Like every year Sir” Carson remembered. “I hope you have improved those skills”.
“You’ll see” Chanyeol smirked at him and the man laughed.
“May I have your coats and backpacks?” The man stretch out his hands so they could give him the things.
“Is there anyone in the dining room?” Chanyeol asked as he was taking off his coat.
“No. Your mother had already eaten and your father left shortly after you.” Carson answered.
Chanyeol nodded.
He and Baekhyun handed their belongings to him.“Thank you Carson” Both boys said at unison.
“A pleasure gentlemen” The man said. “I will tell Emy or one of the other girls to fetch your food”.
“Carson, is Y/n in the house?” Chanyeol asked him.
“She is in the kitchen” Carson said. “Do you want me to call her?” He looked at the boy with a weirded out expression.
“No no. It’s ok” Chanyeol rushed to say “I just thought she might be going out. You know, to do some errands and stuff”.
He cleared his throat and Baekhyun looked at him quizzically.
“I believed Mrs. Patmore said no one could leave the kitchen today. They have been working since morning, preparing for your birthday dinner” The man explained.
“Ah well, thank you for letting me know” Chanyeol said.
“If you will excuse me” Carson said and walked out of the room.
“So, how are things with you two love birds?” Baekhyun asked teasingly.
Chanyeol nudged him “Don’t say that here!” He urged him.
Baekhyun grimaced and rubbed his chest “Why?. There’s no one here except for us”.
“That doesn’t matter. There’s a lot of people walking around this house. If someone find out about y/n and...” Chanyeol was saying when your grandmother came into the room with Emy following her footsteps.
They were carrying two strays with food for the boys.
“Y/n what?” Nana asked, her eyes landing on Chanyeol.
The black haired boy and his friend looked at the women in shock.
“What?” Chanyeol stuttered.
“You were say something about her” Your grandma insisted as she walked across the room and set the plates on the table.
“Ah Nana! I’m so glad to see you” Baekhyun cut in and threw his arms in the air excitedly.
“Hello Mr. Baekhyun” Your grandmother said and smiled at him.
Baekhyun walked to her and embraced her in a big hug.
“Oh!” Your grandma squeaked as she felt his strong grip and tapped his arms so he could released her.
Emy suppressed a laughed as she looked at the scene standing next to Chanyeol.
“Sorry Nana” Baekhyun apologized.
“It’s ok boy” She said “Just next time please contain your enthusiasm a little bit”.
The brown haired boy nodded and Chanyeol tried to divert the conversation rapidly “Ah Emy! So sorry we didn’t greet you properly. How rude of us.”
“It’s ok Mr. Park” the girl said and gave him a shy smile.
“This is my friend Baekhyun” The tall boy said “He’ll be joining us for dinner too”.
“It’s a pleasure lady Emy” Baekhyun said and bowed slightly at her.
She looked at him amused “Likewise Mr. Baekhyun”.
“You don’t have to call me Mister. Baekhyun is just fine” The boy said and smiled widely at her.
“Thank you. I’ll remember it next time” The girl said.
“Enough chatting both of you!” Your grandma said “You should eat now before the food gets cold”.
The old lady walked towards the entryway as she was saying some things to Emy, who didn’t listen as she stood on her place looking at Baekhyun.
“Emy!” Nana yelled “Come on girl! We still have lots of things to do” she hurried the girl to follow her.
“Sorry Mrs. Y/L/N” She said embarrassed “Excuse me” she said to the boys and walk out the room quickly.
Chanyeol shocked his head in amusement.
“What a lovely gi...” Baekhyun started to say when his cut him off.
“Don’t start” Chanyeol warned him.
“What? She’s pretty” Baekhyun countered back. “Looks like it is a requirement to be beautiful in order to get a job around here”.
The tall boy snorted.
“As I told you before, I don’t think the employees appearance is something I have the right to comment on”. He said and took a seat. “Let’s just eat, shall we?”.
A few hours later the guests started to arrive. The majority of them were grown-ups, friends and acquaintances of Chanyeol’s parents. Some had brought their sons and daughters so they could justify their presence at the event.
“I don’t know half the people that are here, do you?” Baekhyun whispered at his friend when he approached him.
Everyone was wearing their best suits and dresses. Chanyeol and Baekhyun not being the exception.
The tall boy was feeling very uncomfortable at seeing all of the things and people gathered around. -At first, he had insisted to his parents to call off the party, saying that he didn’t want to spend his night with a lot of strangers and that he would prefer to use the money spend on it to pay to the hole household employees for another couple of months. Maybe his father’s businesses could get better and they wouldn’t have to move. -
Obviously that idea was immediately dismissed by them saying that it was Chanyeol’s grandmother the one who was paying for it and also that it was important for him to get to know some of the doctors they had invited if he wanted to escalate in his career quickly.
Most of the night Chanyeol had been dragged around the big room greeting every person his parents would consider “interesting to talk to”.
It wasn’t until his grandmother arrived that he could find a way out of those hedious conversations and making up that he was going to greet her.
“Me neither” Chanyeol said quietly “and the ones that I have met are as dull as a wall”.
“Didn’t you say Jongin and y/n would be here?” Baekhyun asked him. “I don’t recall seeing them all night”.
“They were supposed to” Chanyeol said “I haven’t look for them since my parents don’t give me a break”.
In that moment Jongin appeared through the doors of the hall. He was wearing the same suit Chanyeol had given him for the ball and had his hair flawlessly done.
He spotted the other boys and went to join them.
Baekhyun greeted him and Chanyeol asked him “Are you just arriving?”.
“Yes. It is a mess down there and Mrs. Patmore went frantic when someone told her there would be 20 more people at the dinner. Nana told me to help them and I could barely escape”
“And have you seen y/n?” Baekhyun asked your brother.
“She’s still helping the others” Jongin answered “Mrs. Patmore said that none of the kitchen staff would leave until the party is over”.
Chanyeol sighed in frustration. He wanted to see you and by the looks of it this people weren’t planning on going anytime soon.
Emy and you were walking among the guests gathered around the hall. You and the rest of the other staff members were already tired from going back and forth between the kitchen and the ballroom with trays of food and drinks.
You could see Chanyeol, Baekhyun and Jongin at the other end of the room.
All night you haven’t seen your boyfriend until now due to you being busy attending the guests.
As much as you wanted to be with them you were also dreaming for this night to come to and end as soon as possible.
“I can believe they are still here.” Muttered Emy next to you. She was carrying a tray with wine glasses and looked as exhausted as you probably look too. “It’s 11:30 pm and look at them!”
“I know” You said tiredly. “But what can we do?. Mrs. Patmore order us to come and help the boys up here”.
“Hey Miss!” A boy signaled Emy to go where he and a couple of other boys were standing to get another glasses.
“I’m starting to think about how wonderful would it be if someone choked on food or something so they can wrap it up” She said to you in a low voice and started walking.
You smiled and shook your head, trying to contain the laugh of it.
“Good evening” Emy said the boys and offered them the tray so they could grab the glasses fill with liquid and put the empties on it.
“You know, I didn’t know the Parks have such pretty girls working for them” The boy that called her before said. He was taller, had blond hair and a smug face that was appealing to punch.
“Maybe you would want to hang out some time?” He asked Emy.
The girl smiled uncomfortably “We aren’t allow to date with the bosses’ friends, Sir. Now if you excuse, I will check on the other guests.”
The boy snorted and grabbed Emy’s free hand harshly making her turn.
“I won’t say anything if you don’t” He gave her a cat-like smile.
“Ehemm…” You cleared your throat when you approached all of them.
“Would you like to give me your empty glasses, gentlemen?” You asked with a fake smile.
At seeing you the boy let go of Emy’s hand and looked intently at you.
“We are fine” One of the other boys said.
“Seems like you have had enough” You said without faltering your smile.
“He told you we are fine” The blond boy said to you flatly.
“I think I have seen you before” He said after scanning you over with his eyes.
“Weren’t you the girl that dance with Chanyeol at the ball?”.
Your fake smile disappear and you pursed your lips into a fine line. You were taken aback by his comment but you knew you couldn’t give yourself away.
“You’re wrong, Sir. I could never go to one of your balls” You said confidently.
“What’s going on here?” Chanyeol’s voice sounded behind you.
Everyone landed their eyes on him, Baekhyun and Jongin that had just arrived following his friend’s footsteps.
“Ah! It’s the birthday boy” The blonde boy said out loud, causing some of the people around to stare at all of you.
“Let me congratulate you properly, bud” He said and took Chanyeol’s right hand, pulling from it so the other boy could approach and embraced him.
Chanyeol cringed at the action and released himself from the boy’s arms.
“Such a nice party you threw here. Delicious food, excellent music although it’s quite dull for my taste but hey! we can bear it as long as there are a lot of beautiful women around here.” The boy gestured at the big room. “I mean, even the servants you got here are quite a delight for the eyes”.
You gave him a stern look while Emy turned her gaze the other way uncomfortable.
Your brother and the others boys seemed as if they were ready to jump at him.
“Don’t bother them! They don’t need to put up with your stupidity, Billy.” Chanyeol said to him harshly.
Billy snorted “Come on Chanyeol, we are all friends here!” He opened his arms widely. “I’m just stating the facts. Isn’t that the reason why you were with this one at the ball?”. He pointed a finger at you.
“You are delusional” Chanyeol scoffed. “And drunk”
Billy took a step forward to get closer to the tall boy and said in a low voice “Am I? What would your parents say if they knew you are hanging out with the service staff?”.
Chanyeol clenched his jaw. His eyes shooting daggers at the boy.
“You know” Billy said to Baekhyun and Chanyeol “You are not very different from us. After all, you also look for fun even if you only can find it with them”. He said the last word despicably.
You were ready to slap his face but Chanyeol’s fist landed first on his face.
Everyone look at the scene in utter shock. The people around turning to see what the ruckus was about.
Chanyeol was breathing rapidly. Billy was on the ground and his friends were helping him getting up. His lower lip was bleeding and his eyes were livid with rage. He wiped the trail of blood from it and lunched himself forward only to be held back by Baekhyun and Jongin.
“My god! What is happening here?” Chanyeol’s mother said at seeing all the commotion.
“Chanyeol!” She said astonished.
“Let me go!” Billy grunted at the boys.
“Billy!” Another woman came through the circle of people gathered around.
“Oh my goodness! Are you okay?” The woman said as she was grabbing his face.
“My boy!” She said in distress.
“Ahg, get off me mom!” Billy said and shook his head.
“What did you do to him?” Billy’s mother looked angry at Chanyeol.
“He got mad because I said he has been hanging around with the servants” The blonde boy accused him.
“Chanyeol?” Chanyeol’s mother looked at him worryingly “What is he talking about?”
“Nonsense, mom” Your boyfriend told her “Look at him! He’s drunk and he has been acting like a jerk the whole night”.
“Ahg…” Billy’s mother scoffed at hearing that “He might have drunk tonight but my son is very well mannered and an example for all young men. Something you should learn from him”.
“Yeah, right” Kyungsoo, who was standing in the circle next to Chanyeol, snorted. “That is why he got detention for two weeks at school”.
Everyone looked at him and Kyungsoo’s mother pinched his hand. “What?” He said to her in a low voice.
Billy’s mother cleared her throat “Lets go son! We don’t need to be around this awful people” She said eyeing scornfully at Chanyeol and the rest of you.
“You are not welcome here” Chanyeol said.
“Chanyeol, be quiet!” Chanyeol’s mother ordered him angrily.
“This is not over Park” Billy said as his mother was dragging him out of the room, his friends behind them.
“I’m so sorry for this scene” Chanyeol’s mother said at all the people there.
“My family and I appreciate that you have come to spend this special day with us and I hope we could just forget about this” She said and turned to look at Chanyeol with hard eyes. “As it is already late, we will end this party hoping that you have had a wonderful evening regardless this incident”.
Little by little the room was getting emptied. Some people approached Chanyeol’s mother to reassure her. “That’s how boys are like” they would said to her whereas others would give her and his son judging stares.
“He totally deserved it” Kyungsoo said in a low voice to Chanyeol.
The tall boy gave him one-side smile.
“Kyungsoo!” His mother pressed him as they were walking to exit the room.
Chanyeol’s mother looked at all the mess and sighed. She turned to look at you and Emy, both standing awkwardly in the now almost empty room. “Girls, tell the others to come and clean this mess please.
“Yes Mrs.Park” You said in unison. Emy walked as fast as she could to get of there. You wanted to looked at Chanyeol, see if he was alright although you doubt that. But you knew that would only look suspicious so you refrain from it and walked behind Emy”.
“Y/n” Chanyeol’s mother called you. You turned around to look at her “Please bring me a cup of chamomile tea to the studio” She said as she started rubbing her temples. “And tell Emy to come with you. I want to talk to you two”
You looked at her with some concern but you were trying to seem calmed.
“Yes ma’am” You said and exited the room.
“Jongin you should go with them too” The woman said to him.
The brown haired boy nooded and put a hand over his friend’s shoulder as a way of saying him “good luck”.
“Goodnight” He said to Chanyeol’s mother and she nodded at him.
“Baekhyun!” A woman called for him. It was his mother that was entering the room. “I heard what happened in here. I’m sorry for you C/m/n” She said and put a hand over Chanyeol’s mother’s hand.
“Thank you B/m/n” Chanyeol’s mom said.
“We should go now. Your father must be waiting for us outside” Baekhyun’s mother said.
“Ok but before that, Mrs. Park what Chanyeol said is true, Billy has always been nasty to people and he was…” The boy got interrupted by Chanyeol’s mother.
“Baekhyun, I understand you want to defend Chanyeol but his actions tonight were awful and they have consequences”.
She looked at his son for the first time since everyone left and sighed “Wait until your father finds out if he doesn’t know already”.
She was visibly mad but also there was tiredness in her voice.
Baekhyun grimaced at his friend.
“Lets go” Baekhyun mother urged him to walk to the door.
“Goodnight” Chanyeol’s mother said to them.
Chanyeol looked at his hands. The nuckles from the one he used to punched Billy were getting swollen.
He knew a lot of punishments and his father being angry at him were waiting ahead but the only thing he could do for now was to let out a resigned sigh and followed his mother into the studio.
Hello lovely readers! Sorry for being absent but I had been caught up with work and school. Thank you for the support and the love.There will be two parts of this chapter since tumblr isn't letting me to publish it fully , this is the first one and I hope you will enojy it. I’ll come up with the next one as soon as possible . If you have any comments regarding this chapter feel free to send me a message. It is always nice to read you and it would help me a lot. Take care of yourselves and I hope you are getting ready for the holidays ^^
You and Bitsie exited of Chanyeol’s tent with him following behind. He had offered you to spend the night in one of the tents so you could travel tomorrow and take them to the institute.
You saw Minseok talking to some men who were forming a line outside of it and once they saw you, the chatting stopped.
“Sir” The boy said solemnly at his Captain “I brought the men as you requested so they could present their apologies to the ladies”.
You scanned their faces. Everyone in that group looked different. They were tall, small and only one of them stood out for his bronze skin. He had a young face, as well as the man standing next to him.
You could recognized them as the men who try to stop Brent from hurting Bitsie.
“Ladies” A man in the end of the line stepped forward and everyone turned to look at him.
“I would like to apologize for the ruthless treatment you received from our part. It was beneath us and I could only hope you will forgive us.”
The man sounded sincere. You could see real remorse in his features. You tried to answer but were cut off by another man who followed his teammate’s apology.
One by one did the same until there was no one left.
Bitsie squeezed your hand gently so you could look at her and nodded slightly at you.
“We accept your apologies” You announced. “And we appreciate your efforts in trying to help us with that man”.
Everyone looked a little bit surprised and confused at your reaction.
Maybe they were expecting you will get angry and lash out at them for the incident in the woods.
“You can be dismissed” Chanyeol the Captain said to them. “I’ll talk to you later about your punishment”.
The men saluted him and went away.
“Well, I will led you to your tent” The tall man pointed at the small canopy settled between two trees.
“It’s not near that man, right?” Bitsie asked him worriedly.
“No” Chanyeol answered “He’s on the other side of the camp. Don’t worry about it”.
The three of you walked silently across the field. You could sense some curious and harsh looks from the soldiers around the place.
You felt wary about being surrounded by all this men. You didn’t doubt you could take all of them down but you realized that maybe you couldn’t do so in one chance.
Nevertheless, you were aware that you needed to project calmness so Bitsie could feel at ease. Your main priority for now was to protect her.
You stopped at the entrance of the tent.
Chanyeol opened one of the sides of it for you to come inside. “You will find some blankets and food inside”.
“You go first. I need to have a word with the Captain” you told Bitsie.
She hesitated for a moment but you gestured her to go inside and she comply. She crouched and disappeared inside of it.
Chanyeol look at you inquisitively and led the fabric slide from his hand.
“What is going to happen with him?” You asked him.
“With Brent you mean?” Chanyeol said and you nodded. “I haven’t thought about that yet but I’ll deal with him tomorrow”.
“You have to let me choose his punishment”. You looked at him seriously.
“No” The man said firmly “These are my men and whatever matter that is related to them, I’min charge.”
“He needs to see the consequences for messing with us” You told him in the same tone.
“And he will not be excused from it. If you are worried that I will go easy on him, fear not. That’s not how we handle things in the army” He said irritated.
“Ok so how you do it?” You crossed your arms and frowned.
“Physical punishment, no receiving wages and expulsion according to the seriousness of the situation”. Chanyeol explained.
“Are you kidding me?” You said outraged “You think that is punishment enough for almost murdering a child?”.
“What do you expect me to do? Kill him?” Chanyeol asked you annoyed.
“I have seen your people doing worse things to others for less than that” You said.
“I cannot let you kill him” he said exasperated.
“If he did that to a girl, I can only imagine what he had done to others” You said “death would be a merciful end in comparison to what he deserves”.
Chanyeol was livid. If he let you punish him, his subordinates will loose the respect they had for him and his authority. The image he had build with so much effort and carefulness would be shattered.
“If you don’t let me do this, the deal if off!” You warned him.
The man groaned in frustration. He did not have enough time to go around the land in search for magical beings and he knew there was a slightly chance of them agreeing to work with him and his crew.
“And what do you want to do to him?” He glared at you.
“What you do to twitches when you arrest them” You said. “That will serve him right for now”.
Chanyeol crossed his arms and looked at you harshly for a minute. “Fine” he said through greeted teeth.
The next morning everyone was getting ready for departing the forest. Chanyeol had already instructed the men about who were the ones that were coming with you while the rest of them will return to Tassea.
“I trust you will keep them in check” Chanyeol said to his third in command and the one who will be in charge of returning with the others to the Kingdom. -Gideon, was a friend Chanyeol had known since they were kids. He arrived at the castle not so much after him and quickly became acquaintance with the Captain and the boys. He was an excellent fighter and very skilled with the knives. That was the reason why he became the commander of his division and the third in command within the whole army after Junmyeon. Chanyeol knew he was reliable and could be sure an incident like the one that happened with you and Brent could not happen under his watch.-
“Don’t worry about ” Gideon said as both of them were walking around the camp, keeping an eye on all the men.
“Actually, I’m more concerned about you and the boys. You are only 8 against them” He said and looked in your direction.
You were sitting in a log outside the tent talking to Bitsie. You look oddly calm, Chanyeol thought.
After your argument yesterday and although he had agreed to your request on punishing Brent, he had expected for you and Bitsie to try and escape. That’s why he, Minseok and Sehun had to take turns in watching your tent.
He didn’t thought you were the kind of witches that could simply disappear, otherwise you had done that since the moment they captured you.
He was concerned about you giving them a hard time but surprisingly for him and maybe for some others, you didn’t do such thing and now he was grumpy because he had wasted his hours of sleep in keeping an eye on you two.
“I’ll bring Yixing with us, too” Chanyeol said.
“Do you think she’ll be ok with that?” Gideon asked him.
Chanyeol came to a halt and turned to look at his companion.
“She’s in no position to complain after what I agreed to do” He frowned.
“Are we really gonna let her punish Brent?” Gideon said. He, as well as Junmyeon, were aware of the fight between you and Chanyeol. As it was already late to talk about that thoroughly, he thought the Captain would not carried on with it.
“The King said we should give them whatever they want so they can be our allies” The Captain said in a low voice so no other soldiers could listen.
“But you are going against one of our own. That’s not in our vow” Gideon pointed out.
“Brent disobeyed me. He stepped over my position and my orders and brought them to the camp knowing the risk that could imply” Chanyeol said firmly “And he almost kill a child. Thatis against our vow”.
Gideon kept quiet. He couldn’t argue that sometimes Brent’s ways of handling things were extreme.
“I’m just concern that if we do this, Brent himself and some of the others will turn against us and then we will have a bigger problem to deal with” The blonde man said.
The Captain sighed “One thing at a time, ok?”.
Gideon nodded and saw Kyungsoo approaching them.
“Brent is already waiting for you” The black haired man said.
“Let me go fetch her and I’ll see you in a minute” Chanyeol said and started walking your way.
“Are you sure this is a good idea Y/n?” Bitsie, who was sitting next to you, murmured. “We don’t know them and Professor Y/l/n will not be pleased in seeing them”.
“We don’t have much of a choice Bits. There are a lot of soldiers here and although I could try to distract them for you to escape, my biggest concern is you being out there in the forest alone”. You told her “My power is not big enough to handle them all at once”.
The girl went quiet as she saw the Captain approaching.
You followed her gaze, saw the man getting nearer and stopping before you.
“We will depart in an hour” He announced. Not bothering on greetings.
“Good morning Captain” You said with a fake smile. “Did you sleep well?”
You knew he haven’t had any sleep since you watched him sitting outside the tent through the tent’s peep as the dawn was setting.
He clenched his jaw and rolled his eyes at you. “Can you come with me?”
“What for?” You asked him.
“About your last night’s request” He gave you a pierced look “Everything is ready now”.
You hummed in agreement and stood up.
Bitsie did the same but you told her “You stay here. I won’t take long”.
“But I want to go with you” She said.
“You can’t see that” you said firmly.
“Yixing” Chanyeol shouted to his fellow soldier who was picking up the things of a tent nearby.
The boy came running and stood up before him.
“Captain” The man said.
“Stay with the girl” Chanyeol ordered him. “Don’t let her come near to the other side of the camp. No matter what you hear.”
Yixing looked at his superior with brief astonishment before he nodded surely.
“I won’t” The soldier said firmly.
Chanyeol padded his shoulder and motioned you to follow him.
“Y/n” Bitsie said quietly.
“Please” You told her pressingly “Stay here”.
You turn around and started walking side by side with him.
“He will get 5 lashes. That’s the punishment that is stuck to our rules”. Chanyeol said without looking at you.
“You surely have a more gentle touch with your own kind” You said mockingly.
He said nothing about it but you could see he was clearly upset. You didn’t matter.
You were just stating the facts.
When it comes to laws, the ones who were in charge of applying them, never were as ruthless with themselves as they were with others.
You two kept walking in silent until you arrived at a green space clear from trees.
There were other soldiers surrounding it and making a semi circle. You recognized some of them. There were the ones who captured you along with Brent and the others that had apologized for it.
Chanyeol and you stopped and one of the soldiers came closer to you two.
He opened a coffin that contained different kinds of whips.
Chanyeol took one of them and offered to you.
In that moment 3 more men entered the circle, restraining Brent who was trying to get loose and ranting about it.
“What the hell is this?” The big man said.
He looked at everyone around and laid his eyes on you.
“Why is that bloody witch free?” He spat. “Everyone saw she tried to kill me. We should burn her”.
Although there were some amongst the crowd who thought the same, everyone stood quiet.
“She is free because the King wants her and her coven to be his allies...” Chanyeol spoke as he stood closer to the other man. “And you Brent are in this situation because you tried to kill a girl”.
Brent snorted “That’s not a girl. She’s a filthy witch just as this one”. He snarled.
“You used to have honor and loyalty for us before you met her” The man accused the Captain.
“What did she do to convince you to do this?” He asked Chanyeol “Did she get into your bed last night, huh? She must be really good in it if you are already buying her act”.
The Captain went over to where the soldier was standing and punched him in the face.
A loud thud could be heard from it as Brent stumbled.
“Seems like you have forgotten who you are talking to” Chanyeol said calmly although his face clearly showed up his anger.
Brent looked at him and spat the blood that has accumulated in his mouth.
“Talk to me like that again and I’ll make the King banish you from the army and the palace” Chanyeol warned him.
The Captain walked to your direction.
“Put him on his knees” He shouted at the 3 men that were holding Brent.
You anger started escalating towards that man and Chanyeol offered you the whip again.
“I don’t need it. I have my own” You said as you made a gentle move with your hand and a long root erupted from the ground. It rised up until it settled on your hand.
The Captain looked at you weirded out. “5 lashes” He remembered you.
You nodded and took a few steps forwards until you knew the whip could reach him.
You took a deep breath and stretched your arm back long enough for the whip to go backward.
You moved your hand forward with all the strength you could mustered, the sound of the whip falling cutting the air like a sharp knife until it landed on Brent’s muscular back.
The big man jolted forward, gritting his teeth so he wouldn’t scream although the burn from the lash was marking him.
Showing pain in front of others was weak according to him and he wouldn’t give you the pleasure of seeing him begging.
The second and third lashes came after it.
You heard some noices from the men around. Some were talking between them, others flinched every time they saw the whip smashing against Brent.
Although you could see the marks on his back and his body shaking as he was breathing rapidly, you thought it still wasn’t punishment enough for what he had done.
You thought that he was holding back his pain and if that was possible, maybe it was because it was the kind of pain he could bare.
You head was clouded with rage. You could feel your blood boiling. It was so tempting to let you embrace by this emotions and sensations. You wanted him to suffer, to show him a pain and desperation so unbearable that we would succumb to it.
As you lifted the whip again, little thorns came out of the root. You knew you couldn’t hurt him without hurting yourself but it was worth it.
You bit your lips and the final lash slapped his back. This time Brent let out a scream as he felt the thorns cutting through his skin.
“Stop!” Someone in the crowd shouted and you heard people coming your way.
You exhaled deeply and pull the whip back.
A hand caught hold of yours roughly. “That’s enough” Chanyeol said to you angrily.
He was looking at you fiercely. You looked at him back with the same intensity.
“Drop it” He ordered.
You opened your hand and the root fell on the floor. The thorns already banished from it although some of them were embedded on your palm. Droplets of flood were pouring around their edges.
“He’s bleeding Captain” One of the boys shouted.
Chanyeol turned his gaze towards you.
“What did you do?” He asked you harshly.
“I made him pay” You said.
The Captain let out a frustrated sigh. “Take him to the medical tent”. He ordered the other boys.
“We didn’t agree to this” He said angrily in a low voice.
“Justice is never fair” You said frowning. “At least not around here”.
Chanyeol took hold of your arm harshly as Gideon approached rapidly to his side.
“Captain, what do we do now?”. The blond boy said.
“Let.me.go” You said through gritted teeth.
He had such hatred in his eyes. He quickly moved his gaze from your face towards your hand, saw blood running from it and drops landing on the floor.
“Take her with the girl” He said to the other soldier as he released you from his grip.
You scoffed and looked at the other man standing next to you.
Gideon tried to take you by the arm but you shoved him away.
“I can walk on my own” you said and started going in the direction that he pointed at.
He looked at Chanyeol and gave a short nod at his superior as he started walking after you.
“All right! The show is over” The Captain shouted at the others “Go back to your tasks. We are leaving in 15 minutes”.
You saw Bitsie and the Yixing talking as you approached them.
They turned to looked at you, both surprised at seeing your hand bleeding.
“What happened?” The girl asked you concerned.
“Nothing important” You answered her.
“But look at your hand” She insisted. “You’re hurt”.
“It’s nothing” You said although you winced when you tried to take out a thorn embedded in your palm.
Yixing approached Gideon and asked him the same thing Bitsie asked you.
“We will tell you later” Was all he said. “For now keep watching them until the Captain and you part with them”.
“Yes Sir” Yixing gave a firm nod and returned to his spot near you two.
“Yixing” Bitsie called the man. “Could it be possible to give us some water and alcohol?”.
He hesitated for a moment but as he saw you were truly injured, he said. “I can get you those stuff but please wait here and don’t cause any trouble. Both of you”.
Bitsie nodded and he went away.
“It looks bad” She said worriedly.
“Don’t worry” You said, trying to hide the pain as much as you could “I’ll be fine. I just need to get the thorns out”.
There were still five of them embedded to your skin and every time you tried to grab one with your shaking fingers, you only moved it deeper.
You sighed in frustration, with some tears rolling down your cheeks.
“Let me do it” Bitsie offered and took your hand in hers. She pressed around the edges of the affected areas and pulled one by one.
You bit you lips in order to suppress the yells of pain.
When she finished Yixing arrived with 2 bottles of what you suppose were clean water and alcohol and a bandage.
“I have everything” Yixing said and passed the bottles to the girl. She started pouring the water on your hand, followed by some alcohol and you grimaced.
“That’s enough” you said to her.
She finished cleaning your hand and grabbed the bandage only to look at it hesitantly.
“Do you know how to put it?” Yixing asked her.
“Well, it shouldn’t be complicated. It is just wrapping it around the hand, isn’t it?” Bitsie said.
“Give it to me. I’ll show how it’s done” Yixing squatted next to you and opened his hand for her to give him the piece of fabric.
He started to pass the bandage from the center of hand and around the fingers.
“You need to put it like that so the blood can circulate around the palm and fingers. It is also so you can move it properly”.
“Are you a doctor?” Bitsie asked him as she was paying attention to his careful movements.
“No, I’m an archer.” He said and attached the bandage. “We have a medical area and sometimes they teach me their procedures. It is always useful to know about this stuff, specially when none of them is around “.
“Is it too tight?” He turned to look at you.
“It is ok” You said and moved your fingers a little bit “Thank you”.
He stood up and sighed “You need to check the bandage every 3 hours and wash it everyday. Later I will give you more bandages so you-“
“Yixing” Chanyeol said as he stood behind him.
Yixing turned around and saw the Captain with a huge frown on his face.
“The doctor needs your help with Brent” He said.
“I’ll go right now, Sir” he said and immediately started walking towards the medical tent.
Chanyeol turned his head slightly and yelled at him “Don’t forget to take the supplies for us”.
Yixing nodded and got lost in the sea of people walking from one side to the other.
Chanyeol gazed at Bitsie and his eyes landed on you. “A word?”
He didn’t sound as angry as moments ago but you thought it was mainly because he didn’t want to scare her.
You stoop up and followed him. He stopped some meters away from the place you were sitting since his tent was already packaged.
You could still see Bitsie picking up all the discarded pieces of dirty fabric.
“Don’t punish him” Referring to Yixing. You looked at his face “He was just trying to help me”.
“I wasn’t planning to” Chanyeol said.
You relaxed a little bit at hearing that. You will feel awful if Yixing, one of the few decent men around here, was punished because of you.
“About your “trick” back there” He clenched his jaw “You will never do it again as long as you’re with us”.
“As long as nobody try to hurt us” You said seriously.
Chanyeol huffed and took a step close to you “Don’t play with me. I have been civilized with you only because of the girl but my patience has a limit”.
It was as if the two of you were having a staring contest until someone far away called for the Captain.
“As for the rest of our trip, You are not allowed to speak to any of my men or me unless I told you so”.
He lower his head so he could be nearer your face “Do you understand?”.
“Yes” You answered bitterly.
“Go and pick up your things” He commanded you “We need to arrive with your coven before night falls”.
He walked away and started yelling orders to the others.
You sighed. You knew your grandmother will not be pleased to see any human soldiers, specially from Tassea, getting nearer the institute but you didn’t have a lot of options.
The army had separated, most of the soldiers had returned to their Kingdom while only nine of them, including the Captain, were on their way to the city alongside with you and Bitsie.
You had been quiet most of the road, only replying questions from Bitsie from time to time. Most of the men were chatting between each other while you were busy trying to come up with a plan to distract them as soon as you arrived at the institute.
You were hoping to get to talk to your grandma before Chanyeol could speak to her.
“Miss” You returned your attention to your surroundings and watched a man walking next to you.
This soldier was shorter than the Captain. He had brown hair and a slimmer body composition although you could see some muscles from his arms and back sticking out slightly from his tunic.
He tried to smile at you but you noticed he was a bit hesitant about it.
“What’s your name?” He asked you.
You moved your gaze to the floor and kept walking.
“I’m General Baekhyun Byun” He said after your silence.
He cleared his throat “I have some questions about your kind”. At saying the last word you gave him a scornful look that he caught upon. “Sorry. About witches” he corrected himself.
“And I was thinking since you know, we will be working together, if maybe you could ans-“.
You came to a halt and said to him “I can’t talk to any of you. Orders from your Captain”.
Baekhyun and you watched Chanyeol’s head turned slightly at the mention of him, only to returned his gaze upfront.
“Oh!” Baekhyun said “but I can allow you to speak to me. I’m the second in command here you see”.
“Gideon’sthe second in command” Another boy, this one with black hair, said as he passed by.
“He’s not here” Baekhyun pointed out. “That makes me the second”.
“Junmyeon is. Technically he is the second after Gideon” A tall man with broad frame and black hair corrected him and gave a pad on the shoulder to the man next to him.
You heard laughs among them at seeing the boy annoyed by their remarks.
You couldn’t help but smiled, trying to suppress a laugh.
“Ok, I’m the third but that doesn’t make me any less important” Baekhyun said proudly.
“Could you please answer him?” The boy you assumed was Junmyeon told you. “If not, he will be pestering you and I don’t want to hear his voice for the rest of the way”.
“Y/n” You said. There was no point in lying to him since Chanyeol knew your real name already.
“And you girl?” He asked to Bitsie.
“Bitsie” She looked at him and he smiled gently at her.
“Are you both Originals?” He asked.
“Y/n is” Bitsie rushed to say. “I’m a half-blood”
“So you are half witch and…?” The brown haired said.
“Human” Bitsie said.
“But we saw you using your power” He said confused “I thought only Originals could use them without any sort of assistance”.
“My father is an Original” Bitsie started “We half-bloods are more likely to have powers rather than not. They are not as strong as the ones that witches or wizards with both Originals parents have but as long as you use them, they can be strengthened”.
“Fascinating!” Baekhyun said astonished “I think you have a cool one”.
Bitsie smiled at him “Thank you”.
“And what about your age?” Another tall boy with brown hair and bronze skin asked.
“You are not old, are you?”.
“Jongin” Minseok slapped his head and the boy complained.
“What?” He said defensively “I just want to know if they can live for more than a hundred years”.
“I’m thirteen” Bitsie answered.
“And you?” Baekhyun asked you.
“Twenty-seven” You said.
“For real?” He said incredulously and felt a pinch on his arm.
“You seriously don’t know how to talk to women” Kyungsoo shook his head.
“I was going to say she looked younger” Baekhyun said angrily as he rubbed his arm.
“To answer your question” you said to Jongin “Yes. It is possible for us to live more than a hundred years although it is not common”.
“So not everyone gets to pass that age?” Sehun said quizzically.
“Only the ones who are willing to pay the price for it” You said.
“And that is?” Baekhyun asked.
“Killing another human or magical creature in order to absorb their life”. You said impassive.
You could feel all the stares landing on you.
There was an abrupt silent.
Baekhyun remembered what Sehun had told him the other night about witches eating the guts of their victims and a knot formed in his stomach.
The boy cleared his throat and said “Do you… do you eat their guts?”
You snorted at hearing this “Who told you that?” You turned to look at him and he was looking pale.
“First of all, that is disgusting” You pointed out. “And second, no! a ritual needs to be made. It’s not as simple as drinking someone else’s blood in the case of vampires for example. You need to call for ancient magic so you can bind that life with yours”.
You saw him released a sigh and shook your head in amusement.
“You humans are so naive” You laughed. “You believe everything that other people tell you even if they don’t have the right knowledge about it”.
Everyone stopped on their tracks at seeing Chanyeol coming to a halt. “There’s nothing here” He announced and looked at you.
Everyone looked confused at the enormous piece of dry land that was in front of them.
You took Bitsie’s hand and walked straight ahead until you were at the same level as the Captain.
“Move” You said with a stern face.
He narrowed his eyes but step aside.
“Are you ready?” You asked quietly to the girl and she nodded.
Both of you put your hands in front of the empty space and a golden light traced the shape of your hands.
A few seconds later, two gigantic iron doors and tall walls around them appeared.
All the men were looking in awe as the land was getting filled with bricks and walls.
The door had some strange carvings that none of them recognized.
“I cannot believe it” Baekhyun said breathlessly.
“Do you have another tunics?” You looked at them “Some that doesn’t have the emblem of your army on it?”
“Why?” Chanyeol asked you.
“In order to get to the institute we need to get pass through the city” You explained.
“People from your land are not welcome for any group that lives here”.
“Every group?” Yixing asked.
“Besides us there are wolf packs, vampires, fairies. Every possible group you could think of lives here. People that had to run away in order to not be slaughtered by you and your King”.
Your were starting to fell anger rise inside yourself at seen Chanyeol’s stern face.
“If you don’t want to be butchered as soon as you cross these gates, you will need to hide your uniforms”.
The men looked at each other until Chanyeol ordered them to go get change their attires.
He himself went to do so after them, leaving you and Bitsie in front of the gates.
“Do you think people won’t notice they are foreigners?” The girl asked you.
“I hope not” You said “If they do notice before we reach the school, they will be in a lot of trouble. Us too”
After a few minutes everyone gathered around you. They were wearing regular clothes and some cloaks that have no badge or special emblem from their land in order to cover their bags. They could be easily be taken as normal peasants that might be there to do some kind of job.
“Are you ready?” You asked them.
Everyone nodded and Chanyeol said “yes” without hesitation in his voice.
“Try to no get killed” You said and turned to look at the doors.
You take out a tiny needle from your cloak and poked your index finger with it. A drop of blood was forming in your fingertip and you put it above the carvings. You used it to trace them as if it was a sort of ink. Once you finished a loud crack was heard as the gates were opening slowly.
You could see the streets ahead full with people.
The chaos and noise from them filling your ears as your were walking down the little slope that connected the gate with the Main Street.
“Welcome” You said and raised your arm to point at a big castle that could be seen at almost the top of the mountain “The Institute is over there”.
All the men were looking awestruck at the city they had before them, even Chanyeol who you thought couldn’t be impressed easily.
He sensed your stare and put himself together again. The hard veil that covered his features was back again.
“Lead the way” He said and gestured you to start walking.
Hello everyone! I'm sorry for being absent for so long, I have been very busy between work and school. I hope you like this new series and enjoy this chapter. I’ll come up with the next one as soon as possible . If you have any comments regarding this chapter feel free to send me a message. In these times I think it would help me a lot. I will try to write for the other series too. Thank you so much for all your support and lovely messages. Take care of yourselves ^^
