Prologue
Pairing : Taehyung × f!reader
Genre : angst, royal!AU
Warnings : dagger to throat. That's it.
Wordcount : 2.4k
A/n : Well this is my first series so I really hope you like it. I have had this story in my head for a long time and I wanted to write it down so here it is. Special thanks to @softbobamilktae for suggesting the name of the crew. Please ignore any typos and spelling mistakes (I am still learning). Enjoy!
Sometimes there is a moment in your life when you know things will never be the same and that moment is right now.
Your hands clutch the window sill as you push yourself up into his room. Your feet lands on a smooth, marbled floor followed by a soft thud. Your senses are already heightened. This is how you were taught. Entering other's territory with least of equipments to make your in and out more swift. With such lesser gadgets, you have to depend on your senses. The security of South Korea is considered to be one of the top most security systems yet you are able to break through it and reach the crown prince's room.
Your ears are trying to grasp each and every sound. Your eyes are trying to catch every nook and cranny. The room is very dark due to the turned off lights, only the moon is directing you. Your steps are carrying you towards his bed where he is in his deep sleep. You know he won't wake up anytime soon which makes your mind wander.
Your thumb is fondling with the pearl ring that is sitting on your pinky finger. It is a reminder. A reminder of all that you left just to be where you are now. Of all the things you have lost and how desperate you are just to survive.
The ring isn't much. It is just a simple rose gold band with a small pearl on top of it but the memories it holds are enough to remind you of your parents. You push the memories away and focus on the task infront of you. The man infront of you. Crown prince Kim Taehyung.
He is sleeping peacefully. His breathing is even, contrasting with the movements of his chest. His black, ruffled hair are creating a halo around him. His pink lips are slightly parted. He is wearing a white shirt while the other half is covered with his blanket. He has no idea what is happening around him. What is going to happen to him.
Your hands slides down the waistband of your pants and retrieves a dagger. It is a small and portable dagger with an emerald attached to it at the bottom, one of your favorites. You move closer to him so you are directly hovering over him. You almost feel pity for killing such a beautiful man but your loyalty towards your commander overpowered your sorrow for killing the crown prince of South Korea.
You have given your vow to your commander that you will complete this assignment. He assigned this to you out of all people and you aren't going to let him down. He was the person who helped you when you needed it the most and the only way you could repay him was through this. He had also prepared you for unfavorable events and given you a remote that if you are unable to tell them directly, you will send a code to your crew indicating that they should proceed without you and attack at the crowning ball.
Your grip on the dagger tightens and you slowly move it below his chin, ready for slitting his throat and completely ending his royal line.
All of a sudden strong, slender fingers grasp your wrist. Your other hand immediately clicks the remote switch before anything could happen. Even if you are able to get out of here, you could reach your base camp in time and inform your commander about your assignment being completed and there won't be any attacks. But you want to stay on the safe side.
Before your eyes could catch a glimpse of anything else, dark, ebony colored eyes were staring at you intently. Kim Taehyung is staring at you. His eyes seems to pull you. They are anxious and wild. The hair on his forehead have fell on top of his eyelids and you itched to remove his hair to get a better look of his eyes.
Suddenly the front door opens and 5 people are standing there. Two of them you recognize immediately. Jeon Jungkook, head of the royal security guards and the other is Jung Hoseok, royal communications director. The other three are unrecognizable. One of the three is holding a video-camera.
You freeze. The room is still dark yet you know that they are able to see you clearly. Jungkook's eyes emit pure anger as if he is ready to tear you apart but something seems to hold him.
"Ah...gentlemen, she is....the new royal guard" says Hoseok and you and Jungkook whip your head towards him as if he has said the wildest of things and indeed it was. You never imagined that he would come up with an excuse like this.
The other men look to Jungkook to confirm the fact and for some horrendous reason, he motions yes.
"Yes she is. Recruited her just a week ago" Jungkook said, his voice deep and cold.
You are in pure shock. It isn't even the last thing you had expected. You came here to kill the prince, not to become his personal guard. What confuses you more is the fact that instead of taking you to the cell and locking you away for treason, they are the ones who are giving an excuse.
"Isn't it quite late for the guard to be with his royal highness?" One of them asks and the one with the camera chimes in and says-
"Yes, shouldn't she be outside his room, guarding him instead of..." he trails off, gesturing towards you and it was when you realize that you are still leaning over the prince while he gripped your wrist. Even though his personal guard is here, he still has a firm grip on your wrist. You jerk your hand away and put them both behind your back on habit.
"We were just practicing" Taehyung said getting up from the bed.
"Practicing what? And at this hour." The one with the camera asks again.
"Yes, we were practicing self defense. Do you have a problem with that?" Taehyung answers cockily.
"No your highness" he said immediately.
"Alright gentlemen, you can take the details tomorrow. I will schedule your meeting with the king and you will be informed accordingly" Hoseok said and the others reluctantly agree.
"You" Jungkook said motioning towards you "follow me" he said and starts to move towards the corridors.
You don't think much and start to move as you have already been caught, what could me more worse than this.
You look back at Taehyung and his face is expressionless so you just move past Hoseok and what you suppose are reporters and follow Jungkook to wherever he is leading you to.
You follow Jungkook step by step and that's when you start to realize that the designs on the walls are changing with each passing corridor.
You notice them carefully. The previous walls were a creamy white color with fake gold linings but now the wallpaper is mahogany color with golden linings but what makes it special is that it is real gold. The designs are intricate and look like they were handcrafted.
The understanding slowly occurs that these intricate designs made with pure gold were used only for the kings and queens which must mean that you are being taken to the king. You quickly scan your surroundings and the ancestral paintings give a rise to your suspicion.
"Where are we going?" You ask Jungkook, even though you know the answer you want to confirm it from him.
"Where I am taking you" he answers, his voice cold and stiff. You roll your eyes and follow him without any other questions. A man of few words you guess.
You both reach a fancy pair of doors and Jungkook knocks on them twice. From the other side a heavy voice answers and both of you enter the room.
As you had guessed, it was the king's study. The room was build in Victorian style. The polished wood shelves held numerous books. There was a fireplace at the corner of the room and the fire was crackling in it. There was also a glass table near the fire place with two chairs beside it.
You shift your view and your eyes land directly on the king himself. He is sitting on his study table and his brown eyes - just like taehyung's - pierce into your own. You had mentally prepared yourself to meet the king but it's easier said than done.
You are terrified and it is evident in your actions. Your body is tense and your hands are sweating. Your heartbeat has increased and you aren't fully focusing on your surroundings either. The only thing roaming in your mind is excuses. What explanation you will give if the king askes you about your control base. You had learned to control your emotions but you are a sleeper cell, you haven't faced these situations in a long while.
Neither you have direct contacts to anyone nor you are directly connected to the base camp in any way. The only form of communication you had was through the email you had received 2 weeks ago when you were told this assignment and the id became invalid immediately after you received the email.
The other was through the remote that you had received the same week you got the email. And you were sure that after once used the remote would also become worthless.
"Is she...?" the king's voice snapped you out of your thoughts.
"Yes" Jungkook replied and the king gave a quiet hum in response and motions for Jungkook to go away.
"But sir-" Jungkook starts but got cut.
"I can handle her. Please leave Jungkook" the king said
"Yes your majesty" Jungkook said and moved out of the room gently closing the door behind him. No other questions asked.
"Hello miss" the king said.
You moved your hands behind your back and bowed to him "Hello your majesty" you say.
"What is your name?" the king asks.
"Y/n, sir" you reply "sir I am-" you start.
"I know" he said cutting you which made you more confuse.
"You are y/n. A sleeper cell of a small community called Shadows, created by Mr. Yang, who has been trying to dethrone me for the past 20 years and now he has send you to kill my son." he states.
You are flabbergasted. You know that the king gets to know things beforehand but you didn't knew that he is aware of you being a sleeper cell. As if he could read your mind, he says-
"If you think you are the only ones who have spies then you are greatly mistaken lady"
He knows you are a sleeper cell. He knows your commander. He knows how long your community has worked for. Upon hearing his confessions, your breathing slightly increased.
"We knew there would be an attack on Tae because" he says but stops himself "because Taehyung is going to take my place on the throne. We just didn't expected it to be so early. We were sure of the attack to be on the crowning ball".
You are bewildered. If he knows everything, why did he asked you to come to him and not just directly throw you in the jail. You conjure up all your courage and look directly in his eyes.
"Your majesty, if you already know everything, why even ask me to be here?" you ask and the king raises an eyebrow to you "sorry sir" you immediately apologize for being bold enough to cut in between the king's sentence.
"You are here because I was informed that in order to save the royal family's reputation, our communications director, Mr. Jung Hoseok, gave an excuse of you being the new royal guard" he says "And as the reporters have already seen you, we cannot press any charges against you. So you have to stay next to my son all the time."
Killing the prince is one thing, talking to the king is another but being personal bodyguard for the prince is another level.
"And for you not killing my son and the future monarch at any given opportunity, Mr. Jeon Jungkook will also be by your side all the time. At any given cost" he says "Mr. Jeon!" he shouts and immediately the door opens and Jungkook arrives inside.
"Yes your majesty" Jungkook says and bows. An action you must have neglected the first time he entered the room.
"You will stay next to y/n and Crown prince Taehyung all the time. Make sure these orders are followed properly" the king says pointing sideways towards you. You aren't sure how you felt about that as you know you are trouble for them but there has to be another reason for them letting you stay here without any investigations.
"Your majesty, if I may" you ask for his permission and he nods "surely there has to be another reason for this treatment, as you are the king, you can easily tell the reporters to not leak the news and besides its past midnight, who works at this hour" you say which sounds more like a statement.
"People sleep, the crown never sleeps" Jungkook says to you and you raise an eyebrow. You still aren't convinced with his answer.
"Yes the crown never sleeps and yes you have a reputation to maintain but I am not convinced. There has to be another reason otherwise if you are not punishing the person who broke into the palace without any permissions, committed treason and tried to kill the future king then what's the use of the constitution" you say directly to the king. You aren't afraid now. There has to be something you are missing and you know they will use against you. The royal family does have a reputation for being polite and innocent but they aren't the smartest for nothing.
As to answer your question, the king and Jungkook make eye contact and then the king gives a small nod and Jungkook starts to speak.
"We want you to stay here because it's after a long time a member of the Shadows group is found on our premises and we also know that there will be an attack on the crowning day of Prince Taehyung. So on that occasion we could use your help and persuade the crew to back down." he finishes and the dots start to connect in your mind.
"Wait, let me get this straight. You want to use me as a bait to lure my own crew to submit to you" you say-
"If you want to put it like that, yes" Jungkook says and you couldn't believe your ears.
"But-" you start but the king again cuts you off.
"We'll give you double the amount they are giving" he says which makes you shut your mouth.
You had joined your crew for money. You desperately needed it for survival and now when the king himself is offering you double the amount you get, the temptation is too much to resist. You don't let your mind wander to the consequences of your actions.
"Okay, I'll do it" you say without any second thoughts.
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