Her Royal Elegance | KTH | ✓

21. Bringing down Zara.

Two security guards stood outside the elevator meant only for the VIPs that opened up to the parking lot of Zara headquarters.

One of them yawned out loud as the other lazily chewed on a gum as he scrolled through his phone. Though they say it is the easiest job in the world, it was also the most boring one in the world. The guards watched through heavy-lidded eyes as a cleaner lady pushed her trolley towards them and requested that they open the elevator.

"Do they let them clean the basement floor?" The security guard chewing the gum asked as the other one just lazily waved off the question. "Let her in."

The lady bowed to the two guards as she pushed the trolley into the elevator and doors slowly slid shut and she pressed a finger against her ear.

"Okay, I'm in," Hyein reported and the satisfied noise emerged from her earpiece.

"Good. What do you see?"

"I'm going down to the basement floor. I hope we have the right place." Hyein muttered more to herself. Though they knew Taehyung was inside the building, they couldn't point out where exactly he was right now. Their best guess was the basement storage room. It was the only place where they could transport him, without attracting the attention of the workers there. The elevator doors slid open and Hyein was greeted with a hallway painted in pale blue and dimly lit with fluorescent lights that briefly reminded her of a hospital.

She pushed the trolley forwards, adjusting her mask carefully so that she blended in with her surroundings. The hallway looked abandoned. It seemed as if they had been evacuated, except for one door. She could barely see the dim light peeking from behind a closed door. The storage room.

It seemed as if their guess was right. Bracing herself, she spoke just loud enough so that the person at the other end of her earpiece could hear her.

"Storage room located. I'm going in."

"Good luck." Yoongi's low voice crackled through the earpiece.

She knocked on the door three times. The voices at the other ceased. Slow footfalls lazily dragged against the floor and a moment later the door swung open to reveal a gruff man, a short cigarette sticking out from between his yellowing teeth. He looked her up and down confusion flickering in his eyes as he turned back to the people inside. "Did ya ask for dis girl?"

"Who?" The calm, lazy voice of the betrayer, Yang Dohwan floated in from inside, sending shivers of fury down her spine. Hyein however drew in a deep breath and stepped forward into the room. Yang Dohwan was sitting on a table, along with his few cronies playing some kind of card game, UNO maybe and as he saw her a strange light flickered through his eyes. Dohwan smirked. "Close the door."

Hyein did as she was told. Out of the corner of her eyes, she could see Taehyung at the corner of the room gagged and tied up to a chair. Thank god he was awake.

"Who sent you down here little lady? Chairman Zang?" Dohwan asked, climbing down the table. Zang Martin was Zara's chairman. So he was indeed involved in it?

"Yes," Hyein nodded her head, adjusting her mask. "The chairman wants him out of here." She spoke in a disguised voice, pointing a finger towards the corner where Taehyung was tied up.

"Him? But the Chairman said we didn't have to move him anytime soon."

"Change of plans," Hyein replied.

The smirk on his face grew as strange light began seeping into his eyes and he said, "What exactly did Chairman Zang say?"

"Oh, f*ck!" Yoongi's voice cursed in her ear.