The Hunters and their Prey || A Vhope story

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I am really sorry that I took a while to publish another chapter. I was lacking motivation😟😟 This one is more of an insight into what Mark was for others... especially to Hoseok. So a lot of emotional drama and memories people...Don't forget to leave comments and votes. I really need it.

"So what you are saying is that..the possibility of the murderer being someone from the inner group is higher than it being the deed of anyone from the small gangs ?" Jackson gave one more punch to the nearly worn-out punching bag in front of him and started to remove his gloves. He was in the middle of his exercise when Hope barged inside with a worried face and pour out all the information he managed to get from his friend. This was the first true breakthrough they had in weeks. All this time, they were stumbling in dark without an idea about where to look or what to expect. This is a start..they can work something out from this. He removed the sweat-drenched workout t-shirt and used it to give himself a wipe. He rummaged through his duffel bag to find a clean one and by the time he turned, Hoseok was still looking at him with a deep frown on his face...

Hoseok removed his eyes from the flexing muscles in front of him with more difficulty than it sounded and pulled himself back into the conversation. When did Jackson start to have this much muscles? And from when did it start to cause this much distraction to his mind? Get yourself together Hope. Of course he will have muscles...otherwise, all these years spent in fencing will be gone to waste. "Yeah..that is what I could get from the sound of that bastard. Think about it, it is not something you say if you are a simple hunch man who is carrying out someone else's orders. You shouldn't have messed with me..'ME' Jackson. Not him..not them..not even us...simply ME..like, whatever grudge that person had... it was personal."

"Ya..it could be personal..but it also could have been a personal issue with any member of the small gangs and hyung. It is not necessary for it to be someone from the higher ranks."

"It could be...I also thought about that possibility.."

"But?" The unsaid but was too loud in that last sentence. Jackson questioned it loud.

"But...." Hope sighed loudly "I don't know whether it is me being overanalysing each situation like a paranoid person or is it actually real. But something about the way he stood that day, in the way the rest of the people stood around him, there is something so predatory about it...soo primal. Like he is the Alpha male. The way he carried himself..the confidence and utter arrogance in his voice..like, how to say it..hm...like he is the one in control..like there is no one above him. There is something so powerful about that person that, it is impossible for me to picture him as someone like a disposable pawn in the chess like Bam said. Not only him, but the rest of the Five also had this dangerous aura around them..and it is pretty clear that he is the one in charge by how the others positioned themselves around him. It is not like how bodyguards place themselves around someone who is to be protected, but more like, like 'we are as powerful and important as the one standing before us, but he is the mouth piece. ' Their hierarchy seems to be different. Like they are a pack of alphas, instead of several betas and one alpha. Am I being too dramatic?" Hope couldn't help but ask after giving such a vivid description of what he felt.

"Hm..no. I am more surprised by how much you managed to read from that horrible incident, despite being scared out of your mind."

Hope clenched the fist inside his pocket harshly so that he won't spill out the fact that he kind of has a lot of time observing them, considering the fact that he is having constant nightmares of that same night. He didn't want Jackson to worry more than he already is.

"I know...It is not only that, My friend told me how there are six people at the top of this chain. The number fits well with our suspects. And if what Bam says is the truth, we can find out whether they are pawns or kings easily. If they catch someone and claim them to be the culprits and turn out to be fakes, definitely powerful people are involved. If they catch the actual person, Minho was wrong and they were simply some people who held grudge against hyung and all we have to do is make sure he gets the right punishment."