Body & Soul 🇰🇷 Part 1

Chapter 113: Seo Yeon/ Seon-Ho

By the time he would arrive back in the palace; I would have already been busy with the meetings. He wasn't happy about not being there but he was summoned by the King himself. He promised me that he would rush over as soon as the verdict was given to him about his future. I couldn't help myself but to cling onto him just in case something went wrong. I guess he felt something might go wrong as well but he didn't talk about it; he just held me all day long. We soon got word that the parties we were to meet with were ready making their way to us just as he was called to the palace. His victory and leadership in his last war mission had not gone unnoticed and the council was now ready to make a decision about his military career. He had proven himself more than worthy but he still had to go at the King's pace as he was starting to face a lot of jealousy for the first time in his life, and he was more than amused. Everything was going so well for him for the first time, he looked so happy and content that I couldn't help but let my guard down for once and wrap myself around him. He looked a little surprised by this but accepted it more than willingly, in fact he took advantage of the situation again as per usual. His hands started wondering everywhere he could under my clothes until he placed me on his lap, his face in my neck and he told me that I was extremely lucky that he respected my brother or he would have had me a very long time ago as he left me trembling in his grasp. I wasn't trembling in a bad way...it was because if he had carried on them I wouldn't have been able to last very long. Even now with his big hands clasped around me, he was tempting me and he knew it. This was his classic way of torture; he made me suffer the same way he did until I surrendered to him completely. I could only imagine what it would be like when he moved me into his home; it would be a miracle if I was still a virgin by the time we got engaged. I looked over at my warrior who had fallen asleep in my arms. I laid down next to him and I couldn't help but to stare at him as we lay in the empty field. I took him in as much as I could...before I found my own hands wondering underneath his clothes. I remembered watching him dress and undress in the camp...my knees went weak every time I thought about it and my heart started racing, and before I knew it my mind raced with all sorts of fantasies and opportunities we would have together once we were married. I never thought that I would find anyone who would want me as a spouse, let alone find me remotely attractive....But Seon-Ho gave me everything I wanted and more...no wonder he alway demanded something from me in return. I lay in his arms and I hoped and prayed that we would marry soon.

The day finally came and I got everything ready for the meetings in the village along with the people who had had been running it this whole time. Chief Park was supposed to come along with my brother but they were held up by something clearly as they were running late. I had everyone stay in their homes just in case something went wrong, the people we were dealing with clearly wanted to take over my father's village and anything else they left behind...all because they heard that myself and my brother had finally returned to govern and develop what my father left behind for us. Now all of a sudden they wanted to take what we had...oddly enough though, it wasn't my brother they wanted to talk to; it was me they wanted to deal with directly. I found this a little odd but I was ready to do all I could to protect what belonged to us.

My brother and Chief Park being late was the first act that set of my suspicions. The people I was waiting to meet also being late made me uneasy, and no one had spotted them yet, even though they were almost 30 minutes late. Barely 5 more minuets went by when the inn we were supposed to meet at a few miles away from the village was suddenly raided by bandits. I barely reached my sword in time before I had a crowd of people come at me all of a sudden. Thankfully Moon-Bok, Jeong-Beom and all the men who worked under my brother were there to protect the village. All I could think about was training Seon-Ho helped me with back in the military camp since no one was expecting me to be capable enough to fight back. I got away with a few minor scratches and bruises until I was able to make my way out of the inn. There were more people waiting outside for me but I managed to evade them by dressing up as Hwi and hiding behind a couple of horses when I heard a few of them meet with who I could only assume was their leader as I heard them discussing me. "That bitch got away; if she has any common sense then she will nor dare show up in her father's village. We do not wish any parts of Seo Geom's lands to be damaged in any way either. The son we'll get to later when he isn't following the prince around. The girl on the other had, we need to find quickly, before she regains her memories. Our little secret can only last so many years and time is almost up." I watched them walk away with a hand over my mouth, wondering what on earth they were talking about. They were still lingering around as I looked around at my options; the path on the right could take me to my father's village where I could check on everyone and what for my man to return to me. The left path however; took me to the men who obviously knew a lot about me specifically. But there was no option for me; as soon as they mentioned my father and this 'secret' about me, I knew which path I had to take, however long it would take me and no matter what objects I would face. I looked down at my arm where Seon-Ho left his last love bite on my arm and the jewellery he placed on me that I had never taken off even once. I knew how devastated he would be when I didn't return...and how dark he may get. I closed my eyes and pictured the day when I dared to touch him under the clothes and when I dreamed about becoming his. All I could do was hope and pray that he would forgive me...

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I came out from the palace completely stunned and overwhelmed. I had just not only been promoted into the office of royal secretariat but I now had a whole battalion under me. I looked at my hands that my father hardened with endless training and studying. He put me on a path of self-destruction, and forcing me to betray my only friend didn't help me at all. He my father lived myeline would have surely come to and end a long time ago. But Yeon...was it a coincidence? That ever since shifted mu focus onto her, my efforts came to fruition a lot quicker than I had anticipated, I had people praise me rather than humiliate me, and I was more than my own person. I was no longer used by anyone; I had enough confidence instilled in me now to overcome anything I wished, i truly felt like I had the world in my hands.

I mounted my horse and I made my way straight to Yeon, hoping I would see her in one piece and totally unharmed. But that brat was reckless and she knew it quite well. But just as I was nearing the village I felt my heart sink for some unknown reason...until I saw everyone gather around me as if they were looking for someone. "Where is Yeon? We have been waiting for hours for her but she hasn't come back yet." An old woman who ran the kitchens asked me and my heart sank into my knees. I asked how the meeting went but they told me it didn't take place in the village, but a few miles away. I didn't even mount off my horse and I made my way there in panic. Why hadn't she returned yet...

My fear only worsened when I saw the state of the inn where the meeting was supposed to take place, or what was left of it. It was completely destroyed and I could tell instantly by the blood on the floor that this was no ordinary raid; a fight had to have happened, but Yeon was nowhere to be found. I managed to fined a few people who were ok and I desperately asked about the girl that was here. I almost fell to my knees when they told me that all the fights were directed to her, but they told met that she was fine and that she even managed to walk out of here alive...but no one saw her since. I felt completely sick to my stomach...if she didn't return to her father's village in that condition...then she was up to something. She had to be; when had she ever not come running straight to me, even when she tried to rebel against me in the beginning? I had to find her no matter what...I had just taken one step closer to my goals and there was no way I was going to let my dark side get the better of me...and she had better be by my side every step of the way like she promised me she would...or we would both come to a bad end.