chapter 17.

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017 — the truth untold

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017 — the truth untold.

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I had a bad feeling. Jiwon did know this forest like no one else. She felt great in it, she never got lost. However, this time I had the feeling that something was wrong, and I was only confirmed by Ni-ki's expression. I couldn't understand what was written on his fave. He shifted nervously in the chair, still staring at the door.

"What's wrong with him?" I whispered to Jake who was sitting next to me, busy playing with his girlfriend. Nobody besides me noticed the boy's strange behavior. "Who knows?" he shrugged.

After a while I saw Jungwon staring at him as well. Nobody besides us payed much attention to him. Suddenly, the boy went pale. It looked as if something very painful was happening to him. And then it dawned on me that something was definitely wrong.

Ni-ki jumped up, and then at a dizzying pace ran out of the house. Before I could think about what just happened, everyone in the house already followed him, and I ran too. I couldn't keep up, and I tripped over everything that was on the road, even on my own feet, but I kept running.

I didn't understand what was happening, but I knew something was very wrong.

With a rapid breath, I reached the place where everyone stopped. It was a small clearing, surrounded by trees and bushes. Tears immediately appeared in my eyes when I saw Jiwon lying on the ground, unconscious and pale.

There was a slight cut above her right brow from which blood was flowing. Her head was lying on Ni-ki's knees, as he was right next to her, tenderly holding her cold hand. I completely understood what he was feeling. All the time we were sitting in the living room, he knew Jiwon was in danger. If it hadn't been him, we might never have found her.

"Jiwon.." Ni-ki whispered trying to wake her up. His voice sounded weak, and silent. He had so much hope in it, but also as if he didn't have any.

"Who did this to her?!" Jungwon shouted, and suddenly I felt his hand tighten on my wrist. Before I could even react, I was already standing behind Jungwon, who was looking around nervously with his fast breathing. Sunoo, Jay and Jake turned into their wolf forms, and then ran in different directions to search for some traces.

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