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Chapter 1: Bluebell

"She is so small and frail, hyung," Changbin whispered as he held the little girl closer to his chest. Byungho's golden magic was gently hovering around to her, trying to find something that would need healing. Byungho frowned sadly at the little cat hybrid girl.

"She seems fine so far. She's just exhausted and a bit underweight. Nothing a good night of sleep, a warm meal and the safety of a safe haven can't fix," Byungho sighed, his golden magic slicking away. Chan was there a second later, draping his jacket over the small girl's body and tucking her more into Changbin's arms.

A forced neutrality was present on the wolf hybrid's face. The bubbling anger, that came with the failure of their mission, lingered among the entire group. They were barely able to conceal it for the sake of the little girl. She was the last cat hybrid of the Bluebell Clan. The entire clan had been slaughtered with Stray Kids only managing to save her.

"How's she doing?," Felix asked softly as he came up beside Changbin, looking down at the little girl. His eyes were still in their striking ice-blue color, yet his slotted pupils widened as he looked down at the little girl in Changbin's arms.

"Fine, according to Byungho-hyung," Changbin mumbled. Byungho nodded in agreement. Felix hummed thoughtfully as his gaze lingered on the small cat hybrid.

"Want to give her to me? I think someone needs to stop Seungmin from letting the hunters wet themselves," Felix added. Chan huffed in a mix of both amusement and displeasure. As much as they loved Seungmin for showing his demonic side more and more often, he did take too much pleasure in letting hunters feel the paralyzing fear of facing a hellish being.

"Let me guess," Changbin sighed, "Hyunjin's enabling him?"
Felix nodded as Changbin carefully handed the girl over to the cat hybrid. It broke his heart a little when the small girl let out a tiny, distressed whine, but she quickly settled into the warmth of Felix's body. Vampires were cold-blooded creatures and therefore not meant warm up someone else. According to Hyunjin, vampires were only worth cuddling in summer. Did that stop the siren from being clingy with the vampire king all the time anyway? Most certainly not.

"Actually, I am pretty sure Jisung and Hyunjin are enabling him. And Minho-hyung is pretending like he has gone blind," Felix huffed, adjusting his grip on the girl. Chan and Byungho were hovering near him in case he needed help. The girl was truly safe now. She had two creatures with wicked sharp senses and a winged demon hybrid watching over her.

"Of course," Changbin sighed deeply. If there was one thing worse than Seungmin being enabled by one of his boyfriends, it was being enabled by one of his boyfriends and his best friend. Changbin made use of his supernatural speed to quickly get to the tied up hunters. After they had found the hunters and taken them by surprise, their fight with them had been a short one. So,they had been rounded up and chained to a tree in quick succession by Seungmin, Hyunjin, Minho, Jisung and Felix while Changbin had gone after the little cat hybrid girl. Meanwhile Byungho and Chan had secured the parameter. It worked well, though sometimes Jeongin would exchange positions with either Seungmin or Jisung. Currently, Jeongin was back at the headquarter, waiting for them to portal back.

Focusing on the scene ahead of him, Changbin saw Seungmin standing before the hunters, his black demon horn throning on his head while his devil's tail was playfully twitching. He was radiating malice so deliberately that goosebumps formed even on Changbin's skin despite it not being directed at him. Meanwhile, the hunters looked liked they had already wet their pants. They were shaking as they looked up to Seungmin's demonic form with wide eyes, their mouths slightly opened in silent whimpers and pleas.

"I could take you to hell in two ways," Seungmin declared, holding two clawed fingers into the hunters' faces, "One, I open a portal to my hellish home and drag you through it. Or two, I take you apart limb by limb, wait for you to slowly bleed out while listening to the sweet melody of you pleading for your life, and then I wait for the devil to personally hand me your souls to torture for eternity."