The Infernal : The Rise Of A King (K.TH)

Ch 6: The First Chess Piece

Taehyung

After our long intertwined talks we retrieved back to the others, Y/N was fast to glue herself next to Sheria. It seemed my presence no longer meant anything to her. 

''Your grace, we have cleared up a room for Lady Callea to stay at.'' I placed my hand on the young man his shoulder slightly patting it. 

''Thank you, for your service.'' It was late and my shoulders started to feel heavy. The truth be told I didn't take everything in yet. I needed rest, sleep, and a lot of time to think about what had happened. 

''I shall head back to my chamber.'' I could tell that Jimin was dying to question me about my thoughts, but he and the others could know that I wanted to be alone. So they didn't say anything except to bid me goodnight. 

I stopped in my tracks as I looked down the wooden staircase leading to the lower deck.

''Minjae.''

''Your grace?''

''Come.'' My feet continued their movements, the steps beneath me creaking loudly. Following behind me came the softer steps from Minjae.

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Minjae

The moment we entered his room he sighed deeply while throwing himself on the bed. I took my spot next to the oak desk, my mind was in a daze.

Who would have thought.....that this would happen to us?

''Do you trust her?'' His question came without a second thought, but so did my reply.

''You know I don't trust anyone, I don't know.'' Once again a sigh left his mouth this time he closed his eyes for a moment, before opening them again focusing on the crafted wood above him.

''Y/N trusts her.....and I want to trust her too. The stories Y/N has told me about her and the feelings I got from talking to her just now. She seems like a good and sincere person....but.''

He is thinking about it too.

''The fact that she was the suspicious person following us around for a while, might have been the answer to some unexplainable events.''

He nodded and just as I thought, we were indeed thinking about the same situations that occurred. 

''It seems she has probably been around, during the outbreak of Y/N her imprisonment.'' I nodded at what Taehyung said. 

''The man that was supposed to be Aria her witness for the trial that day got severely injured. Due to the incident, he wasn't able to testify. If he did Y/N would have lost the trial for sure. He didn't die but after he made a recovery he suffered from memory loss, not even knowing his own name.''

''You think she did it?''

''If it meant saving Y/N, I think it is quite possible.'' Silence fell as another thought came to mind.

Should I....say this?

''Aria was also the person who framed Y/N, to begin with....she has always been horrible to her. We still don't know who poisoned her.'' To my surprise, my thinking out loud didn't startle him. Which means...he has thought about it too. 

''Sheria could have killed Aria.'' He said it with not even an ounce of shock.

''Of course, these are all just our speculation-''

''What if....our bond broke.'' 

What is he saying?

''Taehy-''