Tainted Fate (Chanjin/Hyunchan)

Chapter 54

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Author's P.O.V

Nerve wracking, skin crawling shivers ran through Hyunjin's body as he stood in the roof of the highest tower of the Moon palace. Alarmed words were being exchanged as soldiers lined up in their positions with their bows and arrows at edges, as the golden haired male's eyes scanned through the green cluster of forest trees.

The surrounding atmosphere was a stark contrast to Hyunjin's own racing heart. Everything outside just seemed calm. Almost too calm. The leaves didn't flutter in the wind, there was no sound of the birds flapping their wings, no animals howled or roared. The jungle seemed almost lifeless.

Suddenly just as the third flamethrower was being set up, a subtle movement caught Hyunjin's wary gaze. A rustle in the bushes far ahead, so unnoticeable that Hyunjin doubted if it was merely his anxious mind playing tricks on him.

Maybe it was just the sun's rays, too bright, making his head hurt and neck almost...burn. His nausea wasn't helping either. He moved the golden hair strands fallen on his cheeks away, tying his hair in a messy half bun. His hair had grown even longer in these fews months he'd spent in the Moon Empire.

Months...that's right. It feels so much longer than that. So much has happened over this short period of time. He regained everything he had lost 9 years ago. And here he was, standing on a ground made of a thin fragile string, at the risk of loosing balance and falling into a dark endless pit of loss all over again.

Cold fingers of his left hand clasped the hot railing of the roof, tightly till his knuckles turned white while the other hand subconsciously went to cover his belly. He took in a heavy breath but he felt the air get stuck in his throat before it could reach his lungs, suffocating him as unwanted but familiar voices invaded his mind.

"Weak. A worthless whore."

"Pathetic little omega."

"You are nothing but a tool to serve me."

"How dare you call for another alpha! Let's see if you can even remember that name after a week of no food and water."

"Dare say anything to anyone and I will make sure your appa will never wake up from his coma."

"I will kill the trueblood first."

"The darkest hour has returned...History shall repeat itself...the moon shall be tainted red again..."

*Flashback to an hour ago*

The Moons and the Baeks and their guests or allies all gathered in the throne room. The curtains were drawn on the high windows, restricting light from seeping into the room and illuminating it's tensed dreary air.

The Moon crown prince with Lisa and Jungkook's assistance informed the rest about the news they had just received about the Kangs.

Hyunjin's felt his soul stamped over a million times when he heard the cruelties Llongwook had laid upon his own people. So many innocent people demolished, so many omegas like him and his brothers and even younger enslaved and tortured, so many kids trapped in the chaos of it all. The golden haired male felt dread rise up in his chest and trample his heart at the thought of so many more lives at stake because of a war they didn't even cause or ask for. All because of him. He couldn't help but feel that it was all his fau-

Chan quickly enveloped the younger's hand in his own warm ones.

"None of it is your fault." The ravenette's voice pulled Hyunjin out of the quicksand of guilt he was slowly drowing in.