ʀᴇᴠᴇɴɢᴇ ɪɪ || ᴋᴛʜ & ᴊᴋ

Chapter 1 || Run away

Kim Jungkook took a deep drag from the cigarette in his hand and blew out smoke rings into the fragrant air above. The air smelled of wild roses that grew in abundance around the area.

He was standing next to a cottage by the scenic Kim Lake that separated the Kim, Kang and Lee provinces. Apart from the sounds of birds and insects chirping, it was entirely quiet and peaceful. Even the horse he had ridden was quietly grazing near a patch of wildflowers where he had tied it to a tree.

Jungkook knew his grandmother and brother would be upset to know he had come on his own without any security guards tagging along. He was almost twenty and he was sick of being so sheltered from everything going on around him. He wasn't ignorant of the danger or even the past that led to the danger, but he was confident enough to know he could protect himself in case of an attack.

He knew how to shoot and even fight without weapons. He had been training since he was a child. Even though it was difficult to find trainers in London who allowed a twelve-year-old to learn how to shoot or box; with the right kind of influence and sweet talk, he was able to convince a few underground street fighters to teach him to defend himself.

Until he had begun to learn boxing, he used to get into a lot of trouble at boarding school. If anyone dared to tease him or talk trash about his brother, he had used that opportunity to get his aggression out. And for that reason, even though Tae-hyung had found out about his underground fighting, he didn't put a stop to it. His planned and disciplined fighting had significantly reduced the number of complaints from school.

Although London was a major part of his life, Jungkook knew he belonged in his ancestral home-the Kim Estate where several of his other ancestors dedicated their lives to developing the province. The most compelling reason why he wanted to move back was his grandmother, Go-eun. She currently lived in the Kim Mansion by herself. Apart from Tae-hyung, she was the only family Jungkook had left.

Tae-hyung was already planning his permanent move to Korea in a couple of years and Jungkook intended to do the same whether everyone agreed with that decision or not. To hell with higher studies. Life at Oxford was mostly booze and girls anyway with classes and exams thrown into the mix. He was doing well with business school to be able to graduate well ahead of schedule. He had just taken another drag from the cigarette when he heard rustling in the trees. Immediately he grew alert. Throwing the cigarette down, he crushed it with his boot while he watched the dense trees surrounding a part of the lake.

He had only taken a couple of steps towards the trees to investigate, when he saw a girl rushing out into the clearing and running towards him. He was about to reach for his gun, but he noticed the girl appeared unarmed.

As she got closer, he also noticed she was very pretty and quite young. Not that young, he realized when she stood within a few feet of him. She appeared to be similar to his age.

"Well, hello there," he said.

When she didn't respond, he stopped checking out her tempting, curvy body and looked at her face. She appeared tense and fearful.

He gave himself a mental slap. He wasn't supposed to check out or romantically associate himself with any of the local girls. Tae-hyung had warned him about that not too long ago when he began seeing girls.

Until then, Jungkook had listened to his brother in almost everything. But the sweet, innocent face of the girl combined with a sinfully tempting body. sorely tested his restraint.

The distinctive golden tan of the girl with thick, dark and long eyelashes along with the full pink lips indicated she probably belonged to the settlers who had come to their provinces a few decades ago. The women among those settlers were exotic looking and beautiful. They were also highly coveted within the provinces, but unfortunately the settlers had very high moral codes that did not allow for any marriages or any kind of romantic association of outside their class.