The Invincibles-KTH FF (BOOK II)

-SEVENTY SEVEN-

She took a deep breath, and placed her hand on her book. "Have you read this?"

"No, but don't worry, I'll read the spark notes." God, my breasts hurt. Everything hurt, but knowing that my son didn't have me made my heart burn.

"God, you're so much like me it hurts. I've always been so proud of you. I've watched you grow, and become the fighter I knew you were when I first held you in my arms. I swore I would always do what was best for you."

"This," I pulled on the chains, "is not good for me. But, if you're not full of shit, unchain me, hand me a gun, and I'll believe you."

She frowned, taking the wine to her lips. "You don't want to hear this. This layer of anger and sarcasm, it's just you trying to block me out."

"No, it's me, still hormonal and in a shitload of pain because of you. But please go on and tell me how I'm so fucking wrong, Shin-hye. Tell me your entire sad, pathetic life story. I will try to hold back my disgust. But while you speak, know that I'm going to be thinking of ways to kill you." While I try to deny how badly I wanted to know the truth.

"You've always liked to test me. Whatever Hyunbin told you were lies, Y/N bear."

"Were you poisoning him for years?"

She said nothing, staring out at the dark seas thousands of feet below us.

"Point one for Appa."

"Hyunbin...all the damn Mins are monsters. He killed my uncle, my brother, my fucking mother."

Point two for Appa.

"Women like us, Y/N bear, serve the men above us to survive because we are warriors, and until we get our own army, we do as we are told." She spoke in a hushed tone, her eyes glazed over. "If Hyunbin told to you to kill Taehyung slowly and painfully, you would have done it. I regret nothing. The Mins, they are the reason why my father was the way he was. I couldn't wait to kill him for the suffering he made me go through; kill Hyunbin, then get out. But you came and I didn't want you to come into this life. But Hyunbin just didn't know when to die and forced you into this trap."

"So what you're saying is that you've always wanted me dead." I wished Hyunbin had taken her out the moment I was born.

"NO!" she snapped, slamming her hand on the table, spilling her wine across it.

Good old Jungwoo was there in a flash, cleaning. He didn't even look fazed.

"I've always tried to save you, Y/N bear. I knew he would take you and form you into a monster just like him. Just like my father had done to me. But then I had you, and I never wanted to leave you. For years, I stayed in hell for you. To watch you, until one day, I couldn't take anymore. I took my chance. I got you and I planned on leaving, disappearing to where Hyunbin and Ivan couldn't find us. We were going to be happy and free. But Hyunbin came looking for you, and my father for me. I knew Hyunbin would turn you into a monster but Ivan—his granddaughter, a Min?—he would have thrown you with snakes then sent your body to Hyunbin. I chose the lesser of two evils."

"So you're telling me that Ivan didn't know I was alive all this time? I doubt that. From what I can tell, he knows everything about all the families. So why now, mother dearest?"