|Temple's Secrets|

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Jeoju is seated in front of Sunghoon as he sits behind, leaning against her to keep a balance between the two as they ride through the snowy night.

Jeoju sees they've halted in front of the Opera House. Sunghoon leans in close to her ear, speaking words only she could hear.

"This is the Opera House," he says vaguely, leaving Jeoju to chuckle at his dry tone.

"I know, I live here."

"But there's a place you don't know about that I want to show you."

"If it's the temple, I've already been there."

"No, somewhere different, a bit obvious but not quite."

Jeoju is left stumped as Sunghoon hops off and walks the horse to the back towards the woods. Sunghoon walks beside as Jeoju tries to see ahead in the dark through the woods.

"We're not going directly into the forest, but know there's an entrance that only we are aware of."

"We as in..."

"Me, Jake, Jay, Jungwon, Heeseung, Riki, Sunoo, and now you."

He looks back as he mentions her, catching a glimpse of his princely beauty in the dark.
They all just have to be so attractive.

"When I got the flowers from all of you, one was labeled with an N. But none of you have that first letter."

"Niki. Riki is what he'd prefer to be called, but we've always called him by Niki. His full name is Nishimura Riki."

Makes much more sense.

Sunghoon stops at their location and moves to stand by Jeoju, holding his hand out for assistance. Jeoju places her flowers down onto the saddle as she hops off, losing her grip from the horse on her way down, Sunghoon struggling to catch her in the process.

"Sorry, I didn't expect I'd go that far down."

Sunghoon pays no mind to her words, but to her visuals instead. His eyes never left hers as he kept her close to him, their body heat combining only for a moment before pulling apart.

Taking the lead, Sunghoon walks in between two conveniently planted trees, as if guarding a door of some sort, which there wasn't.

"I don't see a door," Jeoju states, confused about why Sunghoon would talk about a place that wasn't there.

Sunghoon reaches a hand out, his palm facing the night sky as he guides it upwards, revealing the door.

Jeoju gasped softly, realizing that Jake wasn't the only one who'd had powers. Sunghoon has them too, but what of?

Sunghoon opens the door wide as he waits for Jeoju to enter. As she walks through, she looks back at the lonely horse.

"He'll be fine, I promise you."

Just like the mirror's path to Jake's quarters, there too was a path just like it, but instead of Sunghoon's private space, a large room, walls mounted with mirrors that reflect anything and everything within the space.

The centerpiece was the most shocking to Jeoju. A large white fountain. Walking closer, Jeoju is quick to cover her nose, smelling the strong iron.

Oh my God, it's not a regular fountain. It's a fountain of blood.

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