Ruthless | Jimin

10) Full Moon

"Desolate the crows surround
my barely beating heart,
you left me stranded in the dark"
Full Moon - Damazein

Lily
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"No."

"Yes."

"I said no-"

"Good thing you don't have a choice."

Setareh's devious smile only widened more. Contrary to popular belief, she was the Anvari sibling most troubling to deal with.

Leila looked intimidating.

Setareh was pure evil.

"Oh don't look at me like that!" Setareh pushed at her back.

They neared the throne room and already Lily wanted to claw at her skin.

Please don't make me do this.

She covered her nerves with the attitude she was allowed to have. Her meekness had been partially true from exhaustion, and partially a mask out of self preservation.

She no longer had to hide.

Whether people liked what was underneath...

Her heart gave another unsettling pound within her chest.

"Setareh." She turned to the girl, who was wearing a burnt orange ball gown that complimented her tawny skin beautifully. If Leila were the night, her sister was the sunset. "Please. I cannot do this. I cannot face-"

Him.

Them.

When the sun returned, everything had changed.

Leila had become a god in their eyes. Celebrations only grew longer and more frequent.

But the betrayal by her brother and their blood marred the earth in which people danced.

It did not matter that Lily had found the key. It did not matter that she gave it to Leila to open the curse. It did not matter that it was she who called upon both Lunaith and Solis to bless the Lunetta Leila ingested in order to make her immortal.

No matter how many daggers and threats Leila and Taehyung sent at the people who judged her.

No, Lily could not handle the stares. The snide remarks. Nor the uncanny glances she would receive. What hurt the worse was people sucked in a breath, whispering that she looked like the ghost of the Queen.

Once ignored, she was now feared.

By everyone. Even the people who mattered most. And her brother was a thousand miles away, leaving her to take the brunt of it.

Setareh grabbed her shoulders, eyeing her sharply. "You cannot run any longer. You have no reason to. Show them that you are different than what they say." Lily shook under her grasp, but the woman leaned closer, "With the way you look right now? Make Namjoon regret running like a bitch instead of helping you."