Traitor's Song

37. Family Ties

After Yoongi had explained his and Jungkook's suspicion about Ellis, both Seokjin and Ellis stood there in complete silence. Seokjin eventually turned his gaze from Yoongi to Ellis, but Ellis was the one that eventually spoke first.

"Henley...she's out in the woods?"

Yoongi nodded, jumping a bit as Ellis suddenly sprung to her feet. She moved to walk back up the embankment and proceeded to walk towards where Seokjin had tied up the remaining vampire without saying another word.

"I take it she didn't particularly like hearing that news," said Yoongi as Seokjin sighed.

"I'll go talk to her. Stay with Jungkook."

Yoongi nodded as Seokjin moved to climb back up the embankment. He could hear the vampire protesting, but Ellis didn't seem phased at all. She smacked him over the back of the head with a hand, tightening the rope about him again after she had untied him from the tree. Seokjin couldn't help the small flicker of an amused smile that twitched across his lips.

"I know you're there. You're not very stealthy, your highness," said Ellis as she kept her back to Seokjin.

"I wasn't trying to be stealthy," said Seokjin. "I wanted to come talk to you."

"If it's about Henley..."

"What if it's just about the weather?"

This time it was Ellis' turn to have a smirk flicker across her lips as she allowed herself to turn and look at Seokjin.

"Lying doesn't become you, your highness."

"Neither does it become you, madame," said Seokjin. "I can tell Yoongi hit a sore spot. Are you and Henley..."

"We're sisters," said Ellis. "Twin sisters. I haven't seen her in a while and that's how it is going to remain."

"Why?"

"Try and keep up. You can probably figure out why."

"You have a twin sister?!" hissed the vampire in Ellis' custody. "I should just taste her blood as..."

"SHUT UP!" snapped Ellis and Seokjin at the same time.

"Just because you're a vampire doesn't mean you have to keep yourself away from her," said Seokjin. "Yoongi is a vampire too and he's been around her."

"You're very simple minded," said Ellis with a sigh. "It's painful. Family is different."

"Yoongi has become part of her family..."

"Has he bitten her?" snapped Ellis. "Has he married her even?"

"Well no..."

"Then that's not family. That's just a bunch of...bunch of pathetic losers that decided to shack up," said Ellis.

She paused to look back down the embankment at where Yoongi was still sitting with his arm about Jungkook, waiting for him to shift back.

"If you really are a prince, you know that mystical beings shouldn't be trusted," said Ellis. "I want you to take my sister away from all these mystical creatures. Do you understand me? It's not safe, especially right now with the impending war..."

"Impending war?"

"It's not for mortals," said Ellis as she flicked her gaze back to Seokjin. "Stay in your lane."

Seokjin fell silent for a moment as he looked at Ellis. He eventually reached into his pocket to retrieve a notepad and pen tucked there. He scribbled something down before ripping the page free and holding it out towards Ellis.