|THE CURSED FOREST|

54

In the forest, inside Sunghoon's palace,

Eunjae brought some books from the oldest library of Minosan and tossed them onto Yeonjun's bed, diverting his attention from the window.

"The books you would want. They had all those tales of Naera and her powers..." She said,

"I actually don't like reading books, can you give me a reading." Yeonjun smiled innocently while requesting,

"You are lucky you are hot." Eunjae raised her finger sitting down on the bed, "Otherwise I don't do favors like this.."

"You just reminded me the first time I met you... the Kang Eunchae." Yeonjun said, "Sister of Kang Taehyun."

"Well, I am still Eunchae..." Eunjae said smiling lightly, "I am a mixture of the sophisticated and powerful Eunjae Chae and fashionista and sassy Kang Eunchae. Not only who I love are completely different in both of my lives but my personalities are completely opposite too."

"But I miss being Kang Eunchae... the carefree girl." She chuckled looking at Yeonjun,

"No offense... but I liked her too." Yeonjun said softly and Eunjae raised her eyes crossing her arms,

"Really? Choi Yeonjun liked Kang Eunchae?" She asked amused,

"Not in that way." Yeonjun chuckled, shaking his head,

"Well, no offense taken." Eunjae snickered along with him, "That lucky girl is Sohee."

Yeonjun's gaze softened as he slowly shrugged his shoulders, "I am the lucky one here."

"Guys like you are a rare species." Eunjae shook her head dramatically, "You miss her?"

Yeonjun let out a deep breath leaning his head against the wall, "You have no idea how much I miss her... how much I am dreading to even get a glimpse for her. If I had known something like this is going to happen I would've not left her side that night... when I confessed to her...""

Yeonjun's eyes shimmered as he let out a soft chuckle and looked at Eunjae, "Now coming back to Naera."

"Yes. Coming back to Naera... She was the first soul vampire, made by Namjoon accidentally. Naera was a psychic and an artist before her death, and then became a vampire so you can imagine how strong she must be. She was like a threat, an imbalance so to balance out she herself created a weapon of wood, already deadly for vampires. The Niara, it is the most powerful weapon and only one to exist that can wipe off a vampire's existence no matter how strong they are." Eunjae shared,

"But we simply just can't stab her." Yeonjun said, "If she has psychic powers, it'll be too difficult."

"We need to have that dagger before planning anything." Eunjae said, "But it was left in hell."

"Not exactly." Yeonjun smirked pursing his lips as put his hands inside his pockets,

"What do you mean?" Eunjae asked intrigued,

•••

"Do you guys know each other from before?" Yoongi asked getting confused,

Chanyeol smirked in a teasing manner seeing flustered Sohee, "We go way back in the past, Dr. Yoongi," he said,

"Past?" Yoongi asked, looking at Sohee who gulped, avoiding any eye contact with anyone.

"But I think you shouldn't drop the honorifics even if I was your ex, Sohee." Chanyeol said and casually slipped his hand into his pocket. "Say, Dr. Chanyeol."

Sohee squinted and closed her eyes while Yoongi's jaw fell on the ground looking at her.

"Ex? You both dated?" Yoongi asked very much intrigued,