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I walked ahead of Hyun, carrying Yi-kyung with Haru walking next to me. We left as soon as night fell. It was safer for us to move in the darkness as there wouldn't be many humans roaming around as they believed we got dangerous at night. I ran my fingers through my hair with my knife in my hand, not caring about the fact I could hurt myself. I would just heal right back up.
'At least Hyun is back. You don't have to be in control anymore. If you want to protect our children, let me take over. You can get some well-needed rest.'
I rolled my eyes, "I'd much rather jump a bridge than let you take control right now."
'You're no fun, Ye-na. At least Hyun lets his monster out to play. Why can't you do that for us? What? Do you think you can do this all on your own without any problems?'
"She's talking to her monster again." I heard Haru say to someone, probably to Hyun as the kids were used to seeing this happen.
I bit down on my tongue as I was getting quite annoyed with her, "I can deal with my problems without you coming in to make it worse. I know you will try and manipulate him and Haru just like you did last time. I don't want another repeat."
"What does she mean by manipulating?" Hyun whispered to Haru.
"The other side got into control after..." He trailed off, "... cause mom needed to rest afterwards. She got me to kill some humans saying that they were here to take us all away again. I don't think they like humans at all."
"Can we all just stop talking, please? Because I can only deal with one thing at a time and hearing you two talk behind me is making her hurt my head." I said, glancing over my shoulders back at them, "She wants to greet you guys and it's getting harder to shut her up."
They both quiet down, sharing looks, "You know, I know what those looks are guys. I'm not crazy." I turned back around, "I just thought that she finally shut up but nope. Seeing Hyun again, she wants to come out and play and I rather not."
"So she doesn't bother you all the time?" Hyun asked, his tone sounding interested in this dilemma, "Cause mine likes to bother me whenever it can."
I shook my head, "Only when she feels it's necessary. Like when I kill something, she likes to talk shit about how she would've done it better. Right now, she is encouraging me to sleep so that she can take over. We've gone through before and I can't let her out without a good reason." I continued to walk.
Hyun grabbed my arm, turning me around to face him, "It's okay." He said, his eyes searching my eyes, "I'm impressed at how well you hold yourself together. I can't say the same."
"I didn't have Ui-myeong manipulating me like you, Hyun. It gets easier when you're on your own. She stays quiet when there's no one like us around." I sighed softly, "I wish I was still human. That I don't have this voice in my head that takes over when I'm in danger. Cause one day, she's going to be my death." I pulled away from him and walked away from them.
