royal blood

17 | a sight that remains forever.

doyoung was sitting lifeless on the couch. he had a gunshot in his forehead, looking down, almost seeming like he was asleep. for what was about to be a month, wendy was still unable to see the couch where doyoung had been found. she tightly held onto her purse, as she walked up to the dark red couch, slowly touching it.

taeyong was looking around the room. it was slowly getting to the hours of the evening, a time where the sun disappeard from the sky and the darkness took over the villa where a tragedy had taken place. taeyong prepared a flashlight, but he wished they would manage to finish by the time the sun set. he watched as wendy sat down on the couch, scared that something strange might happen.

" i feel weird, mr. lee. " wendy suddently said, as she looked behind her. she held onto the cushion carefully placed to match the red colour of the couch, before a sigh escaped her mouth. " it feels different, like a place i've sat on before without knowing. it is a sudden feeling that i was here at some point without realising that. " she questioned her own words, as taeyong raised his eyebrow.

" your majesty, it might feel weird because it is the place where you shaked high highness and figured out that he was not sleeping, because he was dead. " taeyong explained to wendy, who slowly nodded. " it is human to be scared of places in which you know something bad happen, especially when you see it. "

" mr. lee, do you feel scared of going to fetin ? i am wondering that, because, i felt scared to come here and actually be able to look into it. when i first came and discovered doyoung's body, it was a state of shock that couldn't be explained. i was not able to see my surroundings and try to figure out anything. " wendy told taeyong, who continued nodding.

" you are right, your majesty. " taeyong smiled towards her, " you are right about everything. i am scared to go to fetin, and i appreciate the braveness that you have to come here and sit on the couch where his highness' lifeless body was discovered. " he said, before sitting down next to wendy.

" we must go ahead and find any clues that could help us prove that there was someone with doyoung in his final moments. " wendy let out a sigh, as she got up from the couch. taeyong continued to sit down on it. wendy started walking around the room, before taeyong's eyes widened.

" your majesty. i see something. " taeyong said, as he got up. he pointed to the drawer infront of the couch. wendy walked back to it, as she couldn't seem to find anything. " allow me to find it and show it to you. " taeyong walked up to the drawer, before he took out a letter. wendy widened her eyes, as she took it from taeyong.

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"               to my dearest sister wendy,

      this might seem to you as a stupid letter. what is this man talking about again ? is he lonely ? has he drunk a few glasses of wine and decided to write a letter to his sister ? well, wendy, i must tell you something i have been hiding for quite the time.
     i am about to return to ceham at the end of this week. starting monday, i have lived one of the most peaceful moments of my whole life in ouverport. it was my first week as a crown prince, and i expect to see more like this one until i become the king.
     how are you ? i am not sure if this letter will get to you before i return to ceham, but i am still going to write this for you. just so you know, you are very dear to me ! i am thankful to see you were happy for me during such an important event for me.
     i do sound strange, and i hope you do not find this weird. i just wanted to express my excitement to see my sister on sunday, when i am to return. peleria has treated me well, but i can not wait to see you, and yeri. ( i do not want to see my parents, actually. )
     i shall end this letter right now. it was quite short, but, as i have said, it was a way for me to express pure excitement. please, wait for me ! i will buy you nice souvenirs !

     with much, much love,
     doyoung.                    "

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wendy dropped the letter. she looked at taeyong, who's eyes were widened. wendy read the letter out loud for the both of them, and now they were both shocked to see what doyoung had written in his letter. wendy tried to find a date, but she could not see anything that could help them figure out when doyoung wrote it.

" we must find out when doyoung wrote this. he must have written it a few days before his supposed return, on sunday, but it must be towards the end of his stay in ouverport. " wendy tried to figure out the exact date of this mysterious letter. " we need to figure it out, because .. "

suddently, wendy looked at the letter once again, as a sharp pain hit her chest. doyoung had been excited to return and be with her and yeri again. he wanted to come back home, to his sisters again and actually do his work as a crown prince. wendy felt tears drop on her cheeks, as taeyong reached out, to pull her into a hug.

" i know what you feel. his highness was going to come back home, and he couldn't wait anymore. someone took that away from him, someone did not allow him to come and see his family for one last time. " taeyong said, as he continued to hug wendy. " your majesty, that person must be found and punished in a way no one else was. "

" you are right, mr. lee. however, we will be the people to find that person. i will catch them myself, and i will show them what actual pain feels like. what taking my brother away really means. " wendy said, as she looked at the letter. " i will be taking this letter back to the palace, to show it to yeri. "

" that is the best thing we can do for now. " taeyong said, before seeing that the sun was about to set. " i believe we should back to the motel. they have a curfew, and we can not miss it. " he let out a small laugh, before opening the front door for wendy.

she slowly got out of the house, as a carriage stopped for the. she was helped by taeyong to get into the carriage, as she started to look out the window. everything was so strange for her now, having to realise that doyoung wanted to see her. she had to know that doyoung was thinking about his family in his final days, thinking that he was going to see them soon.

wendy was hurt by it, she was scared to dive deeper into the mystery that surrounded this murderer, but she was going to do it for doyoung, for him to be happy in the sky, knowing that someone wanted him to be remembered as a man who was brutally taken away from the world. a man who had hope for the cruel world, but who wasn't allowed to turn people into better versions of themselves.

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sooyoung looked at doyoung's grave, as she carefully placed another flower on it. she sat down on the ground, looking at the photo that covered the front part of the grave. it was his official photo, a portrait meant to be put on the grand hallway of the hlorrendian museum, a place where every crown prince and king was appreciated.

sooyoung disliked the portrait. it depicted doyoung as a fierce leader, who was going to send hlorrendin into a bigger struggle. however, doyoung was not that man. he was a calm being, who's photo was supposed to represent a wave of happiness that was going to be brought once he became the king.

she remembered the moment doyoung saw the portrait for the very first time. he wrote a letter for sooyoung, expressing his disappointment in the portrait and wishing he could have received a better one. sooyoung smiled at the thought of happily reading doyoung's words, not thinking if would be one of the last ones.

she looked up, seeing that someone was entering the graveyard. she got up, seeing prince jaehyun standing infront of her.

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