royal blood

37 | more suspicion arises.

wendy did not expect for sooyoung to request if they could share a room for the night. as surprised as wendy was, she thought if sooyoung was now worried about her child's life, due to the possible reveal of one of the baron's son's intentions. wendy thought that it was possible sooyoung believed she could be targeted, and she could be right.

wendy walked into the room, a place she had never thought she would ever enter once again. doyoung's room was a familiar place for wendy, as he would always invite wendy to talk with him and spend eachother's time by sharing stories that never made sense. that memory always remained in wendy's mind, and after doyoung's death, it was hard for her to come into the bedroom.

" ah, you are here. " sooyoung said, as she got up from an armchair. a warm tea was placed next to her, as sooyoung walked up to her. the two women hugged eachother, as a small laugh escaped sooyoung's mouth. " i am glad that you were able to come here. you might have guessed, but i am scared to stay alone. "

" you have all the reasons to be afraid, these psychopaths have yet to leave the palace. i doubt that they will leave anytime soon, but i still hope they will .. disappear. " wendy scoffed, as sooyoung let out a sigh. the both women sat down together on the armchairs, before wendy wrapped herself around a blanket. " i am so scared to be here with them. "

" i am, as well. i do not want to believe that .. that we might be with doyoung's killer as we are speaking right now. " sooyoung let out a sigh, as wendy agreed with her. " however, i wanted not to mention this while we were having dinner with seulgi and prince jaehyun, but something was very strange to me. how was baron sicheng able to find the note in an old book ? how was he able to pick out the exact book ? "

suddently, wendy widened her eyes. she had not thought of that yet, but it made sense to her. baron sicheng, who had been a suspect in wendy's eyes, just happend to walk into a room, talk to her sister about doyoung, and then pick out a book and discover a note dedicated to him, written by doyoung, that included clear evidence to the real killer.

it was weird. baron sicheng had always been suspicious, but he quickly tried to show that his friendship with doyoung meant his innocence. wendy almost thought he could actually be innocent, wishing to be helpful with the investigation, but sooyoung's suggestion made her re-think her decision. maybe sooyoung was right, the note was too strange to ignore.

" you are very right, sooyoung. i did not even bother to question such thing, even if it was something that could have helped us with discovering the killer. " wendy looked around, as sooyoung nodded. sooyoung took her tea, as she slowly started drinking it. " we need to look into this. i need to confirm if it was doyoung's handwriting or not. "

" remember that scream, though ? " sooyoung suddently brought up the question, as wendy's eyes widened. during dinner, all four of them had heard a loud scream from outside, but somehow, they decided to ignore it and move on. " it was .. it was a little too familiar to me. i tried to ignore it, but what if it was someone from the palace ? "

" that is a possibility, but i still choose to forget about it. there have been too many things that have hurt me, and i want everything to be better. " wendy tried to laugh it off, as the two remained in silence for a few minutes. " however, if there is another scream, a few guards will be sent to figure out if anything happens. "

suddently, wendy could see how sooyoung was slowly closing her eyes. wendy smiled towards her, as she took the tea cup away from sooyoung, placing the blanket she was wrapped around on sooyoung. wendy pat her head, smiling as she sat down on the bed.

she continued to look at sooyoung, before the door opened. she turned around, seeing that doyoung was standing in front of her. he had not showed up for some time, but it seemed like he was ready to come out and either admit to being a ghost, or trying his best to convince his sister that he was in her mind.

" i have arrived with news, dear sister. the scream that was heard was not from the palace, but from very near it. " doyoung said, before noticing that sooyoung was sleeping on the armchair. " but i was still scared that it might have had something to do with sooyoung. " he approached the bed, as wendy got up.

" so, you are a ghost. admit to such thing, doyoung ! " wendy yelled, as a small sigh escaped doyoung's mouth. doyoung slowly shaked his head, as wendy grabbed him by his arm. " stop lying, doyoung ! admit to this, both me and sooyoung think we have gone insane when we see you. " she burst into tears, as doyoung shaked his head.

" i am not a ghost, but a simple fragment of your imagination. how many times do i have to tell you this ? i am never going to be a ghost, and i am never going to come back in the real world. " doyoung cupped wendy's cheek, as she shaked her head, not wanting to believe his words. " if you could think of how much you want me to be here, then you would realise why i am able to be seen by you. "

" god, you never seem to make any sense. " wendy said, as she wiped off her tear. " one time, one time will you be able to make sense when you talk to me. " she started laughing, as doyoung smiled to her. both of them sat on the bed, before doyoung turned to wendy. he tucked her hair behind her ear. " i would do anything for you to come back here. "

suddently, doyoung disappeard. wendy turned away from where he was, seeing that sooyoung was moving around the armchair. wendy got up, walking over to the window. she looked out of if, before a loud yell escaped her mouth.

baron jungwoo was standing in the garden, looking straight into the window. wendy shaked her head, as she could see how he started walking away. she covered her mouth in shock, noticing that sooyoug had woken up. should she let her know about this ? how scared would sooyoung be of this ?

" has anything happend ? i heard a yell, and it was surely from you, wendy. " sooyoung said, as wendy shaked her head. " please, do not lie to me. what happend while i was sleeping ? what did you happen to see out the window ? "

" baron jungwoo was looking at us, from the garden. "

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