The King's Obsession

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C326 - Confrontation- Part 1

On the other side of the castle, Jennie sat in one of the rooms all alone by herself holding a glass in her hand. She sat on the chair, in front of the large semi-circle window that started from the room's floor. The window had thin grills on it. Since morning, the clear window had turned foggy because of the cold temperature.

The vampiress stared at nothing in particular, her red eyes hollow like the weather which was gloomy right now. Jennie had isolated herself from her family and other people in the castle so that she could spend alone time with herself. She had also refused to spend time with her husband since a few days. Jennie couldn't look at him. Knowing the things he had done to her, she had been in shock, and it took her days to process it.

Relationship with her husband and her family members loosely hung by a thread as she didn't know whom to believe and whom to side with. Being the former princess, and being the sister of the King, she had to abide by the words that were ordered by the King. Her cousin Markus, someone whom she knew before Jungkook had entered the castle was dead, and there was nothing that could be fixed because of the treason he caused. Even his family had been forbidden to enter the castle.

She had lost her parents right after she got married. Decades had passed, but the pain and confusion of what took place years ago still haunted her. She wasn't able to forget the sight of her parent's body that was found in the undercrofts of the castle covered in blood.

The door to the room she was in opened, and in came the person, walking towards her to stop behind her.

Jennie didn't have to turn to see who it was, "Is it true what Aunt Rosamund said?" her face had turned pale because of the lack of intake of blood and her voice was nothing less to a whisper which was heard by the person.

"Did you kill mama and papa?" she asked, and Jungkook who stood behind her had a sullen look on his face.

Jungkook had the opportunity to spin more lies and weave innocent Jennie in his web of lies like many other times before, but for once, he didn't reply to her right away.

Instead, he asked, "What do you think?"

"Does it matter what I think when something has already happened, brother Jungkook," asked Jennie, her voice sad, "I am tired of being lied to by people whom I care and love. Tired that all these years, people have done nothing but hide things from me like I am a child, lied to like it is nothing big." She hadn't turned to look at Jungkook, and she continued to stare at the large glass in front of her.

"Have you considered it might be because people wanted to protect you and didn't want you to be part of the world that doesn't go well with you," asked Jungkook, his tone calm and collected.

Jennie shook her head, "Isn't it something people should let me decide? When I was small, it was mother and father who decided things for me. Then Taehyung decided," Jungkook's eyebrows raised, wondering if Jennie was going to speak about what was between the two of them which no one knew properly as it was always kept under wraps. "He decided I should get married to Samuel, and I did. And then Samuel decided what was to be hidden from me."

"What did Samuel hide?" Jungkook asked, not knowing what Jennie wanted to get to. He was the kind of person who spoke things directly, but now that his half-sister was questioning, he let her get there.

Jennie got up from the chair she was sitting on, and she turned around to meet Jungkook's eyes, "You knew what he was doing. I know it because Taehyung is loyal to you and he saw it. He knows. Why didn't you tell me?" she furrowed her eyebrows.