In Love With The Cursed

Chapter 18

Yoongi's hand touched my arm gently, his fingers wrapping around my skin as he stepped in to my view.

"Cookie, let go." He whispered, nodding his head in my direction. I glanced between him and Elijah, picking up that somehow, they knew each other and couldn't have been on terrible terms if none of the other vampires around tried killing them.

If anything, I took notice at how relieved the other vampires seemed around us.

"He's an old friend, I promise they aren't a threat." Namjoon let out from behind me, the others humming in agreement. Glancing towards Yoongi I slowly began letting go of Elijah, feeling myself calm down slightly before I completely removed myself from him, taking a step back.

"Damn Namjoon, why didn't tell me your mate was a freak?" Elijah spat out.

Before I could stop myself, I whipped around, sending my fist straight in to the jaw of the obnoxious vampire. Elijah's head flew back, smacking against the bark of the pine tree I previously had him pinned to seconds before.

Taehyung wrapped his arm around my waist, yanking me back. My feet lifted off the ground as two more vampires tried to get to me, being held back by Jin and Hobi.

"You fucking bitch!" Elijah yelled, blood running down the side of his mouth.

"Friend or not, I will not be disrespected in my territory!" I yelled back, wiggling in Tae's embrace to get back at Elijah.

"Enough!" Namjoon roared, his eyes bright red as a growl erupted from his throat. Everyone became silent, looking towards him. He stood tall with authority, glaring at everyone.

"You will not disrespect my mate, any of you!" Namjoon warned, looking at all the vampires who came out and stood by Elijah's side. Elijah seemed quite stunned by the authority of Joon, who was determined.

"If any of you even look at her wrong, I will personally break every single bone in your body." Namjoon finished, now staring at Elijah with his red eyes.

"And her? She doesn't get a speech?" A vampire nodded towards me with a snicker, clearly not impressed.

"Our mate does not get reprimanded by us, she has our respect, so if you put one toe out of line you will not have any left." Jimin seethed through his teeth, taking a step closer towards the vampire who spoke up.

Taehyung placed me down on my feet, turning to face everyone. I didn't show it on my face, but I was very impressed with my mates. They were giving above the bar standards at the moment, and it was amazing. I was surprised I didn't get told to back off, but it seemed clear amongst them all that it wasn't the smartest decision to make right now.

"I apologize, Namjoon." Elijah nodded in his direction, seeming genuine. I had calmed down a lot from the threat I had thought we were facing, but I would be keeping my eye on every single one of them from now on.

But I had questions. Who were these vampires? How did my mates know them? I could tell there was a level of respect and loyalty here between them, a decent amount if the obnoxious Elijah apologized. It wasn't something he did often, I don't believe so anyways. Just what his aura says to me.

"Are you okay?" Jungkook asked softly, taking my hands in to his as he checked me for any injuries. I nodded my head, no harm had come to me surprisingly. It could have gone a completely different direction, I'm pretty sure I'd have a few scratches here and there if they hadn't shown up when they did.

"What brings you here?" Jin asked, looking towards Elijah.

"We ran from the kingdom, the king he's gone mad." Elijah informed, shaking his head as the other vampires stood closer to him looking equally defeated.