STRINGS OF MY HEART | SVT | JEONGCHEOL [✓]

35 - Tattoo

<Phoenix Ashes>

"Shit! I hope he died before spilling the truth." Jaejun frowned.

"How can you say that?!" Yeonjin rebuked, "He was our friend. You left him there to save yourself and now you're praying for him to die?"

"So, what Yeonjin?! It was his fate!" Hyejeong retorted.

"Bullshit!" Yeonjin yelled, "You all are so selfish."

"And? You are not?" Jaejun raised a brow, "If you were so considerate then you should have stayed there with him."

"Damn you all." Yeonjin hissed as she left the hall. She walked through the hallways in anger, not knowing where she was heading to.

Soon enough she felt the floor shaking slightly after which all the walls began to freeze amidst chunks of ice.

"What the-" Yeonjin gasped. She watched the guards rushing as the emergency bell rang, "What's happening?"

"Your highness, danger!" A guard informed, "It's Emperor Choi."

"What?!" Yeonjin's eyes widened. She rushed to the main balcony to look at the entrance hall of Phoenix Ashes and the scenario gave here goosebumps.

[🔴 Warning : Bloodshed, you can skip to where the warning ends if you're uncomfortable 🔴]

Seungcheol was standing amidst the numerous dead bodies of the guards. His sword was shining with a blue spark while he was drenched in blood. His gaze was a mix of pain, agony and extreme anger.

The others followed him, but they were all visibly in shock with the amount of destruction he was causing all alone. The entire palace was drowned in the huge chunks of ice.

"WHERE ARE THOSE BASTARDS?!" Seungcheol screamed, his voice echoed in the hall. His face was a mask of rage, eyes full of fire and an emotionless yet dangerous smile on his lips.

A smile which meant nothing but absolute destruction.

The palace was one by one getting crumbled down as if the emperor had vowed to ruin an entire dynasty within a snap of his fingers.

"I'll burn this down, sooner or later." Seungcheol grabbed the throat of a guard, "WHERE ARE THEY?!"

Tears rolled down through Seungcheol's eyes, reminiscing the condition of his husband but they were all overpowered with the rage he held in those eyes.

He was beyond furious, a beast that shouldn't have been woken up at any possible cost. With every swing of his sword, another guard fell to the ground, their life slipping away.

"Hyung-" Seokmin muttered, his throat going dry as he had never seen his brother in that state. Eleven of them were standing stunned like statues, they couldn't move from their places.

Even though they were themselves great warriors, they never knew that there was this monster inside the emperor.

"Where?!" Seungcheol growled, his grip on the sword tightening. With every death, Seungcheol's rage increased tenfold.

The entire place was now a mess of rubble and bodies, even hell could have been better than this. Seungcheol had torn through every obstacle as he stood in the middle of the hall, his eyes searching for a clue of his prey.

Yeonjin couldn't bite back a tremble as she made a small sound of fear. And it was enough to bring Seungcheol's attention to her, one of his three prey.

"YOU!" Seungcheol roared, his voice filled with a rage that sent chills down her spine.

Yeonjin gulped, summoning her sword as she prepared herself for the fight even though she had never faced a beast like him before, no one had.