The End of Us! [JK x Reader]

Chapter Twenty One

After Y/N left, a crushing weight settled on my chest, like invisible hands squeezing my heart until it hurt to breathe

The girl I married... my wife... wasn't just human... She was something else... Something I could barely comprehend

The princess of the Devil World

The thought made my stomach churn. My mind raced with questions, colliding into one another like a violent storm, leaving no space for clarity

'So the book was real... The Devil World is real... But where is it? Why has no one ever discovered it? And more than anything... why, out of all people, does Y/N have to be its princess?'

I pressed my fingers against my temples, willing myself to think, to make sense of the chaos unraveling in my mind. But then, an image burned its way to the surface, my father's death

That day... she had been too calm. Too composed making a chill crept up my spine

'Did she know?'

'Had she already known Dad was going to die at that exact moment? Is that why she hadn't reacted, because she'd been expecting it?'

My throat tightened as I squeezed my eyes shut, trying to block out the thought, but it latched onto me like a parasite, sinking its claws deeper

I let out a shaky breath, raking my fingers through my hair. My pulse thundered against my skull, but I forced myself to focus 'Think, Jungkook... Think'

And then... suddenly a line from the book surfaced in my memory
Demons were created to punish the cruel in order to maintain peace on both Earth and Heaven

My breath hitched. A shiver crawled down my spine as I thought about all the possibilities could happen that night

'Was it her?'

'Did Y/N kill my father?'

The thought sent ice through my veins. But deep down, in the darkest corner of my mind, another voice whispered 'He deserved it'

I gritted my teeth, shoving the thought away, but another memory clawed its way to the surface

Mr. Joe

He died the same way. The same day. Sudden. Without explanation

'Was that her too?'

A cold sweat broke out on my skin. My pulse pounded in my ears. Everything... every unanswered question, every eerie coincidence began to fall into place, forming a truth too terrifying to ignore

And then, Rowan... That friend of Y/N

I thought back to the conversation I overheard between them, the way his words had dripped with meaning I hadn't understood at the time. But now, it was painfully clear

He was a demon too

A breath left my lips, ragged and shallow. The room suddenly felt smaller, as if the walls were closing in, suffocating me

But what made my breath truly catch, what sent a sharp pang through my chest, was one last, terrifying realisation

Ji-Yeong

My brother

He was always around Y/N, always whispering something, and he too had been eerily calm when Dad died, like he wasn't his own father

'Was he with Y/N?'

'Or worse... was he a demon too?'

Half an hour later, I found myself standing outside Ji-Yeong's school, leaning against my car, patiently waiting for him