UNLEASHED ANIMALS VK

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"Find you... So where are you hiding Taebear..."

Taehyung stays rooted as he frozen for a moment. After all in the whole month, nobody recognises him. The vampire King removes the memories of Taehyung's well-being.

Bogum looked at Taehyung, who was in his own thinking and snapped back by the sudden hug of Bogum that left him in relief.

He hugged back, but suddenly, fear came back to him. He pushed bogum and looked around but found nothing. Maybe the vampire King trusts him fully now.

"Now come in... we need more details about the sudden leaving decision of yours... most important..." he paused and glanced at Jin behind him.

"Why did he not remember you..." Taehyung felt sudden shivered as someone was watching him, so he quickly stepped back and looked around again.

"I'll tell you everything, but... I need to leave right now. I'll... I'll text you whenever I get the time." Bogum held him by his wrist. He never wants to leave him like that.

Taehyung stared at him with a confused face, but Bogum leaned to him and whispered with a concerned face.

"Someone Kidnapped you or blackmailing you? Just tell me the name. I'll ask Father to help you." Taehyung shook his head and removed his hand from his wrist, quickly when he saw some movement behind the trees loomed with darkness on the very next road.

"Please... I'll try to meet you and text you. Just give me your number but right now I need to leave, please, hyung..." his pleading voice melted the heart of his friend even Jin who didn't know him (poor him) felt the connection.

"Okay, fine, here take this, and I'll wait for your text and take care." Taehyung nodded and hid the card in his phone case quickly and walked to his car. Leaving two men behind him, those were looking at him with unreadable expressions.

It was almost evening when Taehyung came back to the vampire clan. He was tired, and many thoughts were lingering in his mind about the future. There was a little fear in his heart, too, because he definitely saw a person or maybe someone who was not a person moving behind the large trees.

When the human mate of the vampire returned home after secretly meeting his friends, he found the vampire king waiting for him. The king’s cold gaze lingered longer than usual, his fingers drumming impatiently against the armrest of his throne-like chair.

"You're late," the king said, voice low and edged with restrained frustration.

Taehyung hesitated in the doorway, heart racing—not from fear, but from guilt. "I stayed at the university a little longer than expected," he lied smoothly.

But the king’s crimson eyes narrowed. "Don't insult me with half-truths."

The air in the grand hall grew heavier, silence stretching taut between them like a drawn wire.

Taehyung walked further inside, closing the door behind him with a soft click. "I just needed some time... with people who don't treat me like I'm breakable."

The brunette rose slowly from his seat, his tall frame cloaked in shadows cast by the flickering chandelier. His expression remained unreadable, but the frustration in his eyes had shifted—something deeper flickered there now.

"You think I protect you because I see you as weak?" he asked, voice quiet but sharp as a blade.

Taehyung clenched his fist in anger. "You don’t let me breathe. I can’t even talk to my friends. You snatched everyone from my life. I missed my hyungs, they're like the family to me."

In a blink, the vampire was in front of him, moving with that unnatural speed that always made his heart leap. He didn’t touch him—just stood close enough that the Taehyung could feel the cold aura of his presence.

"You are not a prisoner, but you can't have your hyungs back," the king whispered, his voice low, dangerous.

"You are my mate. And every second you are out of my sight, I wonder if someone out there is trying to take you from me." The deep voice became soothing one to the blue-haired boy.

The Taehyung's breath caught in his throat. The anger he’d come in with suddenly softened under the weight of the vampire's words.

"I’m not trying to run away from you," he said quietly. "I just want to feel normal sometimes, like before..."

The king closed his eyes briefly, a flicker of vulnerability passing over his face. "You stopped being normal the moment fate bound you to me."

He opened his eyes again, this time softer. "But perhaps I... I forgot how much you still need pieces of the life you had."

A silence settled between them again—no longer strained but filled with unspoken understanding.

Jungkook stepped back slightly, just enough to ease the pressure between them. His gaze flicked to the faint mark at the human's neck—a remnant of the bond they shared, glowing ever so faintly under the chandelier.

"They don’t understand what you are to me," he murmured. "If they did, they would keep their distance."

"They’re my friends," Taehyung said gently. "Not enemies. And they don’t even know about you—about what I’ve become part of."

Jungkook turned away, his voice cool again. "For now. Secrets don’t stay buried long in this world. Especially when they concern the mate of a vampire king."

A heavy silence returned, and Taehyung stepped forward hesitantly. "You trust me, don’t you?"

Jungkook paused. Then, in a voice softer than before: "With my life. But not the world with yours."

He turned back, this time reaching out—his cold fingers brushing the side of the Taehyung’s face, as if grounding himself with the touch.

"You're the only fragile thing I allow in my world. Everything else is built to endure war, betrayal, and blood. You… were not made for that."

"Maybe not," Taehyung replied, leaning slightly into the touch, "but I chose to stay. Doesn’t that mean anything?"

The king’s eyes searched his face for a long moment—then, something shifted. The anger faded. In its place was something deeper. Ancient. Possessive. Tender.

"It means everything," he whispered.

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