Her beautiful nightmare ( 21+)

chapter13

Rain slammed against the mansion windows.
The power flickered.
Y/N crouched behind the staircase, fingers trembling around the stolen keycard. Jungkook and Taehyung were still outside-arguing, shouting, their voices echoing through the storm.
For the first time in weeks, no one was watching her.
She ran.
The hallway stretched endlessly. Her heartbeat thundered in her ears.
Left. Right. Down the corridor.
A red security light blinked above a steel door.
EXIT
She swiped the card.
ACCESS DENIED
"No... no, please..."
Footsteps.
Not one person.
Several.
Y/N spun around.
Three guards emerged from the darkness.
Before they could reach her, the mansion lights suddenly went out.
Complete darkness.
A gunshot echoed.
Then another.
The guards shouted.
Y/N used the chaos and ran blindly through the dark corridor until she crashed into a wall. Her hand touched something cold-a hidden door slightly open.
She slipped inside.
THE BASEMENT

The room smelled of dust and metal.
Shelves lined the walls, filled with files, photographs, and surveillance screens.
Her blood ran cold.
Every screen showed her.
College.
Hospital.
Bus stop.
Her house.
Even the graveyard where she visited her mother.
Jungkook had been watching her long before she ever noticed him.
On the table lay a folder labeled:
PROJECT: Y/N
Inside were hundreds of pages.
Schedules.
Friends.
Calls.
Messages.
And one photo circled in black ink:
Taehyung.
Written beneath it:
"Remove if necessary."
Y/N stepped back in horror.
A voice came from the doorway.
"You were never supposed to see that."
Jungkook.

He stood in the shadows, rainwater dripping from his coat, a small cut bleeding near his eyebrow.
He looked exhausted.
Dangerous.
And strangely calm.
You killed Kian? Y/N whispered.
Jungkook's eyes darkened.
"No."
"Taehyung did."
Silence.
Y/N stared at him.
"He loved you," Jungkook continued. "But his love was selfish. He wanted to protect you by destroying everyone around you."
"And you're different?" she snapped.
A faint smile appeared.
"I would destroy the world, not you."
The words sent chills down her spine.
Suddenly the basement door burst open.
Taehyung entered, gun raised.
"Get away from her!"
Jungkook moved in front of Y/N instinctively.
The two men stared at each other like predators.
Taehyung's voice shook with anger.
"You turned her life into a prison."
Jungkook laughed softly.
"And you turned it into a crime scene."
Taehyung fired.
The bullet shattered the screen beside Jungkook.
Jungkook lunged.
They crashed into the shelves, files exploding into the air.
Y/N backed away as the basement descended into chaos.
Punches.
Glass shattering.
Gun sliding across the floor.
Taehyung grabbed Jungkook by the collar.
"She's terrified of you!"
Jungkook slammed him against the wall.
"She still came looking for the truth!"
Taehyung froze for a second.
Jungkook used the opening and threw him across the room.
The gun stopped near Y/N's feet.
Both men looked at her.
The storm outside roared.
Y/N picked up the gun with shaking hands.
For the first time, the two most dangerous men in her life fell silent.
Tears filled her eyes.
"You both keep fighting for me," she whispered.
Another sound interrupted her.
A phone began ringing on the table.
Unknown number.
Y/N answered.
A distorted voice spoke:
"Leave the mansion in sixty seconds if you want to live."
Then the entire basement began to beep.
Jungkook's expression changed instantly.
Not anger.
Fear.
He looked at the walls, then at Y/N.
"Run."
Taehyung stared at him.
"What did you do?"
Jungkook grabbed Y/N's wrist and pulled her toward the stairs.
"Someone else is playing this game."
The beeping grew faster.
And somewhere deep beneath the mansion, a hidden countdown reached:
00:59