Decisions

Reunion

Here's the update I promised! I am a few minutes late; it's barely after midnight here my time so the weekend is technically over. However, I hope you enjoy this chapter none the less :)

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After So finished getting ready, he lead Soo and Seol to Lake Dong Ji so they could add to the prayer towers. The weather was getting cold again and the sun was setting, so they made sure Seol was wrapped up warmly before they departed.

It didn't take long for the prayer towers to accumulate. Soo visited them almost religiously, every day when she had time to. They took turns praying and then setting new stones on each tower. When So had finished his prayers, he held Seol while Soo made hers.

"I still can't believe that I'm standing here with you, and with a daughter no less," So said quietly after Soo finished her prayers.

"Is it that hard to believe?" Soo asked jokingly.

He looked over at her and smiled. When Soo held out her arms, he gently placed Seol into them.

"It is a bit. It was only a few years ago that I was the one knocking over prayer towers instead of building them."

Hearing him say that made Soo remember back to that night. She had been walking back to her room, but saw a dark figure destroying the prayer towers that Myung Hee had so lovingly made for Hae Soo. All she could think about first was stopping him from destroying the towers, trying to pulling him away as he acted upon his anger.

"Stop, please stop!"

"Move!"

Somehow she found herself on the ground after he pushed her away. Surprisingly, that didn't scare her; it only worried her. What had made him so angry to do this? Was this how he was all the time when he got angry? Lifting up her hand, her own blood ran cold when she saw what was on it.

"B...blood!"

"Yes, its blood!" he said hysterically. "It's the blood of those that I killed today!"

Looking up at him, she finally saw his face was streaked with the red liquid, and so were his robes. Why was the wolf prince covered in blood? Sure she had heard the rumors about his fearsome personality, and the exploits that were associated with him, but at that moment, despite the blood, all she could comprehend was the amount of anguish and sadness radiating off him in waves. Slowly she stood up as he continued to speak, turning around to point at the half destroyed prayer towers in disgust.

"Mothers build these for their children?! She should not come to these things. She should come beg me!"

He lunged forward to push more of the stones off the already ruined tower, but Soo found the strength in her to pull him away once more.

"Let go! Let me go!"

He tried to throw her off but she kept a firm hold.

"Please stop now!"

He turned his face towards hers and sent her a scathing glare as he growled out his words.

"Do you want to die too? Let me go!"

"You're injured!"

She let go of his torso and brought his hand towards the light to examine his hand further. It didn't look too deep, but she wondered if he was injured anywhere else.

"Do you have any other injuries?"

He tore his injured hand away before reaching for the collar of her robes with the other hand and pulled her close to him. It seemed he had a habit of doing these things when he felt threatened.