Coveted

Hoseok

Cold.
    Freezing.
     I can't see anything but the black hood covering my head but feel several bodies packed in beside me all shivering. Why is it so cold?! 
     How the hell did this even happen? All I know is I was in the process of foraging food before a group of ridiculously large and aggressive vampires attacked me, tying me up and covering my head.
Terrified, I could hear them talking about selling my body for money before the door bursted open and the sound of gunshots and fighting could be heard. I was thrown on the ground so hard I almost blacked out from pain. A fellow hybrid cried in fear beside me on the floor. Also kidnapped.
As much as I wanted to comfort them, I couldn't. I was too scared myself. I'm good being alone but I've never been in a situation like this before. I'm good at running and hiding.
The new men-vampires-grabbed us and forced us into another vehicle, stopping hours later at our final destination. I knew we're going to die. There's no way we were being brought into a vampire's compound and surviving. Not possible.
I tense as my hood is jerked off and I can finally see. I blink black spots out of my vision and focus. I'm in a cage with three others. I recognize one of the other hybrids. He's a wolf like me.
"K-Kookie?" I gasp. His lip is cut and he looks hurt. Bruised but okay.
His eyes widen at the sight of me. "Hoseokie? H-how did..."
I shake my head. "I was looking for food. They attacked me out of nowhere." I explain quietly. My eyes fall on the other two. Obviously feline with their swishing tails and cute little ears. Fluffy. A small blonde boy with a puffy tear streaked face and a hybrid around my age with light brown hair. Taller than me. They hold onto each other.
"I was l-leaving the convenience store. H-heading back to my m-master..." He shudders.
My eyes widen. "When did you get a human master?" This is shocking. He's so young. Well, just a year under me but still. Mostly older hybrids are selected for such things.
He bites his lip, looking nervous. "He found me playing with a rabbit in his yard and took me in. He w-was nice. I liked him." He looks sad.
I pull him into a hug, feeling the other's eyes on us. "I'm Hoseok and this is Jungkook. Were you taken, too?" I ask them.
The older nods. "I'm Jin. This is my little brother Jimin. We were actually trying to get healthcare from one of the small hybrid clinics when we were taken in the parking lot." He sighs. "Jimin is sick."
I eye the small boy. He doesn't look well. "What's wrong with him?" I ask.
The boy in question speaks up. "Doesn't matter now. Going to die anyway." He sounds monotonous. Clearly in shock.
Jin frowns. "Don't think like that, Minie."
Kookie looks around. "I don't think they plan to give us checkups. He's probably right." Dejected.
I really don't want to think about that right now. As I look around our cage, the outer room door opens to reveal a very obviously attractive vampire in a blood red shirt unbuttoned low down his chest and black slacks. He wears a silver chain necklace and matching rings. His silver hair and bright blue eyes seem to glow fiercely in the light of the room.
     He slowly approaches our cage, looking curiously disgusted if I have to put a name to it. I huff in frustration. I honestly hate vampires because of their attitudes. They think us lower than dirt. It's not like we asked to be born like this!
      The vampire eyes us, his gaze returning again and again to the two felines. Jimin whimpers in fear.
     "What an interesting sight." He smiles widely, grasping the bars of our cage. His long slender fingers gripping so tightly the bars creak. My stomach tightens and my chest gives a little twinge. "My name's Kim Taehyung."
     My eyes widen in shock. A Kim...one of the most powerful and dangerous vampires of the supernatural world?
     "H-he needs help." Jin whispers tearfully, desperation and hope in his eyes as he speaks. Maybe he doesn't know the Kim family or how vicious they are. "Please. I don't care what you do with me but please get him help."
     The vampire-Taehyung-frowns, eyeing Jimin. "What's wrong with it?"
    I narrow my eyes, my temper flaring. "He isn't an it!" 
     He swings his amused gaze to me. "Oh? Care to enlighten me?" He mocks softly. I hate how annoyingly sweet his voice is. How deep it is. How it does things to my stomach I don't want to think about.
     Swallowing hard, I feel Kookie tighten his grip on me. "He's just a boy." I mumble.
    "He's a cat. A kitten, looks like. You're a wolf, correct? Living out in the wild like an animal, yes?" He smiles, pleasingly. A ruse. I can see the danger flickering in his eyes. "You hunt weaker animals and live mostly on plants. When humans see animals out in the wild...they address it as an 'it'. Same difference. Why does the truth offend you so much?"
     I huff in anger. "Are you going to kill us or let us go?" I demand. Just get it over with then.
    He steps away from the bars. Marks from his fingers clearly visible. "Don't know yet. Might find a good use for you somewhere. Don't get many hybrids around here. Could use some more cute little submissive servants." He teases with a hint of seriousness.
     We all look to him in shock. Vampires...keeping us as servants? The most powerful dangerous beings on the planet who hate us...want us to serve them? Like slaves?!
     The vampire's shockingly blue eyes move back to Jin and Jimin. He opens the cage. "Come on. I'll have our physician check on the kid." He sighs. "Can't let you die just yet."
     Jin looks at him in shock and hope as he helps his brother stand and they slowly get out of the cage. Kookie and I remain as the door is locked and with a smirk, Taehyung leads the two felines out of the room.
     "Do you think they'll really help them?" He asks me quietly, wrapping his arms around his legs.
     "I don't know. Vampires can't be trusted but what choice do we have? I just hope he's telling the truth about not killing us." I whisper.
     He nods. "D-do you think they'll want to sell us like the other ones?"
     I bite my lip, anxious. "I don't know, Kookie."