The light burns

Part 23

Dinner felt suffocating and Dino, Seungkwan, Vernon and I kept exchanging glances across the table. Dino shoved my leg. He sent me a mind message,'When are you gonna do it?'. I rolled my eyes,'Be patient. You can't just bring it up randomly.' But then I realized there was really no other way then to bring it up as blunt as possible. I looked up to my mother who was elegantly eating her steak that was still filled with blood. Just the way she liked it. "Do you know what father is up to, mother?" I asked casually while I slowly placed an asparagus into my mouth. Her grip on her knife and fork tightened,"No. I do not know. Why must you ask?" I picked another asparagus,"I'm just curious. Maybe he's married. Maybe he's starting a new life. Maybe he even has a new family." I asked trying to trigger something. I felt like a bitch. I loved it. Mother dropped her utensils,"What are you saying, Yuna?" I tried to keep my calm and slowly took a sip of blood,
"I never thought father would ever start a new family. Forgetting every single thought about us. But what shocks me even more is that it's been for ten years yet I found out a couple nights ago." I placed my drink down as my step father dropped his utensils too,"Yuna. We do not say that in the dinner table." I placed down my utensils and crossed my arms,"I'm not saying anything harsh. I'm just exposing the truth. The hard cold truth." I snapped a look at my step father,"The truth is, you knew all along. You knew all along that your ex wife is married with my father. They already have a child. That's why they left us here." My step father looked disgusted while looking down. My mother shot me a glare,"You heard didn't you. You heard everything that night when I was calling your father." Dino was trying to analyze the situation while the rest sat there listening to news they heard for the first time in their lives. Seungcheol looked betrayed while Mingyu looked upset. "Yes. I have heard everything but I wish you would've told me face to face instead of me finding out this way." I said with tears with my eyes. "This isn't true, right? Father? Mother?" Seungcheol asked as he stood up. No one answered. He looked at me from head to toe,"Maybe Yuna just heard it wrong. Maybe she was just dreaming or something-" Mother held up her hand,"No Seungcheol. Yuna is correct. Yuna's father started a family with your mother ten years ago. That is why I divorced my husband and why your father divorced your mother. I'm sorry." Tears overflowed my eyes and I looked down while shaking my shoulders. "And I'm sorry, Yuna. I'm sorry that I kept this a secret from you. But I love this man. I promise you." My mother placed her hand on my step father. "I'm not upset that you married another man. I just feel betrayed. By you and my father." I stood up. "Yuna. What are you doing?" Dino asked as he held my hand. I looked down at him,"Mystery solved, Dino." I shook off his touch and ran upstairs wiping my tears with every step. Mother and father stood there speechless. Don't cry don't cry. My heart felt shattered. I felt lost and betrayed. What other sick secrets are there in this world? I hate this. I hate this so much. I busted open my door to see the window wide open. There he was. Sitting on the windowsill with one leg up. "Good job Yuna. I'm proud of you." I closed the door behind me and bit my lip trying not to cry. "Why are you here?" I asked standing there admiring the scene. "I just felt the need to be here." After he said those words, I broke down into a sobbing mess. I covered my eyes with my arm. I collapsed on the floor lying against the door, my back against the door. Samuel watched me as I cried helplessly. I hugged my knees and cried into my shirt. "I don't know what's the truth anymore. I'm scared." I sobbed. A small fire ignited beside me. I stopped my tears and looked beside me. The fire was crackling. I looked over to Samuel who widely stared at the fire questioning on what to do. "Yuna, calm down. Look at me." I couldn't stop staring at the fire. It was too mesmerizing. Memories overflowed into me. Flashback
"Father! How do I do it again?" I ran up to him in the garden. He lifted up one hand and a spark ignited on his index finger. He smirked with pride. "The key is control. You can't go overboard but you have to have strength to be able to ignite a fire." He said while flicking the fire away. I admired the control my father had. I smiled,"One day, I'll be able to do it just like you! Maybe even better!" My father picked me up and threw me in the air. I yelped in excitement. He tackled me with kisses as I giggled,"I'll be waiting for that day, my princess."
End of Flashback
"I'll be waiting for that day.." I whispered as the fire surrounded me. I was in a ring of fire. The fire grew as tall as me. "Fuck! Yuna!" Samuel yelled over the fire. "He said he'll be waiting but he just left." I said to myself as I ignored Samuel. My head started spinning in place as the crackling of fire grew louder. "Mother said she'll always be there for me. She told me that she'll always tell me everything." The fire grew higher. My eyes became red. My fangs became visible. My veins popped out through my arms. I saw my arms. "I'm such a monster." I looked around at the fire I created. I hugged my arms,"I don't wanna be the princess of vampires. I just wanna have a normal life. Be a normal person. Be in a normal family." It felt so cold even though I was surrounded by heat. I swallowed the lump in my throat. "Yuna. Please calm down." Samuel said from behind the fire. "Samuel. I'm scared."  I yelled. "It's gonna be okay. Just follow my breathing." Samuel exhaled and inhaled. I tried to follow. After a while our breaths were in sync. "That's it." Samuel whispered. The fire died down. All the way to the ground. Samuel was standing there panting staring at me. I looked up at him. Samuel walked up towards me and bent down to my level. He placed his hand on my head,"You're really troublesome. You did a good job today." He caressed my hair as I stared at his eyes with mine that were glowing red. His touch. His voice. His eyes. He slowly pulled my head into his chest. "It's okay, Yuna. You're okay." He whispered softly as if he would wake up someone. I stayed still not being able to acknowledge the situation. All I know was that Samuel really does care about me.