Chapter 21

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A bullet pierced through Hyunjin's abdomen, causing him to stumble and fall back. Guns from both sides rang as he fell onto the floor, one hand clenching his stomach. Medics immediately ran in from his side of the hallway, bandaging his wound swiftly.

He cautiously stood up, drawing his gun and aiming at Seungmin. A fire alarm went off before he got the chance to shoot, water spraying from the ceiling. People ducked for cover from the water, stopping the battle briefly. In that moment, Seungmin's group retreated and staggered in all directions, escaping from Hyunjin's headquarters.

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"SHIT!" Hyunjin threw the door open to Jimin's room, realizing she was gone. He whirled around to the men behind him, "GO FIND HER!"

Felix shivered under Hyunjin's order, afraid of what might happen to Jimin if she was caught and returned.

Please protect her well.

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Jimin struggled slightly against the stranger who took her away from Hyunjin, but they both knew that some part of her wanted to leave him behind in the dust.

He opened the door of the van parked a few blocks away from Hyunjin's headquarters and ushered Jimin inside.

"Where are you taking me?" Jimin hesitated.

"To your family."

"To the graveyard then?"

The stranger just stared at her, showing no emotions in his eyes.

He continued driving and pulled up at a familiar building, parking and letting you out of the van.

He knocked on the front door in a complicated pattern, waiting for a few seconds before someone inside opened it. There stood Seungmin, the boy Jimin had seen attack Hyunjin's headquarters multiple times.

Jimin flinched, startled by the appearance of the boy in front of her.

"Why am I here?" Jimin asked after being let into the building and lead to a private living room.

"I was ordered by one of your...friends to help you escape from Hyunjin. I have information about your past that I wanted to tell you about."

Jimin perked up a little, "My friend? What do you know about my past?"

"The red-head, Felix was his name I believe. He said he wanted you to leave as fast as possible."

Jimin bit her tongue, unsure about how to respond.

"He also told me that it was time to tell you who I am, and not hide from you anymore." Seungmin took a deep breath before continuing, "I'm your brother. Kim Seungmin."

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Jimin woke up, blurry eyed and confused.

What happened?

The stranger who took her away from Hyunjin was sitting in a chair next to the bed she was laying in.

"You fainted." He explained bluntly, "Of shock." His voice dripped with sarcasm.

"S-so was everything Seungmin said true?"

He shrugged, "He told me the same story."

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"It was your seventeenth birthday the day Hyunjin crept into our house. I was already training to become part of mom and dad's assassin league. They had already retired from being killers, only running their mafia silently away from others. So when Hyunjin came into our house that day, our guns were ready as usual. You were out with your friends for your party...I was the first one to react to Hyunjin's break in. But mom and dad told me to run, they didn't want me to kill anyone unless I had to even though I was an assassin. They said that if they weren't out in three minutes, I had to run and go to the training arena. I only heard two gun shots. And they didn't sound like they came from the guns our parents use. I took it as a sign and ran."

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