Crown of Eight | Bts royalty au

Chapter 18

When the evening came, I had to sleep with Jungkook and luckily he was very tired so he feel asleep very quickly. To be sure, I stayed awake an hour after I've heard his first snore and played with Mi-sun's ring. As slowly as I could and as quietly as I could, I got up from the bed and sneaked out of his room. It was dark and I barely saw anything until the lights turned on outside his room.

My plan was simple: I was going to walk towards the forbidden part and figure out the guards' system. I knew there were guards everywhere during the night but for someone like me, for someone who has stolen and sneaked around for as long as they can remember, to get to that part wasn't hard. The problem came when I had been there for a while.

I hid behind a pillar that was twice as wide as me. For at least 30 minutes I stood there and observed the guards' that switched positions all the time and kept their gaze on the same place the whole time. I didn't understand anything. All I knew was that if I wanted to go inside the room with a door adorned with golden weapons, I had to get dressed up as a guard and act like I was one of them. That part wasn't hard, it was just to find out where I would get the clothes and how the fuck their system worked.

"What are you doing out here in the middle of the night, my lady?"

The sudden voice made turn around and let out a small shriek. In front of me a tall male guard stood and I gulped when I saw him. His hat was covering his eyes and it made a dark shadow cover half of his face which looked very scary.

"I'm lost." I managed to say and when he tilted his head to the side, showing his hesitation I decided to continue the lie. "I was looking at those guards up there thinking that they maybe could help me, but I didn't dare to ask them."

"I see." The tall man in front of me said. "Who are you sleeping with?"

"Jungkook."

"Follow me."

I was very relieved that he didn't suspect me or notice my weird behavior, thanks to my lie. However, I was also very frustrated since I wanted to find out how the system worked.

"If I may ask, what were you doing out here this late?" The guard questioned and the neat way he spoke to me caused a tiny smile on my lips.

"I wanted to take some fresh air, but I couldn't find any proper place to do so."

"You know you could ask the princes."

"I didn't want to wake them up."

"Although, you should never be out here alone. I'm sure the princes think so as well." The guard said when we had arrived to Jungkook's room.

"I think I'll be fine now." I nervously smiled. "Thank you for helping me."

"Anytime, my lady. Sleep well." He answered and didn't leave until I had closed the door behind me. When I looked in front of me I could see Jungkook laying with his back facing me and it was slowly moving up and down. Yes! He was still sleeping.

I laid down beside him and pulled the sheets over my body and closed my eyes, thinking about how the guards moved. I shouldn't sneak out next night if someone notices me again because then they will get suspicious. On the other hand, I really wanted to go there as soon as possible to find more clues.

"What were you doing?" Jungkook suddenly asked and my eyes went wide. He turned on a small lamp on his bedside table and turned around to face me. He was looking quite stern and serious and I nervously bit my bottom lip.

"I wanted to get some fresh air." I repeated my lie.

He frowned and sat up in the bed while looking down at me. His hair was messy from sleeping, yet it still looked very fresh and alert.