New World | SOOKAI

Chapter 18

"S-Soobi-" I coughed, clutching at my throat with a shaking hand. Taehyun was still kneeling in front of me, offering a small heartless laugh at each and every attempt I made to call out to Soobin. Where was he?

"Don't worry. Soobin's still here, although he's currently a little bit... indisposed."

I saw Taehyun's large eyes move to something over my shoulder, I heard footsteps and turned my head around to see a long, slender body that led up to eyes and hair as dark as night and a condescending look aimed down at me. Beomgyu. A smirk covered his lips as he caught my eyes with his. He was holding what appeared to be a small oval-shaped knife of some kind with an incredibly narrow tip dripping in blood.

No... Soobin...

The dark-haired man slowly licked the edge of the knife menacingly, cleaning the blood off of it.

"His blood is surprisingly sweet, for a vampire."

"What.. have you done wi-" I coughed again, it felt like my throat had gone through a woodchipper.

"He's not dead. Yet." Beomgyu grinned and twirled the small, sharp tool in his hands around his fingers thoughtfully as he looked at me.

I looked behind him and saw Soobin's legs lying upon the floor in the entranceway.

"Quite the handy little tool, this" Beomgyu smirked again and stopped twirling the knife in his hand, tucking it into his back pocket.

"It pierces the back of the neck at just precisely the right angle and depth to sever the brain from the body. Although it's not enough to kill a vampire, since we have the ability to heal from such a wound. But it's enough for him to be unconscious for a few hours."

As much relief as it gave me to know that Soobin wasn't dead, it made me deeply curious.. What was their plan? Why hadn't they killed Soobin? Or me yet, for that matter? Did I really want to know..?

"Do you fancy one last little stroll through the woods before you die, Kai?"

I whipped my head back around to Taehyun's words.

"The moon is full and the night is still so young.." he offered me a flash of his perfectly white and somewhat naturally sharp teeth.

My body started shaking with the pure, relentless fear he had put into me. He suddenly grabbed the front of my shirt within his small but incredibly strong fist and pulled me upwards to stand upon my feet. He turned me on the spot and I winced as he slammed my body forward against the edge of the house to keep me from moving and spoke to Beomgyu.

"Tie his arms for me, Beomgyu. I don't want him making too much of a fuss when we..." he trailed off and laughed ".. take all we can from him."

Beomgyu stepped outside and unhooked a coiled rope hanging from the back of his belt, unravelling it and bound my wrists together at my back. It was tight and made my skin burn and my shoulder joints ache from the pressure in which he tied me. Taehyun grabbed a fistful of my hair at the back of my head and yanked me away from the wall to whisper next to my ear.

"Do be quiet on our little journey. I'd hate to have to gag that pretty little mouth of yours, too.."

He shoved me down the footsteps and I almost fell with how off balanced I felt with my arms behind my back. Beomgyu had hoisted Soobin up over his shoulder, beginning to carry his body like a sack of rice.

I couldn't figure out what their plan was. Where was Yeonjun? Had they disposed of him before we arrived? Was this why Soobin couldn't get through to him over the phone? It was obvious, Soobin and I had fallen into their trap. I started to feel guilty. This was all my fault. If I had just asked Soobin to turn me that night, none of this would have happened. I shouldn't have let the thought of saying goodbye to Jack stop me. It was about to cost me my life.