POISONED YOUTH: TWISTED

CHAPTER 21

It was already late at night when Yeoreum suddenly sat up in bed.

The connection between her and Haechan had gone quiet, but the pain she had felt through their bond refused to leave her mind.

He got shot.

His voice had been calm when he told her he was fine, but she knew better. Something was wrong.

Yeoreum immediately jumped out of bed and grabbed a hoodie from the rack. She slipped her phone and wallet into the pocket before rushing out of her room.

The loud slam of her bedroom door startled Yoonoh awake. Still half-asleep, he stepped out of his room and found Yeoreum near the front door, hurriedly slipping on her shoes.

"Reum, it's eleven PM," he mumbled, rubbing his eyes as he walked toward her.

"Yoon!"

The urgency in her voice instantly woke him up.

"What's wrong?"

"Donghyuck is hurt!"

Yoonoh's tired expression disappeared. "What?"

"He got shot." Yeoreum's voice trembled as she remembered Haechan's words through their bond.

I'm fine. But he wasn't.

Yoonoh stared at her for a moment, realizing how serious she was. "He'll be—"

"No!" Yeoreum interrupted, her eyes already filling with worry. "I have to be there! I can heal him, Yoon."

She sounded so desperate that Yoonoh couldn't bring himself to argue.

He sighed. There was no way he was going to convince her to stay home now.

"Wait here."

Yeoreum stopped.

Yoonoh grabbed his keys and jacket. "I'll take you."

Her expression immediately softened with relief. "Thank you."

Neither of them said anything else. They simply hurried out into the night.

By the time they arrived at the mansion, the night had already settled into a quiet stillness.

Yoonoh had barely parked the car when Yeoreum was already rushing toward the front door.

She pushed it open, making everyone inside turn toward her.

"Yeoreum?" Renjun's eyes widened.

But his surprise quickly turned into something else when he noticed the older man following behind her.

Yoonoh gave him a pointed look. Renjun immediately understood. Jisung and Jeno did too.

Yeoreum still didn't know everything about Yoonoh's past with Dream, and tonight was definitely not the time to explain it.

"Where's Donghyuck?" Yeoreum asked breathlessly, her eyes moving anxiously between the boys.

Jeno glanced at Yoonoh.

The older man gave him a small nod.