CHAPTER TEN
1600 Words
As soon as Elisse and Ha Na left the forest—leaving Jungkook behind, they drove on the way to Yoongi's house. Elisse still doesn't know about Yoongi being Ha Na's boyfriend—no one does, but Elisse wasn't asking for any explanation.
As when they arrived, Ha Na called for him but no one answered to their calls. She called his number several times but he wasn't answering or the line cut off.
Hence that, they decided to enter his house since Ha Na has an extra key with her that Yoongi gave months ago so that she could freely go in and out.
Elisse decided not to question her about it.
Just so Ha Na thought, there was really no one around. There's not even a single person, not even Yoongi. She walked upstairs, opening the room of her beloved. Her eyes widened at the sight, freaked out as to why is everything a mess? Everything was scattered from the bed up to the floor.
"What—" Footsteps could be heard from behind.
"What the hell is happening here?" Elisse scanned around the room, and inspected everything. "Seems like someone ransacked this house."
Elisse was bewildered as much as Ha Na is. She turned around to face her best friend, and crossed her arms.
"Do you know someone who lives here?" Elisse asked and Ha Na nodded, lying.
"My friend."
"If so, why is there no one around? And why is everything a mess?" She retorted.
"I d-don't even know..." Ha Na shook her head again and looked away from Elisse' eye contact. "Let's just stay here for a night. I'm sure no one will see us here."
"Alright." Elisse reluctantly agreed. She looked around the room again, mumbling words that Ha Na couldn't hear. "That's strange. Why is no one here?"
Elisse stopped her tracks, smelling a familiar scent around the area. Her breath hitched, turning around to face her best friend.
"Ha Na?" Elisse called, inhaling sharply. "Can I go out for a minute?"
"Alright." She nodded. "I'll just be in this room."
"Alright. See you." Elisse pressed her lips into thin line before leaving the house.
Ha Na made her way to Yoongi's bed, tidying up the mess while thoughts started to cover her mind. Just where are you, Yoongi? Just what is happening now? What happened here?
And most importantly, Jungkook...
She ran her fingers along her hair, frustratingly and groaned. Then tears fell down on her cheeks and her chest started to ache as if thousands of hands are gripping tightly on it. She covered her mouth and started sobbing.
I'm really sorry, Jungkookie...
Noona is really sorry.
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Elisse left the premises of the area, smelling the familiar scent just around the place.
It was that smell.
She walked into the alley with tight space and a dead-end that was just a few meters away from the house.
"Hello?" She called out entering the alley, as she tried to sniff his smell to see if he's here. "Are you there-"
Nevertheless, she suddenly felt strong hands collided her neck as her back directly slapped the wall. There was no doubt it was him.
The man tightened his hands around her neck and her hands gripped his forearms to keep my balance.
"W-what—" Elisse choked out some words, her eyes started to pop out from the pressure of his hands on her neck but the man just stayed still with his eyes glaring at her.
What did I do this time?
"I told you to kill her! Not save her!" The Duke scowled, getting aggressive with his behavior. "Just what are you doing?!"
Elisse let out a squeak, trying to get some air.
"You think you could get away from this?!" The Duke spat.
She's my best friend! She's like my sister! How could I kill her?!
"L-let go of me!" She whimpered but he still, he didn't let go. "H-how do you expect me t-to talk!"
Man, he's too strong!
"You can talk without doing it verbally. " He snarled with his eyes looking down at the vampire.
At least give me some air! She mentally wailed out, tears forming on her now red eyes.
The Duke growled, eventually letting go of her as if he just read her mind, and Elisse dropped herself on the floor, sucking some air and panting heavily.
"Talk now!" The Duke demanded with a growl.
Elisse snapped her head at the Duke, brows knitted together. Wondering what the hell was that growl about. She shook her head, thinking she may be overthinking again before answering the man.
"Just give me time."
As her breath became stable, she stood up straightly, confidently facing the Duke with a stern look on her face. "Just how do you expect me to kill her right away if you keep on stalking us non-stop?!"
"Are you serious?" He scowled, his eyebrows furrowed from anger. "For f**k's sake! You're a vampire! You can just kill her right away!"
This Duke is starting to get on my nerves! Elisse screamed mentally, feeling herself close to bursting out.
"Why don't you just do it huh?!" She spat at him right in front of his face, unaware of what she just did. "Tell me? Why don't you be the one to do it?!"
Fuck. Wrong move.
Before she knew it, she was sent flying across the wall and painfully fell on the ground. Bone cracks echoed the alley. She could hear his uneven, rapid breathing far away from her. She just triggered and angered the Duke—one of the strongest vampire in history.
"You really want me to kill your Ha Na?" Elisse looked up at him as a smirk appeared on his lips, approaching her slowly. "I can do that anytime, babe."
The Duke bent down in front of her with his left knee on the ground and arms resting on his right knee. "But I was just being generous to you, letting you do it instead of me."
The Duke chuckled evilly. "You don't want me to brutally murder your best friend, right?"
Tears started to form on Elisse's eyes and blood's boiling to the point where she wished she could murder him easily. But she can't. He's one of the Dukes, the most powerful men in history of vampires, humans and werewolves.
"Just why are you doing this to me?!" Elisse cried out, fist clenched trying to control myself from punching him hard, right here. "Just what did Ha Na do to you?!"
He suddenly offered her a hand to help her up, avoiding her question.
"No thanks!" She snarled, yanking his arms and trying to stand up by herself but then he pushed her against the wall making her flinch.
His arms were on each side of her head, making it as if there's a little space between them. He leaned in and she could feel the hotness and his uneven, heavy breathing slapped on her face. He looked directly into her eyes and smirked, tucking her hair behind her ears.
"Oh...Elisse." He whispered and his lips made its way to her jawline, giving it soft, feather kisses.
She shivered under the touch of his cold lips on her skin, making the Duke smirked in victory.
"Do you wanna know why I'm doing this?" He muttered with his lips focusing on her neck. He purposely released his canines, pressing it slightly on the flesh of Elisse's neck, as if he was going to mark her.
She couldn't move at all as he brushed his lips on her neck, feeling a little sharp teeth and sank it on the delicate skin of the woman, making her accidentally moan out of nowhere.
She was oblivious of what she was doing, completely lost under his surprisingly amazing touch. The way his teeth play along with her neck just sent sparks down to her entire body.
"You see," He mumbled under his breath, pulling his teeth out and lips kissed the tip of her earlobe.
"Your little human just made the biggest mistake that night." He whispered making her shiver again. Then he continue pressing gentle kisses to her neck slowly savoring the taste of it and then back to her jaw line letting out a satisfied groan.
"W-what do you mean?" Elisse tried not to let out a moan again and pressed her lips into thin line—going back to her trance that was lost a few moments ago.
A second of silence surrounded the two as she unintentionally threw her head back letting out a soft moan again. The man smirked again. He pulled away, pressing his forehead against her as she smelt every inch of his scent right now.
It was different from the other vampires in the kingdom—a vanilla mixed with mint.
The Duke looked at the vampire's behavior, snorting. "Does she think she's some powerful human to control the King?"
"What?" Elisse frowned, opening her eyes and pushed him away from her but he didn't budge. "W-what are you—"
"She will make the King under her control." He scorned and knitted his brows in anger as he looked at her with a fire on his eyes. "I won't let her do that because if she does, everyone will go against him."
"G-Get to the point!" Elisse stuttered as his hot air hits the flesh of her face.
"That Ha Na made our King fall head over heels." He laughed and pulled away from the tight space between them.
"And by now, she must've been dragged out of that house."
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