Chapter 42: Chapter 42

CHAPTER FORTY

Taehyung was called by Hoseok inside the palace after the complete talk out with Jimin. Ever since Jimin said those words, it kept on repeating Taehyung's mind the entire time he just walked out of the dungeon. Nonetheless, he just left his best friend in pain.

'Taehyung, don't become a nightmare in her beautiful dreams.' He groaned, and Hoseok seemed to noticed what's going on with the younger.

"Are you okay, Tae?" He asked in worry and curiosity, and Taehyung snapped out of his own daze, nodding slowly.

"What is it that you want, that you urgently want to be an audience with me, hyung?" Taehyung looked at Hoseok in front of him, standing, while he sat down on the throne chair.

Hoseok stepped forward and gave him a piece of paper in which Taehyung received it with baffled expression as he squinted his eyes.

“What is this?" Hoseok shook his head.

"The guard was secretly ordered to give that to Jin hyung but I was quick to get it." Hoseok responded with nonchalant tone but his mind was full of questions.

"Who ordered him?" Taehyung bluntly asked.

"The guard said that someone just asked him to deliver it." Hoseok answered and sighed before huffing in disbelief. "Do you know what's written in that paper?"

Taehyung raised an eyebrow, a questionable look was written on his face as he stared at Hoseok who has expression of disappointment and anger, and eye colour mixed with different colours before Taehyung abruptly opened the paper in his hands. Taehyung let out a suppressed exasperation—now it was his turn to be disappointed, angry or happy.

Jin, I found your child.

He doesn't know whether what expression could he comment but it was surely a shock and surprise for him. How could Seokjin have a child? Or was this letter even intended to Seokjin? Might be a prank?

"Jin hyung has a child?" Hoseok chuckled bitterly and in disbelief. He rolled his eyes, scoffing. "How? I never thought he would be that kind of person to hook up with another woman after—"

Hoseok stopped at the mid-sentence making Taehyung snapped his attention at him, and Hoseok mentally cursed himself for letting out something he should've never mentioned.

"Do you know something, hyung?" Taehyung asked, clueless yet suspicious towards the elder. "A woman after...who?"

"It's nothing, Tae." Hosek pulled his sunshine smile to put out the suspicious activity of the younger towards him. Taehyung just nodded hesitantly and tilt his head.

Taehyung knitted his eyebrows together before muttering. "Jin hyung has a child?"

Hoseok shrugged his shoulders. "As far as I know, Jin hasn't made a sexual contact with anyone aside from biting those humans and vampires, right?"

Taehyung looked at Hoseok, and he have this instinct that the Duke seemed to know something but won't rather tell him. Did the eldest Duke had an intimate relationship with someone behind his back? Or did his soulmate appear without even telling them? Moreover, who is Seokjin's soulmate and why hasn't she appeared for a thousand years?

"Send someone to track the person who sent this." Taehyung hissed, rubbing his temple before falling back on his seat. Then something popped out of his mind—someone who is good at smelling abilities. "No. I change my mind."

Hoseok raised his eyebrows.

"Let Jimin track the person. Let him out of the dungeon."

The Duke seemed surprise by the king's sudden announcement. He expected Jun, one of the people with extreme ability to smell, to be sent rather than Jimin although Jimin has one extraordinary ability too.

"What? Why would you send—"

"Don't include personal feelings here, hyung. We're working now, and the one capable of doing this is him since he's good when it comes to smells." Taehyung groaned. "If I can smell, I could've captured the person already."

"What do you mean If you can smell?" Hoseok's eye widened as it took him to process the younger's words before his throat dried up with a lump forming. "Don't tell me—"

Taehyung pressed his lips into thin line, trying to avoid the question but the Duke might be insisting to know and would just kept on pestering him about it.

"Kim Taehyung," Hoseok called sternly. "What's wrong with your smell?"

Taehyung bit his bottom lips before he let out a sigh in defeat. "I can't smell anymore."

"What are you talking about?" Hoseok furrowed his eyebrows.

"Ever since Ha Na came into my life, all I could ever smell was her blood. I couldn't smell others anymore. That's part of my obstacles in loving her."

It's true. Taehyung couldn't smell anymore, ever since he found Ha Na again. His nose has been immune by her scent again and with that, he can't smell the others. It was part of the consequences of loving her along with not being able to read his soulmate's mind.

Taehyung shook his head, licking his lips. "Anyway, about Jin's child. We need Jimin."

"Duke Park Jimin, receive the orders from the King." A guard called out. "As of 28th of March, Jimin from the Park Clan and the 3rd Duke of all races will be released, and will obey the order of the King himself."

Jimin's eyes widened in shock as he slowly stood up, demented by the situation. Even with so many questions, Jimin eventually got out of the prison and can finally see the sun after 3 days being locked up. Jimin's thoughts were going wild as to why would Taehyung get him out when he just basically ‘murdered' someone. Why would Taehyung do this?

As soon as he got out of the place, completely, his eyes were fixed on the figure in front of him who was going to attack him with a hug. A squeak left his mouth as soon as Ha Na pulled him into a tight embrace, a red tint colour is visible on his chubby cheeks, but he flinched at the same time because his wounds were not healed yet.

This is it, this is what he wanted and needed after being locked inside the cell and he doesn't want to ruin it because of the wounds all over his body. He was happy at the moment that he hugged her back with all his might yet at the same time he was nervous as to why Taehyung let him go.

Ha Na pulled away from the hug and a smile plastered on her lips. "Was it hard?"

Those were the first thing Ha Na asked to Jimin. She wanted to ask a lot of questions but that was the only thing that came out of her mouth. She was worried of Jimin with scars and wounds all over his body, including his beautiful face. It has wounded such flawless art.

Jimin wanted to answer the question as much as he wanted but what more questioned him was that 'Did Ha Na perhaps asked Taehyung?'

He wanted to ask that but just shook his head to answer Ha Na's question in which Ha Na responded with a smile along with her soft hands caressing Jimin's chubby wounded cheeks.

She wanted to cry because of guilt but controlled her tears. Just because of what happened, Jimin was hurt and it honestly hurt her as well.

They stopped doing what they were doing as the guard approached them, telling them that Jimin has been summoned inside the palace. They both nodded and went inside the palace with Ha Na going back to his room and Jimin going to the court room.

Jimin walked inside the court room and was greeted by Taehyung who was sitting there, rather uncomfortable. His best friend was lost in thoughts that he have approached him and huffed to get Taehyung's attention.

"You must've needed something to let me go this easily." Jimin sneered at the man in front of him who happened to be his best friend for more than a thousand years.

Jimin was quite quick to know that Taehyung wanted something and Taehyung wasn't going to lie if he will not take advantage of this situation just for the proposal of Ha Na asking him to let Jimin go and she'll marry him.

Ha Na asked him to let Jimin out of the prison, only then will she marry Taehyung. And Taehyung pulled Jimin out of the prison because he needed him for something. He get to marry Ha Na and get Jimin to do something for him. It'd be like killing two birds with one stone, not that he'll really kill both of them. He benefited from the two, but still he will respect whatever Ha Na's choice.

Taehyung smirked at his best friend who managed to abruptly caught on the situation. "Yes, really."

"What is it, Taehyung?" Jimin hissed and crossed his arms over his chest.

"Be patient, Jiminie." Taehyung teased him, trying to annoy the fuck out of Jimin by using the nickname he used thousand years ago, knowing how much Jimin hates being called like that.

"What is it, Kim Taehyung-ssi?"

Taehyung was taken a back by the sudden sass back of his best friend, which Jimin also knows that Taehyung hates it when there's formality between them. He snorted making Jimin smirked in victory.

"Anyways," Taehyung retorted when he saw Jimin's expression. "I wanted you to track someone."

Jimin raised his eyebrows looking at Taehyung who grabbed something from the table behind him. "Take this letter with you and smell it. I know you're the only one who have a stronger smell among us. That is why I released you."

"And what do you want me to do with this letter and all the smelling?"

Taehyung rolled his eyes, huffing. "Find out who sent this letter and asked the person about Jin's child."

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Written by Hannah (daddiehoseok)