𝗔 𝗳𝗲𝘄 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿

I stirred, It felt soft and silky under me. I woke up, startled. I looked around to see a really beautiful room. The room had accents of red with white and black. I smiled at the sight. For some reason, I really was attracted to red. It just felt 'me'. I felt warm and covered for the first time, and I genuinely happy. As I looked down, expecting to see the dress I wore, my eyes widened, I was dressed in a black tank top with sweats. I really didn't care for less than a minute before getting up. The room's floor felt cold, guessing the level of coldness, I guessed it was marble. I yawned, turning towards the vanity. I noticed a bouquet with a card. I walked over to it and smiled. It had a message on it.

𝑾𝒆𝒍𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑬𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒔, 𝑯𝒂-𝒓𝒊𝒏

𝑫𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝑯𝒂-𝒓𝒊𝒏,

𝑾𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒐 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑬𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒔, 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒏 𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓. 𝑨𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒂𝒓𝒌 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒋𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒚 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒖𝒔, 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒇𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒔.

𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒆𝒕 𝒎𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒈𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒇𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒖𝒔-𝒂 𝒇𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒍𝒐𝒚𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒚, 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒎𝒃𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏.

𝑴𝒂𝒚 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒃𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒕𝒉, 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔. 𝑾𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒃𝒖𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉.

𝑾𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒎 𝒓𝒆𝒈𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔,
𝒀𝒆𝒋𝒊, 𝑱𝒊𝒉𝒚𝒐, 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒆𝒘𝒐𝒏, 𝑩𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏, 𝑺𝒐𝒐𝒃𝒊𝒏, 𝑱𝒖𝒏𝒈𝒘𝒐𝒏, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑬𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒔.

I smiled at the warm message, I felt a bit better. I walked over to the washroom, leaving the gifts at the vanity.

𝗔 𝗳𝗲𝘄 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝘂𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿

I had freshened up, and I noticed there had been a decent stock of clothing, I picked a sweatshirt with sweatpants, and this would be decent to do any tests they wanted to do. I picked up a brush and ran it through the multiple knots I had in my hair. It smoothed out to something manageable, then tied it into a ponytail. I smiled, this day would go well, believe in it. I looked around for any small details when I heard a knock.

"Come in!" I yelled. The door flung open, I turned around to see a guy with long hair. He was pretty tall. He wore a red sweater with black slacks.

"You must be Ha-rin, am I right?" He asked. He had this really cold aura, I hated him in an instant.

"Yes, and you are?" I asked, smiling sarcastically. He obviously wasn't welcome here. But I knew better than to yap. My sister's life was on the line.

"Choi Beomgyu, I'm in charge of TXT. I'm supposed to help you around her and take your tests." He replied as if he had been forced to do this.

"Well, what do I do first?" I asked, pretty excited to start this day, I didn't care about this good-looking bug in my room.

"I have to take you to Yeji, come fast, she's waiting, and don't you try any funny shit with me, there's guards everywhere." He instructed, opening the door for me. I walked out and marveled at the sight. It was a huge house, with a chandelier hanging in the middle. There were multiple rooms all around and huge twisted hallways.

"Come on! We don't have all day." He yelled, snapping me out of my trance. I quickly ran towards him and followed him. It felt as if he knew all the corridors like the back of his hand because he was weaving through the hallways quickly. It felt as if we had walked for hours when we reached a room with tall, delicately carved doors. He opened the door for me, and I smiled at him before entering.

𝗥𝗼𝗼𝗺

Okay, I'm convinced I lived in a tiny house.

This room had a huge table with many chairs, all a beautiful shade of dark wood, the table had silver designs. I admired it. When I noticed the really pretty visuals, she wore a black dress, and her hair was done delicately. Something I noticed was that she had really sharp eyes.

"Sit down!" She instructed, I skeptically pulled the chair closest to her and sat down. I felt really beautiful, conscious.

"Y-you must be Yeji?" I asked, still confused.

"Yeah, well, I'm the leader of ITZY. We manage everything related to finances, and I've been asked to help you sign the contract.

"Contract?" I asked, confused. Maybe they got it wrong. Maybe I didn't deserve to be here, and I'd be failing as a sibling.

"Mhm, you wouldn't know how many cases of betrayal we've had." She said, taking a folder from the corner. She slid to me, along with a pen.

"You can read through it and take your time to sign!" She said, smiling, I smiled back, and I opened the folder and read the first few words

𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴

𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴:
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘪𝘹 𝘮𝘢𝘫𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦:

1. 𝘚𝘒𝘡 (𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘺 𝘒𝘪𝘥𝘴):
𝘚𝘒𝘡 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘧𝘪𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘥𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺, 𝘤𝘺𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘧𝘢𝘳𝘦, 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘢 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘮.

2. 𝘛𝘟𝘛:
𝘛𝘟𝘛 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘧𝘪𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴, 𝘴𝘮𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴.

My eyes widened at the given information, I would be joining the most powerful and influential mafias. This was the same group that Boss hated and so desperately wanted to take down. He whined on and on about how badly he wanted to take their place while I used to serve him with his partners before proceeding to be assaulted by them. Hearing about their power made me want to help them, as I realized that anyone this idiot shit talked about were really good people, that could possibly help me with my goal, and now I was signing with them.

3. 𝘐𝘛𝘡𝘠:
𝘐𝘛𝘡𝘠 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘧𝘪𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘶𝘯𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭 𝘷𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴.

4. 𝘛𝘞𝘐𝘊𝘌:
𝘛𝘞𝘐𝘊𝘌 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩-𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘴.

5. 𝘓𝘦 𝘚𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘪𝘮:
𝘓𝘦 𝘚𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘪𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘧𝘪𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘮𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘮𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴.

6. 𝘌𝘕𝘏𝘠𝘗𝘌𝘕:
𝘌𝘕𝘏𝘠𝘗𝘌𝘕 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴' 𝘦𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘮. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘦𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴' 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘴.

𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘛𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘴:

1. 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘖𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘺, 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 "𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳," 𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴, 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘮𝘢𝘧𝘪𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴.

2. 𝘕𝘰𝘯-𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘈𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘦, 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭, 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴' 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱.

3. 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘉𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩: 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘣𝘺 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘭.

"What do you mean by 'termination through any means deemed necessary by The Elites'?" I asked, confused.

"Well, anyone who discloses information on us is immediately considered a danger to us, thus, me and the other leaders, which are Me, Chan, Chaewon, Soobin and Jungwon, discuss a way to eliminate this threat, usually resulting in death." She explained. I nodded and continued reading.

4. 𝘈𝘤𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘙𝘪𝘴𝘬: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴' 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴, 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮.

5. 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴, 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴, 𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳'𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦.

6. 𝘋𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵: 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺, 𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴.

𝘚𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦:
[𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳'𝘴 𝘚𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦]

𝘋𝘢𝘵𝘦:
[𝘋𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨]

𝘉𝘺 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘸, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵.

[𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳'𝘴 𝘚𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦]

I thought It thoroughly, I had no choice, they knew I could help them, and they knew I could be a valuable resource, I could also get Yeongseo the help she needed. I looked at the contract, removing the cap of the pen, I put the pen to the paper and signed.

"I'm done." I said. She looked at me and smiled. Her smile was a light bulb. She gave off such golden retriever vibes.

"Well then, I guess you're one of us, am I right?" She asked, playing with her hair.

"I guess." I answered, smiling back. She took the contract and kept it away.

"Well, there's a meeting to introduce you to the rest at 7, okay? Do not come out of the room until then. The leaders will come to visit you, and people will be sent to dress you up." She said, she felt like an older sister I never had. I smiled, getting up. It was about to get better for me.