Lots of pillows are required. Read slowly 💜.

When Jungkook closed the door behind his back, a part of him remained outside his chamber still listening to the quotes and charges on his character. His back slid down against the door, his body slumping due to the lack of energy. This time he didn't wipe his tears but let them crawl out of the deepest hurt.

Is there anything left that could be snatched away from him?

Jungkook covered his face with his elbows and bowed on the floor. He cried heavily, heart wrenching sobs were falling out. He didn't try to calm himself, let the hurt be swept away with the tears. But the more he cries, the more empty he starts feeling inside.

"I'm I-I'm not him! I don't k-know him." He kept saying these two sentences in a loop. His mind provides that the Alpha never lies. So does it mean that he was Eun Hwan in his previous life? 

No.

He could never be. Then why will Alpha lie about something so cruel even after knowing that Jungkook was at his lowest point? 

"If this is the truth. Then all of your previous conversations with me were surely lies. Where you said I will be the only omega in your life, where you said I am beautiful, where you said you started to feel the bond, where you scented me in my sleep, in front of the Eclipsers, in the pavilion. Was everything false? Am I living a life that's not mine?" He expressed while his lips were close to touch the floor, his tears already making a small puddle there.

"You said so many things to me, Alpha, and I had collected all of them in my heart, one by one. Without any greed, I expressed my thoughts to you. Without catching your attention, I took care of you. And now…" 

Jungkook let his face dig into his elbow to quiet down the whimper of his wolf," Now you are saying, it was the stunts of responsibility? No. You are lying." 

"Either you are lying or my whole existence will turn into a myth. There is no middle path that I will accept."

Jungkook lay on the floor, beside the door, lost blurry eyes not even recognizing the ceiling of his chamber. His hairpen slipped away, making his hairs a mess beneath his head," And if you are telling the truth, if anyhow I will turn out to be your past mate. I will surrender myself to you…"

"Jungkookie," His wolf whimpered, sharing the pain of his human.

"You are not him. You are my human. Other than this identity, you have none. I have been with you since the start of your life, I have never experienced hallucinations or illusions of the past. If we had seen the Alpha before, my memory would have shown me. " 

It was the moment when Jungkook started to get terrified of his own soul," What if you weren't my wolf in my past life? What if we hadn't shared our souls at all." 

Thoughts like these start suffocating Jungkook and the whole ceiling seems to be rolling in elliptical circles. The wolf went silent after that, a mere partition from his human left him speechless. Jungkook's heart bloomed in pain and he realised his words wounded his wolf. 

"It's just the face. I can.. I can change it, right?" Jungkook rushed to sit up and his head moved back in pain. He fought with the throbbing headache and tumbled to the large mirror which was placed in the left side of his chamber.

His reflection comes into view, showing Jungkook his essence filled with dirt and dust. His chin was deliberately covered with black liquid from the webs, his lips looked bitten and eyes showing fear of seeing his reflection in the mirror.

His mind brought back the image of Eun Hwan, the same that he had witnessed in that old library. Suddenly the image was on the mirror, staring back at him with dark eyes and Jungkook started to match their body bit by bit. 

It matches perfectly, he lifted his hand and his misty eyes found the length of the fingers, the pale review of skin and nails, all were the same. His lips, nose, eyebrows were just the same. However, the eyes in the picture held confidence and it didn't quite match with his miserable ones.  

With each similarity, his breath starts choking the windpipe of his throat. Still he kept standing there, observing his body with the image his mind reflected on the mirror in the illusion. 

Jungkook stared at those long black hairs, same length but different colour. Grabbing this ounce of hope, Jungkook moved to find a scissor in the chamber. He searched the four drawers of the dressing table, knocking down other things on the floor. 

I need to cut them. I need to cut them.

His trembling fingers searched on the bedside table, closet and trunks but there was no any sharp material that he could make a use of. And then the dagger wrapped around his waist clinked with the closet door. 

It didn't take a moment for Jungkook to pull the dagger from its scabbard and stood in front of the mirror. This time, his own reflection stared at him with dishevelled hairs and tear stained cheeks. Jungkook drew all of his hairs to one side and collected them into a tight fist right above his shoulder. 

He closed his eyes to heave a deep breath and put the dagger over the upper side of his fist.  

He moved the dagger, his hold tightened over the handle and with each shred of his hair, his tears kept falling. A long braid of hair cut down and fell on the floor.

Before he could move the dagger deeper his wolf took over. His eyes blazed blue as the wolf growled with full anger, his canines ripped out and the first thing Kookie did was throw the dagger out of the open window. 

Jungkook has never heard his wolf letting out loud growls with this much intensity, his mind and heart both had reached a point of exhaustion where he could no longer pull the bond with his wolf. Due to the lack of energy, Jungkook left all the control in his wolf's hand. 

In control of Kookie, Jungkook plunged at the mirror and threw it out of the window,  not caring a bit when it landed on the ground and shattered into pieces. Why? Because his rage was getting bigger over kindness, he gave and gave to the person he felt admiration with but the same person injured his heart.

Gaining the new strength from the wolf's rage, Jungkook threw the contents of the drawers along with the boxes. Next came the closet, Luna picked out all the black clothes and chucked them out of the window. 

He will bear nothing that belongs to the king of Europe. 

One by one and inch by inch, Jungkook emptied the whole room. Only the bed, his veil, the crown and a few clothes in his closet remain in the same position. The crown and the veil didn't join other belongings on the ground because they belong to the Empress of Europe. Him. Not anyone else.

From his earnings, norigae to dagger belt everything got thrown away. When the wolf felt the throbbing pain of the heart they shared together, Jungkook's body stumbled on the bed. He was catching his breaths in short puffs, ceiling was still moving when he told to no one," Sometimes you hurt me, sometimes you ignore me and sometimes throw a couple of affectionate words at me. I have received it once, I don't think I will be able to accept it again. Just like it's difficult for you to pour your heart out for the second time, it will be difficult for me too. I will stay here while protecting my self-esteem. I will wait but I won't be able to pick up with my ordinary self again. Just yet. But I will wait till these walls hear the decision of yours and witness the misery of us. I will stay."

When his rosy eyes fell closed, the exhaustion won and his tears stained cheeks were telling the tale of his broken heart. The unbearable pain became nonexistent when his body went into unconsciousness. 

~

Taehyung was standing in the same position Jungkook had left him in the Royal Hallway. He tasted the venom of the words that he used to push the omega away right over his tongue. He heard the cries and as empty as he was, his eyes still oozed out with moisture. 

He walked back to his chamber, letting the door fall shut as he unbuttoned his shirt which was restraining him from taking a sigh of breath. Yes, it's just the shirt. He threw the shirt on the floor and walked to the balcony, the only source where he knew he would find air to breathe.

But as soon as the cries became loud, the venom started boiling in his scar pouch. He pressed his hand over his chest and gulped the crawling saliva down. 

"I haven't made any wish in a long time, the day I lost faith in the spirituality of Moon Goddess was the same day I lost the ability to make a wish too. Although I still don't believe her. But there are other Lords who can hear me right?" He asked the black sky hovering over the entire world. 

The cries fell silent as if Luna got distracted with something," Wish I had two hearts, I would have prepared myself for you once again. This one…" He touched the scar pouch in his chest," This one got punctured here by my past long ago. How will I present you a used thing again?" 

When his first tear fell it matched with the growl of the omegan wolf," I haven't used that part of the library in centuries. The portrait that I once made with my own hands left a curse on me. " 

The shattering of the mirror started ripping off an old patch from his memories," I will never have a sky to revolve around, lost myself in the loops of darkness way back." And today he does the same with his mate. Pushed him towards the darkness which no one should ever experience.

"Here or there, today or tomorrow, for me or for yourself, you will leave me, Jungkook." His eyes fell closed when he heard the ragged breaths of the omega loud and clear.

"I had become accustomed to these moonless nights. But my soul can't help sometimes, it seeks your attention." He had accepted the bond on the day when he scented the omega on the bed after waking up from his deep slumber. He noted how he got bound into the same loop of the past once again.

"I started to seek the proof of your existence beside me. If you are here to ruin me again. Do it. Make sure that this time Cinquedea passes through my heart entirely." 

He felt the same feeling of bleakness that he once felt in the past when the noises fell silent in the omega's chamber. He moved his hand over his face and stepped back into the chamber, closing the balcony behind him. Today, he shouldn't let the dark atmosphere comfort him. 

Distressed in his thoughts, the Alpha sat on the bed," I had tried to see you in the filter of Hwan." The name alone arose the hatred in his veins," But you didn't fit quietly into it." 

He remembered the differences he counted to his wolf. His memory lane took him towards the days they spent on the field together. The days where the Alpha witnessed the real existence of his mate, observed his companion in different riddles of life. And then the words he just spoke in front of the omega started coming back to him," Have I said too much? It must be hurtful right?"

The rational part of his mind starts working and his brain comes up with different scenarios," Is it possible that Selene is presenting you differently this time? Your eyes… They are different. They aren't mischievous but calm. Doesn't seek attention but appreciation. I have nothing left in me, Luna. What are you here for?"

His wolf was awake this whole time, taking a part of the pain from his human. Van was quiet but he does have his doubts. Believing on the days he observed the Empress of Eclipse, he worded out his thoughts," What if the Empress turns out as an independent soul? What if he doesn't have any connection with our past mate? What then?"

The Royal Alpha's eyes turned miserable," Then I will rub my nose on the sole of his feet, in the shame of disrespecting him tonight. I will let him punish me. I will accept my failure against his integrity."

A swarm of emotions oozed out from his body and left his fingers in trembles. He twisted his open palms into a fist and controlled himself. His heart was heavy as if the scar pouch broke out and spread all over," I had started to see him in a different light but he rushed me back to the darkness with his guilty eyes. Why would he feel guilty if he is Jungkook? The Empress I got to know in these months had never accepted false regrets." 

"You were genuine to me, Jungkook. Your honesty, concerns, care and patience were genuine too. Then what are the chances that your guilt is not genuine?"

None.

"I have pushed you back today. I am sorry. Half of the words shouldn't be there in the conversation. But I can't protect us together. It's me being selfish now. Although I have nothing to lose, I want to protect myself this time." Taehyung lay on the bed, legs still touching the ground. He stared at the ceiling with his empty eyes again but the lone difference was the tears that were submerging in his black hair right above his ear.

His restraints gave up and despite his strong animosity a blotch of blood travelled down his chin from the corners of his lips. He still kept talking as if someone was listening to him, someone who went into unconsciousness a while ago," The reason why Hwan rejected me wasn't because he was a bad person." He chuckled, an empty stretch of his lips that he started to get scared off.

"It was because of his selfless persona. Father fed him lies behind my back and suddenly I became the least important person to my mate. I survived the rejection but I died each day in the memories of it."

Taehyung closed his eyes, closing his mind to the occurrence of thoughts," Now you are here, conquering the position as my mate with your wide eyes. Eyes which are filled with guilt. Luna is a good person too. Don't you want to leave me for my betterment too? You will want to…for my happiness. In between these good people who suffers the most?"

No one was there to answer Taehyung's question. His chamber was silent, similar to the neighbouring chamber, the Royal hallway and the palace, each corner was coated with muteness. 

"Us."

When Van whispered the answer, the Royal Alpha wasn't conscious enough to hear it fully.

~

With the dawn of the next day, Jimin stepped inside the palace. His visit to his father was rather calm than emotional, for some moments he was able to divert his mind from the anxious night. He noticed the stretched out silence in the palace Although the helpers were doing their work, some chatting while making food but something didn't fall right.

He approached the stairs with nervous steps, his steps strolled on the silent floor while echoing the thumping sounds. 

He was soon standing at the beginning of the hallway and stared at the two closed doors. The anxiety crawled back once again and so the urge to get a glimpse of both. 

He knew he should have been more patient and waited for his mother but as soon as his eyes left the remnants of sleep, the Royal omega rode straight to the palace. 

His feet took him in front of the door of Jungkook's chamber first, heart lurching to see the omega. He knocked on the door and waited for the response. When nothing came from behind the doors, he tried again, this time knocking in the range of three. 

Jungkook opened his eyes when the noise fell into his ears. He was sitting on the stairs of the pool, water hugging him up to his ribcage. In the middle of wiping the stains from his body, maybe he had fallen asleep. His body moved in slow overtones as he wore his clothes and wrapped his long wet hairs into a dry towel.

When he reached the door to open, the person had already knocked four times. He opened it with the click of his finger and a worried Royal omega appeared in front of him. 

The Royal omega stood there stunned as soon as his eyes fell on the omega. Jungkook seemed numb. Rosy eyes batting nonchalantly at him, face dull and eyebrows resting too calmly. Dread spread all over Jimin's face when Jungkook just turned around without welcoming him.

Jimin followed Jungkook nonetheless, " Jungkookie, Are you okay? Has something happened in my absence?"

His heart sank and then burst into chunks of blood as he saw the condition of the room.  

Jungkook had had enough of the lies around him so he snapped," First you give me some answers and then we will talk. Will you, Hyungnim?"

The sentence evoked the surpassed fear in the Royal Omega, his hands clutched the orange skirt he was wearing," What's the matter?"

Jungkook faced the Royal Omega, numb eyes matching the feared ones," When you first saw me, you had hugged me. Was it because you wanted to encourage me for the coronation or was it because you believed I'm Eun Hwan." 

The red complexion of the Royal omega waned into pale. The name. Jungkook now knew the past. When the shock was overwhelming Jimin he forgot to speak. He kept staring as if Jungkook just converted into something else right in front of his eyes. 

"Till now. Have you accepted me as Jungkook or still think I'm the past mate?" The word held hatred in his voice, an emotion Jimin had never heard from Jungkook. Why hatred? Taehyung must have said something. 

"Jungkookie, Hwan wasn't a bad person. He made bad choices, some bad but he was good before things changed into disaster." His speech was desperate but Jungkook just looked up and sighed.

"Do you or Do you not think of me as Hwan? I just want a simple answer to my question." The Royal omega's silence and his feared eyes were speaking much but Jungkook doesn't want to let go of one more person. Not just yet.

Jimin's whole persona turned miserable," When I saw you in the courtroom of Lunar, I remembered Hwan's face just after looking at you. At that moment I accepted you in my arms as the mate of my brother. But when you came to Eclipse with us, I found you much different from Eun. I'm sure Taehyung knows this too. You are not him. It could be your previous life-"

"Please close the door when you leave." Jungkook steps back, his eyes filled with moisture once again. His shoulders contracted in deep pain from the way they stayed stoic.

Jimin couldn't stop his tears this time. His heart squeezed in his chest, feeling the hurt he saw in Jungkook's eyes. He looked down to wipe his tears when he heard the omega's voice again.

He saw Jungkook standing on the shore of the bathhouse," Have mother also felt the same?" 

When the first sob left Jimin's mouth, Jungkook stepped inside the bathhouse and closed the door. Of course, of course, everyone will believe what their eyes see. Of course, he is the past mate because he looked like one. Of course, he hurt the most important person in his life, unwillingly, unknowingly. Of course, nobody will trust him now. Of course, the entire trajectory of his life got changed with some point of view of people. Of course, his own opinion won't matter at all. 

Of course. 

Jimin went out of the chamber and closed the door. With blurry eyes he saw the door at the end of the Royal hallway opened and his brother stepped out in all glory. 

His black suit hugged his chest closely as if holding the body together in it. A cloak tied around his shoulder, trailing behind him with his steps. His face was impassive as usual, deprived of any expressions. 

He passed Jimin's presence with a smooth ignorance as if the older wasn't standing in his path at all. Climbing down the stairs and moving directly to the courtroom.

In unutterable fear, he called for his mates. He knew he should have informed Yoongi before but it's not the time to dwell into self pain when people around him were crushing each other too internally.

"Please come back soon."

~

Yoongi was standing ahead of the troops, one of his hands holding the reins of the horse, one foot thumping on the ground in impatience, and eyes moving all around the territory to spot the caravan of his mate. 

His heart was bubbling with excitement to see his mate after two long months. A proud smile covered his face when his eyes caught the wolf caravan ascending the borders of the Eclipse. 

The soldiers around him received the caravan with loud howls and hooting, bringing them to the healing camps immediately. It wasn't a war zone but precaution was needed. Yoongi waited for his mate to show up till the last wolf entered. 

He looked around nervously, seeing the wolves hugging their mates and rolling on the grounds. A pair of arms wrapped around him quite immediately and Yoongi felt his feet leaving the ground," My sugar came to receive me?"

Nervousness left Yoongi as his cheeks bloomed with another smile while his mate kept twirling him in his arms. The commander seemed to just shift into his human form, only a pair of trousers hanging low over his waist.

"As I should. I wanted to welcome you first." Yoongi grabbed Hoseok's arms and slowed their pace with his feet. He moved into the commander's arms and hugged his mate tightly.

Months of yearning couldn't be expressed by a single hug but it was worth the wait Yoongi did while waiting at the altar of territory," We missed you." 

The commander pulled his mate closer, burying his face into his neck," I missed you too. How are you both doing? Does my shy sugar win the Royal Prince's heart?"

"And many more." Yoongi replied and the wide grin on Hoseok's face was the experience of hearing the heaven chorus. 

"I deserve a detailed explanation." 

Yoongi pushed away from the hug," Why don't you accompany me to the camp." his eyes moved over the shiny lips of the commander," I will describe every day in detail." 

"I'm dying to hear." 

~

When the Sun was about to set Jungkook remembered the healing ceremony Eclipsers organised for their arrival. His body does have enough strength but his heart doesn't. He got ready for the people who adored him for his own self, unknown of any past, unknown to any comparison. These people have showered him with selfless love and devotion. He can be the luna they deserve. 

He put on a faded green hanfu but today he ignored wearing its norigae and earrings. The dagger around his waist was absent too. He tied his hair into a loose bun but a few strands spiked out, in the results of the previous night's cutting. He tucked the short cord of tassels beneath the bun with hairpins. 

Next came the long veil, he draped it over his head and the veil covered more of his body than it usually does. And lastly, the crown completed the look before Jungkook stepped out of the room.

He didn't move his gaze any other direction, followed the vision of his path gracefully. As he calculated in his mind, a big crowd was gathered in the green grounds of the palace. 

He saw the Royal Omega and Mother, both standing side by side, supporting a surprised gesture as if wasn't expecting Jungkook's appearance at all. He bowed to them deeply in greetings and stood beside them to accept the greetings of the Eclipsers. 

He tried his hardest to put a smile on his face for the sake of the love and blessings he was receiving but all he could feel was how his heart was still shuddering in pain. With empty misty eyes, he sat on the big circular ottoman which was placed in the middle of the crowd. 

He showed hands when Eclipsers asked, he showed his socked feet when Eclipsers asked. Person after person was covering his hands and feet with a thick amount of herbal pastes and scents. In between the loud blissful crowd, Jungkooo cried silently. 

He couldn't use his hands to wipe the tears so he let them slide down his chin and once again he was grateful to have the veil. People of Eclipse spoke highly of the Royal couple's hard work in the field, their ideas, ability to control the peace, protecting their people and whatnot.

After at one point, Jungkook zoned out of the frame playing in front of his eyes. His mind took him back to the night and he lived the entire event once again. His breath caught in his lungs when one lady grabbed his hands tightly and tried to give him strength, he realised in the middle of living those memories his hands started to tremble. 

He focused his eyesight on the people in front of him once again. But then other thoughts start to render his mind.

If Eclipsers got to know that I'm the root cause of their Alpha's pain wouldn't they despise me. This fondness, respect and care will convert into deep disgust. Would they believe me if I said I'm not him? Or would they believe their Alpha? Would they turn their back on me too?

They should.

Folks should be loyal towards their King no matter what. 

The announcement of the King's arrival caught his attention but he didn't move his head. He stood up on his feet, gaze focused on the bowls around him till in his peripheral vision he noticed black shoes. 

He greeted the Alpha along with the Eclipsers and soon joined his previous spot. The King sat behind the omega, their backs facing each other while the front faced the opposite sections of the Eclipsers.

The sandalwood scent doesn't bring warmth today and couldn't calm the boiling lava bubbling in Jungkook. Taehyung sensed the sour rosemaries even sitting far in the courtroom but now the scent flared in a more pungent flavour.

He spread his palms for the Eclipsers but he knew none of the healing pads could provide ease to his wounds. 

Madelyn kissed the top of Jungkook's head and blessed him dearly, " To a mother, all of their children hold a dear position in their heart. You had made one in mine. And this position wasn't occupied before." 

Jungkook looked at Madelyn who had tears in his eyes but the older omega was holding them back expertly but he wasn't an expert. So he cried silent tears while sitting in between a cheerful crowd.

He bit his lips hard to conceal the emitting sobs till the ceremony came to an end and the sky became dark again. After yesterday, it has become tortuous for Jungkook to look towards the sky. However tonight, a slit-sized moon was visible but Jungkook kept his gaze down.

If Jungkook could have turned back he would have seen how longingly the Alpha was staring at the moon. 

It was the moment of duality, his eyes held hatred yet the Royal Alpha couldn't keep his gaze away from the moon. The moon shines brightly, twinkling its radiation with all its glow. After how long he had looked at the moon? How many decades he fought with its glow and shine but like a moth to a flame… he is here, sitting and staring. The moon seemed like it was staring back as if mocking the king, "Who made you look at me so longingly?"

The crowd cheered and joined the dancing battles in circles catching the attention of the king once again. When the ceremony ended and people got busy dancing and singing, Jungkook took his leave. Passing through the hurdles of the crowd, he searched for a place where he could hide himself, where he could breathe and the scent of the king wouldn't follow him.

He entered his chamber and with all the paste and herbs covering his body he plopped on the bed. The crown flung back from his head, rolling before stopping over the pillow. 

They were sitting just behind each other but if someone asked Jungkook, they were far apart. As they should be. As the Alpha wants them to be. 

Even if the whole world wants them together, Jungkook refuses to accept this bond over trading his own identity. While coming here Jungkook has seen that dagger which dangles around the king's belt loops now. 

It's good that the dagger found his home again. It wasn't like he was about to go and find it on the warehouse grounds. No. So it's for the best. 

~

It was nighttime and neither the omega came down for dinner nor the Alpha. No terrace, no walks, no discussions. 

"What if we are wrong, Mother? What if Jungkook isn't Hwan? There is no sign of recalled memories on his face, I felt like an illicit person beside him." The Royal omega's worries aren't getting a dot to stick over.  

"Wouldn't it be nicer? I heard him crying during the ceremony, Jimin. Both of them were silent. Eclipsers will pick up on their behaviour soon. But if Jungkook is showing empowerment in his identity then we should believe him. Till nature shows us otherwise we can trust the origin."

"I think it's Taehyung. He must have fed some irrational thoughts in his mind."

"We know he hates Hwan, hated him for over a century, tried to kill the moon goddess once. Wherever that boy's name is included, Taehyung loses his rationality."

"I don't know what he did. Jungkook hadn't said a word to me. But Taehyung is aggressive this way, we know him. I swear if he tried something offensive towards Luna I will-"

"He respects him, Jimin. So far he can only get angry towards the similarities of his mates. But we can't assume anything personal here. We aren't in their position, we haven't faced and felt what they are coming across currently."

"But Mother, we both have seen the library's portrait. How couldn't they be similar-"

The echoes of horseshoes were loud on the concrete path. The inner omega of the Royal Omega screamed mates and Jimin couldn't control his run when he stepped out of the palace. 

Yoongi was halfway already, eyes wide and worried. He gets a glimpse of the commander entering through the open gates before his body is engulfed in a tight hug. 

"Are you okay? Why the sudden message?" Yoongi asked while pulling away from the hug. 

And Jimin burst into tears," Everything got ruined. Jungkook knows Taehyung's past now but I don't know how much. He isn't talking to anyone, I tried but he doesn't want to see me. Taehyung is ignoring me too. I don't know what I should do."

The commander was by their side the next moment, his hand slid behind Jimin's waist and held him steady," What past? Is there anything I don't know?"

"I don't know either. Angel, what past are you talking about?" Yoongi asked while his hand was captured by the commander to ease the worrisome expression of the Beta.

Jimin wiped his tears and realised his other mistake. He never gave any hints to his mates, he should have. At least to Yoongi, he should have stopped him from going to the borders. Maybe that way, things weren't this ruined. 

He took his mates to the hidden old library although the commander knew about it but he hadn't stepped inside the doors before. And Yoongi saw this part of the palace for the first time.

Jimin recited the past of the old library and then the portrait stunned both betas into muteness. The commander gripped his sword in anger while Yoongi's eyes held a horrified dread," You knew about this from the start?"

Yoongi knew he shouldn't. But he felt betrayed. 

He turned to Jimin in fury and pointed at the portrait," This is not Jungkook!" 

The commander came in between them but Yoongi had none of the skinship," No! You can't just throw a brick at me and blame me for getting hurt! You know what this means, right Jimin?"

Jimin was crying while looking down and it made Yoongi look away from the omega. He pushed his hair back and stared at the photo once again," Jungkook doesn't deserve this. All of you who knew the past have set him up through lies! I can't believe myself how can you expect him to be at ease after facing such shit!"

"Yoongi! Don't. It's not the way we can approach its solution." 

Yoongi brushed off their talks simultaneously," I'm going to Jungkook. I have forgotten my original place after coming to this pack. Not anymore."

His feet were clammy just like the morning but there wasn't any excitement in his heart but a dread. A dread of facing Jungkook. He gathered himself into a controlled craft giving a big part to his anger. 

He knocked on the door but his impatient self couldn't wait longer," Jungkook, it's me. It's hyung. Open the door, please." 

There was no noise behind the door as if it doesn't carry any alive entity inside. Yoongi jerked the door and heaved a breath of sigh when the door slid against the door. He entered and witnessed a destroyed room, he couldn't fathom much how the once luxurious room turned into ashes. 

He found Jungkook sitting beside the window, hands crossing over its sill. The omega was staring ahead of him, zoned out of the real world in a maze that he knew he would never get out of. 

A sheer shivering fear crushed into the Beta's chest. He kneeled beside Jungkook and touched his shoulder," Jungkook." 

Jungkook jerked his head towards the voice so suddenly that it made the red-haired beta flinch on his knees. 

"Ah, hyung. You came back." 

Yoongi couldn't form any words as he stared at Jungkook. The omega sat there so numbly that he couldn't even sense the presence of the Beta. His eyes checked Jungkook thoroughly and his inside crawled in pain when some short shred of hair fell over his neck. 

His shaking fingers touched those bunch of chopped tresses and squeezed his lips in a thin line. 

Their expressions of misery matched however Jungkook's eyes were holding earth shattering fear while Yoongis' held anger.

When Jungkook looked down Yoongi was fast to cup his face in his palms," Jungkook. You are not him." Yoongi shook his head when a dam of tears broke the omega once again while listening to the words he wanted for so long. 

Yoongi seized him into his arms as the omega started to cry incoherently," I have raised you. I know my little brother. No faces, masks or imposters can change your identity."

He let the omega cry in his arms while caressing his long red hairs, avoiding the small slashed part," How could you do this? I have taught you to always believe in yourself. Why Jungkook?" 

Jungkook shook his head in his neck," He doesn't believe me, Hyung. He said I'm pretending. He doesn't trust me." 

"I don't care what the King thinks or not. I don't care about anyone at all. I only care about you and I trust you. He is no one to decide who you were and who you are right now." The anger in the beta's veins was visible in his eyes too. 

"He hated his past mate. Still does. And I accepted that but I fought with him when he declared that I was his past mate in previous life. He said I will remember soon. Hyung, I don't want to. If I did, please kill me. I don't-"

Yoongi broke the hug and wiped the omega's tears," You are nothing he describes as. Jungkook, people say things they don't mean in anger. But this level of malignancy wasn't expected from a Royal king." 

He kept wiping the tears of the omega, forgetting his own and brought water in a flask. 

" I don't know, Hyung. I don't know how much time I have till they send me to the dungeons." 

Yoongi's world tilted and the chillness of the night straightened his spine," What are you saying? You are the Empress of Eclipse! Who would dare to order you let alone send you to dungeons!?!"

Jungkook closed his eyes, too tired to imagine different scenarios that ended up with the same conclusion," I shouldn't be on this designation."

This angered Yoongi beyond belief," Then Who should it be? The person who nearly killed your mate! You are not him, Jungkook. What are you afraid of? If you are feeling insecure, I will stand in front of your door like our old times. I will not leave your side even for a moment. I won't let anything happen to you. You hear me?" 

He knew he shouldn't handle things with anger but Jungkook's tears always left him in utter madness. 

"Have you eaten anything?" He asked Jungkook who again had a mislaid expression on his face. 

"I'm getting some food for you, okay? Jungkook? Let me help you," He helped the omega and sat him on the bed," Don't fall asleep. I'll be back quickly." 

He tried to get the attention of the omega but Jungkook was still staring in nothingness. Yoongi wiped his own tears and ruffled red hairs in concern. He looked around the room and his head throbbed with pain.  

He observed the barren room closely and shuffled to make it a bit more stable before leaving the chamber.

When he came out of the Royal hallway, his steps were rushed. He got down the stairs quickly and changed two galleries to go to the Royal cookhouse.

He stepped inside and started filling a plate with food, some of them were cold so Yoongi ignited the flames and let it get warm.

"How's Luna?" 

It was the commander. Yoongi nodded his head while saying nothing, pressing his lips together to hold back the screams he wanted to let out. 

"He is alive." 

"Sugar, Jimin is standing outside the kitchen, Should I call him in?" 

"Why? It's their palace, they can visit anywhere they want." He knows he is being exceptionally rude. But the pain these Royals have put his brother through, it can't be forgotten so easily. 

"I didn't know about it either, Yoongi. The Empress hasn't talked to anyone except you. If you tell us the details we can try to find a solution. We can try to approach him differently." Hoseok had prayed for this day when he would see both of his mates well and together but right now both things seemed impossible. 

"How will you find a solution when his brother has taken his core strength from him?!? What he wants to know huh? Would he be able to hear it? Cause the Luna they had brought in this pack is sitting numb in his chamber! He tried to cut his hair, Hoseok!!! I saw him wish I hadn't but I have seen his fallen tresses scattered on the floor. The entire room is empty! But he is sitting in the chamber while waiting for the soldiers who would put him into dungeons!! He is my commitment, only mine! He is like my little brother."

"And if I had to fight with the Alpha of the pack I won't back out. Anyone touches Jungkook, he will lose a limb." 

The Beta standing beside him and the omega standing on the shore of the cook house, both had terrible expressions as if imagining the misery of Luna. 

Yoongi lifted the plate and ignored his mates to walk out when a horrendous growl echoed in the palace. The plate slipped and all the food surged to the ground. 

It was the roar of the Royal Alpha.

"He heard you," Jimin said while looking at the hallway. His voice was trembling and soon the abhorrent roar filled the palace again. A loud shattering sound made three of them run towards the stairs but they were too late.

He tried to cut his hair, hoseok!

When Taehyung heard this sentence, the Royal Alpha lost his calm. He kicked the door of his chamber and walked out. His veins were perceptible from afar, curled around his arms and wrist. 

He knocked on the door of the omega but no one opened it. He couldn't step inside without permission, Taehyung gritted his teeth and turned around to kick the railings of the hallway. The railings tumbled out upto a degree and tilted back to a different position. He pushed his hair back and knocked again. 

When he got no response, Taehyung changed the path entirely. He passed the Royal hallway and punched the post cap, making the entire wooden rail base plunge down the stairs. 

His eyes carried the insanity of years, feet digging in the laid carpets beneath him. He walked down the stairs and his left hand moved to pick up the broken wood of the railing. He touched it from one end and let the other end dragged on the carpet. 

In the silence of the night, the wooden log ticked on the edges of the steps, creating a blustering sound. His eyes were switching colours as if the wolf part was trying to soothe the anger but when the grey eyes won, the end seemed near. 

Three mates and some other workers of the palace were standing a bit away from the stairs. The commander tried to step ahead but Jimin stopped him by entwining their hands. He clutches Yoongi's shirt from behind just in case the red-haired Beta will try to annoy his brother further. 

Angry Taehyung kills.

The workers witnessed an entirely different version of the King stepping down the stairs, His shirt was open down to his upper waist, leaving a large spectrum visible of his chest. High knees boots with a loose classic trouser, stomping against the carpet floor. Shabby open hairs were supporting his neck, sticking out in odd directions.

With each step down, the workers measure a foot back. The Royal Alpha wasn't looking at them, his mind had enough fuel to engage with his anger.

I have seen his fallen tresses scattered on the floor!

His eyes raked over the bunch of people and Jimin was quick to pull both of his mates down as the rest of the workers followed their gesture and kneeled on the floor as well.

*We need to vacate this palace.* Jimin mindlinked their mates.

*I'm not leaving Jungkook alone. You all can go, I'm going back to his chamber.*

*Yoongi please, I beg you. We will come back once we depart these people out of the palace gates.*

*I said I'm not going. I don't trust anyone right now.*

Jimin looked at the commander with miserable eyes and Hoseok left the hold of their hands and grabbed Yoongi by his waist before hauling him out. Jimin gestured to the people to follow him. Before leaving the expanses of the palace, He looked towards his brother but there was no one behind him Although those gold curtains seemed to have shifted from their previous position.

The Royal Alpha was standing at the middle of the lone path that leads to the cursed library. His one hand was stretched out towards the igniting flambeau, the wooden log was hovering over it, catching the fire straw by straw. 

The image of that fire was burning in his eyes too, eyelashes were tangling with the hairs as he looked at the closed door with furious eyes. 

When the wooden log caught enough fire to exist alone, Taehyung started walking again. He lowered the burning wood, letting the dark kohl mark his path and burnt more passionately. 

When he kicked the gates open, the old wooden doors fell down completely. He surpassed the threshold and watched the whole existence of the library one last time. 

It wasn't dirty like before, someone has tried to clean it thoroughly. He roamed in between the shelves while giving them a touch of pain with the burning wooden log. 

The shelves caught fire quickly, devouring the books in burning flames along with the riddles they held inside. A part of the Alpha was breaking and a part of the Alpha became stronger. 

He had started from the left corner and when he reached the right corner, half of the library was oozing out deadly smoke. When his eyes matched with the art he once created, his furious features sharpened again.

The growls rumbled in his chest, "Should have burnt you down long ago. Legend says when art dies, its story still lives on. But your story was ruined from the beginning! You lived cause I let you in my life! In my palace! In my heart! I have kept you alive here!!" He pointed at his scar pouch, punching it. 

"And now the only emotion you hold is disgusting to me! You had stabbed me with this same smile right? Then let me return the favour." 

He twisted his arm and struck it in the middle of the portrait with full force. The growl was demonic as the wooden log scattered in several burning pieces. Wherever those burning pieces fell, there was a fire. 

A melancholic smile spread on the Royal Alpha's lips as he saw the portrait burning in high flames. The whole library was exuding tribble smoke, the curtains, the table, the chairs, the shelves, the books nothing was left and burnt along with the Alpha's soul. 

Jungkook flinched on his bed when a thundering growl woke him up. He looked around himself but his room was fine and empty. 

When he heard the growl again, his body rolled on his feet and he was out of the room in the next breath. 

He stopped when he saw the destroyed railings right across his door. The doors of the Alpha's chamber were wide open and he moved to the stairs. He doesn't notice his open hair and bare feet when strolls down the stairs, face showing terror after catching sight of ruined post bases. 

There was no one on sight so he used his senses but stopped when his senses took him behind the golden curtains. 

Memories of the past night were still alive in his mind, would he be able to step inside this hell hole once again. He clutched his lapels over his heart, eyes miserable as they moved from one corner to another.

It took him a demonic growl that raised the furs of his body in one motion to pull away the curtains and walk inside. The path was filled with thick smoke, the ground wasn't visible at all. 

Fire? What is he doing inside?

Jungkook secured his clothes and entered the open library. The first thing he noticed was the burning portrait and then the Alpha standing in front of it. With widened eyes he approached the Alpha, hands catching the cuffs of his shirt as he whispered with a clogged throat," Let's leave." 

Taehyung jerked away from the hold and turned around. His eyes were shedding fear and fury both," Had not I said to burn the parts of mine that you despise! Then why did you come to me with guilty eyes instead of burning this damn portrait!! Why was it still hanging on the wall if you are sure of your character?" 

Jungkook was standing there astonished, speechless to even speak. The Alpha looked like the day when he had hoisted his mother against the wall. He gulped and looked at the burning portrait again. Those staring eyes turned into ashes right in front of him.

"I got scared." He whispered and when the distance between their bodies minimised, his focus returned to the Alpha's face.

"First time in my life, I got scared of myself. I never wanted to be the source of your pain, not even in my imagination. That face…" He didn't try to touch the Alpha again. 

However, the Alpha came closer and placed his forehead on the omega's shoulder," Burn it again. Burn it till it stops hurting. It hurts. It hurts, Luna." He punched his chest again but Jungkook circled his arms around the Alpha's waist and hugged him closer. 

He eyed the burning portrait, the Alpha's back facing the ashes of it while the omega stared at it till the image extinguished and the ceiling started creaking by the high flames. 

"We have to leave this place, come." He tried to pull away but Taehyung embraced his body more tightly. 

When the first fire block fell behind them, Jungkool tried again," The ceiling was falling. We should move." But the Alpha didn't let go and Jungkook knew he was being stubborn. 

"Your Majesty." He tried again and again but the Alpha didn't react a bit. 

The ceiling was falling inch by inch and when another log fell closer to their bodies, Jungkook had enough "Do you want us to be buried here with your past mate? Alpha!?" 

The last word played the role and the Alpha moved to sway Luna's feet above the ground," I can walk. Please put me down!"

"The floor is burning. You are barefoot." Taehyung replied as he walked out of the burning library without looking back. His hand and head were full of the person who was staring at him right now. 

Jungkook noticed the stray tears on the Alpha's eyelids and he didn't argue further. Let the king lead him to his chamber where it all gets started. 

The Alpha carried him to his chamber and closed the door behind. Jungkook kept sitting on Alpha's bed, eyes still lost to recognize what had just happened after he woke up. What if he is dreaming? All of these he just experienced… is a big hilarious dream?

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It's not this easier to pursue an upset Luna. Will the Alpha be able to resolve the situation or both of them will wither away more?

I hope you will enjoy the chapter.  I'm  feeling better from yesterday but not entirely.

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Going to sleep again.

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