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Katherine stared at the two young boys laid out on different couchs, that had been pushed together so that they were close as they slept. Their hands still gripped tightly like they were glued together.

Suho sat at the end of Chanyeol's couch, he's cheeks stained with passed tears, clear white streaks against his skin. It's been a couple more hours since the Merge, dusk has come and gone leaving the family alone to the darkness of the night.

Jongdae had rushed back to his office, claiming that he needed to research the outcomes of what happened. The flame and light, the fact that he wasn't able to continue his procedure. There was something that interfered with his attempt of helping, something that pushed him away.. something that wasn't natural. 

Under the watchful eye of their family members, Baekhyun and Chanyeol laid resting. Their bodies laid close together, yet their mate mark lay unseen to the family. It was strange Katherine stated, that they couldn't see the beautiful drawings that Baekhyun was known for. Surely they had seen him develop the mate link when they were still locked in the cell, but now.. their skins were clear not a blemish or injury. 

"Is Kris gone?" Suho whispered, his statement went straight to his son who had just walked in the door. Sehun sighed, entering further into the room, his eyes holding that of his Appa who couldn't look him in the eye. "He can't know that Chanyeol allowed this to happen" 

"You make it seem like what he did was the worst mistake he could have ever done" Sehun announced plopping himself down beside Baekhyun, moving his brother's mate's legs so that they rested over his lap. 

"Well maybe he did.. look at them both right now, comatose and weak.. what would have happened if Kris had come back huh? What would happen if he comes back and Chanyeol isn't there to protect us?" 

"You know Appa, I don't know how Chanyeol was able survive with you back in Korea. You expect so much of him, you want him to protect you and everyone else in this family like he is the army alone. The moment he finally finds his mate you start questioning everything, you kept to yourself because you suddenly felt betrayed with the fact your Prince finally found his mate, the one piece of true happiness he gets after the stress and expectations you keep enforcing on him. I get the fact that he will be King someday but you could at least raised him to have some sort of fun before his duties like the rest of us, you have no idea the amount of letters he sent me complaining and destroying himself over everything you caused" Sehun snapped, having so much anger and rage built up with his Appa after everything his brother had been informing him about. "You expected him to be just like Kris when he grows older and I'm sure that he has spent his entire life-time trying to prove you wrong, but like always you never notice. Because now as far as you're concerned he was the only thing protecting you from Kris, and the fact that he could be dying right now just happens to slip your mind" 

Suho stayed quiet, his lips pressed together in a thin line. Taking everything his youngest son was dishing out. 

"Baekhyun is the only thing that brings him happiness in his dull life. He had to suffer constantly back in Seoul, he worried about you, he had to witness the affection of Kyungsoo and Jongin every day feeling terrible that he hadn't been able to find his mate. He had to protect you, Katherine, Kyungsoo and Jongin from the wrath of his father when you only sat back and watched throwing in hollow threats to Kris when you felt too weak to even stand" 

"You say that Chanyeol made a terrible mistake today, but in my eyes I think he made the best one of his life. He let you control him, he let Kris walk all over him and he ignored his mate for so long because he couldn't stand to leave your side. Yet, when you found my dad again everything was sunshine and rainbows, until today. If anyone is the weak one here Suho, its you" 

And just like that Sehun was gone from the room, his dad being left to think through his thoughts like a scolded child. He was right, Suho had been doing exactly that. Placing himself above Chanyeol and Baekhyun's need only thinking about himself and his family and not so much his son and his mate. Chanyeol didn't need the extra pressure of having to worry over their safety, surely enough there was no point when it wasn't even likely that Kris wanted any of them harmed in the first place. He didn't need to protect seven people when the only one he needed to protect was his mate. 

Shifting in his seat, Suho allowed his hand to run down his son's cheek. He was surprised to feel it heat up under his touch. For the past couple hours his son's skin was cold to the touch, Baekhyun's too. Reaching is arm over in order to take both of their intertwined hands, Suho nearly fainted. They were both warm, surely that meant something. 

"Suho?" Baekhyun whispered, his eyes narrowed as he looked up at his mate's father. "How did it go? Was Jongdae able to tell if I can have children or not?" 

The Queen stared down at the awakening boy before him, his eyes filling with tears as he dropped his hand and embraced him. Baekhyun gasped in shock, his hands freezing in mid-air not sure where to place them. "I'm just glad to see you awake!" he gushed, running his fingers through Baekhyun's locks. Baekhyun smiled, feeling his heart flutter at the sentence. Carefully, he draped his arms around Suho's shoulders, wallowing in the warmth and safety he provided. 

"What a sight for sore eyes" Chanyeol chuckled, his knuckles gently rubbing against the corners of his eyes, discarding any trace of slumber. "How long have we been out?" 

"Nearly three hours" Kyungsoo announced rushing between the two couches, crouching down so that he had enough space to hug both of his friends. "I'm glad to see you both awake" 

"Yeah me too!" Jongin smiled, appearing in the room within a blink of an eye. Skylar and Katherine running in together, both dressed in mid-century gowns that Baekhyun only recognized in history books. "Us too!" they choired. 

"Where's Sehun?" Chanyeol asked, raising a brow after counting all his family members and missing two. 

"And Lay?" Baekhyun added, his eyebrows furrowing together in the middle of his forehead. "Oh and Jongdae.. why are you all looking down at us like that? Is there something on my face?" 

Chanyeol turned to stare at his mate in question, there was nothing different about him apart from the fact he looked to be glowing brightly in the light of the living room, where they were currently placed. Baekhyun met his boyfriend's gaze a similar experience washing over him as the flash of flames danced in Chanyeol's otherwise chocolate eyes. 

"What happened?" Chanyeol questioned, his voice dropping an octave at the visible tear stained cheeks and relieved expressions. "Why do you look like you've seen a ghost?" 

"Because I think they have experienced something similar" Yixing explained walking into the room, the book that he had kept with him since he left Korea tucked safely in his hands. "Have you ever heard of a Citrine Vampire?" 

"Once when we were back in Korea, Minho was talking about them briefly in our Mythology class. They're a long extinct race that were able to process magic of some sort, but I don't really know a lot.. its been awhile since he covered that" 

"It's been awhile since he breathed too" Chanyeol whispered, Baekhyun's eyebrow raising in question. "Oh, yeah he was the vampire that my dad told to kill you" 

"And you're only telling me about this now?" Baekhyun shrieked, bolting into a sitting position. "And isn't Citrine a stone or crystal or something?" 

 "We had enough on our plate already, trust me" Chanyeol mumbled, pulling his mate closer. Baekhyun stumbling into his lap, snuggling into the latter's chest watching Yixing closely as he sat down by the coffee table. 

"Yes Citrine is a crystal, how did you know that Baekhyun?" Yixing wondered, his lower lip being sucked into his mouth. 

"My adoptive mum had a knack for crystals, they had healing or medical properties apparently. Some even had relations to rituals in the supernatural realm which at the time I thought pretty stupid, but look at me now I'm a vampire" 

"And a cute one at that" Chanyeol snickered, allowing himself to be hit over the head by the latter in embarrassment. 

"Citrine Vampires like Kyungsoo said they had magical properties, every clan had a different basic power from one main person the exaled rank. Different clans had different abilities, but when one clan member merged with another clan member both clans developed individual abilities. Like for example, a vampire named Noah possessed the ability to control water. His mate Oliver belonged to a clan that could heal people. When they merged or mated they are able to develop their powers, while also allowing members of their clan to do the same" 

"So you basically mean that if you all had the ability to control water, the mate you bring into the clan can do that to?" 

"No, it means that they develop their own abilities. If I was able to somehow heal people from my clan and I mated with Suho who could control water, we would either develop a whole new power ourselves or keep the one we had beforehand" 

"This makes no sense, what does this have to do with anything?" Baekhyun whimpered, his head in his hands. The pressure on his temples dulling the oncoming headache. 

"Centuries ago, vampires were simply just families. A large grouping of them taking up territory, think of it like your werewolves. You said you watched wolf movies before right?" Chanyeol recalled, turning to his mate with a soft smile. 

Baekhyun nodded "Yeah I've seen Twilight, Teen Wolf, The Vampire Diaries, The Originals, Wolfblood-" 

"Okay well in all those movies wolves moved in a pack correct?" 

Again Baekhyun nodded. 

"Well centuries ago vampires were like that too, there was no such thing as a king or an overall leader of vampires" 

"So you're trying to tell me that monarchy and the King of Darkness shit is new?" Baekhyun gasped, his eyes widening in surprise. "But don't you still live in clans, I mean Kyungsoo you are apart of the Do clan in the mountains right? Back in Seoul" 

"Clans and families are still alive today Baekhyun but what Chanyeol is trying to say is that there was no monarchy back then. Like in your wolf movies there was always an alpha taking care of his pack, there was never an overall king of Wolves was there?" 

"Oh okay I'm getting it now" Baekhyun nodded slowly. "Go on" 

"Okay so let's just say that Kai isn't our brother at all for this okay?" Chanyeol stated, his hands rubbing together to find the right words. "Let's just say that he's apart of a whole different family of vampires and not the royal one" 

"He's a Kim" Katherine grinned, pressing her puckered lips against her son's cheeks. "Apart of the Kim clan" 

"Okay!" Baekhyun giggled, watching as Lay pulled out a piece of paper giving it to Jongin to hold. The young vampire took it into his hands and stood up, a happy childish grin spreading on his face at his mother's maiden name before him. 

"I'm no longer a Park, I'm a Kim!" Jongin giggled, dancing around like an excited child. "Right so I've been thinking and I want Telekinesis!" Kyungsoo stood up with the sliver of paper in his hands, Do (his original family name written across it). 

"I'll jus go for one of the four elements, I like Tov from Avater the Last Airbender so I'm going to say that I can control Earth" 

Baekhyun's eyes sparkled at the mention of his favourite childhood cartoon/anime, but he held his mouth shut paying close attention to what was happening before him. 

"Now for this example Sehun and Skylar are going to be apart of their clans too" Yixing explained taking his son (who had just walked into the room) and his daughter's hands leading them towards the mates. Skylar snuck next to Kyungsoo in excitement while Sehun stepped next to his brother. "Okay now, in Jongin's clan everyone was able to have Telekinesis so Sehun that's your power for now.. while Skylar you can control the earth okay?" 

The twins nodded his head, Sehun having already heard a majority of the conversation from the kitchen. 

"Now Kai and Kyungsoo realised that they were mates and were quickly mated right?" The two mates stepped forward together, Jongin delivering him a peck to the cheek too absorbed in the scene. "Now, since the both of you have already chosen your powers to begin with you can just keep them for this example okay?" 

Tossing a glance to Baekhyun, the new-born nodded his head claiming that he understood what was going on with the real life example. When he got the all clear his former Chinese teacher continued. 

"Now, since these two have technically joined their clans together by mating that means that Sehun and Skylar as well as everyone else in this example clan would be able to develop different powers. Sehun what would you choose?" 

"I guess since I'm on a destructive path today I'll go with wind, never know what a tornado could do to someone" he answered, stealing a glance at Suho who wasn't able to meet his gaze. 

"I'll go with being able to see the future, since I think I already have that gift!" Skylar giggled quietly, her father smiling proudly at her. 

"Right well in that case, Kyungsoo and Kai brought the clans together which means that they get to keep their original powers while everyone else gains new ones. Sehun gets gifted control over the wind while Skylar can predict the future, but they could also retain some qualities of their previous power. This was what Citrine vampires were" 

"Okay, but it still doesn't answer my earlier question, what does this have to do with anything?" Baekhyun inquired, his head tilted to the side like a confused puppy. 

"When you and Chanyeol merged, something happened to the both of you" Katherine began her fingers rubbing gently off the boy's leg. "Jongdae wasn't able to finish his procedure because he got thrown backwards against the cell door, he's been resting at home with his mate. He said that he was researching what happened but we all know that he's resting, you guys were terrifying" 

"Scared me half to death" Skylar nodded, agreeing with her aunt. "We thought you two were going to die and drag Jongdae down with you, whatever it was that came over you two made him go three feet in the air and knock him into the metal bars of the holding cell" 

"It all stared once you drew your mating mark" Sehun stated watching as the two mates in confusion glanced at each other knowingly. "We couldn't see your mate mark either, we watched you begin to draw Baekhyun but it never came out" 

"What do you mean you can't see it? I think it's actually pretty funny actually" Chanyeol chuckled dazing down at their wrists that were rested beside one another. Baekhyun blushed a crimson shade as Chanyeol raised their interlocked hands to his lips pressing them against Baekhyun's closed palm. 

"Wait you guys can't see it anymore?" Baekhyun blurted, his head shaking from side to side a he tried to get over the innocent peck. 

"All we saw was a bright white light" Kyungsoo answered, his head tilted even though he seemed surprised. "Do guys remember anything before you blacked out?" 

"I just remember the pain and Baekhyun's writing" Chanyeol shrugged, looking with furrowed brows at his family members. "What are you not telling us?" 

"Wait a bright white light?" Baekhyun gasped, his head turning to look at his mate. Chanyeol's confused expression morphing into one of realisation. 

"The light from the garden, when I touched your hand the last time.. our wrists glowed white that was the same time that you-" 

"Completely lost all of my self control and wanted to jump on you yeah I know" Baekhyun blushed hiding his face in the crook of his mate's neck. 

"Wait, yeah I remember that!" Sehun shouted clicking his fingers together, recalling the memory. "You both acted so weird then, you couldn't stop touching your wrist after Baekhyun backed off" 

"The white light happened before and you forgot to tell us?!" Suho snapped, throwing a pillow at his son's head. Both Chanyeol and Baekhyun leant to the side in order to avoid getting struck. 

"We didn't think much of it!" Chanyeol snapped back his eyes changing into a bright red. Suho stumbled backwards in the chair, the entire family gasping at the new sight before them. "What?" 

"Chan-" Baekhyun whispered, his breath hitching as he stared into the blood red orbs he had never witnessed before. "Hey honey look at me" taking his mate's cheeks into his hold, Baekhyun found himself shifting in his laps lap, straddling him. "Calm down sweetheart" 

Chanyeol melted into his mate's touch, his shoulders releasing any sudden tension he had been feeling. "Take deep breaths and look at me" Baekhyun whispered, gently rubbing the pads of his thumb against the smooth skin of the elder. Chanyeol did as he was told, feeling his fangs retract and the ever so delicate fingers swipe against the veins below his eyes. Baekhyun smiled sweetly as he bent down and helped his boyfriend the rest of the way. 

Pressing their lips together released the left-over anger and rage Chanyeol had suddenly been overwhelmed with. He didn't understand why he had blown as easily as he had, he had been in control of his anger for years.. so why was it suddenly all bubbling to the surface. He felt himself go lax against Baekhyun's chest, his body moulding into whatever Baekhyun wanted from him. 

When they broke their kiss, Baekhyun smiled down at his mate his fingers looping around his neck as a reward."There you go honey" he giggled pressing his lips against the taller's cheek. "I thought I lost you for a second there" 

"Sorry" Chanyeol automatically found himself apologising, his lower lip coming out in a pout. "I don't know what just came over me.." 

"Hey it's okay, no harm done hmm?" Baekhyun grinned allowing his boyfriend to twist him back around so they were facing their family. Chanyeol's breath hitching at the surprised and terrified faces thrown in his direction. 

"What the hell was that?" Skylar panicked, her hands forming fists through the material of her dress. "Chanyeol your entire eyes turned red.. that's not natural" 

"Wait.. Kris was saying something about that when you disappeared to find Baekhyun. I overheard him talk about it but I never realised that was you" Jongin muttered, his eyes unmoving from his brother. "He seemed really freaked out about it Chanyeol.." 

"He should be" Yixing announced, his eyes unmoving from the book on his lap. "Red eyes are an unnatural thing yes, but apparently it's not as unusual as we think.. Baekhyun-" 

"Chanyeol?" Baekhyun shouted, his eyes searching for his mate. Everyone turned towards the mates surprised to see their Prince staring down at his mate with a strange smile on his face. "Giant?" 

"Baekhyun, I don't feel too good" Chanyeol whispered, his grip loosening on his mate's waist. 

"Chanyeol when was the last time you fed?" Baekhyun hissed groaning slightly at the weight being placed onto his shoulder so quickly. 

Before he could stop himself Chanyeol found himself nuzzling into his boyfriend's neck, he knew he shouldn't do it, he knew that this would bring consequences but Baekhyun was his mate.. surely he would understand. 

"I'm so sorry" he whispered before plunging his fangs into the latter's neck. His mate howling in pain at the sharp fangs attacking his arteries...