Chanyeol stared down at his mate that had currently been moved onto the bed instead of the garden grass. He had been pacing the floor back and forward repeatedly wearing down the carpet that he had in his room. Throwing a glance towards the bed, he stared at Baekhyun's pale face growing even paler as minutes drew on into hours. 

"Why isn't he waking up yet?" he questioned his Appa who didn't have an answer. Instead Suho shook his head apologetically and turned to Chen who also seemed a little uncomfortable. "I don't know Chanyeol he should be awake right now but he isn't.. I think we better prepare for the worst" 

Chanyeol stared at Chen like he had grown a thousand heads, the doctor shivering under the Prince's glare. "Don't even think like that, he hasn't woken up yet so we can't just jump to conclusions like that Jongdae" 

"Chanyeol he's only trying to prepare you for what's going to come, don't you think that we owe it to Baekhyun to put him out of the misery he will be in when he wakes up?" Suho asked taking the human's hand into his own. 

"Absolutely not, Baekhyun deserves to say goodbye properly.. I have things I want to say to him so I agree with what your son is saying Suho" Yixing spoke up, taking a stand next to Chanyeol's side. "Baekhyun will need those couple minutes to say goodbye too" 

"I warned Baekhyun to stay out of the garden" Skylar cried, her tears streaming down her cheeks as she rushed to the sleeping boy's side. She shook him gently gradually getting harder with each passing second. "I told you to stay away, why didn't you listen to me?!" 

"Maybe because of this" Sehun announced picking up a slip of paper from the desk Baekhyun had been using to catch up on some school work earlier, after the whole ordeal about what they had discovered in the library. "It says that you told him it was safe from him to come out" 

Skylar stood up and snatched the note from her brother's hand, scanning the writing and noticing something unforgiveable. "I never wrote this, this isn't my handwriting see my t's don't look that" 

"She's right" Luhan added staring over her shoulder at Chanyeol, whose shoulder's had risen in anger. "The letter is a forgery Chanyeol, the guy who turned Baek must have slipped him this.." 

"He said that Kris wanted me back home without any distractions, he may be my father but that doesn't mean I can't kill him" 

"Chanyeol you're telling me you want to kill our Father, like the King of Darkness, are you crazy or just plain stupid?!" Kai yelled throwing his stepbrother a pillow to the face. Chanyeol caught it while it was in arm-length distance, before ripping the cushion straight down the middle. 

"Try and stop me" The eldest Park sibling dared, his eyes ablaze in a sort of fire that his family had never seen before. Suho quivered by the sound of pure calmness in his son's voice. He had never heard Chanyeol sound so pissed off in the calmest way. "Because there is nothing coming between me and my father, not anymore hurting Baekhyun and you is the last straw" 

Suho watched as his first son walked out of the bedroom, slamming the door closed on his way out. Sighing ever so slightly Suho gently wished that he never had to see Chanyeol's breaking point but it was bound to happen. His son only ever wanted to protect his mate whenever he found him and according to his count this was the third time Baekhyun had been put in danger, Chanyeol had been calm in comparison to what Suho expected.

"You shouldn't be so hard on him Suho, Chanyeol has respected his position as Prince, kept his actions minimal given the circumstances, kept his mouth sealed when he could have fought back because he was scared that he would disappoint you but now that his father has done this to Baekhyun, I fear that Chanyeol may not come back from this darkness within him" Katherine interrupted standing up for the Prince who was long gone to try and defend himself.

~*~

"Was my message delivered?" Kris questioned his butler who softly nodded in obedience. "Perfect, please prepare my plane I must go to Ireland immediately, don't want my family spending too much time out of my grasp, who knows what they will do"

"Of course my King, I'll get the pilot right away, shall I tell your company of your departure so early in the morning?"

"Nah Tao understands that I needed elsewhere, just make sure that he's here when I get back, I'll be pent up a bit from not having him beside me for a couple days"

The butler bowed respectfully before announcing his leave. The King sat himself down on his throne, his mind casually drifting back to the memories of the exciting night he had just had with a certain Chinese vampire from a very wealthy clan. A small smirk pulled itself onto his lips, which would make anyone shiver.

~*~

The dungeon was littered with bones and old iron shackles from the years Chanyeol wasn't even born, his grand-mother had always warned him that if he ever found himself locking someone up down there then he best use the tools lined along the walls for pleasure filled moments. The vampire that had brought him into this, the one that had broken his future and his heart all in the snap of his mate's neck sat in the cell like an animal.

"You should have killed me you know" He whispered, rising his otherwise lowered head. The harsh sunburn would usually make Chanyeol wheeze but giving the situation he would rather turn his nose up in the presence of the traitor before him.

"That will happen eventually but I'm going to entertain myself before my mate wakes up from the vampire turning coma you put him in" Chanyeol smiled pulling on some garden gloves, he had borrowed them from Baekhyun's little 'rose bush' package he had insisted on taking from the gardener when he thought he would be safe attending to them in the garden. "Tell me Minho why would you do it?"

The Prince's former teacher shook his head, sending his former-student a glare. "I'm your father's servant Chanyeol not yours. My alliance stands with him and it will continue that until I die" Minho smiled sadly before turning his gaze to the water filled bucket that Chanyeol had dropped a whole four pieces of rope into.

"Oh well, guess I don't need to hold back your punishment now do I?" The prince smirked picking up the dripping ropes before stepping inside the cell and shoving his teacher onto a seat already positioned in the centre of it. "You know I thought that you would continue to stick by me after everything we have gone through together, you've seen what my sperm donor did to my Appa for years, you could have told him to stop you were his right hand man right?"

"If I went against the King I would be a traitor nonetheless he would have killed me then and there Chanyeol, I wouldn't have been able to protect my family Chanyeol"

"Then why the hell did you come after my mate" Chanyeol hissed throwing the ropes onto Minho's lap, he watched in happiness as the mountain ash made itself know. Minho scared in pure agony, tears streaming down his face as the plant made liquid burned into his already sensitive skin.

"Your father told me that I needed to do everything in my power for you to get the message he wanted to get across to you and Baekhyun was specifically mentioned, he promised me that nothing would happen to me if I did, you forget Chanyeol I taught you everything you know I know you won't kill me"

"Well you know what I've realised recently"

Chanyeol whispered already feeling his blood boiling in anger, grabbing another mountain ash rope the Prince wrapped it against Minho's neck, the substance burning the vampire's neck. When he couldn't get any useful words from him, Chanyeol leaned low and whispered the finishing sentence into his ear.

"I believe in killing the messenger"

He pulled on the rope until he was dripping against his own chest. Chanyeol looked down at the headless body before him, the mountain ash acting as the perfect heat source to prevent blood stains and extra mess that he needed to clean up. Kicking the headless teacher off the chair Chanyeol allowed the mountain ash to burn the rest of the body, it was a lot easier for the plant now that the sun had burned him enough to cause extreme damage.

"Because it sends a message"

~*~

After taking a long shower in one of the guest rooms, Chanyeol stepped into his bedroom seeing his mate untouched and unmoving in the bed. A sigh escaped the Prince's lips yet it went against the silent air.

Kyungsoo and Luhan had offered to stay to watch over his mate so that other family members could rest, after all it was very possible that this threat to their group wouldn't just stop there. Chanyeol was happy to see that both of them had fallen asleep together on the couch that Skylar had gifted them as Baekhyun's welcoming present.

"You'll need extra comfort for the room, and maybe you never know your children could be made here"

Chanyeol blushed at the memory before sitting himself down next to his mate in the bed. He was exhausted but he wanted to be wide awake for when Baekhyun woke up, he would be able to sleep when he and Baekhyun leave this place together, at least that's the plan.

After pressing a simple kiss on Baekhyun's plump lips he stood up from the bed and walked towards the frames hung on the wall. His grandmother stared at him from the picture making him hold back tears, he had been strong for so long yet the possibility of losing Baekhyun before their lives had even begun made him break down all the walls he had around him.

"I don't know what to do Nana.." he whispered, afraid that his voice would crack uncontrollably if he spoke louder. "If you were here you'd tell me to follow my heart, but how can I do that if it's in a million pieces.. it broke when my mate became like this, please tell me how we are going to overcome this.. I can't lose him I really can't.. I know that I was never able to protect him but I wish that I was given the opportunity to try again, I need to try again."

An ever so weak "Chanyeol" floated through the air, slowly turning towards the bed Chanyeol stared at Baekhyun's soft smile. His breath hitched as he sped himself on top of the latter connecting their lips quickly in that moment.

"Hey baby" he chuckled quietly rubbing the latter's cheeks his tears filling his eyes again. Baekhyun stared up at him in confusion, his feminine hand pressed against his mate's right cheek, Chanyeol cuddling into the warmth it gave off. "You're awake"

"And I'm starving.."