Jungkook could think of nothing but Alicia, and he did not even notice that he repeatedly continued to open a locked door. He started hammering on it as if it was the only thing that would save him from death. But so was it. He had to see her again before it was too late. And that was soon.

The boy took a deep breath, but then the door opened for him, and he just went straight in without giving the slightest thought as to why, it then suddenly opened. Jungkook shouted all he could the girl's name. He was so eager to find her that no one would be able to stop him. Not even the growling wolf who made an attempt to stop him. The attempt was in vain.

Jungkook knew nothing about the interior of the house, but still, there was something that made him quite sure where she was. Because she was supposed to be in here somewhere.

Jungkook could suddenly feel the drops rolling down his cheeks. Suddenly, it all just felt wildly overwhelming. Maybe this was a bad idea after all? But then the boy was desperately grabbed, and the whole world began to roll around. The eyes ran with rivers of saltwater.

They were shaking. Luminous. Jungkook held his breath, unable to believe what his eyes showed him. It was impossible.

The girl in front of him cried quietly as she squeezed more and more around his arms. He gulped nervously and gently raised his hand to remove some hair from her face.

His lips trembled, "Th-this is not true.."

"Alicia?" Jungkook's voice cracked in the middle of the name.

The girl's eyes shone brightly. So powerful that the moon could be reflected in Jungkook's own eyes. She nodded slowly. It was really her.

"JUNGKOOK WE'RE UNDER ATTACK!!"

The boy looked up in fright, and hurriedly pulled the girl to the side. They were on it earlier than he had anticipated.

"Fuck."

Jungkook quickly pulled his blade out of its holder and scouted around them before turning to Alicia again.

"The war has broken out, Alicia," he inhaled the air through his teeth, "Don't hurt the Choi hunters, they're on our side."

Jungkook turned around, but then she grabbed him, again. And Alicia kissed Jungkook. He closed his eyes. Alicia kissed him and not her wolf Valentina.

She wanted to say something, but couldn't bring herself to do so, instead, Alicia passed the shocked hunter to join the war.

Almost out of the blue, a sharp object was thrown in Alicia'a's direction. She flew back, startled. The enemy smiled crookedly, but not many seconds later the expression was replaced with a painful one. Jungkook pulled the sword out of his body again, which fell to the floor. Lifeless.

"Find some weapons, after all, you're trained as a hunter."

With the blade dripping with blood, Jungkook continued out the door, where the others fought fiercely against the stranger group of hunters. He didn't even consider it, and immediately went to attack their enemies.

The war had already begun.

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It was chaos at home at the Choi hunters. Beomgyu, who had managed to talk well with them, did everything he could to get all the wolves to cool down again. It was easy to see how they all tripped around on their toes with all their extra senses after the adrenaline rushed past. As if their wild instinct knew in advance that something was amiss. It was so terribly quiet in the house that Beomgyu almost feared that the roof would burst down over them because it all seemed so empty. His big brother and Geonhak were nowhere to be seen, which did not surprise him att all. The blonde boy sat down heavily on the sofa with a sigh. There was no reason to run around after the pack of wolves, who still did not listen in the slightest to his words. Ironically, in terms of how, they kept wandering around in search of the slightest sound. However, after dangerous noises.

Taehyun leaned back off the couch and wrapped his arms around the older boy. Then he kissed Beomgyu's backhead.

"They wander around like a pack of tracking dogs," he said, laughing softly.

Beomgyu snorted at the compliment, "And you don't think you should join them?"

The vampire gasped offended and pushed the boy down to lie down. Then he jumped over the backrest and rose over the hunter.

"You hurt my feelings Beom! Vampires aren't like werewolves!"

Beomgyu just hummed with his eyes closed and Taehyun caught him under him in a hug. The boy could have fallen asleep at that moment. He felt safe in Taehyun's arms, no one would ever be able to touch him there. But just as well as Beomgyu was lying there, he knew he also had to check up on Iris .. and Jimin. He sighed slightly annoyed, causing Taehyun to lift his head and look at him.

"What now?" the vampire asked with a raised eyebrow.

The older boy pushed them both up to sit, "I have to check up on Iris .."

Taehyun moaned annoyed but still followed Beomgyu out of the living room and up the stairs. He held out his hand and braided his fingers in between the hunter's much warmer hand.

Beomgyu knocked lightly on the door and afterward opened it. His gaze became gentle as he caught sight of the girl and boy who were gently running his fingers through her hair. His eyes were locked on the sleeping creature, and he didn't move an inch as Beomgyu and Taehyun stepped closer.The hunter sat down on his knees next to Jimin, "How is she?", He whispered quietly.

Jimin sighed, "I almost think I'm feeling worse than her .. The guilt is almost unbearable .." he bit his lip.

The blonde boy put his hand on the wolf's shoulder and ran it soothingly over his back.

"I do not understand why I did it. What was I thinking of .." he pulled away from the girl and sighed deeply as he ran a hand through his hair.

Beomgyu looked up at the elder, "But Jimin, it wasn't you who did it-"

"It was part of me who bit her," the red-blonde boy interrupted.

"And this happened", Jimin made a hand gesture towards Iris, "And now she's like me .. Lost and without family ... And tied up with a wolf forever. Beomgyu, that was not what she wanted."

The hunter nodded quietly, he did not quite know what to answer. He looked at Taehyun, who himself was sitting and had fallen into his own thoughts. He was one who also had to leave his family because of his newfound nature .. He missed them .. But Taehyun couldn't think of them now, he had promised himself not to do so. He would never see them again anyway.

And then it was as if it all just took one big quick turn and it flashed before the eyes of the vampire. He yelled until it resonated empty in his head afterward, and it was now that he had to use the abilities he had been forced to be bound to for the rest of his life.

Taehyun rushed forward and pushed to Beomgyu, only at the last minute. His instincts struck, like a leaping spark, and his eyes glowed red against the stranger who had thrown the knife. The knife had drilled with the tip deep into the floorboards where Beomgyu had been sitting only a few seconds ago. The vampire was furious. In no time, he threw himself towards the girl in leather black clothes and with colored pink hair. Her mask covered so that only her squinted eyes could be seen. And Taehyun already hated her.

When he collided with her with all the forces he mastered, the hunter fell backward fully defenseless. He was fast and she was unprepared that she could not do anything else. The girl flew against the wall in the short hallway, slamming hard into it with her whole body. Her gaze was swallowed up in a shock-like pain, and when it came back it was struck by yet another pain. The vampire kicked and tore all her weapons away from her and grabbed her throat. Slowly he positioned himself on both her wrists, his facial expression rock hard. The hunter made a suffocating sound in pain and did everything to move free, but she might as well not. The vampire was far too strong.

There was no chance the hunter would ever survive it. Taehyun saw only red. His one and all could have been hurt. Death. The blood vessels pulsed around in his body and he jerked in an unnaturally fast motion the head around on the girl. A bone-crushing sound. He broke her neck as if it were a single blade of grass.

What do you not do for your loved ones, right?

The rest of the hunter's lifeless body fell to the floor with a hollow sound. Blood ran quietly out of her nose. Taehyun turned around and was met with Beomgyu, who desperately grabbed him. It was clear a fight had broken out downstairs, it was not just a lone hunter who had come.

"Jimin you stay here and take care of Iris. I think this is worse than what it looks like," Taehyun said, pulling Beomgyu down the stairs with him.

And he was right, chaos had broken out and there was no going back.

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