Stella POV

I was about to close the lid of the box when I noticed a folded piece of paper inside the box.

I gasped and took the paper and unfolded it.

More tears rolled down my face when I realized what it was.

Dear Stella,

I'm sorry...

If you are reading this, I guess I didn't get to say goodbye. I really hope this never gets to you, but if it did, I'm probably dead...

I'm such a bad friend, aren't I? I left you once again.

I still remember the first time we met, I was a loner back then and you were the first person who approached me and tried to be my friend. I was scared... I was scared to trust, but you were different... I dont know why, but I felt drawn towards you. You were the ray of light in my dark life... When I was with you, I would forget my worries, all that mattered were our talks and jokes.

Even after I returned after two years of absence, you never questioned anything and welcomed me with your open arms. Even after you found out that I was an agent, you never thought of me as your enemy...

Maybe I made a wrong choice.... Maybe I shouldn't have joined SPARK, but all I wanted was to get stronger...

I knew it was risky to work right under Czaritsa, one wrong move and I will die....I knew it... but I had to.

It's a miracle how I was able to get this far without dying. But sooner or later, I know they are going to kill me. I have a feeling that these are going to be my last words to you...I want these to be meaningful... I dont want my death to be in vain...

What I'm going to say next is really important...

Dont ever trust SPARK.

Dont trust Czaritsa...

Dont even trust the people around you...

I was assigned a secret mission directly by the Czaritsa herself. She wanted to find the strongest creature. I dont really know her intentions, but all I know is she desperately wants that power. She either wants to have it for herself or kill it so no one can have it. It's the same creature that bit you.

It's called the Curse.

Czaritsa thinks that the curse is one of the gang member of dark knights or black Rose. My mission was to find it. I was the only one who knew about it except Jin and she doesn't want to take chances. I'm sure she has already started doubting my loyalty and I'm an easy target so they'll probably kill me soon, but I'm sure she cant kill Jin, he is not easy to kill. He is the one person who knows all about SPARK, ask him, he'll help.

Be careful, since you are victim of the curse, Czaritsa might target you too.

And yeah...I wasn't the one who told them about your powers... I think there is a traitor among you.... I dont know for sure though.

I think that's all....

Dont ever blame yourself for my death and dont let any of our friends blame themselves either... I knew this was going to happen, I was prepared. And yeah.... please tell jungkook to take care of Taehyung, I think he went through a lot in the past, I dont want him to be sad because of me...

Dont feel sad about me and move on, that's what I want all of you to do. I want you guys to be happy. Dont hurt yourselves trying to take revenge for me.

You know...I dont regret any of it... I was happy...

Thank you for making my life worth it.

Goodbye Dumbass.

-Misa.

Drops of tears fell on the paper as I finished reading it.

She knew it...

She knew she was going to die...

I clenched the paper tightly with my left hand and clenched my chest with the other.

I felt pain.

My heart, it felt like it was on fire.

I hadn't realized what she meant to me until she left me...

I broke down and screamed in pain.

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Author's POV

A little boy, around five years, was waiting for someone outside the door of their room.

"Come quickly before mom arrives!" He whisper yelled.

"Coming." A little girl replied from the other side of the door.

After a few minutes, the door slowly creaked open, revealing a little girl, younger than the boy. She had the same dark eyes like the boy.

"Let's go!" The boy excitedly whispered and extended his hand.

The girl grinned and grabbed his hand, "Yeshh!"

They carefully sneaked out of their mansion and arrived at a garden behind it.

It was late night and the moon was shining brightly above them.

The little girl jumped around excitedly and started collecting the flowers.

The boy sat on the grass and watched her being happy. A smile made it's way on his face. He always admired how cheerful the little girl was. All he wished was for her to be the same forever.

After playing around for a while, the little girl ran towards the boy and sat beside him.

They both layed down on the grass and stared at the starry sky. It was around midnight by now.

The little girl held up her hand and glanced at her watch. After seeing the time, a wide smile made it's way in her face.

She sat up and forced the boy to do the same, "Get up and close your eyes." She ordered.

The boy was confused but obeyed her anyway.

"Now open your eyes."

He did and saw the girl sitting in front if him with her hands in front of her, holding something.

"Tada~" She gave him the widest grin. "Happy birthday!!"

He stared at the bracelet in her hand then at her. A smile formed on his lips, "Thank you so much!!" He said and took the bracelet.

He tried to wear the bracelet but it was too big for his small hands. He didnt mention it to the girl though, as he didnt wanted to hurt her feeling.

Even after his efforts to try to hide it, the girl noticed and chuckled, "I made it big on purposhe."

"Huh?"

"Mom shaid you grow every day, I didn't want it to become shmall for you." She pouted.

The boy laughed,"Stupid."

The girl stared at the sky, "Will our family be together forever, big brother?"

The boy was a little taken aback from her sudden question, "Of course we will be." The boy said, trying to convince himself more than his little sister.

He got up, "Its getting late, let's get back in, Mal."

"Hey Jungkook, wake up."

Jungkook slowly opened his eyes when he felt someone shaking his shoulders.

Jungkook had fallen asleep on a couch in one of the room at Black Rose headquarters.

He turned his head to the right to see the person who woke him up.

"You okay?" Liya who was now standing beside the couch, asked. Even though her face was hidden, worry was clearly visible in her voice.

Jungkook faintly smiled and hummed, closing his eyes again.

"Are you sure?" Liya asked again.

"Yeah...why would you ask though?" Jungkook asked, half asleep.

"Because..." She hesitated.

"Because?" Jungkook asked again, opening his eyes and landing them on Liya who was now sitting on a chair, opposite to the couch he was laying on.

"You were crying, or should I say..." She threw her head back and stared at the ceiling, "You still are."

Jungkook eyes slightly widened and he was a little taken aback after hearing that.

He slowly sat up and touched his cheeks. They were indeed wet from the tears.

"Why..." He whispered to himself.

Silence fell between them, neither of them speaking a word.

"Dont blame yourself." Liya spoke, "You think you are weak, but you are not."

He raised his head and stared at Liya, "But..." He trailed off.

"Not everything is your fault." She stood up and walked towards him, "Get yourself together. People still need you, Stella needs you... we need you." She placed her hand on his shoulder.

More tears formed in Jungkook's eyes as he heard those words. He opened his mouth to speak but was interrupted by someone clapping their hands.

"That was touching!" Lee know dramatically said as he wiped his fake tears.

"Thank you." Liya turned towards Lee know, lowered her black mask and gave him a dangerous smile.

Lee know gulped, "Sorry." He mumbled and turned away from Liya, raising his hands in surrender.

His eyes fell on Jungkook.

"Wait, you are actually crying?!" Lee know fell on the floor laughing.

Liya sighed while face palming herself. She turned towards Jungkook, "Please ignore h-" She stopped and let out a silent chuckle as she noticed that Jungkook was staring at Lee Know with a smile on his face.

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Stella POV 

I arrived at the headquarters and looked at my watch. I let out a sigh when I realized that there was still half an hour before the meeting.

I walked inside and decided to wait in the common room. I placed my hand on the door handle and was about to push it when someone else pulled it from the other side, due to which, I stumbled and my head hit someone's hard chest.

I groaned and looked up while rubbing my forehead. "You-"

My body froze when my brown eyes met his dark wide eyes. He seemed just as shocked as me.

"J-Jungkook?"

I didn't realize when it happened but now that I was in his arms, it hit me like a truck...

When was the last time we talked...?

After Misa died, we rarely talked. Both of us were busy blaming ourselves that we even forgot to ask how the other was.

My eyes started getting teary as I realized that there were dried tears on his cheeks.

I placed my right palm on his cheek and slowly caressed it, "Are you okay?"

He held my hand that was on his cheek and looked down, "I'm sorry."

"Huh?" I stared at him. It hurted me to see him like this. "Why are you apologising?"

"I should have been there for you." He looked at me with his eyes that held sadness, "I'm sorry..."

Tears rolled Down my cheeks.

He was trying to be strong...

Just by looking in his eyes, I could see the pain. He was going through something more painful than me... I dont even know what it is...

I was selfish.

All this time he was going through something and I didnt even notice it.

"Shut up." I wrapped my arms around his waist and sobbed, "I missed you."

His body stiffened for a moment but he soon relaxed and wrapped his hands around me as well.

We stood there, in each other's embrace and it felt like the world had stopped. Nothing else mattered at that moment. I wanted to forget about everything and stay like that forever.

But alas, nothing lasts forever.

We were still in each others embrace when I heard someone clear their throat behind me.

We quickly moved apart and looked away. Both of our faces were as red as as tomatoes.

"If you guys are done, can we start?" Lee Know asked, he sounded annoyed but from his look, I could tell he was enjoying it.

"R-Right!" I stuttered.

"Which drama were you filming by the way?" Liya who now sitting on the floor beside Lee Know with a bowl of popcorn in her hands, asked.

More blood rushed to my cheeks.

Jungkook cleared his throat, "W-We should start the meeting!" He stuttered.

I heard a chuckle. I turned to look out and just outside the door, with his back against the wall was Taehyung, the corners of his lips were slightly turned up.

"Seems like you guys are already having fun without me." Jimin walked down the hallway with a pout.

"Shit. Now its ruined." Lee Know said.

"Shut up." Jimin playfully glared at him and we all broke into laughs.

I looked at everyone and smiled, I thought maybe things could really get better now, but I was wrong...

All of us gathered in the common room. I was sitting on the sofa with Jungkook beside me, Lee Know and Jimin were sitting opposite to us while Liya was on the single sofa on my right with her legs on the coffee table and Yuna was sitting opposite to Liya. Suga was laying on the couch in the corner of the room, half asleep. Taehyung was standing behind Lee Know and Jimin with his back against the wall.

"So, did you opened the box?" Jimin asked.

I slowly nodded.

Reading my face, Taehyung let out a dry chuckle, "So there really was something, huh?"

"What was inside?" Lee know asked.

I was a bit hesitant. Jungkook noticed this and held my hand in his. I turned to face him. He gave me an encouraging smile and lightly squeezed my hand.

I nodded and took a deep breath.

"There was a letter inside."

Taehyung snapped his head towards me, his eyes were wide, "She knew..." Pain was evident in his eyes.

"Yeah, she knew she was gonna die." I sighed and looked down.

"So... what was in the letter?" Yuna asked.

I took a deep breath and told everything that was written inside the letter.

After I finished, there was a moment of silence.

Then Lee Know asked, "Curse?"

"Yeah."

"So it's not just a myth?" Jimin asked, shocked.

I nodded.

"We thought banshee was a myth too..." Jungkook said.

"What exactly is this so called 'myth' anyway?" Liya asked, still digging in her bowl of popcorn.

"I dont know..." I admitted, "Misa just said that Czaritsa was after the Curse, but she didn't mention what curse was."

"I know what it is." Jungkook said.

All eyes turned towards Jungkook, waiting for his explanation.

Jungkook took a deep breath, "It is said that when a vampire and werewolf come together, a hybrid can be born. But the thing is, in one timeline, only two hybrids can exist. They are the strongest beings. They appear only after hundreds of years after one dies. One is the darkness while the other is the light." Jungkook looked around at everyone, "One is called the Curse while the other is the Cure."

"Cure...?" Liya asked. For the first time, she looked interested in something other than her food.

"What exactly is so special about these hybrids?" Yuna asked.

"Even though they are hybrids, they cant be dominated by an alpha. Curse can neither be dominated nor can it dominate other wolves, but the cure can dominate every other wolf except the Alpha, it can also dominate the Curse. The Curse is the strongest among the both hybrids, its only weak point is that it can be dominated by the Cure, even though it is stronger than cure." Jungkook continued, "If the cure bites an alive person, they turn into a werewolf and if it bites the dead, they become vampires. Its blood can cure the injured, which makes them the cure and the light."

"What about the Curse? Why is it considered the darkness?" I asked.

"If the curse bites a person, they get a certain curse mark. The mark only activates when the curse wants it to. If it bites the dead, they turn into banshee and alive just get the mark. Where the blood of cure heals, the blood of curse kills."

"What is the meaning of the curse mark though?" Lee Know asked.

"It means that they belong to curse."

Everyone looked shocked.

"W-What does that mean?" I asked, scared.

"It means that the curse can control the ones who have the mark. I dont know exactly what else it can do with it, but I know one thing." Jungkook said, "The curse is not a curse just for other, it's a curse for itself as well."

"What do you mean?" Lee know asked with wide eyes.

"If the curse doesn't use its powers, it kills them from inside. Their powers are something that cant be held inside. It makes them weak from inside."

I looked around and everyone except Liya and Taehyung were shocked. Liya was more excited than shocked and Taehyung looked like he knew all this already.

"Its rare for the two hybrids to be born in the same century, but this time, it did happen." Jungkook informed.

"How can you be sure? I mean, looking at Stella, we can tell that the curse is out there, but how can you be so sure about the cure?" Liya asked, confused.

"To be honest, I'm more sure about the Cure than the Curse." Jungkook chuckled.

"Why?" Jimin asked.

"Because," Taehyung who was silent the whole time finally spoke,

"I am the Cure."

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