MARK

"Let go of me! Put your filthy hands off me!" The girl Luhan hyung and Shawn hyung caught exclaimed as she struggles from their tight holds.

Her magic stick was in Taeyeon noona's hands. After a few moments, she easily broke it into half.

"Keep quiet until we let you explain what the heck your plans are!" Luhan hyung shouted, obviously annoyed by her.

But of course, knowing Shin Lami, she will never budge.

"All of you will die! DIE!" I could only sigh at her snarky remarks. I glanced a bit and she still tries to free herself from the two.

"That witch will kill you all! KILL!!" She continued to scream. I placed my hand on my face as I groan in frustration. She's the idiot here, aish.

The five of us walked towards the castle where the rest of the royalties are. The hideous and monstrous shadows stopped coming, as soon as Luhan hyung got a hold of Lami and Taeyeon noona grabbed her stick. They had, including Shawn hyung, an emotion toll when Yoona noona suddenly disappeared in the wind, together with that bastard that also has the same name as me.

The injured castle guards were being healed by the healers of this kingdom. The ones who died were placed on floating stretchers and flew outside the castle, probably to Nature Kingdom's own hospital, like the ones on Earth.

Because I'm walking in front of the group, I opened the big doors for them and helped them get in. The grounds were very messy as of the moment, point taken because of what the shadows did to the trees that dried out. My eyes soften at the scene and with a heavy heart, I closed the big doors.

I shrugged the heaviness away. I can't think about that now. What I must put inside my mind is this problem that I and the royalties from every kingdom must solve.

And also, Shin Lami.

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"Where did Tuan bring Yoona?"

"I don't f*cking give a sh*t, fools."

I could feel that my knees are already trying to give up, having to stand for how many hours. I quickly looked for something to sit on and I almost cursed in success when I saw a chair nearby. I skipped my way to get it.

"Oh no, kiddo. You're going to have to suffer with us." I jumped in surprised when someone pulled me back from my place. I almost peed in my pants. I glared at Krystal noona, who also glared at me back.

"Noona! I don't even know why I am here! I just want to sit on that lovely, comfortable chair!" I then pointed to the chair that I saw by the corner. Krystal noona looked at me weirdly. She suddenly flicked me in the forehead. What the heck?!

"This room doesn't even have chairs, idiot. I don't see one." She said in monotone and looked up front, watching how Kris hyung, Luhan hyung and Sir Sam did their interrogation with Lami. Well, they kept calling her names like girl, fool, lady, and crazy since they don't know her name.

Well I do, and I did tell them. They probably forgot.

I groaned and ignored what Krystal noona said, still wanting to sit when the said furniture was gone. I gasped in shock.

"Where the freakity freak is the chair?!" I exclaimed, terror obvious in my voice. I even kneeled down to the ground, falling in to despair, as I want to describe it. "I can't suffer like this—"

"Won't you shut up there Mark?! You're disturbing us here!" I got up, the minute I hard Kris hyung's big voice. I literally straightened myself like a stick and stood like a frozen statue, like a little boy afraid to get beaten.

"S-sorry hyung." I apologized, to which Kris hyung ignored and continued to shout at Lami. I avoided my eyes to see that.

I then felt a finger poking my shoulder. I turned to see Tiffany noona, with a hand clasped on her mouth. She's trying to suppress her laughter. I groaned.

"Did you just trick me, noona?!" I whisper-shouted.

"Just wanted to lighten up this place. The tension's so thick." She explained as she gave me a peace sign. I glared at her, she tried not to laugh.

I sighed in despair and went back to where I stood. I forced myself to look at the interrogation, even though I don't want to.

Kris hyung did all the asking while Luhan hyung and Sir Sam stood by the side, keeping her from escaping using a spell. I could see that she isn't taking it well.

And it hurts me.

"I'm asking you, one last time." Kris hyung said sternly, slamming the table in front of her. She flinched at the hard contact, still can't move her body as she is stuck on the chair she's sitting on. "WHERE ARE THEY?!"

"HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO KNOW—AAH!!" Lami screamed in pain as electricity went through her. I turned to see that it was Luhan hyung who casted the spell, his eyes screaming anger.

"This is hopeless, Sir. She won't open her damn mouth." Kris hyung said exasperatedly. It is obvious that he's tired from trying to get answers, take note that he's sweating furiously because of the hot room we're all in. No windows, just a door and a light bulb illuminating from above.

"You may rest now, Kris. You did your best." Sir Sam told him, giving him a small smile. Kris hyung bowed in his direction and walked towards where Jessica noona was standing. Jessica noona, worried, quickly ushered him out of the room.

"Why won't you speak? Are you that loyal to that witch?" Luhan hyung asked, replacing Kris hyung. Lami, as always, glared at him.

"Loyal? Ha! As if I'm loyal to her. I just want to see all of you die, along with that woman!" Lami then started to laugh hysterically, like a madman.

"I don't care about her, or Mark Tuan, or Yoona, or any of you! She's going to kill all of you, and all of you will do the same. You're all just hungry for power. I'm just a mere human! I'm not like any of you bastards!!"

Luhan hyung continued the interrogation with the same volume of frustration, and I just stood there, gripping my fists tightly. The whole room suddenly disappears from my line of sight except for Lami, shouting and struggling on her sit.

How she is acting right now, how she keeps on screaming for death and killing, its a huge contrast from her personality back on Earth. She did ignore me a lot of times, and sassed me a lot, but there was always this sparkle in her eyes that keeps me drawn towards her. Like even though she would roll her eyes at my silliness, I could sense how she enjoys it.

That sparkle is now gone. And its replaced by flames, burning from frustration.

"She won't stop saying nonsense stuff, Sir. What's plan B?" I heard Taeyeon noona asked, since she's just on the other side of Krystal and Sir Sam is on her right.

"Well, we have only one choice left." Sir Sam replied, followed by silence, except for Lami's heavy breathing. I kept my gaze on the ground, hiding from them the tears wanting to form from my eyes.

Why does my chest feel so heavy, seeing Lami change so drastically?

I was brought out of my trance when I felt a hand on my shoulder. I looked up to see it was Luhan hyung.

"Oh, sorry hyung, something caught my eye. Did I miss anything?" I asked, swiftly wiping the tears that were about to fall.

"You go and ask." I froze at the words that came out from Luhan hyung's mouth. My eyes widen in shock.

What am I supposed to do again?

All of a sudden, I found myself in front of the long table, and on the other side sat Lami, who's suddenly quiet as she eyes me. I gulped in nervousness.

I could feel everyone's eyes on me, waiting for my next move. I don't know how I suddenly got here in front of her but now that I am really in front of her, I feel like exploding.

I opened my mouth to speak, but my voice seemed to be lost, resulting to me, coughing. I could see Taeyeon noona sigh and Krystal noona covering her face with her hand. Lami chuckled at me.

"Hey Mark. Its been months! How are ya?" She asked me, a big grin on her face. I stayed quiet, looking at her. "You know, its fine if you'll also shout at me like what those two handsome men did. You have the right to. I have hurt you anyways so why not release it? I'm trapped on the this stupid excuse of a chair, I f*cking can't move and I'm a crazy woman!"

She continued to laugh crazily, her head going about on different ways. I could see her arms and legs itching to do the same. She screamed, groaned and her eyes only showed frustration.

It hurts to see this.

"Why are you so silent Mark?! Come on, scream profanities at me!! I'm a horrible person! You told me yourself, I'm your enemy!" She screamed, her voice cracking every time she does. I couldn't help but just stare at her. She still remembered what I first told her when I found out about her being on the side of that witch.

"Hyung was right, you were an enemy."

I closed my eyes as my own voice echoed inside my head.

And there they go, the tears I've been trying to stop.

I let my emotions get the best of me.

I still like her, so very much.

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THIRD PERSON POV

"Mark, what—" Taeyeon was about to butt in, but Sir Sam stopped her before she could even take a step. She looked at him instantly, giving him a look of worry, to which Sir Sam smiled.

"Mark knows what he's doing. Let them be." Was the older's only response and went back to look at the broken couple in front.

With both her eyebrows furrowed, Taeyeon also did the same. She looked at Mark, who, a while ago, walked around the long table to reach Lami, the captured human girl who sadly got herself involved in a huge mess. Taeyeon doesn't understand the young lad's actions, as she watched Mark kneel down in front of the girl and hugged her, tears endlessly falling from his eyes.

A knot suddenly formed inside Taeyeon's chest, and she doesn't know why.

"I can't. Lami, you know I can't" After how many minutes of silence, Mark answered the human girl's questions with a crack in his voice. "I can't shout at you, I don't want to. You know I like you, right? So no, I won't."

Right after that, there came the human girl's cries. Sir Sam smiled sadly, as he placed both his hands to a rest, halting the freezing spell casted on Lami. He looked at Luhan, who got the answer and did the same.

Lami was now free from the painful spell, and hugged Mark back.

Silence reigned inside the room, the people watching the two teenagers remained clueless. Only Sir Sam could sense that the two were communicating with telepathy, thanks to Mark's ability. He's the younger brother of Xiumin, the royal assistant of Song Kingdom's prince and expert in telekinesis, Luhan.

Which also meant, Luhan could also sense it too. Not meaning to do it, he eavesdropped the couple's entire conversation.

'Just tell us where they are, Lami. They are nice people, they will never hurt you.'

'I just want my freedom, Mark. I've been through a lot. How am I supposed to trust them easily? I don't know any of them!'

'If you don't trust them, then trust me, they will never hurt you. Believe me.'

The two broke their hug and looked at each other's eyes. Mark, with his red eyes and nose due to his crying, smiled as be caressed Lami's hair. Luhan couldn't see Lami's reaction, but he assumed that the human girl's probably doing the same as Mark, smiling.

"They're at this kingdom that disappeared 22 years ago." Lami spoke, breaking the silence. Everyone was taken aback, but they didn't get to react as Lami continued to spill the beans. "Madam Jezzy described the kingdom to be hidden from everyone, yet this was in your history because of a war."

At this point, everyone already knew what the human girl meant. But still, they let Lami tell what this place was.

"They are in Carnation Kingdom. Madam Jezzy and your princess, Yoona, are there right now. Fighting."

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A/N

This was more of a filler kind of chapter, since I'm preparing myself to write the last 3 chapters and finally, the epilogue.

This is my Valentines treat to all of you~

And please tell me if you like the new cover I'm going to post for this story and for the rest of my books. I decided to go low and be just simple.

Goodbye guys~