A/N: In today's episode of author M has no brains. I injured myself deeply and tried to take care of the wound on my own to avoid going to the doctor because I hate hospitals. It became infected and now I had to get a whole ass surgery under local anesthesia done to remove the infection and shit. Now I am bedridden for 2 weeks. Either way I ended up going to the doctor. So should have let him handle it in the first place. In conclusion I am a 🤡

Also I might not upload for a few days because of this. I hope you understand 😔

Taehyung's POV

Jungkook opened the door to my room as he walked in.

"Did you check?", I asked and he nodded.

"All three of them were killed. I checked the hospital myself, there is no trace of the person they were looking for. All CCTV footage has been deleted. The staff doesn't know anything as well. They even denied that any EXO member was present"

My fist tightened as I looked away in anger.

"There is only one explanation to this. It was her. It was Queen. Our men must have seen something which they shouldn't have and that is why they got killed. FUCK"

"They must have taken her away", Jungkook added. "If it was Queen like you said, there is no way they are keeping her there after what happened. Now, they also know we are on their trail and that is why they will be more cautious"

"I don't understand one thing Jungkook", I began. "Nato said something on the phone before he was killed. Something like there are two of them and she is not who you think she is. What does that mean?"

Jungkook furrowed his brows. "There are two of them? Does it mean there are two Queens?"

"There cannot be two Queens. There is only one and I know that for sure", I replied, recalling WonHo's words from my initial meeting about having met Queen.

"Than what about she is not who you think she is? Who could that be for?", he asked from behind.

"That is the only thing I cannot understand. Guess I am going to need someone to join the dots for me"

"Who?", Jungkook was confused.

"A doctor. The one who owns the hospital. Park Jinyoung to be precise. And while we are at it, can you also get me Sua's file from Joon's office? I don't know something about her feels off to me. Can you run another background check on her? Without Namjoon knowing? Find me clips of her with her brother or from her police department. Ask Boram the man who snitched on their plan about her. Just get me something substantial"

"Did she do something?", Jungkook raised an eyebrow. "She doesn't seem like a rather smart or tactical woman capable of this. Everytime I see her, she is hunting the refrigerator for something to eat or asking our men to go out and bring her street food. I am beginning to think most of our operational budget is being spent behind her hunger. It seems like free food is her only interest in this Mafia", he scoffed.

"I don't know but I wouldn't call her dumb. My instinct tells me something is up with her and I don't want to ignore it. Ever since she has been here, trouble keeps brewing for us. So, get me the file", I looked at him.

He nodded and left. I sat back on the bed, this one line playing in my mind.

There are two of them. If Queen is one then who is the other person?

———•••———

Queen's POV

I held the device in my hand as I looked at it intently. I had to somehow give it to EXO. But how? For that I needed to get in contact with them. But I had no cell phone nor did Namjoon agree to giving me one. They didn't even let me leave the house.

The door to my room opened and Taehyung walked in. I concealed the device in my hand, clearly mad I hadn't locked my door.

"You are coming with me somewhere. None of the boys are home so I cannot trust you to be alone. Get ready"

"Where?", I asked.

"That doesn't concern you right now. Don't ask unnecessary questions either. If you already ready, get moving"

I stood up as I followed behind him, quickly putting the device in my pocket. We reached his car and he motioned for me to get in. Behind us a car full of their men followed and we were on the road.

"Can I play music? Do you have TVXQ or BoA or maybe Wonder girls CDs?", I asked and he glared at me so I just took my hand away from the radio.

The entire ride was silent. We approached an area of Seoul which I was quite familiar with. This was where Jinyoung's hospital was.

Oh shit.

He turned into a lane which lead exactly to Jinyoung's house behind the hospital. Why were we going there? Had he probably found something regarding me?

We stopped in front of a mansion.

Jinyoung's mansion.

FUCK MY LIFE. WHAT THE FUCK. WHY THIS MAN SO FUCKING SMART AND RUINING EVERYTHING I WAS DOING?

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

"Get out"

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

STOPPPPPP.

FUCK.

"Why? Can I stay in the car please?", I asked, clearly scared at the thought of Jinyoung seeing me or worse, revealing my identity by mistake.

"Get out now", his jaw clenched. Hesitantly I followed. Two guards at the front came running towards us and Taehyung removed his gun and shot both of them. I watched them fall dead and I looked at Taehyung who had a cold expression. What was this man upto?

With that we headed inside the mansion.

"Can you please tell me why we are here?", my voice was shaking. If Jinyoung reacted on seeing me, it would give me away instantly.

"We are here to meet someone", he said and walked ahead of me.

"Break the door", at his voice, two guards came and shot the lock open. They kicked the door and made way for Taehyung and me to get in.

There he was. Standing with his back faced to us. Please Jinyoung, don't react when you see me.

"I was expecting you", he said and turned around. As he did, his eyes met mine. For a moment I could see them widen but seeing the scared look on my face, he composed himself.

Jinyoung was a smartass which I completely forgot. And also someone who could probably stay calm through the most tense situations.

I know this because we watched the Nun movie together. He had a poker face the whole movie while I cried, yelled, screamed and at one point even passed out.

"If creating nuisance in my hospital wasn't enough, now you are here at my house. It better be a medical emergency", he chuckled.

"You know why I am here", Taehyung said. "And I know that you are well aware of where she is"

She is? Was this fucker trying to get to me via Jinyoung?

"Who is this she we are talking about?", Jinyoung asked as he took a step ahead.

"Don't play around Jinyoung. I am in no mood for games like this. It would be best for you if you come straight to the point. Where is Queen? I know you were hiding someone in that hospital. Who is that person?"

My blood went cold as I heard this. Just something about the hardness in his voice gave me chills. His face screamed like he was hell bent on finding and putting an end to me.

"Where is she? Where is Queen?", Taehyung asked once again.

"She is in this room", Jinyoung responded.

I think at this point my heartbeat stopped. What the fuck did Jinyoung just do? I was not sure I was breathing anymore as I looked at him wide eyed.

"Here she is", with that he picked up a file and tossed it to Taehyung. "Her death certificate which I myself signed. I don't know why you think she is alive. But let me tell you, she isn't"

When he said that, I let out breath I didn't even know I was holding in.

Taehyung ripped the file in his hand without even looking at it as he threw it to the ground. Removing his gun from the holster , he pointed it at Jinyoung. "I hope you know how to conduct surgeries on your own self because if you don't answer correctly, I promise all these bullets in the gun will be in your body"

Jinyoung smiled as he shrugged his shoulders. "She is dead. If you want to believe something else, then go ahead"

Taehyung said nothing. But next second I heard Jinyoung scream. He fell to his feet, clutching his arm where he had been shot.

I flinched and closed my eyes as I stopped myself from breaking into tears. There was anger and pain within me but I had to stop myself from reacting. For me right now blowing up my identity probably had more consequences.

"Where is she? I know you are involved in this mess. I'll give you one more chance. This time the bullet won't hit a non-critical spot though"

Jinyoung looked up, clearly in a lot of pain.

"Queen is dead. So do whatever you want to, you fucker. You are not making me say anything", he said through gritted teeth.

Taehyung locked his gun as his fingers reached for the trigger again. "Okay, I assume you know nothing of importance to me. And I don't see why anyone who is not important to me should be alive"

As I saw his hand go towards the trigger, my legs moved involuntarily. He almost pressed the trigger as I pushed him. The bullet left but missed its mark, hitting a glass cupboard on the side instead making Jinyoung flinch as he used his hand to shield himself from the flying glass pieces.

I couldn't let him kill Jinyoung. I would have never been able to forgive myself if he did. But now I also had to face Taehyung. Shit.

Taehyung looked at me, rage all over his face. I clearly had fucked up by pushing him like this and now I had to do some damage control for this. Before he could come at me, I stood up and ran to him. He tried to stop me but I pinned his hands down and practically climbed over him.

"If you kill Jinyoung now, you will become the target of all the Mafias he is associated with. He has saved countless members of Mafias before and all of them owe their lives to him. It will be blood for blood. Your blood", I whispered in his ears,

He looked me in the eye, clearly mad. But I seemed to have gotten my message across as he pushed me to the side and stood up.

"The luck is strong with you today", he ignored me and said the words to Jinyoung who was in pain on the floor, trying to control the bleeding from his shoulder before walking away from the room.

I took a moment to look at Jinyoung who clearly seemed confused.

"Sorry", I mouthed without making any sound and he nodded, as if understanding that I had a reason to do all this.

I motioned for Bangtan's men to walk ahead and followed behind. My eyes fell on a device which Jinyoung had attached to his wall. A safety system which I had seen him use multiple times when I visited his house before.

On my way out, discreetly I pressed the emergency icon on the device and clicked on Suho's name before hurriedly running out. Knowing Suho, he'd very well send someone to check on Jinyoung.

Once out, suddenly a hand clasped around me and I was pushed into the wall. I saw Taehyung looking mad as he glared at me.

"How dare you humiliate me like this in front of the enemy", he growled. "A replaceable member of the Mafia like you pushing me like this, you must have a death wish"

"This is not what I meant when I said I liked being choked—", I stuttered as I pushed his hand away. Taking a few steps to the side, I calmed myself down.

"Be grateful you asshole", I shot back, gasping for breath. "If you'd kill Jinyoung then, you wouldn't even reach home alive. Heck, they'd disfigure you so bad, we wouldn't even be able to take your body back"

He was about to shout and come at me but stopped as I said something.

"Namjoon. Seems like I should talk to Namjoon and tell him how hell bent you are on ruining his Mafia with your antiques. Does he know you visited Jinyoung and shot him? Namjoon is a smart man. Of all people, he'd know that you never shoot a man who has repeatedly saved so many Mafia lives. Jinyoung's reputation precedes his name. Only a fool would try and hurt him. A fool called Kim Taehyung"

At the mention of Namjoon, the man stepped back. A victorious smile formed on my face as I saw this.

"You are afraid of your brother's boyfriend, aren't you!? Guess a bitch named Sua has to snitch"

He said nothing but his face screamed please don't tell on me. I stopped myself from smiling as I kept a blank face.

"Get in the car", is all he said angrily before walking away.

Hyelin : 1

Hot douchebag : 0

———•••———

The car ride was silent. Even more than it normally would be. A fragile male ego had been hurt and the said person to whom the ego belonged wasn't being very responsive.

I hoped Jinyoung got immediate attention. He had only been shot in the arm which thank god was nothing critical. Yet, I was so fucking mad at Taehyung. How dare he.

I turned to glare at him but instead of the anger, my expression turned to that of admiration. My face softened a little as I observed his face. What a gorgeous man, I couldn't even be mad. I took this time admiring his face. For some reason it was so beautiful that I couldn't look away.

Fuck I was getting Stockholm syndromes. But if one mafia person liked the other, did the syndrome still apply? Its not like they kidnapped me. I went there on my own will.

Taehyung looked over to see me staring at him. A scowl appeared on his face.

"Weren't you the one who told me to not stare because its rude?"

"Yes", I answered, eyes not leaving his face. "What I meant was its rude to stare at plain people like me. Handsome men like you have a public pass to be stared on. Good sculpted that face for us. You are lucky. We aren't so let us admire in peace"

He just rolled his eyes and looked away. Silence and tension took over between us. I cleared my throat and he looked at me.

"Is Layla your girlfriend?", I asked curiously.

I may be a mafia leader but I was still a woman. I needed the tea at all times.

"No", he answered straightforward.

"Why? She is at the mansion all the time. Then why not?"

"She isn't. Just she isn't..", his voice was a little irritated. "We are not in a relationship. So stop asking now"

"So you guys just sleep around?", I asked. "She is at the mansion everyday. How much sex do you need? Are you both sex maniacs or what? I know a doctor who can treat sex addiction. If you have this much sex, your dick will go limp one day"

Taehyung was aghast as he looked at me and I just shrugged my shoulders as if stating the most obvious thing. "Back in the day I regularly read Dr Lee's sex column in the daily newspaper. I don't want to brag but I even won a contest they had on sex education. It was a 20 question quiz and I scored full. Crux of the argument, I am a Sexpert"

"First of all Sua, I don't need your advice and second, haven't Jin and Namjoon both told you to not go around prying into the other people's sex life?", he looked at me.

"I cannot help it", I huffed. "I am a very curious person. I just gotta know everything. And plus if Layla's not your girlfriend, then are you like accepting applications or something?"

Shit. What the fuck was I rambling. He was taken aback too but looked at me amused.

"Why? Do you want to apply?", he raised an eyebrow.

"No.. no.. obviously not". As I saw him looking at me, I am sure my cheeks probably heated up.

You are a Mafia Leader for god's sake, a voice from within spoke. Stop getting flustered by a handsome man.

But its Kim Taehyung, I argued. THE KIM TAEHYUNG

In that case, its Understandable, the voice spoke back before eventually dying out.

"Also", his voice grabbed my attention. "I want to say something. Tha—Thank you"

I almost choked and coughed as I heard this. Did he just say thank you?

"Stop being dramatic", he scoffed. "I agree that I did act hastily. I shouldn't have shot Jinyoung. Thank you for stopping me. God knows what kind of trouble we'd get into if the word came out"

"You", I replied. "Trouble you'd get into"

"Hey you don't ditch fellow Mafia members—"

A loud noise stopped me as both of got distracted by a sudden explosion. Taehyung's control on the car loosened for a second as the car swerved out of the lane but he immediately took it back into place. I turned back to see the second car with the men blown to bits.

"We have been attacked", I said hastily. "They blew up the other car"

Suddenly the car came to a screech and I fell back into place. I looked at Taehyung who was staring right ahead. I traced his line of vision to see something I wasn't expecting at all.

Chanyeol, Sehun and Kai standing there. A missile shooter in Sehun's hands as he cockily blew up the car behind.

Guess investing in that $30,000 thing finally paid off.

A smirk formed on my face as I saw this.

Well, hello boys.