A/N: Some of y'all got scared last chapter at my end note. I did not mean that it would have a sad ending or anything. I just meant that you guys won't be ready for the twist and turns of the story. Sorry for the false alarm😅

Queen's POV

The Bangtan Mansion was empty except for Jimin, Taehyung, Jungkook and I who stayed back to take care of the mansion. The rest of them went to Ilsan to do the last rights.

No one could believe what happened. Namjoon had turned completely silent. He said nothing. Jin had cried his eyes out while the younger just sat there in silence. Completely devoid and drained of any emotions. Maybe he was shocked to the point that he couldn't express anything — rage, pain, tears, nothing.

The entire day he just sat by himself clutching the photos and something else that looked like a small teddy bear which I came to later know was his sister's Gowon's who was the same age as Jungkook. He refused to talk to anyone else. Not even Jin. He just sat in one part of the room, looking out of the window. I had never seen him this weak, and in this moment I completely forgot about my dislike for him.

Maybe because just like him two months ago even I had been sitting like this praying to every power in the world to save my sister, I could feel his pain. Or maybe I couldn't fully understand it because mine lived, his family did not.

The other boys too were deeply grieved. Seeing their leader lose his family made all of them numb. None of them spoke to each other or to me. Even Taehyung seemed distant. He did not act cold but he wasn't very responsive. When I took dinner for him, he refused outright but reluctantly ate when I said I wouldn't if he did not. He barely talked to me and I figured that he wanted time to be by himself so I let him be.

From what Jungkook had told me, his sister Gowon and mother stayed in Ilsan. Only Namjoon and Jin knew where they lived. Every month he would visit them secretly so that none of the other Mafias picked up leads.

The killer somehow figured out the location to it. Killed them and sent pictures of their dead bodies to Namjoon. Multiple stab wounds, use of force and deep injuries. Seeing the surroundings, it looked like the women tried to resist but ultimately been killed. My heart clenched as I recalled that picture.

Who could the killers be?

Was it EXO who did it? No, they couldn't stoop so low. How could I even think that? Sure we were no angels but never had our Mafia indulged in killing innocent people. I refused to believe they did this. Suho would never allow something like this in my absence. They knew my ethics about never involving enemy families in the Mafia. I could place my life on line and bet EXO would never do it.

As Jungkook mentioned, Namjoon often used a burner phone to text them and communicate his arrival. But as per the youngest, the leader had informed them he wouldn't come because of business for a while. Who could have laid hands on that phone and manipulated the situation? And whoever that did probably knew Namjoon wasn't going to visit for a while. They used this communication gap to their advantage. It had to be someone on the inside.

I stressed my brain to recall things. A sudden gasp left my mouth as I recalled that day when I sneaked in the office.

Leo.

He did take something from Namjoon's office. It was a box and the thing looked small because it completely fit his palm. Maybe it was this phone which Namjoon kept for his family.

IT HAD TO BE HIM! My doubts were proved right! Leo was playing against Bangtan from the inside. He was Namjoon's most trusted man. Meaning he must know about Namjoon's hidden family. But he didn't know the location. And when he did, he either killed them himself or had someone do it. Crux of it was that he was the one behind it.

How do I tell this to Bangtan? I couldn't tell them without exposing myself. Forget Leo, the first thing they would do is kill me thinking I am a part of the murder too. But somehow I also had to let them know. Think Hyelin, think.

When I was busy thinking about this, someone tapped on my shoulder. I looked back to see Taehyung standing there. "I have some things I need to get done. Yoongi assigned the work to me. And there are documents I need to drop off. I'll be back in an hour"

I nodded and he left without a word. Seeing him so sad and gloomy made me feel down as well. I laid down on the couch as I devised a plan in my head about what to do regarding Leo. It had to be him. Who else could have known this information?

I needed to contact someone from EXO about it and tell them about what had happened. Ask them to start a search for Leo who must have probably escaped or gone underground. Now I had to lay my hands on a cellphone.

I walked towards the latter part of the mansion where Bangtan's men were. I hid behind a pillar as I kept my eye on one. I saw the outline of the phone in his back pocket. So when I saw him approach, I walked towards him and rammed my shoulder in his on purpose. Seeing him lose balance, I threw myself on him, in process pulled out the phone from the back and concealed it in my long sleeve shirt.

He immediately backed away and bowed to me before walking away. I looked around for anyone before walking to a rather secure part of the house where I knew no body would see me. The most secure part of this building that none would dare to enter in. Namjoon's room.

———•••———

The cellphones here had to be monitored. I couldn't directly place a call to Xiumin or else they'd immediately know. So I downloaded a game. Sehun's favourite game which he played all the time. A combat game which also allowed players to connect with one another for co-ordination. I made an account and registered myself. Searching for Sehun's account, a sigh of relief formed on my face as I saw him online.

I immediately placed a call request to him.

"Hello, who is this?"

"Sehun, its Noona. Connect me to Xiumin right now"

"Noona?", a confused voice came from the other side. "Which Noona?"

"How many Noonas do you have in EXO you dumb kid", I hissed. "Its me Queen—"

I paused as I suddenly heard something behind. I turned to see Layla standing there. She gaped at me in confusion before her eyes widened. "Queen", a muted word left her mouth.

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Third Person POV

Layla walked into the mansion as she headed straight for Taehyung's room. He had texted her two weeks ago asking her to take some of her belongings back. And the girl today had come for that. She was fairly surprised to see the mansion empty and none of the boys around. She wondered where they were. Dismissing that as something beyond her concern, she strutted towards her destination.

Taehyung had also told her that their arrangement was over now without any explanation. But Layla was a woman. Her instincts were quite on point. And she knew it had to be Sua. The way she had seen him looking at her, there was love dripping from his eyes. She felt a pang of jealousy at this. 10 years of sleeping with him yet she couldn't get him to like her and within two months that nasty woman had him wrapped around her finger.

She picked up her box of things as she closed Taehyung's room. Disheartened, she walked towards the exit until she saw something out of the blue. Hyelin entering Namjoon's room.

A scoff escaped her mouth in disbelief. In their absence, this woman really had the balls to enter Namjoon's room. Or just because she was now Taehyung's girlfriend, she thought she could do anything she liked. Without a word Layla walked towards the room too. Maybe if she recorded the other's shenanigans, she could expose her to Namjoon and have her removed from the Mafia.

Seeing how much her heels were clicking, she removed them to the side before heading to the room. She saw Hyelin remove a phone before doing something. A minute later, she placed a call to someone.

Layla was capturing all the footage discreetly before she heard something that sent her body into shutdown.

"Sehun, its Noona"

Sehun. She recalled that name. Oh Sehun. From EXO. How did the woman know her? And if she did, why was she talking like they were close?

"How many Noonas do you have in EXO you dumb kid", she hissed. "Its me Queen—"

Layla lost her balance as she stumbled in her steps, hitting the door behind, while the phone fell from her hand. She gasped as she realised that she had just exposed herself when she saw the woman in front of her pause.

On the other side, Hyelin's head shot back as she heard this. Her eyes fell on the phone at Layla's feet and then at Layla's shocked face.

"Queen", a muted whisper left Layla's mouth as she stared at Hyelin. The latter's eyes widened as it dawned on her that she had been exposed.

Layla turned to look at her and her body went rigid. They both paused where there was a moment where they were only staring at one another. Layla had to run. She had to tell one of the boys about her discovery. Her heart beat was ridiculously high because of how scared she was right now. She immediately picked up the phone and made a dash out of the room.

"Shit", Hyelin cursed and threw the phone to the ground, crushing it completely before running behind Layla.

Layla had almost made it to the lounge beside which was Jimin's room before Hyelin covered her mouth and pulled her in the lounge. Layla tried to resist but it was all in vain. She couldn't move or free herself. She dug her pointed nails into the other woman's arms making her bleed but Hyelin was just averse to pain like this. Layla elbowed her in the rib and for a moment Hyelin fumbled allowing Layla to slip out. The latter just stood up to run again but this time, Hyelin gripped her legs causing her to fall.

She took Layla in a choke hold. Grabbing a mini dagger tucked within her hair, Hyelin stabbed the girl in the neck. Layla's eyes widened as the sudden pain came rushing but she could make no sound as the other woman had clasped a hand over her mouth. Her phone fell from her hand and to the ground. Slowly her legs which were moving stopped and life left her body.

Blood trickled down her neck and she felt her eyes lose consciousness. Seeing that she was silent, Hyelin let go of her, allowing her body to fall to the side. She had to leave the mansion this instant. For her own safety, she had to leave. She had been exposed and Layla's death would just raise more questions. Grabbing Layla's phone she slammed it to the ground and stomped over it to damage the footage.

Just as she turned to leave, she halted in her steps. Jimin stood there gaping at Layla's body on the ground and then at her.

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Taehyung's POV

I drove through the streets of Seoul as I made way towards EXO's mansion. So many things ran through my mind right now. Especially what happened with Namjoon's family. The sight of him being completely helpless made my heart ache. How Hoseok and I had to literally force feed him and Jin because they wouldn't eat anything.

I ran a hand through my hair as the distressing image of Gowon and Namjoon's mother's bodies formed in my head. I had only met them a couple of times but they were very dear to Jin. And seeing my brother cry his eyes out like this shattered my heart too.

We had to find the killer. I had to find them. Whoever that did this had crossed a line. A lethal line. Blowing up warehouses was trivial but coming for the family was endgame. Namjoon wouldn't stay quiet. He'd raise hell here and reduce Seoul to dust only to find the killer.

I pulled up into the EXO mansion as two men stopped me. They checked my car after which I was allowed to go ahead. I parked and got out as I walked towards the mansion.

Jongdae opened the door and asked me to come in. Baekhyun searched me for weapons and cockily looked at me as he grabbed my gun. "I'll keep this for a while and you can take it back later". While we waited for Suho to come around, I observed the surroundings.

My eye fell on a framed ticket hanging on the wall. A TVXQ ticket it seemed, signed by the members themselves. I wonder who liked it among EXO here. A really small smile formed on my face as I recalled Sua's love for Kpop. In this whole unfortunate incident, I hadn't paid her any attention. She was understanding and let me have my space even when I didn't talk to her the whole past two days. When I got back, I should go and spend some time with her too. Cook her something to eat, she'd probably be feeling lonely.

Suho walked in and I stood up. He raised a hand and I clasped it tightly before shaking it.

"I was expecting Yoongi, but good to see you Taehyung"

"Yoongi Hyung had to leave town because of an emergency", I said and handed him the briefcase with the papers, not divulging on the details. "Here are the official transfer documents. To switch ownership to you guys. After Luhan got us information on Soobin two timing for another gang, Namjoon deemed appropriate you control everything there as a form of gratitude. This was supposed to be delivered last week but due to complications it got delayed. So I came today to hand it over"

"Thats all right. And thank Namjoon for this. The port will be quite useful to us", Suho said flipping through the papers. "What happened to Soobin, did you guys remove him?"

"Precisely. Namjoon Hyung had him taken care of", I replied.

"Okay thats unfortunate. He looked like a young man with a bright future. Anyways, Taehyung, would you like to have a drink?"

"Unfortunately I cannot. Now if you excuse me, I should get back", with that I stood up to leave. Fastening the button of my coat, I bowed. Suho nodded and bowed back while Baekhyun handed me my gun back.

Just as I was about to head out, I saw Tao and Sehun walking towards me, shirtless. Like they had just finished working out. Sehun shot me a glare which I returned with equal fierceness. As I recalled the way he stabbed Sua, I wish I could punch this motherfucker so hard, it would send him flying back into the wall.

As I passed by, my eyes fell on his back.

And I noticed something inked on the nape. I squinted my eyes to have a better look.

Yehet

And at the shoulder blade.

Shawty imma party till the sundown

I stopped in my steps as I saw this. For a second I had to pause and do a retake. It couldn't be what I was thinking it was. The image of Sua's tattoos popped in my head. How could both of them have exactly similar tattoos? I turned my head to the framed ticket in the distance. I recalled something from few days ago while we were cuddling and I listened to her talk about her favourite Kpop group.

'I'd die for YunHo from TVXQ. He is like my religion. The day TVXQ broke up, I cried my eyes out like hell and did not eat for two days. Jaejoong was my first crush in Kpop. But I don't have a crush on YunHo. With him its just you know— how do I describe it—'

'All right babe, I think I can do without hearing about you talking about other handsome men. You have only one religion and thats me baby, all right. I am the only one for whom you should be on your knees doll'

"Taehyung!", she gasped. "I am supposed to be the pervert one in this relationship", she turned to me. "Why are you acting like me?"

"What can I say, you woke up the sleeping one in me", with that I kissed her cheek and she laughed at my cheesy and corny lines before hugging me tightly, nuzzling her face in my chest as we both went to sleep.

No it couldn't be. Maybe I was overthinking stuff. I mean—

I was in denial. Time seemed to have stopped as I tried to make sense of it. The image from the picture and the image of Sua in my mind juxtaposed and a shiver ran down my body. Maybe I was really over thinking this all. Or maybe I wasn't.

She couldn't be who I thought she was.

I looked towards the rest of EXO. The first meeting with Suho played in my mind. They lied. They lied about her being dead.

Without a word I ran out of the house and to my car. A lone tear rolled down my eyes as I joined all dots. Her voice played in my head. The voice repeatedly said the same thing.

'The best place to hide would be in plain sight where no one would look for you'

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The moment I stopped by the garage, I saw three of our men dead by the door.

I removed my own gun as I ran into the house. More dead men lay sprawled in my way. Finally I stopped in the lounge. I immediately ran there as I saw Layla bleeding and lifeless. I shook her body but nothing. Her pulse had stopped too.

"JIMIN!", I yelled for my best friend. I knew Jungkook wasn't home. Only Jimin was. I hoped he was safe. I searched the whole house but no sign of Jimin anywhere. Hesitantly I rushed to the surveillance room.

Inside the men were dead. With bloody hands I opened the video recordings folder on the computer. My eyes widened as I saw all of it. Sua killing Layla and our men. Jimin in her hold, trying to free himself before she rammed the back of a gun in his head and he lost consciousness and fell. The way she stuffed him into the car, pulled out the GPS tracking and threw it and drove away from the mansion.

I clasped a hand around my mouth as I saw all this. More tears rolled down my eyes as the realization of what had happened dawned on me. All of it, all over again. The same mistake I vowed never to make, I did. My eyes fell on the picture of Queen lying there crumbled. I picked it up and behind there was something written.

She looked at the camera one last time before raising her hand and shooting it. For that split second it looked like she was looking directly at me. I hastily straightened the note to read it.

By the time you will find this, I will be long gone. I expected you to come here first thing so I left it in the surveillance room. I know you are smart Taehyung and it wouldn't take you long to put two and two together and figure out who I am. I apologize about Layla. I did what I had to. She found out about me.

Another thing I must tell you. Be aware of Leo. He is the one behind Namjoon's family's death. I cannot tell you how I know that but I do, so look into it.

I want answers and a closure about something from Bangtan and Namjoon. I'll send you an address. Come there after two days with all the boys. Jimin is with me. I am not going to harm him but if you don't turn up, I cannot promise. Be there. Just the six of you. Do not bring your men.

Love,
Hyelin

Or as you probably know me — Queen.

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A/N: I assume you guys are wondering why I kept Hyelin and Taehyung's love story so short its because the sole focus of this book is Queen. In my other books both the BTS member and the female character are the lead. This one's a little different. Taehyung would be the second lead here. I wanted to write a story which is primarily about a female Mafia. The love part is just supporting.