Queen's POV

I pressed the accelerator as fast as I could as I drove on the highway. Tears were rolling down my eyes and I didn't even know why. Was it the guilt of killing Layla? Also, Taehyung must have probably known the truth by now. The thought of that itself sent tears spiralling down my cheek. I looked around the car and grabbed Jimin's phone which I had confiscated earlier and I dialled Suho's cell number.

"Suho, its me. I have been found"

"WHAT!? Where are you right now?", he yelled from the other side. "Sehun told me you called on his game line but suddenly cut the call and then he couldn't reach you—"

"I know. I had a situation at the Bangtan mansion. Someone heard me talk to Sehun and figured I was Queen. Its my fault honestly. But now I am heading towards our safe house. I want you to seal EXO mansion and get the boys, Daniel and Sua and head to the other house. We cannot risk being there. Thats the first place Bangtan will look for me. Put all the documents and drugs in the underground safe and leave as fast as you can"

"Don't worry about that. We are on it. Just reach the safe house quickly"

I cut the call and flung the mobile phone out of the window so Bangtan or their men couldn't track me. From the trunk Jimin kept yelling and hitting the inside.

"CUT IT OUT JIMIN. AND STOP HITTING THE TRUNK DOOR WITH YOUR FATASS", I yelled. I felt bad that I had kidnapped him like this. But the moment he saw me and Layla's body, he figured something was wrong and ran to call backup. I did not even want to hit him but he put on such a fight, I had no choice but to defend myself.

I had to abandon this car somehow. This car— I guess it was Yoongi's was just too risky and easy to find. In the distance I saw the sign board of a used car sale. I turned the car and headed towards it. Rows and rows of cars were lined neatly. My eyes fell on a white car and I made it my aim to try and steal it.

I parked the car at a distance as I got out. Jimin was still kicking the trunk from inside and I sighed. I was going to have to hit him to make him quiet now. But first, I needed the car. I quietly made my way in. As I neared the car, I opened the door. The keys were of course not there so I just pulled two wires from beneath and connected them, managing to get the car going like I had so many times before when I used to steal them for a living.

Without a trace, I pulled the car back and out of the lot in which it was parked. I drove it behind the current car and got out. I opened the trunk and Jimin immediately tried to kick me. I had to tie his hands and stuff his mouth with a handkerchief.

"B—TCH", he yelled muffled profanities through the handkerchief at me. "I—I—WLL KLL—U—BTCH. H—W DARE—U"

"All right Jimin, I get it you are angry. But get out now. We gotta switch cars"

He resisted as I tried to pull him out.

"I don't want to use force with you so you better come out on your own", I threatened. He glared at me, anger dripping from his eyes.

"F—K YOU", another insult came my way.

I sighed as I curled my fingers into a fist and decked him in the face. Jimin yelped in pain and fell back, allowing me to pull him out of the trunk. I dragged him along to the other car. Opening the back door, I pushed him in. He retaliated and kept kicking the door which made it difficult for me to close it.

"JIMIN STOP IT! YOU WILL GET HURT!"

He kicked even more vigorously, almost hitting me in the process. I tried pushing him back in but he resisted. He shuffled violently again this time hitting me in the face which made me fall back.

"Jimin", I sighed, getting up and grabbing my own hair in irritation. "You leave me absolutely no choice"

With that I grabbed his collar and propelled him up before hitting again but this time with so much force that he ended up passing out. Seeing him fall on the seat unconscious, I stuffed his dangling legs back in and closed the door. Getting into the driver's seat, I started the car and drove off.

———•••———

I reached our safe house which was about 40 miles outside of Seoul, hidden amongst the hills. The EXO boys were already there and as soon as the car entered the gate, two of them came running out. I stopped the car and got out of the driver's seat.

"Noona!", Sehun came running as he immediately took me in a hug. "Are you alright?"

"I am fine Sehun. Get Jimin out from the back and take him to one of the spare rooms. Tie him up and be gentle with him. Make sure he doesn't get hurt"

"Why did you get him along?", Sehun was surprised.

"He saw me and he would have alerted everyone. I had no choice"

Sehun dragged him out and picked him up. "He is so small, he literally weighs nothing", the young man said as he took him in.

"Kris, dispose this car. Drive it to the valley 20 minutes away and then burn it"

He nodded and got in. I ran into the house. Just as I entered, I saw Sua and Daniel running towards me.

"HYELIN!"

"NOONA!"

I opened my arms as both of them came rushing and took them into a hug.

"I am so glad you are back", Sua had tears as she hugged me tightly. "Are you hurt?"

"I am not. Are you both okay?"

"We are okay Noona"

"Great", I said patting his cheek. It was good seeing both of them. All of the other EXO boys had also come running as they heard this commotion. They all took their turns throwing themselves onto me as I hugged them back. We settled down in the living room as Kyungsoo handed me a bottle of water.

"Someone's fucked up there", I began. "They killed Namjoon's family. His mother and sister were stabbed to death in Ilsan"

"They what—", Xiumin's eyed widened.

"Ilsan", Yixing suddenly spoke up. "No wonder he kept visiting that place. We saw it in the saved locations on the data you stole Hyelin"

"You guys knew about Ilsan?", I asked unsure. "Its not you guys right?", I added slowly.

"NO", all of them yelled. "How could you even think that?", Xiumin was aghast. Kai chucked a pillow at my face and I gasped as it hit me. "Shame on you Noona for thinking that"

"I cannot believe this", Suho raised his hands. "You thought we could do something like this? All of us fucking hate Namjoon but we would never go for his family. That's preposterous of you to think so. And we also know how much you value the concept of family personally. So when we came to know it was a residential establishment, we assumed it was personal and decided to leave it alone"

"I was just making sure", I replied guilty. "But my prime suspect is Leo. You know Namjoon's main man? The day I stole the data, I saw him steal something from Namjoon's office. It looked like a device. I am assuming it was a burner phone which Namjoon kept for communication with his family"

"Why would he do that?", Jongdae scrunched his nose in disgust. "Is he planning on overthrowing Namjoon?"

"Seems unlikely", Luhan added. "For him to overthrow Namjoon, he'd need the support of the boys. And I don't think the other six would turn on their leader. That much I can guarantee"

"Luhan's right", I nodded, having first hand seen the brotherhood that was Bangtan. "They would never go against Namjoon"

"What do we do now?", Xiumin spoke up. "They will obviously declare war on us. Plus your identity has been exposed too. They know your face. We must prepare then"

"They still don't know that there are two of us", I looked at Sua. "But war seems unlikely. I just don't think they would do that. We have Jimin too. They wouldn't want to put Jimin's life in danger. I have asked for a peaceful negotiation two days from now. I just need some answers from them"

"This will completely ruin the Bangtan—EXO equation", Luhan spoke up. "They'll take back the port that is after we all survive the war"

"There will be no war", I said. "Namjoon himself is in his weakest form right now. He has suffered financially because of the warehouse and emotionally because of his family. He is in no position to declare a war right now"

"I agree—", Suho began talking.

I felt Sua's eyes on me and I turned to her. She had a concerned expression on her face.

"Can I talk to you Hyelin?", she stood up.

I was taken aback at this sudden request but nodded.

"I am coming as well", Daniel followed.

"No you are not", Sua stopped him. "It's something we sisters have to talk about"

"She is my sister too!", he retaliated. "I deserve to know what is happening!"

"We have some girl talk to do!", Sua shot back. "Are you interested in talking about menstrual cycles, tampons, pads and all!? Lets go then", with that she pulled his hand and the boy panicked.

"NO I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT PERIODS", he yelled, exasperated.

"Good then", with that Sua pulled me away. I gave Daniel an apologetic look before Sua ushered me into a separate room.

"What is it Sua, you—"

"Who is it?", she asked, crossing her arms.

"Who is who?"

"Don't play me Hyelin. Which one of the boys is it?"

I was silent. How did she figure this out? Was it a twin thing or what? Sometimes it felt like she got all the brain in the womb. But hey I got the good looks and the sass.

Keep thinking that loser, my inner voice scoffed.

Knowing there was no point pretending, I slowly spoke "Taehyung"

She let out a sigh. "I could see it in your eyes you know. There is longing and guilt in them. Like you felt bad for lying to them. And I have never seen it before. So I figured that maybe you got too attached to one of them. Do you like him?"

"I like him. He does too. And—", I paused a little as I looked at her unsure.

"And what?", Sua got restless.

"He asked me to be his girlfriend so I said yes", I quickly said this and distanced myself from her so she wouldn't hit me.

"YOU WHAT!", Sua yelled and raised her hand to hit me but stopped midway. "UH! HYELIN ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR DAMN MIND? WHAT HAVE YOU DONE? YOU ARE ANYWAYS TREADING ON THIN ICE AND THEN YOU GO AHEAD AND BECOME THE ENEMY'S GIRLFRIEND—"

"It happened", she stopped as I whispered. "I like him a lot. I really really like him a lot"

I felt a painful knot which stopped me from speaking. Involuntarily a tear rolled down my eyes. Sua's eyes softened as she looked at me.

"Come here", she said and almost as if I was waiting for her to say this, I tightly took her in a hug.

"I am sorry", I said sobbing. "I made it all the
more complicated. But trust me Sua, I wasn't playing around. I really do like him"

"No, I am sorry for yelling at you", she replied stroking my head. "I understand how you feel. Its love and love doesn't care about where it blossoms. So you fell in love with him, your enemy. Isn't that why they say love is blind?"

"He will hate me now. He hates Queen. He thought he fell in love with Kang Sua. And now that he knows the truth, he is going to end it all. Of course after he ends me"

"He won't", she sternly said. "Do you think he is just going to kill the woman he loves?"

"HE'S DONE IT IN THE PAST SUA! He has done it. She betrayed him and sold Bangtan our to the enemy and without a second thought he killed her", I yelled, recalling the day Taehyung told me about why he had stopped believing in the idea of love. I had myself been chilled to the bone after hearing this and that had kept me awake the whole night.

"Hyelin—I—", she seemed to fall short of words to console me as I kept crying ugly.

"Sua maybe I should just run away. Suho here knows the job. He can take over EXO and I should just go to South Africa and live with the giraffes. You know put my head in one of their death holes which I saw in Madagascar and hope yellow fever takes me out"

"HYELIN!", she shook my body and I stopped blabbering. "I know you don't like our mom but she ain't raised a fucking quitter. If Taehyung forgives you then fine. If he doesn't and wants to kill you, he'll have to go through the real Kang Sua first. No one, I repeat no one messes with my younger siblings except for me"

A/N: Its almost disheartening to work on a book and to see someone plagiarise it like this. Even the heading is straight up copied along with the cover which a dear reader designed for me. Please report this book. Despite my numerous attempts at asking them to address the plagiarism, they have not taken it down. And since its in Arabic, I cannot even read what is written. If anyone of you can, please read the description and Personal message me with the translation. I'll be really grateful if you could help me out.