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ーA black mark on her soul.She wasn't turned into a beast,she was born as oneー

She possessed a heart of a beast. No mercy or sympathy was written in her dictionary. The world was empty yet it was filled with an unknown emotion the moment she met her little bastards of brothers years ago. She couldn't describe what she was feeling. Those seven silly little bastards were made for love. They were an exception inside her beasty soul. Her devils inside her mind would never dare to hurt them. Their smile brighten up her world and it is complicated for her.

Once you taste the sweetness, you would never dare to taste the bitterness.

Igarashi opened her eyes when she felt the luxurious van they were in stopping. It wasn't hired. It was owned by the rich ass Kim brothers.

"Welcome to the Lotte world!!!" Hoseok screamed as soon as he hopped off the van. It was almost the evening and the environment was ethereal with so many bright lights lighting up the city.

Igarashi stayed inside the van until everyone get off. She still wasn't in a big mood to enjoy. Her body was feeling a little bit of weak since it was the monthly cursed day. It really was that unlucky day where you would be punished by nature for not being pregnant. She rarely feels any pain since she had a big endurance for pain. But in some cursed days,she goes through a terrible stomachache which was truly unbearable for her. And this is her cursed day.

She didn't show any painful expression and she was looking totally normal from outside but from inside,her whole body was wrecking her and her uterus walls were breaking down into pieces slowly and painfully.

Forcing a sigh,she got out taking quite few stares from men here and there.

She always looked elegant no matter what she wore. She was neat and clean as always.

She saw her brothers staring at the entrance with sparkly eyes but this one person had his sparkling eyes on another thing and that thing happened to be Jin and the person who was eyeing Jin was non other than Qin Xiu. She raised an eyebrow feeling the strange tension between them.

Just then she felt a tap on her shoulder. Turning to her side,Dongwook was there with painkillers on his palm.

"It's your period day" he whispered handing the painkillers to her. Of course he knows. He is her secretary and he has to know what she needs even before she asks. It's not like she is gonna ask for them but Dongwook saw it as his responsibility to take good care of her health.

Igarashi gulped down the pills without water and walked ahead.

"You even know her period day?" Jennie asked startling Dongwook.

Dongwook cleared his throat. "Of course I do"

"You look like her husband rather than a bodyguard" she mumbled before walking ahead.

Dongwook scoffed before catching up with her."What did you just sayーoh wait,are you perhaps jealous?"

Jennie rolled her eyes with a scoff."Of course no! I already have a boyfriend!"

Dongwook also rolled his eyes. "Good for you"

"Yeah good for me. I'm so happy with him"

"I'm so happy too thinking that you won't be clinging onto me"

"Good for you" jennie fired back with his own words.

Both of them sent glares to each other before walking away.

Dongwook stood beside Igarashi while going through the entrance after paying for the tickets. Igarashi looked at Dongwook through the corner of her eyes. She indeed heard his and Jennie's conversation.

She felt like the bad guy in their love story. She wasn't holding Dongwook with a choke holder to work for her but it was his decision to work for her. Even if she let him go,he would never let her hand go.

Dongwook had written away his life for her. Igarashi remembered a memory where she tried to let him go. She freed him. She broke down the chains around his body. The moment Emperor wrote his life for Igarashi, she let him go. Yes,he was the gift Emperor gave her. A loyal dog to protect her. But he wasn't a dog to her. He was her friend.

She broke down his chains. He was named as a free man who had every right to leave her and live the way he wants.

But Dongwook decided the other way. He knelt down and begged her to keep him with her. It took three months to convince her but she eventually agreed. And that's when he wrote his own life to her swearing with his life to keep her safe.

He was her Knight. He only lives to keep her safe. It wasn't your average romantic love story. It was the loyalty of a soul mate. A best friend till eternity. He wasn't a slave. He knew inside and outside of her. No one except him could handle such a strong queen personality.

Igarashi sighed when another pain hit her stomach.

"Maybe you should stay inside the vanー"

"No",she mumbled looking at her brothers. She wasn't amused when Dongwook read her just hearing a sigh from her. He could even read her silence,so a sigh is not a big deal for him.

"Noona!!" Jimin chimed cutely and held her wrist." Let's go to ice skating area! I really wanna go there!"

Hiding her pain,she nodded and walked along with him. She was happy just by seeing them smiling.

"Noona! Let's skate together!" Taehyung back hugged her from behind circling his arms around her shoulder.

"Hey! Let her just sit on a bench" Dongwook spoke up not wanting her to play with her condition.

"No!" Jungkook frowned showing his dissatisfaction. "Let's play noona! Come on! " of course he didn't know about her period pain.

Igarashi would never want to destroy their happiness. So she nodded,patting Jungkook's head reassuring him that she will play. She had gone so much soft for them and she is vulnerable infront of them. She was like a mother who spoils her kids so much. She was spoiling her brothers too much out of love.

Everyone wore their skating shoes before entering the skating area.

Dongwook was about to accompany Igarashi but unexpectedly she placed her palm on his chest and pushed him back resulting him to stumble back to Jennie who caught him perfectly not letting him fall.

Everyone was dumbfounded with her behaviour. Even Dongwook couldn't read her. He looked at her with wide eyes still in Jennie's arms.

Igarashi looked at Jennie with her blank eyes." Take him " with that she turned away and took the struggling Hoseok's wrist to help him to balance him.

Yoongi gave Dongwook a dirty smile and winked before turning to Namjoon. "She just played the cupid" he said with a chuckle reassuring Namjoon who was having a confused look.

"Woah! Noona is the master of romance!" Namjoon exclaimed receiving an instant glare from Igarashi.

"You just turned her to the master of death" Yoongi mumbled  trying to skate away from Namjoon to avoid his noona's eyes which were screaming 'tf you said you little bastard'

Namjoon laughed nervously before doing a heart sign with his fingers. "I love you noona"

Igarashi shook her head before focusing on Hoseok who was screaming helplessly.

"Little bastard, relax your body" she tried to train him but he was too much of a cute coward. Igarashi couldn't help but to smile seeing him desperately holding her wrists like he is going to die on the spot.

On the other hand maknaes were showing their moves elegantly on the ice.

Igarashi secretly took a glance at Jennie and Dongwook and felt relieved seeing Dongwook skating with Jennie. It was awkward among them but they were pretty good with the awkward silence.

Then she looked at Jin. He was also struggling to skate and unexpectedly or expectedly Qin Xiu was there to help him.

Jin was trying hard not to make eye contact with Qin Xiu but the flirty man was hard to avoid. Jin tried to shake off his hand not wanting his noona to take a wrong idea about them but he gasped when he slipped.

He closed his eyes waiting for his butt to collide with the floor for a painful impact but it never came. Instead, Qin Xiu was holding him tightly from behind. His arms were wrapped around Jin's waist.

When Jin looked up,his heart almost dropped seeing the crystal blue eyes staring down at him. And his heart exploded like a bomb when Qin Xiu gave him a smirk. His breath got hitched when Qin Xiu's lips got closer to his ear." That's when you know that you need me",he smiled seeing Jin blushing like a red tomato. "Just hold onto me. I won't let you fall"

Igarashi looked away from Qin Xiu and Jin. Qin Xiu was totally different with Jin and she got what was going on. And it shouldn't be happening. Qin Xiu wasn't a free man. He was bound to serve for Emperor. A dangerous assassin Emperor kept by his side. Jin needs to stay away from him.

Qin Xiu wasn't like Dongwook who was freed by Emperor's chains. He wasn't like Igarashi who happened to be Emperor's favourite. So,he wasn't allowed to have serious relationships and it might get him killed.

Igarashi let Hoseok skate alone after she gave him few lessons and he was doing quite well. She watched him from behind like a proud mom who taught her son to walk alone.

"Hey beautiful lady,mind giving me a hand to skate?"

A man popped out of nowhere disturbing her peace. She clasped her hands behind her before turning to the young man.

The moment he saw her red eyes,he gasped stepping back a little. "Woah,a cursed woman"

She raised an eyebrow.

"Is it true that you red eyed people can curse normal people?" The young man unconsciously muttered.

Igarashi truly felt nothing. She wasn't even hurt. She was just used to it. And it was almost funny to her and she wanted to scare this man to his death. It would really be a pleasure to her to see him fearing for his life under her eyes. She was indeed an assassin with blood lust.

"I don't know about her eyes but my mouth can curse you for your whole shitty life to crumble with a rotten luck where you would never see a little bit of light", A voice replied instead of her.

She turned around to see Yoongi with a ferocious glare scaring the young man.

"WーWho the hell are you?!"

Yoongi skated infront of Igarashi. "Her brother. Got any problem?"

The man scoffed. "It's not my fault that she got those cursed eyes. It's normal to question her. And why would a cursed woman even wander around normal people? Her curse would affectー"

"Would you like to kiss my fist?" Jungkook appeared from behind him,scaring the day lights of him.

He looked back to see few more boys gathering around him.

"Who are you all?" The man was utterly confused.

Namjoon stood next to Jungkook with his hands inside his pant pockets." Her brothers. I don't think you wanna mess with us. Seven to one"

The man looked at the rest of the boys who were cracking their necks with an intimidating aura. He laughed nervously. "CーChill man! I was kidding okay?"

"But we weren't kidding" Yoongi said with crossed arms.

"I suggest you to leave quietly" Taehyung said.

The man nodded vigorously before disappearing into the crowd. As soon as he walked away,boys cracked into a laughter before looking back to their sister who was just standing with clasps hands behind her back.

"Woah! He was such a coward" Yoongi laughed. He looked at Igarashi with a smile. She smiled back slightly.

Jimin hugged Igarashi from behind."I want to spray pesticides to those annoying bloody bugs"

"Why don't you spray it to yourself" Dongwook asked seeing him clinging onto Igarashi. He instantly earned a glare from Jimin but he didn't let go his sister.

"Let's go and eat something. I'm damn hungry now" Jin suggested rubbing his stomach.

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Sorry for the late updates. I'm a bit busy with university works.

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