We were enjoying our times in this ballroom, until a certain person came to show up uninvited.

"Y/N, hide behind me."

Renjun pushed me behind his back and giving the knights and bodyguards order to protect us.

I felt cold air is surrounding this place as it got closer everyone we took a breath and tried to hold it up.

A man with golden eyes and white silvery hairs of mine showed up as the others looked at him in disbelief.

"Well, my dear granddaughter. Care to spend your time and have a dance with me for one song?"

In a certain time, I realised the man before me is my grandfather. The one who made me as the sacrifice bride to them, the Demon Princes.

The man walked before Renjun and lent out his hand to me as I could feel a rising desire to avenge.

"Certainly."

Renjun shot me a worried glance as I reached out for my grandfather's hand and placed it above his.

Adolf K. Weissmann did look like in the mid of his thirties. But, we all knew that he had reached the age of a century few years ago.

This man made a contract with the demons, but because of a loophole, he wouldn't be able to die or has his soul be taken away as the slave of underworld.

"It's a surprise to see you, Grandfather."

I said as I was curtsying to him while hearing his words to me.

"The War of Three Worlds will happen if you make a simple mistake, Y/N."

"Don't you ever forget that."

He said as he dissolved in the middle of the crowds while Renjun looking at me with worries.

"I'll take care of her, Renjun. Tell the others to be aware of Lord Weissmann."

Jeno said as he pulled me away from the ballroom and escorting me to a room on the second floor.

He walked toward me as two maids and a butler closed the door and pouring cups of rose tea for us.

Jeno took a seat not far from me as he untied his tie, leaving it hanging on around his neck and taking off his suit jacket, giving it to the butler before looking at me.

Leaving him only within his white shirt, vest and dress pants. 

"Guess you know nothing about his upcoming appearance."

Jeno said as he walked to me and took strays of my hairs before kissing it and looking at my eyes directly.

"I'll help you to clean up."

He said as he helping me to take off my dress and hair ornaments with the maids. He pulled out a white clean shirt and buttoning it on on my body.

We got into the bathroom as he turning on the water to fill the bathtub as one of the maids took a silver bowl and fill it with rose water and giving it to me.

"Tell me when the tub is filled, I need to check on something first."

He said and leaving the bathroom as I dipped my face into the bowl and lending out my hand to take the towel from the maid.

She didn't give me the towel, but she wiping out the water from my face gently before turning off the water.

"We'll tell Master Jeno that the tub is filled, milady."

"You can get into the tub first while waiting for him."

They said as both of them leaving me, who was stepping into the tub. Drowning my body into the tub until all of my body was sunk and nothing left to be seen outside the water.

"Argh."

I felt two strong arms was holding my hairs and neck, trying to keep my head under the water and not letting it to come up to the surface.

I was grasping one of the arms, scratching and gnawing it with my nails as I was in the process of losing my consciousness.

After a while, it kept pushing me to my limit as the darkness filled my sight and the last words I heard were,

"Don't you ever dare to make any mistake, sweetheart."

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I felt cold sensation of ice corrupting me as I was covered in warmness and blinding light.

My eyes were unable to be opened and the whispers that filling my sense of hearing ticking me off.

I tried to move my fingers, instead the feeling of nothingness that I expecting. Someone's hand was holding mind and I tried to open my eyes, whispering trail of quiet cries.

The person who had his hand grasped by me probably couldn't feel any rigid movement from me.

"Someone... please..."

My whisper was barely audible even for me to hear it inside my mind.

How come I wish the person who is with me to hear that if I even can't hear that.

"Please... save me..."

I whispered louder and hearing some murmurs were spoken to me. The hand that grasping mine begin to be tighter than before as I could feel his hand was brushing my cheek.

"Dear, are you there?"

"Jeno, is that you?"

I asked as I tried to reach out for his hand and move to the side to nuzzle it as his voice become clearer.

"Yes, this is me. We all are here for you."

"Yeah, Y/N. Please open your eyes."

It was Jungwoo! His voice was faint and I could feel trace of sadness in his sweet voice.

At last, I could open my eyes properly and seeing Jeno's face that looked miserable and stained with tears with ... faint bruises on his neck and nape.

"How long have I been asleep?"

"You don't want to know that, Y/N."

Kun said as he showed his phone and it showed 31st October. It meant that I have been a sleep for almost a month.

Taeyong told me what happened in the bathroom while asking more information from me.

"I couldn't remember. I don't know what happened after that."

I replied, making Haechan looked furious with my answer.

"How come you forget about that! You can be kidnapped or worse, killed!"

"Haechan, calm down."

Mark said as he was trying to easy Haechan's anger toward me. Holding his shoulder so he won't be able to move forward.

"Calm? Calm! She just woke up after a month of..."

He became quiet for a while before continuing his sentence.

"What was it? Oh, that's right, I don't fucking know!"

He yelled at the top of his lungs before stormed out from my room followed by the other, leaving both Jeno and I alone.

"You can tell me the truth, Y/N."

Jeno said as he holding my hand, caressing it in a delicate, cautious manner.

"What happened after the maids, the butler and I left the room that time?"

"I guess I could tell what I remember to you, Jeno."

I whispered as the absence of sound was filled by my voice.

"Do proceed, princess."

He smiled with closed eyes.

"Well ..."