|Ch.23

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When Storm opened his eyes,he was back in his room. His castle was situated on top of a mountain,with a view of open night sky. His room had huge windows,completely opened to the nature. The wind was magically warm and it had this unique comfort. The white transparent curtains blew with the slight wind.

"My lord"

Nine's familiar voice took his attention. His guardian,Nine was sitting beside him with a look of concern. "How are you feeling?"

Storm closed his eyes,sighing softly,"It hurts",the whisper sound almost painful to listen. Storm would never say those words unless he absolutely cannot bear the pain. "My whole body....feels like crumbling"

"You are running a high fever,and the poison is attacking you full speed",Nine said. "Doctor Jackson is out of the capital. I've already sent a message to him. He should be back in a day or two"

"....Will I stay alive until then?"

"My lord,please don't say that. You are stronger than this"

Storm actually felt like dying at this point because his whole body was in fire. A devil would never fall sick but for the first time,because of a poison,he is running a high fever. The temperature is so high that a mortal would have died.

"How long has it been?"

Nine put a damp cloth on Storm's forehead,"It's been exactly two days. I found you in the woods,unconscious"

"Oh",Storm mumbled. "Then he must be waiting for me"

"Who is 'he' ?"

Storm felt his vision going blurry again. He was drunk in his fever as he slurred,"Ma mate"

Nine paused,then he again continued to treat Storm,"Is that so? Should I bring him here?"

"No. He is too good to be here"

Suddenly,a light chuckled escaped from Nine. It was too soft and light that Storm thought he misheard. "My lord,go to sleep"

But Storm kept talking,"...how did my father love mom?"

Nine was surprised,Storm had never questioned about his parents' love story before.

"I don't know,my lord",...."But your father was never the same when he fell in love"

"How so~",the words were slurred.

"Your father was kinda....self centered"

"An idiot?"

"I dare not to say that word",Nine chuckled. "Well,he was basically bored all the time. Until your mom came to the picture. My lord,have you heard about the throne in hell? It's a throne that refuses the ruler if he does not have the rightful blood. Your father.....he wasn't a rightful blood. But he claimed the throne forcefully",...."And when he brought your mom to the hell,he made her sit on the throne infront of all the hell creatures. And knelt before her. He was ready to bring sun and moon for her"

Storm,"Is it because they are mates?"

"No,my lord. It's because he loved her"

Listening to Nine's story,Storm closed his eyes.

Once Storm went to sleep,Nine sighed in relief. He looked at the floor,it was covered in crimson vomit. Storm had forgotten how he vomited his guts out a minute earlier. It was not just vomit,it was all blood. Storm had been going in and out of consciousness several times vomiting all over. And he would repeat the questions like  'how long was I out for?','where am I?'.

He's getting worse.

In this state,Storm couldn't even try to purify his mana. His body is already crumbling. And it was a surprise how he lasted for this long without Jackson's powers.

But there was something he knew as a devil. A devil's mate's presence could bring you comfort and easy purification. A temporary solution. He guessed that was the reason Storm could hold on this long.

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Heeseung was looking outside from the window. The night was calm but his mind was chaotic. Few days ago,he finally met Jake. It was a reunion that brought tears to his eyes. And he was so happy to see his best friend again. It was kinda hilarious too because Sunghoon was trying to beat the shit out of Jake for going into a dangerous zone.

But it all came to an end when he learned Storm had left. He didn't spend the night in the Pendragon house and left them alone in here. This was a place he would never trust himself to fall asleep. Yet,he abandoned them in here,he left them in a place even he wouldn't stay in. True,the Pendragons were so good and treated them nice and all,but how could he.

He hoped that Storn would come next day but he didn't appear. It made him anxious. Today morning,when he was having breakfast at the table,there was Taehyung Pendragon with them. He offered to send them back to their world but he couldn't agree. Not without Storm. He wanted to bring Storm back with him.

Even Jake kinda had this reluctant expression. Sunghoon was fine with anything,though.

Does Storm not want to go?

"Heeseung"

Heeseung looked back to see Jake on the bed,looking at him with a concerned look. Sunghoon was lying on the bed with a blank face,bored out of his mind. He was scared that Sunghoon would fall asleep in his room at this rate.

"Are you thinking about Storm?",Jake asked.

"No. Why would I?"

"Even I can hear your thoughts,Heeseung",Sunghoon commented,still staring at the ceiling blankly.

Heeseung kept staring out the window,"...do you think he abandoned us?"

"No way",Jake was confident enough to speak up for Storm. "He wouldn't do that. I'm sure something is up"

"I don't know,Jake. Storm changed completely when we came here"

"He must have a reason",Jake tried reasoning. "Also,he told me that he would come to get us. Then he will definitely come"

Suddenly Sunghoon stood up with a yawn,"You are thinking too much. Maybe because he is your boyfriend"

"He is not my boyfriend,I told you that it was all a lie"

Sunghoon strode towards the door,sleepy as hell,"Well,that doesn't explain the I–wanna–fuck–you looks he gives you and fuck–me looks you give him. You weirdos,get a damn life. Urg,I hate my life"

With that he left.

Heeseung and Jake looked at each other blankly.

"He definitely needs to get laid",Jake commented.

Meanwhile Sunghoon was wobbling in the hallway,half sleep half awake. But as he was passing a balcony,he stopped. He blinked twice before walking backwards and going inside the balcony. Looking down,he saw,the gorgeous man from three days earlier. The man with a dragon. He was talking with Seokjin infront of the front door.

"Now this is what I call a man",he whispers and smiled to himself. "What was his name again? J–J ah fuck,it starts with J! But I can't seem to remember"

"Jungkook"

"Ah yes thank —"

Wait,who was that?

Blinking couple of times,Sunghoon turned around to meet a pair of black eyes. He was tall,alright. So tall. Hair was black as a raven. And the jawline could cut butter with it if he wanted to. A small scar over his right eyebrow. Who is this man?

"His name is Jungkook Pendragon"

Sunghoon stared at this stranger for few minutes before opening his mouth,"Who the hell are you?"

"Why don't you tell me who the hell are you first?",the man cocked his eyebrow.

"Why should I?",Sunghoon was annoyed as fuck.

"Well,maybe because you were staring at my dad like he was some kind of a meal?"

"What the —I wasn't staring at anyone's dad!"

"You were though"

"I was only staring —wait!! He is your dad? "

"Yeah,and you were basically eye fucking my freaking dad"

Sunghoon was tongue tied. He stared at the man in pure silence with nothing to defend himself.

"So,what is your name?",he asked.

Sunghoon cleared his throat and looked anywhere but his eyes. Would he be the asshole for staring at someone's dad? Definitely,yeah.

"Park Sunghoon",he mumbled finally. For the first time in his life,someone managed to humble him to this point.

"Sunghoon? You must be one of Storm's so called 'friends' "

Sunghoon looked up,confused a bit. "Yeah,I guess",he mumbled not liking the tone this man used.

The man leaned down a little to his face making him lean back.

"When I heard he brought some friends,I didn't they would be....",he trailed off.

"They would be what?",Sunghoon snapped. "Mortals scums like us? Are we too inferior? Low class? Oh get a life! I don't have to deal with this bullcrap. I'm leaving"

But Sunghoon couldn't leave when the man caught his wrist. "Let go",Sunghoon glared.

"You look like you're a step away from your death"

"What"

"I meant to say that you'd get yourself killed one day with your attitude. Some people are not so forgiving as me",he smirked,looking down like he found amusement within Sunghoon.

Sunghoon snatched his wrist away,completely and totally irritated,"There wouldn't be anyone as happy as me when it happens. So get lost. Come back when you're handsome as your dad"

Sunghoon bumped his shoulder onto the man's chest purposely and walked away,pissed as hell. He fixed his glasses on his nose bride and huffed.

"Hey!",The man called again.

Sunghoon answered without looking back,"What"

"I'm Gabriel by the way. You might want to remember me"

"Not at all. All I remember is your dad's name"

"Well,let's see"

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Gabriel stared at Sunghoon who was walking away with a smirk. "Interesting"

At first,he came here hoping he'd get to meet Storm's 'friends' and see if he could use them to meet Storm later. He really needed to talk to him and he had to wait for two days to come here after all the hostage incident. His dad didn't let him go anywhere until he is fully rested and health checked out. His dad gave him an earful after he returned home and if not for sir Noah,his dad would have grounded him for a month.

And now,he came here as soon as his punishment was over. He was kinda impatient and tagged along with his dad who was going to meet his uncle Seokjin.

Who could have guessed he would catch a little pervert eyeing his dad in the middle of nowhere? Sure he admits that he dad was still handsome BUT still it's his dad. It was weird to see a young man eyeing his dad infront of him.

But the man he met was so interesting to him. What intrigued him more was how beautiful that man was. His skin was as snow as white. Like an ice prince. Even his personality was cold. He wondered if his heart was cold as ice too. He looked like a man who cannot be bothered by death. Those type of people are scarier than psychos in his opinion.

"Sunghoon,huh? Let's meet again soon,ice prince"

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