"Marionette, oh marionette..."
The childish voice sang and the voice resonated from every part of her home. Andrea and Yoonki looked around the room, trying to figure out where it was coming from but Jungkook, though, seemed to have instantly frozen in fear. His hands found Andrea's and his fingers curled around them in a firm, protective grip.
Andrea noticed the sudden change in his stance. She followed his gaze to the darkest corner of her room covered in shadows.
"You were supposed to try and kill her, marionette and I was supposed to be the savior," the voice sang in an eerily childlike tone, disapproval written all over it. "But..."
The voice paused and the room was plunged into ominous silence. When it spoke again, it held a chilling hatred, "you cut your strings."
Visible tremors began to shake Jungkook as he gazed intently at the dark corner of her room. Andrea frowned in bewilderment. All of a sudden, out from the shadows stepped a familiar form, and a gasp of surprise left her lips.
"Jeong Ho-Seok?"
Jeong Ho-Seok, the librarian at Rea's local library was nothing like she had ever seen before. Neither was he similar to how Andrea knew him to be.
The man who stepped out of the shadows was entirely different. His usual neatly cut fringes were long and windswept and the jet black of his hair transitioned to the hues of raging flames towards the end. Tendrils of black smoky outlines ran along his neck in swirling shapes and patterns. Golden rings of fire circled his eyes, similar to Jungkook's when he was under the curse, nevertheless, his eyes were magnificently brighter and they were trained on hers. However, the one detail that she didn't fail to recognize was that distinctly cheerful grin that tugged at his lips.
Jeong Ho-Seok clapped his hands together excitedly, "My Queen, I finally get to properly introduce myself to you!" He swept his hands in a sweeping bow as he presented himself, "I am Jeong Ho-Seok." He introduced.
Andrea observed him, her mouth hanging open in shock. This wasn't the Jeong Ho-Seok who she'd befriended at the palace. The kind friend who had been there for her at the palace days. The same one who had informed her of the spell. The same friend who had suggested her to leave...
The man who stood before her was a stranger. She didn't know who he was.
Jeon Ho-Seok looked up from his bow to meet her eyes and grinned. "Or more popularly known as the Vile one."
That was the moment her world came crashing down.
The Vile one. The only ever wizard known to exist alive. The wizard was known for his cunningness, cruelty, and ability to lure unsuspecting individuals to his traps. The same wizard who was supposed to be nothing but a myth, a bedtime story that kept the adventurous young ones out of the ghastly woods that bordered Adaira.
Ho-Seok was... the Vile one?
"H-how..." Andrea couldn't believe her eyes. How come she never noticed? How come he, of all the people she knew, was the Vile One? How was it even possible? He was supposed to be a mere myth.
Ho-Seok simply grinned at her before his eyes traveled back to Jungkook and he walked forward, "Now... the deal's fulfilled. You promised me anything as long as I let you meet her, didn't you fae?"
Jungkook threw open his arm, sliding back, trying to hide Andrea from his sight as he frantically barked out, "I won't! I won't let you take her!"
"That's not what we agreed on..." Ho-Seok frowned as he tilted his head with displeasure, "If you made a deal, isn't it only right that you keep it?"

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