HEAVEN

Chapter I

The Golden Ones, angel like beasts that roamed the deep woods within South Korea. Their siren singing attracting humans who were used as sacrifices to their gods. Human hearts used to replace the unbeating hearts of the creatures.

Shape shifting monsters is what they were. Named the 'Golden Ones' for their tan skin, blonde silky hair, sharp eyes and tall structures. Their tears turning into small white pearls. Unbeatable beasts who become hostile with the sight of the colonizer humans who only come to steal their most valuable possession. 

Their wings.

The wings of a Golden One's are as white as snow that covers the tall mountains and glow gold in the night.

If their wings are taken their hair turns black as coal and their human heart stops beating immediately. Leaving the beasts to become unable to fly and die after some time. 

Many whose wings are taken go into hiding and eventually drown themselves in the river of souls. The river of souls glows in the full moon where many other Golden One's come and moron. While others who have not yet collected their human heart drink to fuel their soulless bodies.

A Golden One who is stabbed in the heart will become mortal and be condemned from returning to their home. Many wander alone singing until they are able to kill another human and collect their heart. 

A Golden One can sacrifice their wings for a mortal life in which the beast becomes a being of blinding light and permanently formed with the human heart they hold inside. They will be taken to a place and no longer remember their past as a Golden One. 

The war with the humans and Golden Ones continues. Ones that are killed by the humans put them on display in museums. Others kidnap them and use their tears to sell for money. Their organs are traded and blood used for youthful alternative medicine sold in the black market .

As their blood is a golden yellow color.

Golden Ones are creators of pure beauty that are pursued for that purpose only. Once one has collected their first human heart they're gifted two things. A human body and an animal body.

 The higher level you are to the queen the greater the animal. 

In their human form, they can easily blend into society in case of an emergency.  

"You must never fall in the hands of a mortal, Taehyung." A woman brushed the young man's golden blonde hair. 

"Why?" Taehyung looked around at his people.

"They aren't good. They are dangerous and will hurt you. They don't love us, they only want our wings." The woman paused, "Promise me, you will never fall for a mortal."

Taehyung turned around, he looked up at the woman.

"Mama, why would I ever do that?" 

The woman smiled, "You are so beautiful. Any mortal man or woman is willing to rip your wings because of your beauty." Taehyung looked down, then back up at his mother, "I promise."

Taehyung was the guardian prince of the Golden Ones. He was here to serve his people and defend them from the humans who came to hunt them.

He remembered his first kill, stealing the heart of the human and placing it inside of him. He was crowned his animal and uses it to protect. His wings were much bigger than his people and his beauty was blinding. His voice was soft and deep which made him much more likely to capture the wandering humans in the woods. Taehyung was the offspring of two women which made him much more unique than the rest of his family.