She panicked as the door moved but couldn't move because it hurt like she was being burned alive. Jungkook stepped inside making her sigh but it soon turned into fear as a hooded person stepped in along with him too. He ran to her side and kneeled down keeping his hand on her head.
"Shh...she's the one I was talking about...calm down love..."
He looked at Nel but her condition was the same too. She was standing there afraid of the almost dead figure on the bed.
"Nel she isn't harmful...please treat her fast..."
She nodded and gulped taking small steps towards Y/n. Jungkook was about to get up but Y/n held his hands, tears rolling down her cheeks.
"S-Stay with me...", she whispered, "It h-hurts...", she cried out. Both Nel and Jungkook were shocked by her sudden outburst. He walked closer and sat beside her, caressing her cheeks. "I'm here love...", he looked at Nel making her nod. She gently sat beside her shivering body and took her hands in hers.
"S-She is so soft...", she whispered astonished. She had never thought humans would be like this. She was always taught that they were harmful and monstrous. "And beautiful too..."
She scanned the injuries slowly. She started moving her fingers through every wounded part making sure she doesn't let it hurt much.
"This...This is cruel..."
She spoke in disbelief. She looked at Jungkook as he just put his head down. He could do nothing to stop what happened. If only he discovered his power just like how Nel did maybe this wouldn't have happened.
Nel pressed her arm trying to find traces for fractures but that resulting in Y/n crying out loudly in utmost pain. "CAREFUL!", he yelled out of control, his eyes red with tears. Nel looked at him bewildered.
"S-Sorry...b-e careful...she's a human...", "I- I am sorry...", she whispered back.
"What did you use on her wounds?"
"Golden sand and red algae..."
"Maybe that's why it's not as severe as it should be. She lost a lot of blood. You used the right medication. She might take time to heal because this isn't her atmosphere, there's only the oxygen you gave her here. Keep using the paste on her wounds. Her bones are broken, it isn't as flexible as ours, they are brittle, it'll hurt her a lot if it moves even a bit. She will not be able to do anything on her own for a while.", she looked at Jungkook as he nodded understanding her words clearly.
She turned to Y/n and smiled making her smile back weakly. "You'll get well soon."
Nel covered her wounded naked body in the blanket once again. She closed her eyes slowly. She felt relieved now. Just laying like that, still, was helping to ease her pain. More than that, even if she didn't know the reason, Jungkook's touch was easing her pain.
"Jungkook?"
He hummed caressing Y/n's trembling hands. "She's a human. Your father is the king of this kingdom. His punishments are harsh for even us. It pains us. Hurts us."
"What do you want to tell Nel?", he spoke with a serious tone still having his eyes fixed on the sleeping figure on the bed.
"How did she survive?", she asked straight forwardly making him shoot up his look at her.
"H-How did she survive?", he repeated it to himself. He looked at her who was sleeping calmly after a whole war with her own health. His hands went up to her face cupping her face.
"I haven't asked you before....but I want to ask you now...I don't know why....Who..W-Who was your mother?"
Jungkook's heart skipped beats as his breathing started getting heavy. Neither has he seen her nor heard something about her from his father. He never dared to ask too. His father has been a single father since Jungkook started having his senses under control.
"I- I need to go now....the currents are getting stronger...Nolan is alone...I can't stay here....Jungkook it will be better if you shift her too...people may find this place out soon..."
He nodded with only his half-attention on her. Her questions revolved around in his head.
"How did she survive?" "Who was your mother?"
He was so engrossed in thinking that he didn't realize that Nel left. He exhaled heavily. The details were all two ends apart.
"Mmmm Jungkook...", she mumbled in pain in her sleep catching his attention. He pulled the quilt up more. The soft fabric touched her wounds giving her warmth and tender feelings. She calmed down once again. He bent down and kissed her forehead softly and then her eyes which were puffy from crying unstoppably.
"I need to know the truth precious.", he sighed closing his eyes.
Something called him from his conscience. A feeling that somehow, everything is connected crept over him. She would have died that day, fell from a great height directly into the killer currents but how did she end up in the Long Shores where he was there, what pushed him to steal her kiss? What made him have a mindset to make her his against the rules of his clan, his father?
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His tears ran down his cheeks in anger, frustration and sadness, keeping a weapon straight on his father's throat wasn't easy for him.
Jungkook flinched badly as his father spoke.
"So you came back? I thought you were going to stay with that monster.", his father asked still in his sleeping position. "What did you do father?"
"Have the courage to place your sword on your father's neck huh?"
He took a deep breathe and stood right there without moving. He had no other way than this, he just wanted to hold him in position. His sword was right near the neck of the king as he slowly turned around.
"Where have you hid her?", he spoke gritting his teeth glaring straight at Jungkook.
"You have to answer my questions."
"I don't have to."
"YOU HAVE TO FATHER!"
"Do. Not. Raise. Your. Voice."
"I will.", he sighed and put his sword down. "Why didn't you kill her father? You deliberately let her suffer...You left her half alive...You committed a sin..."
"BECAUSE SHE'S A HUMAN...SHE DESERVES TO BE TORTURED...!!"
He yelled but Jungkook didn't even flinch because he knew this was the only answer he was gonna get. He breathed heavily and decided to ask the question which he had never asked before.
"Father...Who was my mother?"
The king's eyes shot up at him. This was the most unexpected question from Jungkook. He clenched his jaw before getting up from the bed and putting his scarf over him.
"Even if you don't tell...we will find that gruesome monster....I will not let her live...she needs to die..."
"And I will not let even your shadow to fall upon her."
"Leave before I paralyze you forever.", he turned his blue eyes towards Jungkook taking him aback. The anger in his father's eyes was something which he had never seen before.
"Who was my mother?" His father scoffed and started walking away. "I ASKED YOU SOMETHING FATHER. WHO WAS MY MOTHER?"
"I said leave. Don't you want to see that devil of yours again?"
"Father, who was my mother?"
"Jungkook leave."
He said taking the Aquadius into his hands, glaring at Jungkook wanting him to stop this discussion. That question needed to be avoided more than the human herself according to him.
"FATHER....I ASK YOU AGAIN....Who was my mother?"
The king swung his sword in the air creating a trail of water. His blue eyes turned bluer and darker...Disgust? Rage? Fury?
Jungkook didn't step back either. He held his sword tighter, trying his best to realize his powers. Why was it delaying? All other royals of his age would have realized their powers by his age but he wasn't able to find anything...Why? Why wasn't his father speaking up? Questions revolved around in his spinning head but he kept himself together. He needed the answer for at least one question today. For him, for his love, for his powers.
"FATHER WHO WAS MY MOTHER!?"
"SHE WAS A BLOODY WITCH!"