*** “shouldn’t we inform the Council about this matter?”   SeokJin eyes darted momentarily towards Yoongi before turning his attention back onto the emptied whisky glass in his hands, twirling the melted ice around on the base of the crystal. After their little arguments with the werewolf a few hours ago, they finally decided to discuss the matter in a more relaxed way and grab a drink from the mini bar with JongIn glancing at them every once in a while, throwing his sassy comments in between their discussion which they ignored completely, amusing the wolf even more when he saw they feign their ignorance while their eyes twitched in annoyance every times. He like toying with them,

 

“they won't agree to this” TaeHyung deliberatively added and a couple of sighs heard from here and there, JongIn roll his eyes at this as he push himself off of the wall he’s been leaned on “sorry to interrupt,” he started -his tones doesn’t even match the words he said, he doesn’t looked like he was sorry at all- and almost all pair of eyes fixed on him,

 

“but I, kinda confused by the fact that I always heard of Council this, Council that ever since we sat here discussing this matter, who is the heirs of this kingdom thrones anyway? You guys, or this High Council of yours?” JongIn finished with a raised brow and a light smirk on his handsome face,

 

NamJoon and SeokJin smiled slightly as they heard the other male innuendo while Yoongi just rolled his eyes but even the corner of his lips curled up a bit,

 

“your point is?” NamJoon played fools, making JongIn chuckled a little as he shrugs his shoulders “oh, I don’t know, I mean, if you are the heirs, shouldn’t your opinion will be the only things that matter, not theirs, technically” he answered casually,

 

Yoongi scoffed “their opinion is ours too, this is democracy, you barbaric bunch won't understand even if we explain it to you, you guys lived by being dictated by your goddamn Alpha” he countered rather rudely and both NamJoon and JongIn’s eyebrows shot up at the rude comment whilst SeokJin throw the younger boy disapproving looks but the one being insulted just easily laughed after coming down from his temporarily shock,

 

“well, true that, our Alpha’s words is an absolute laws, it's in our blood, it's just our nature, but,” JongIn started as he throw taunting looks on Yoongi’s direction which countered with his own stubborn one as he challenging the wolf boy to continue his words, something that JongIn complied happily, “let’s not be hypocrite here, by the time you said those statements, you do realize that you are doing what you are just stated earlier, right? Being dictated by a bunch of old bats” he finished, grinning broadly from ear to ear like Cheshire cat, showing of his canine teeth to the other male who sat still on his seat with claws digging on the sofa while he controlled his anger. Yoongi has been defeated and even a blind man could see that,

 

A long pregnant silent dawned upon them as they wait for Yoongi’s anger to explode but to their surprise, the said boy just grunted before turn his face away stubbornly, cutting his and JongIn staring battle as the grip on his glass tightened, aside of that, they didn’t hear anything else,

 

NamJoon -being the first one to snap out of his surprise regarding his older friend unusual behaviors- let out an awkward chuckles as he ran a hand on the back of his head slightly mumbling “well, that was unexpected” under his breath while exchanging amused looks with SeokJin whose brows vanished beneath his bangs while examining Yoongi’s bizarre antics,

 

“who are you and what have you done to Yoongi hyung?” JungKook finally said, leaning back to look at the white haired boy beside him up and down as if he was examining a patient with mental illness, earning a slap on his forehead courtesy of Min Yoongi himself and that’s when the rest of the boys snapped out of their momentarily shock by the maknae loud protest and JongIn’s thunderous laughter SeokJin laughed along when Jimin shake his head lightly, chuckling while HoSeok and TaeHyung just keep on staring at Yoongi in disbelief as if they just witness the man growing another head,

 

“well, I never thought I would actually witness Min Yoongi lost in an argument” the oldest said in between his chuckles before looking back at the still laughing JongIn,

 

NamJoon shake his head with a smile as he let the rest finished before clearing his throat, earning seven pairs of eyes on him including JongIn, “okay, jokes aside, now tell me truthfully your point Kim JongIn, do you mean that we shouldn’t tell our High Council of this matter yet? Is that right?” NamJoon addressed again seriously as he hold his gaze on the wolf, sipping on his own whiskey casually while JongIn staring back at him with an equal seriousness on his eyes, all the previous humors has wiped off from them the moment NamJoon addressed the matter back on its track and he shrugged,

 

“you could say so, I guess?”,

 

“so, you said we should just keep it until we bring JooYeon back?” Jimin was the one who asking now as he lean both elbows on his knees and tangled his fingers. JongIn roll his eyes and push away from the wall once again before walking closer to where they sat around the round table on the sofa while SeokJin followed JongIn’s movement with his eyes from behind the bar aisle,

 

“look, right now, JooYeon was no better than a captive under the Queen clutch, after you inform that Council of yours the what? They march towards the Reaper realm with an armies and endangered JooYeon’s safety? No, don’t give me that ‘they won't let the heiress life threatened’ reasons because let's be honest here, when those bunch of hypocrites actually took an action to protect her? They won't even blink an eye even if the Queen threaten to kill JooYeon right in front of their eyes”, JongIn exclaimed out loud, growling slightly at the few last sentences when the heirs opened their mouth to object his statement,

 

SeokJin frowned as he slowly rounded the aisle and stand beside JongIn “she’s still our kingdom heiress, they won't do anything that would endangered this realm safety, losing JooYeon would only bring problem to the thrones” he countered coldly, JongIn turn his body to look at the oldest heir, opposing the vampire with no less coldness on his face,

 

“really? I didn’t see them trying to find her hard enough to support your claims back there”, SeokJin balled his fists when he listened to JongIn. Deep inside he agreed to the Werewolf’s words, no help came from the Council when he and his friends desperately trying to find their mate. So he clamped his mouth shut, JongIn smugly smirked as he saw this, he got them played right on top of his palm, there’s nothing they could do to go against his plans after this, he know that he’s winning. Even the impulsive maknae and the most stubborn ones amongst them could only fidgeted on their seats, biting back their protests as they burning holes on to the floor with their glares,

 

Nodding his head once at the silence, JongIn continued “I knew all the turns, the weakest and strongest spots of the Castle including the Red keep where JooYeon quarter obviously located in, you name it and I could take you anywhere you wants without being noticed, all you have to do is trust me and go with my plan and JooYeon will be with us in no time, “ he paused, watching as their faces one by one as he could easily imagined gears start to working inside their mind, trying to came out other plans but no avail, they know JongIn held all the upper hands. Heck, they don’t even know how to go to this realm to begin with, they’re pretty much facing the dead end before JongIn shows up, “we need to rescue her first before making any move that could risk her safety, this way is better”,

 

“what say you?” JongIn urged,

 

After a almost a minute drowning in silence, with a rather determined looks on his face, SeokJin finally look up after exchanging glances with all his friends and brothers as they have the very much same determination on their eyes. So be it

 

“no words to the Council for this mission but we’ll inform them of this upcoming war right away after we got JooYeon back, you can't stop us, our kingdom safety are counted in this” SeokJin finally said and a quiet relief washed over JongIn’s face before vanished completely and smirk made its way towards his lips as he answered,

 

“prepare yourself, we go at dawn, the portal is far from here, so we better start as soon as possible”.

 

*** Running around his room, JungKook throw every single weapons that he could find on top of his bed beside the backpack that he prepared he tried to find his crossbow and finally find it laid inside the chest beside his blood banks alongside the other weapons he stored, including the dual handguns that stored safely inside its holster, completed with a bunch of silver bullets magazines. He smiled at the familiar sights, it’s been awhile from when he first touch this beauties. Vampires has their bloods as their weapons obviously and they rarely using a real weapons for combat but when they opted to use one, they love playing with guns and every long range weapons they could find. JungKook and his friends is no exception,

 

Taking the cross bow out from the chest, JungKook trailed the tip of his fingers on the carved surface of the weapon and appreciated its beauty, soft purr escaped his throat when the smooth surface made contact with his skin and he aimed, releasing an arrow towards the side of his door right when the door cracked open, the arrow nested just a few inches from the intruder head as she yelped noisily. JungKook frowned when he recognized the newcomer as he brought down his crossbow to look at her more clearly,

 

“why did you do that Kook?!” Nara shrieked, stomping her feet like a child as she look at him angrily and the said boy groaned under his breath,

 

“what do you want, Nara? I’m busy” he said carelessly, turning his back to face the chest again and pull out the dual gun and its magazines this time, checking its lever and trigger casually, seeing if they still working just fine and make a satisfied nods before stand up to walk towards his bed to pack all the necessities. Nara watch his movements with a squinted eyes,

 

“going somewhere?” she asked, ignoring his question earlier as she trotted inside without permission and sat herself on his bed, watching him packing, folding the cross bow and its arrows, putting and strapping the guns holster on his sides before buttoning his shirt, Nara reach out to help him and JungKook raised an eyebrow at the familiar gesture, she always help him buttoned his shirt in the past but now he felt a bit weird having her doing that for him but he let her anyway, decidin