“Jin Young oppa…”

“Yes…”

“I have something to tell you” I gripped on my dress as I am still not sure how to tell him about this matter,

“We have to leave” I said as I took a deep breathe,

“What?? Leaving?” Jin Young stood up sounded taken back a bit,

“Why so sudden?” he asked as both of his hands on the table,

Just when I was about to explain this to him, Zeth voice appear in my head telling me I have to be quick, saying that the time wasn’t allowed us to stay anymore.

“Do it quickly” Zeth commanded,

“Hyemi-ah,” Jin Young called out

“We have to leave now, I met someone who can help us” I blurted out some lie, well not exactly a lie since they might somehow help us,

“Someone is able to help us?” Jin Young shocked yet feeling a glint of happy could be seen from his face,

“Well yeah… kind off” I trailed feeling guilty since I had made a decision to stay back,

“But when did you meet this person? I mean.. I never saw you leaving this resident” said Jin Young,

Argh.. what now?? Think Hyemi…

“I met him when I was on my way back from Arthur resident” I lie,

“Oh.. but..”

“Jin Young oppa, we have to leave now. I don’t want Katherine finds out about this, it will be hard on her if she knew we are leaving. Besides the person is now waiting for us at the horse stable, so go pack your things and we meet there ok” I pushed him out of my room,

Oh my… it is so obvious that I was hiding something, I’ll explain to him later.

I took out my note book and tear a piece of paper from it and wrote a letter to Katherine. It is totally rude if we leave without any words since they have helped us a lot.

After finish packing the things I need, I quickly sneak out and went to see Jin Young and Zeth.. oh and Xarrius as well if he’s still there.

As I hold tightly on my bag heading towards the stable, the moonlight being block by the cloud making it hard for me to walk on the dark path.

I went into the stable and check on Zeth, there is no sign of him anywhere. Where could he be?

“Hyemi?” Jin Young grabbed my shoulder,

“Is that you?” he ask as he turned me around,

“Hyemi!! Get out from there right now!!” Zeth shouted in my head which lead me automatically pull Jin Young and ran out through the back door and hide under the bushes.

“What the…” I cupped Jin Young mouth, before releasing him I make sure to let him know that we have to be quite. For some reason there is, I’m afraid of the possibility if we were caught by these people. From how Zeth called out for me in panic tone, they must be someone we shouldn’t mess with.

There are footsteps of people running around in the stable, but aren’t everyone is sleeping? There some light from the torch of fire they were holding which enable for me to see their faces, but I never seen them before.. are they even permitted to enter Marlowe’s resident?

“Hyemi.. what is happening?” Jin Young whisper besides me,

“I promise to tell you everything but please bear with this for a while.” I then grabbed him then quietly escape further into the trees where leads us out from this place.

“Zeth where are you?”

“Over here, next to the fences behind the crow statue”

“Got it” I then ran to where Zeth specifically said he’ll be and found both him and Xarrius are waiting for us,

“Is that a wolf, Hyemi we have to run..” Jin Young who didn’t know anything freaked out,

“Don’t worry, it will be fine” I tried to drag him back since he was struggling to run away,

“What do you mean okay, there is a wolf for god sake.” He yanked me and ran,

“Jin Young stop!!, it is not what you think it is… Stop!!!” I tried to make him listen but it seems like he already been cover up by fear,

Good thing that Zeth ran in front of us and stopped him from keep on running,

“Jin Young please listen to me… they are our friend… I think” I’m not sure myself, Zeth acts as my guardian and Xarrius.. Well a messenger from a comrade I guess..

“What!!! How can they be…” Zeth somehow knock him unconscious in a blink of eyes,

“Zeth!! What have you done??” I panic and catch Jin Young in my arm,

“Well he wouldn’t shut his mouth so I kicked him. Wouldn’t thought he’ll be like that” he is pissed off,

“Mind if you do it gently next time, I understand that we’re in the middle of hectic situation but he is in the state of shockness too” I explain to him,

“Very well then.. Xarrius if you don’t mind, could you carry him on your back?” Zeth asks xarrius,

“What!! Are you being serious here? Why would I carry that boy?” Xarrius refuses to do so,

“Well you the one who says that he have to tag along, I never expected for him to come along” There goes another fights between them,

“I will only allowed my master to ride on me and no one else”

“Fine, I deal with that boy.. Geez even for an old horse you sure are hard to handle with” Xarrius finally given up,

“Sorry about this Xarrius” I really think that my problem have trouble him,

“Well then let’s go, it will be better if we arrive there by dawn” Zeth set a goal,

“What?? You expect us to run non-stop” Xarrius whined,

“Don’t tell me you couldn’t run for 7 hours straight with that age of yours, children these days” I could tell that Zeth trying to tease Xarrius.

“Don’t you dare underestimate me, just that I am younger than you by 50 years doesn’t mean that I couldn’t compete with you” Xarrius then head off ahead of us,

“Seriously Zeth, don’t you think that if you treat him a bit nicer he’ll might actually listen to you” I try to talk some sense in him,

“I prefer this way, it is good to once in a while” Zeth then started running in the dark.