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   Mirae pursed her lips together as she jerked her petite body rashly in Jongin and Baekhyun's iron like grips as they dragged her down the dark narrow hallway, where at the very end stood a wooden door. Jongin kept his one hand wrapped around Mirae's lean forearm while reaching out his other hand to grab the key that dangled from a nail in the wall and used it to unlock the door. With one push the door swung open, the loud sound of it hitting the wall echoed throughout the room and revealing the cell-

 Jongin used the same key to unlock the rusted cell lock and slid the cell door open with very little effort, the veins in his forearms and biceps buldged from underneath his skin as he clasped his hand tightly around the cold metal bar, and pushing Mirae into her cell. She landed on her side, wincing at the pain of falling on the rocks and prickly hay that scattered around the cold concrete floor. She sat herself up on the small brick ledge that acted like a chair for her to sit on, her eyes darted at the two males whom stood there, looking at her as if they're anticipating some kind of reaction from her. 

 "It's been a while since we've kept one of you in this cell" Baekhyun commented, taking a seat in one of the near by chairs that sat in the corner of the room, reaching his hand between his legs to pull the front of it so that it was now beneath him and took a seat with a satisfied sigh leaving his lips. Jongin leaned up against the wall with his arms crossed over his broadened chest, and his eyes were staring intently at Mirae.  

 "You wanna know something about this cell?" Baekhyun continued on with his babbling, giving Mirae an anticipating look as he leaned forward in his chair. But when she didn't answer, he let out a long, exsaperated 'aaaah' before leaning back in his chair and closing his eyes, "Don't be shy, we won't bite, well- atleast I won't" he said mischeviously, taking a side glance at Jongin before looking back at the Aina. Mirae only sat there, observing the talkative male wearily as he only stared right back at her, "Are you mute, or something? You're really starting to make me believe that you're conjuring up some kind of plan in that pretty little head of yours" Baekhyun said matter-of-factly, curving up one corner of his mouth so that his cheek was puffing out.  

 Mirae released an irritated sigh through her nose, which didn't go unnoiticed by the two males whom were very much amused to see that she really did have some kind of emotion. But what shocked more wasn't that little sigh through her nose, but the fact that actual words came out of -

 "Why am I here?" she asked calmly. 

 Jongin scoffed, "Isn't it obvious? You were near land that wasn't yours" he rebuked heatedly. Mirae raised a brow at him with an indifferent look, "I beg your pardon?" she said, a hint of irritance made itself noticed in her tone. 

 "I said-"

 "I understood you the first time," she cut in sharply, in which her tone didn't match her innocent-like face, "And how dare you say I was in your territory, when clearly I was not" she affirmed. She stood up and made her way towards the front of her cell, placing her hands around two of the cell bars, her eyes darting right at Baekhyun, "You and your friend were the ones whom crossed onto our land". 

 Baekhyun let out a huffy scoff, crossing his arms slowly across his chest as he gave Mirae testy glare, "You know, I kinda missed when you didn't talk" his tone wasn't teasing at all, but more of a warning tone as if he was hinting for the younger girl to shut if she knew what was best for her. Then it was Mirae's turn to scoff as she stared at the two males in disbelief. How could they be so ignorant and indenial? Just because they're suppose to be 'sworn' enemies, it doesn't give them the right away to act like total douche bags. Especially when Mirae isnt the one at fault.

 "I want to talk to your alpha" she demanded right off the back. By this time the two males were beyond ammused, and they found her little fits nothing more than annoying and pathetic. And Jongin was already pissed the moment Mirae decided to open to talk back to them. Baekhyun let out a loud obnoxious sigh as he stood up from his chair, his eyes moved to linger on Mirae in a taunting way, "You don't get to talk to anyone, sweetheart. You're the prisoner, remember? You don't get a say in what you want" his tone was cocky along with the smirk that graced his lips. It was small, but enough to send chills down Mirae's spine.

 Jongin on the other hand couldn't say if he was satisfied, or disgusted. He hates the Aina race with a passion, and just being in the same room as one makes him sick to his stomach. But looking at her dissoriented state isn't helping him hate them more than he should because deep, deep down he feels some what pity for this girl. But his mind was convincing him otherwise, and he pushed the unnecessary thoughts away before nugding Baekhyun, "Let's go. She's getting annoying" he grumbled, rolling his eyes as he rolled his neck towards the direction of the door and leaving. Baekhyun gave Mirae one last cheeky wink before closing the wooden door shut, the hinges screeching loudly throughout the room, and that was the only sound that she could hear fade away until it turned into complete silence. 

 "Where is she? It's been hours since we split up to do perimeter checks" Dara whined as she worridly thought about her younger member. Chaelin crossed one leg over the other as she placed her index finger across her bottom lip in thought as an uneasy feeling bubbled within her stomach. 

  "Chaelin.."

The said girl lifted her head to look at the youngest girl, and Minji's eyes said it all... she was worried as well. "Its good to know Im not the only one" Chaelin mumbled after breaking eye contact with her and standing up. Chaelin walked over to the small table in the back of the room that had important documents and spell books sprawled out upon it. She pulled out the map of the whole forest from underneath everything else and flattened it across the table, her eyes scanning the whole sheet of paper. She then turned to the cabinets on the side of the table and pulled out a jar of black crushed, crystalized rocks and placed it on the table befor taking out a handful and spreading it across the map. She closed her eyes and muttered some spell under her breath. It was a tracking spell.

Chaelin opened her eyes and looked at the map. But to her bad luck, the rock dust didnt move like it was suppose to and her brows furrowed. She let out a huffy sigh befor closing her eyes and trying again. She held her hands out and shifted her weight side to side on both of her legs befor mumbling the same spell. She slowly opened her eyes again and just like last time- nothing happened. She slammed her fists onto the table, scaring the other three girls whom looked at her with widened eyes. 

 "I can't track her" she mumbled loud enough for them to hear as her eyes analyzed the map closer. Minji's brows furrowed at Chaelin's comment, "Do you think something happened to her?" she asked, coming up beside her leader. Chaelin looked up and out the window that was infront of her, staring distantly out into the woods as she said, "I don't know, but we should go and lok for her. I can't even feel her energy within the forest, so she must be somewhere far" 

 "Or underground" Dara suggested. Chaelin whipped her head at to look at the older girl, her face set in a scowl, "Why would she be underground?" she looked at the other members for an answer but they only shrugged. Chaelin released a sigh, "Whatever, let's just get going and find her before nightfall comes" she commanded as she began to pack up her bags. Without hesitation, the girls immidiately began to scramble around the whole cabin in search for their weapons and belongings. Chaelin slipped on her velcro leather gloves that had holes for her fingers to go through. She slipped a few daggers into her thigh harnesses that was hidden underneath her pants. Dara slipped some small grenades inside her boot and slipped on her black beanie. Minji hooked on a pair of nunchucks to her belt and slung her kitana around her shoulder so that it was resting on her back. And Bom clipped on her velvet, black cloak and placed the hood over her head befor placing two guns into the holster that was placed around her hips. And without wasting another second, all four girls rushed out of their cabin, running into the depths of the woods in search for Mirae.  

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