Sunggyu was worried. The sign on him and Taehyun was bleeding. It was so bad that they had to use bandages to stop it.

"Where is she?" The one who was the most stressed was Myungsoo. Maybe he wasn't showing it but he was scared. He led her to the Revenge House and much like any cursed house, it was always moving. Even if he were to go back where he found it, it probably moved already.

Sunggyu and Taehyun were getting drained of energy by her. They knew she was doing it unconsciously. It was the humanly reflex to survive. They could feel small pieces of her pain. It was horrible because her pain wasn't physical. The fight was in her mind. Sunggyu was going crazy because he was the main piece of hope she was holding onto. He glared at Myungsoo before he locked himself in her room.

Maybe it was hard to believe but he got in her bed and pulled the covers close to his chest. He could smell her scent and feel the leftover energy. She was missing him. She needed him and he wasn't there. When she needed him the most, he had no idea where she was.

"He is deeply connected to her, isn't he?" Taehyun glared at Yoongi. He grabbed him by the collar and threw him into Myungsoo.

"You can't understand it. It's such a powerful feeling. I can't even return to Hell because of her. But it's not only that" Myungsoo pushed Yoongi aside and got up groggily. "You should know just how precious she is to us, Myung. She gave us more than we deserved" Myungsoo was feeling bad. That much was obvious for everyone.

They were still glaring at each other when a sudden gust of wind blew the windows and doors open. Everyone turned to the front door. Even Sunggyu got off the bed and moved into the living room.

Beelzebub and Mammon were there. Not only, actually. Leviathan and Belphegor were there as well. They were mad. No, Beelzebub was ready to kill everyone. Belphegor took Yoongi into the kitchen and Leviathan grabbed Taehyun and walked out. Beelzebub turned to Mammon and nodded. The greed prince went to Sunggyu. Everyone was gone, except Myungsoo and he had a vague idea why.

"Where is my apprentice, Myungsoo?" The demon was helpless in front of Beelzebub and he knew it. Against a prince, he was nothing even if he belonged to vanity. He gulped and flinched when Beelzebub pushed him against the wall. "Where is she?"

"Revenge House" Those yellow eyes were glowing with hatred. It was such an ugly sight. He could feel his body going numb. He could hear high pitched sounds but was unable to identify where they were coming from.  

"Why?" He flinched. The noise was getting louder and he could barely hear what the powerful demon was saying.

Beelzebub glared at Myungsoo and hissed. He didn't respond. Beelzebub wasn't exactly soft on demons that weren't his propriety. He was known as one crazy bastard who was calm most of the time but when he was mad and angry, bad things were happening. He was a monster. The gluttony prince grabbed Myungsoo by his sign. The vanity demon gasped and felt his body break in two. It was such a horrible pain. He was nothing but a fish out of water.

"Baekhyun tried to make a deal with Asmodeus. He wanted to give half of his life so he wouldn't send hunters after her and lock her in Neverland" Beelzebub raised an eyebrow. His body had an expressionless face. It looked like he wanted to kill. He did, truthfully. He pulled Myungsoo closer.

“Good. Now, the truth” He whispered darkly into his ear. He also pressed on the serpent harder and Myungsoo’s eyes looked ready to jump out of their sockets.

“He’s Ra Hee’s anchor. Without him, she becomes easy to manipulate. She becomes a real and monstrous demon. Asmodeus wants to use him as blackmail” Beelzebub’s eyes were slowly changing from yellow to a bright orange.

“And Lucifer?” Myungsoo gulped. That was his master. It was impossible for him to give information on his master. Beelzebub chuckled. “You are a loyal dog, aren’t you?” The prince let go of him and vanished. Myungsoo could finally come back to normal.

On the other side, each demon had a talk with a prince. Leviathan told Taehyun to be careful around Myungsoo since he was vanity. He also told him about Belial.

“So, he sent a spy. Doesn’t that mean he works with his beloved?” Leviathan stared at Taehyun as if he was staring at an idiot.

“He can’t take sides. But he can manipulate in order to get what he wants. Demons left Hell through the hole. Too many and in such a short time” Taehyun sighed. The rebellion was powerful and once they were going to use the power of Lucifer, Middle World was doomed. “Yoongi isn’t a spy but Baekhyun's girlfriend is.  She wasn't aware of it since she would become unconscious but it’s better to be careful not sorry” Taehyun agreed.

On the other side, Belphegor was ready to hit Yoongi. The short demon wasn't exactly touched by the glare his master was giving him.

"I told you to keep an eye on the girl!" Yoongi nodded.

"I did" Belphegor pulled him closer and snarled.

"Not the commander, Yoongi. I said the human girl!" Yoongi blinked.

"Oh"

Belphegor had to remind himself that Yoongi was actually a decent demon. He was manipulative and very smart so, he was one of the best demons he had. He had to  repeat that in his mind a lot.

With Sunggyu, things weren't exactly bright either. Mammon was visibly judging him.

"Did he really want to make a deal with Asmodeus?"Sunggyu sighed and rubbed his forehead. The sign was irritating. Besides, she was crying. He could feel it.

"No. From what I know, Asmodeus has been using familiars to gain information on Ra Hee’s friends" Mammon raised an eyebrow and crossed one leg over the other.

"He was supposed to come after me, though" Sunggyu nodded. "Who interfered?"

"Myungsoo" Mammon scoffed.

"Of course. That little vanity demon got himself really deep. He will pay later. First, find Ra Hee and that human she loves so much" Sunggyu nodded. "And cover that sign. It makes me want to throw up" Of course. Mammon's sign was gone. Sunggyu had the sign of the commander, now. Moreover, his endless knot was different from Taehyun's. Mammon noticed it as well.

Sunggyu's sign was an exact copy of Ra Hee’s. That meant only one thing; a thing that really amused Mammon and probably annoyed Beelzebub. They were connected. Maybe not practically but spiritually, they were.

Demons are monogamous. Even if they want to, they can’t find someone else once they offered themselves. They can’t go on without each other. They are stuck together for an eternity.

When Sunggyu and Mammon walked out, the rest were there already. Beelzebub was absent and Myungsoo was shaken up.

"Are you going to tell us how to find her?" Myungsoo glanced at his sign before he decided.

"The Revenge House. It was in Incheon, close to a park" Sunggyu frowned. He bit his tongue in order to keep the anger in.

"That is her hometown. If her mother finds her there, she will get another ticket to an asylum" Myungsoo sighed and left. "Good! Leave! We can find her without you!" Taehyun was in the back, watching Sunggyu closely.

"He'd give absolutely anything for her. I don't know if it's noble or pitiful" Yoongi's eyes were on Sunggyu as well.

"It's rare" That was true. It was almost impossible for a demon to fall in love. Moreover, he fell for the young commander. He did so much for her. His whole existence was gravitating around her. "Once she will be safe, he will run again" Taehyun chuckled.

"I bet he will" The unfortunate ending of such a passionate search was that. Everyone knew it. Everyone, but culprit himself.

Beelzebub was angry. If Myungsoo learned something comuting between Middle World and Hell was to never, ever, in his aimless and horrible existence get one of the Seven Princes mad. He worked for Lucifer and he was hardly getting angry. He wa sjust not giving a heck about anyone and anything. He was living off the misery of others.

But Beelzebub was a leader. He was the commander of the biggest and most powerful regiment in Hell. He was dangerous and had demons everywhere around the world. He wasn’t just some gluttony demon who knew nothing but eat and drink and feast on humans. He always had an aim. His existence was holy for some cultures and that was offering him a back door towards the Middle World. If he wanted to, he could have invaded the world already. But he didn’t and that was very curious. Myungsoo was curious why he didn’t take any action yet.

“Is the plan working well?” He was back in his domain and Lucifer wasn’t doing much. He just entered the hall. Most rooms were empty and smelled of meat. It was dangerous to walk outside the mansion without being wary. Demons of different levels were crawling into the vanity domain. It was both dangerous and endearing.

“She’s locked into the Revenge House. I made the seal so she can’t get out unless I want her to”The vanity prince smirked. He was satisfied.

“And the inheritor?” Myungsoo rubbed the back of his head nervously. He was seriously considering a lie. “Well? Has he been found?” The rest of the princes were keeping that a secret. Neither Lucifer nor Asmodeus knew the truth and Myungsoo wasn’t sure he wanted the inheritor dead.

“She didn’t find him. We thought the older son of the Woo’s is the inheritor but he doesn’t have anything special. It’s not him” The prince stared down at his demon and scanned his facial expression.

“You’re not lying to me, are you Myungsoo?” The demon had to use his best efforts not to succumb into Lucifer’s eyes. They were evil and threatening.

“No, master” The prince stared at him for a few more minutes before he nodded and waved him off.

Myungsoo was going through some hardships for the first time in his existence. He was feeling the need to protect and that never happened before. He was scum and he was shallow and selfish. Nothing was more precious than himself; no one but Ahn Ra Hee.

He sighed and kicked a head in annoyance. It was just lying around, anyway. He just lied to his master. He was going to get it so, so bad later.

“I know what you did” Myungsoo flinched. He was so absorbed by his trouble that he didn’t even feel the other demon. Moreover, it wasn’t just a demon. It was Satan. He was the wrath demon, the one who didn’t care much about anything but fights. He was doing remotely well since his demons loved to possess thugs. Besides, everyone who committed suicide was getting to him. He had plenty to choose from if he wanted new demons. Taehyun was one of them. He killed himself when he was fighting in the war. He got to Satan as anything but an annoying human soul. Leviathan was the one who saw potential in Taehyun and made him a real demon. But Taehyun left both for Mammon. The greed in his being was too much. And now, he just became Ra Hee’s possession. How entangled was everything, huh?

“What have I done?” The skinny demon prince raised an eyebrow.

“We both know what’s going on in here. There are two sides fighting at the moment. But you can’t choose which side you fight for because you have a certain sign and you can’t go against it. If you want to change the sides, you have to change the sign” Myungsoo glanced at the serpent on his side. “Give up or give in. We both know what you want to do, though”

“Why are you telling me this? You can’t wait to shed blood” The wrath prince nodded.

“Do I want that, really? Do I want to get punished if angels interfere?” Myungsoo’s eyes widened. He completely forgot about that. “Never fight against an angel when you are only driven by childish needs. You become worse than scum. You become nothing” His voice sounded exactly like a snake’s. Well, his face was kind of like that too. It was amazing how he was wrath and feared by everyone. In Christianity, he and Lucifer were seen as one and the same. That often annoyed Lucifer but gave Satan more power. Maybe that was why the two were hardly seen together.

Ra Hee was still in the circle. However, Baekhyun woke up. He was tired and still bleeding. But, since he was next to his master, and she was watching him,it wasn’t as bad as it should be, naturally speaking.

“Hey, Baek? Did you become my friend only because I could see ghosts?” He raised his head and looked straight into her eyes.

“Yes” He could see her tense for a second but she put the mask back on quickly. “You were exactly what I wanted to be. You had what I wanted to have and you were living the life I wanted to live” He saw her look down at her lap and fidget. “But that changed after I saw just how hard it is and how much it eats your soul”

“Were you jealous?” Baekhyun was wondering if he should tell her the truth. She trusted him and she was ready give her life for him.

“I was at first” She sighed and covered her face with her hands. “You were so keen on ignoring everything that was happening around you and you wanted to be normal so badly. I thought a few times that you don’t deserve this gift” He ehard her grunt and crawled closer to her. He pulled her hands off and squeezed them.  “But you do. You deserve to be the commander. You are the perfect balance between humans and demons. Besides, you are a leader” She chuckled darkly.

“I’m a failure as a human being. At the same time, that’s what makes me such a good demon. How ironic” Baekhyun smiled and caressed her cheek.

“Remember the promise we made before?” She nodded. It was the first and last promise she made with someone for life. “You went to Hell and returned with this weird knowledge and blurry images; you became part of that dark and selfish world but you are still you” She blinked and looked at him. His brown puppy eyes were so bright. He wrapped his arms around her and hugged her tightly. She was feeling like crying; again. “You are powerful enough to control the demon inside you and you are smart enough to manipulate the ones around you. You are precious, not only for Beelzebub, but for us too. We are a family now; ed up and handful, but still family” She her lips and squeezed him.

“Thank you” In those kinds of moments, she was feeling safe in Baekhyun’s arms. He was like an anchor. He was her anchor.

“I bet you’d like me to magically transform into Sunggyu right now” He joked. She chuckled but hit him slightly in the ribs. Unfortunately, he was wounded and it actually hurt a lot more than intentioned.

Myungsoo returned to Middle World and started to walk aimlessly around Incheon. The house moved and he had no idea where it might have gone. He squeezed the information out of some fairy and ended up in front of Ra Hee’s house. He easily appeared inside and found her room. It was at the end of the hall, on the second level. It was quite isolated, if you were to look at it from an outside point of view.

The rest of the house had bright wallpaper and was better enlightened than her room. Once inside, he found nothing. That was surprising. She moved out when she was already 25 years old. That room had to be full of memories; but it wasn’t. The wallpaper was plain, she had nothing on the walls and her bed was neatly arranged in the corner. If anything, it looked like an asylum room.

Myungsoo was going through the same issue as Sunggyu. Their prides as demons were breaking in front of her. They started to care for her and that was dangerous. She had them wrapped around her finger. It wasn’t even only him and Sunggyu. He could swear she had Beelzebub in her palm. Well, practically and theoretically.

From her house, he appeared in Bucheon. There was this night club he enjoyed going to. He was on his way to eat and wreck havoc when he passed a certain street. At first, he didn’t find it weird. However, something urged him to turn back and take a look. His gut feeling was right. He his lips and started to fidget. He didn’t have a heart but something was beating inside his chest. It was so loud and so fast. He sighed and groaned. He wanted to go in and break the seal. He wanted her free and well. He wanted to be on her side.

Ra Hee and Baekhyun were on the ground, staring at the ceiling. They were thinking about a lot of things.

“Dongwoo and Dongwoon didn’t move on their free will next door” Baekhyun frowned. “They’re hosts; people who have been possessed once and are willing to be used from time to time but be protected in exchange”

“Protected against what?” She shrugged.

“Other demons, maybe” Baekhyun turned to Taeyeon’s body. It wasn’t there anymore.

“Taeyeon is a host” Ra Hee frowned and blinked quickly. She got up and turned to face him. “She stabbed me and I got carried here”

“So you didn’t want to make a deal with Asmodeus?” Baekhyun shook his head.

“Sunggyu told me that I should make a deal with Mammon. He’s interested in me because I’m a link between purity and evil. Someone kept me safe and even nullified my pact with the Devil. No matter how deep I get into Hell’s business, someone grabbed my hand and drags me back into the light” He raised an eyebrow and leaned towards her. “Do you know anything about that?” He was sarcastic. He knew she wasn’t going to explain her decision.

“I-no” She had such an innocent expression. If he didn’t know better, he would have believed her.  

The peaceful atmosphere broke when they heard the front door opening. It made a loud noise, just like in horror movies. She moved closer to him and grabbed his hand.

“Did you come back to watch me squirm, because that won’t happen” Myungsoo rolled his eyes. She was such a stubborn and annoying girl, even in such dangerous situations.

On the other hand, Myungsoo’s eyes glowed and the signs around them faded away, one by one. It was an intriguing sight. Myungsoo was a selfish little bastard but he just went against his master’s orders. He turned his back and started to walk outside. Ra Hee stared at him for a few seconds before she ran after him.

Much like she did to Sunggyu, she grabbed his wrist and imbolizied him. Unlikeback then, she knew what she was doing now. She concentrated on slipping bits of her energy into him. She closed her eyes because they started to ting. Her palm was bloody and her sign was slowly turning orange. His eyes widened and he gasped for air. Something in his being was being modified. He glanced at her over his shoulder with eyes that seemed ready to jump out of their sockets. He was panicking. She was erasing the serpent; she was erasing his identity.

Once she was sure she imprinted her sign on his wrist, she could finally breathe. The whole process of changing one sign’s was tiring. Besides, his serpent was a hard one to change. It was powerful and she wasn’t sure she wiped it off completely.

“Welcome to the family, Myungsoo” She chuckled wickedly before she fainted. She passed her limit a few hours ago.  It was amazing she lasted for so long.