02.

"I can't believe you kidnapped a mortal."

"I didn't kidnap her. I saved her and then I panicked."

Sahyun's mind registered the hushed voices speaking around her before it took notice of her own body. Her ears tingled from the sounds, her head pounding endlessly as if someone were beating her with a hammer. The feeling slowly came back to her, her fingers and toes wiggling to help her blood circulate.

The voices kept speaking, and when she was fully alert, her mind instinctively forced her to keep her eyes closed and shut, to not let whoever was there know she was awake.

"And you brought her here, . That's kidnapping."

"Watch how you speak to me, Seungkwan. You're my subordinate, not my friend."

Sahyun's arm twitched slightly she felt something cold brush across the expanse of her bicep, the temperature sending a chill through her spine. Panic rose inside of her when she realized that the things touching her were fingers.

"Yeah, but as your subordinate-"

"She's awake." A third voice chirped out of nowhere, sounding much closer to her than the other two. She knew instantly it belonged the man who had his hand on her arm.

She heard a sharp intake of breath and footsteps rushing closer, and then a smacking sound, followed by the hand being removed from her skin.

A new touch took its place, this one so much warmer, the bitter cold of the other seemingly unreal and surely unnatural.

"Open your eyes please." A new voice spoke up and something about the gentle tone of it overrode the Fight or Flight response in Sahyun's nerves, and she found herself listening as a result, trusting the voice completely.

Her eyes fluttered open and she was met with a dimly lit room, filled ordinarily enough with a wardrobe, a desk and the bed she was currently laying on, although no pictures or decorations of any sort were present.

The hand on her arm let go and she was suddenly filled with panic once more. She squealed, her body jerking up and she pushed herself up on the bed so her back pressed firmly against the headboard, her knees brought to her chest tightly enough that she was secure, but could kick if she needed to protect herself.

Her eyes roamed the room erratically, taking in the form of each of the men who stood before her. There were four of them, each with a different expression adorning their face as they stared back at her.

To her left was where the two tallest of the four stood, the one closest to her being the one she assumed had touched her last.

"That wasn't kind of you, Jun. You shouldn't take away your comfort so quickly like that." The other one stated, his tone and expression startling her by how monotone and neutral it was. He lacked a form of emotional expression, and it rattled her.

“I didn’t. She’s just very strong-willed.” 

Who she assumed to be Jun took a step closer to her and she flinched, letting out a whine involuntarily at the action. One of the other two took a step forward as well, in reaction to her, his arm outstretched slightly as if he were going to protect her. When he took in her scared expression, his arm fell and he shook his head, allowing his own panicked expression to turn neutral.

"Don't touch her, Jun. Let's leave her be for now."

"Are you sure it's a good idea to just walk away?" The last men spoke, Seungkwan she guessed, if their earlier conversation indicated anything.

The raven-haired man turned to him with a serious expression. "It is if I say it is."

"He's right." Jun spoke up, his eyes connecting with Sahyun's briefly. "Allow her some time to process where she is, at least."

Something in his dark eyes glowed for a fraction of a second, and he smiled gently at her as a calming feeling took over her once more.

"Just know that you're safe here. We aren't going to hurt you."

Sahyun found herself believing his words and she nodded slowly, watching as he gestured to the man on her far left to follow him, and with the other two, they left the room.

With a greater sense of urgency, Sahyun's instincts kicked in again, the sound of the door locking setting off a time bomb in her mind and she threw her legs off the bed, forcing herself to move. Her limbs gave out for a moment, her entire body feeling weak and making her wonder just how long she had been out.

She was still wearing her cl