Chapter 25: Alone   Rustling of sounds around her.    People whispering.    Shuffling of foots.    A hand landed upon hers, making her twitch a little from the touch. A gasp was soon heard from the other as she could feel people coming near her.    She tried to open her eyes, but her eyelids were not obeying her as they sticked shut. After a few good minutes, she could hear clearly of what the people around her are saying.    "Taeyeon, open your eyes."   "Taeng, wake up."   "Taeyeon unnie, it's past bed time already."   That's what they had been telling her for the past few minutes.    She finally got to open her eyes but soon felt tears welling up as the sun glares strongly at her. She squints her eyes before the curtain was drawn closed by someone. Finally, she got to open her eyes without any barriers as she looked around the room blankly.    My room..   She saw Sooyoung who was standing by the window; whom she think was the one who drawn the curtains. Her father beside her with his concerned face and her younger sister holding onto her hand.    "Unnie, you feeling alright?" Seohyun asked as she patted her sister's hand.   Taeyeon stared at her before she tried to get up. She hissed in pain as soon as she exert force against her back. "Taeng!" Sooyoung quickly went towards the bed and held onto her best friend, helping her to lean her back against the headboard with the help of Seohyun.    As her back came into contact with the hard and cold surface, she groaned. Her back stings with the contact. She felt like her neck was hit a thousand times when she turns her head. She looked down at her own body and could see bandages wrapping around her under the thin singlet that she's wearing. "Wh.." Her voice cracks with the dryness of .    A cup of water was offered to her by her caring sister as she received it while mouthing a 'thanks'.    After the liquid washed away the dryness, she then opened again. "What happened?"    The three stared at her skeptically. "You don't remember?" Sooyoung asked.    She closed her eyes and tries to think back to what happened.    She was at the graveyard.    She was there to see her mother.    Halfway through, Donghae was there too.    And then... Minho appeared also.    She got stabbed in the back and was knocked out when something hit her neck.    Her eyes shot open as the other three had their eyes twinkling in anticipation. "I was at the graveyard, visiting umma."   Her father nodded with a weak smile on, "that's right.. We found you there when we realised that you have gone missing for hours without any news from you."   Taeyeon nodded her head, "and then I saw Lee Donghae.." She gritted her teeth together. "Apparently, Minho was there too."   This caught Sooyoung's attention, "Minho? My little brother, Minho?! Why the hell is he there for? He haven't been home for a few days already and my parents and I are worried sick!"   Taeyeon tries to crack her brain apart while still trying to think back to the important parts. "He... He told me to tell you something."    Sooyoung calms down and stares at Taeyeon, signalling her to go on. "He told me to tell you not to worry about him, he will be fine. And that he will finally get to show his capability to you instead of depending on you, his older sister."   Sooyoung had a bemused expression on her face as her hands fell lifelessly by her sides. "Is he in his right mind, trying to join the Furer clan?" She paused for a while. "I'm gonna look for him." Before Sooyoung could even take a step further, she was stopped by none other than the king himself.    "Stop, Sooyoung. You can't be so impulsive and go to the Furer territory so easily. Do you even think you could pass by the large number of guards?"   The king was right, she can't be so impulsive. Who knows what would happen as soon as she touched ground at the Furer territory? She could probably get killed right at the spot as soon as she reached there.    She heaved out a sigh before nodding her head, implying that she won't go. The king patted on her shoulder before turning to Taeyeon. "My child, is that all that you can remember?"    Taeyeon blinks her eyes several time while finding clues of what happened.    But nothing.    She could not remember anything other than the ones that she stated.    She replied a yes to her father, "is there anything that I can't remember?"    The three exchanged looks with one another before Sooyoung spoke up. "By any chance... Did you forget about... Tiffany?"   Tiffany..?   =   Drip. Drip. Drip.    The water from the ceiling falls, landing onto her cheek.    Drip. Drip. Drip.    The droplets follows a rhythm and fell onto her cheek one following another.    Her face scrunched up as she finally awakes from her unconsciousness. Her eyes fluttered for a while, before it was fully shot open as she looks around the poorly lit room with only the moon providing the light through the small window at the top.    She sat up abruptly, making her stumble a little with her heavy head. She looks around the room and found nothing but... Emptiness.    There was nothing here except for the door that is shut so tightly closed that not even a glimpse of light could be seen through the gaps and the small window by the side.    She went towards the door and knocked onto it hard, "anyone out there?! Anybody?!" She shouted and shouted continuously for who knows how long. Her knuckles kept on knocking against the surface of the door until it actually hurts.    Her tears fell down her