BGM: I Choose to Love You - Hyorin [here]

Kris glanced at his watch again while he waited outside Hanseul's room. "Hanseul-ah, are you ready yet?" He called.

Hanseul frowned as she rummaged through her closet. "Erhm. Give me ten more minutes, oppa." She replied. 

Hanseul smiled at herself in the mirror as she finished putting on her mascara. She quickly slipped on her black heels as she looked at herself in the mirror. She looked nice and casual, didn't she? She was wearing a light grey loose cardigan with a cute white dress and had on gold wing earrings, gold heart locket along with some gold bracelets. [here] She looked at herself in the mirror and frowned. Now she was hating the whole outfit again. Leo just scoffed in the corner. "Go Hanseul. He's waiting for you." 

Hanseul frowned. Leo rolled his eyes. "You look fine. Prince Kris, you can come in now!" He hollered. 

Hanseul panicked. She wasn't ready yet. However, Kris came in before she could refute his words.

Darn it. It wasn't fair that he looked so attractive when he wasn't even trying to be. He was wearing a blue blazer, white shirt and black pants, and he already looked like a model because of his gigantic height. [here] 

However, Kris didn't think she looked alright, she looked amazing. The white made her seem even more angelic and endearing. Thank god it wasn't the full moon or else Kris would have pounced on her, but damn, she took his breath away and words like gorgeous and beautiful were never ever going to be good enough to even come close to describe her.

Kris smiled at her. "You look beautiful baobei." he muttered as he kissed her on the cheek. Hanseul blushed and Leo rolled his eyes. "Please save the PDA for your date, not in this room." He said sarcastically. Hanseul playfully scoffed and gave him a look before she took Kris' arm and left. 

Leo smiled at the couple. She seemed happy. But he couldn't help but feel guilt towards Daehyun. What hapened to him now? Or even worse, how was Daehyun going to react to the fact that Hanseul was already claimed by not only one, but two werewolf princes and probably would be claimed by ten others? Ouch. He was happy for Hanseul but he couldn't help but feel the gnawing worry build up in the back of his mind. 

On the other hand, Hankyul had settled into his makeshift hideout somewhere in Feliane. He was getting bombarded with questions, requests, suggestions, and information that was all too much for his brain to take in at one time that he just felt too overwhelmed. King Hankyul this, King Hankyul that. Couldn't they do anything by themselves? 

Yoochun smiled at Hankyul amicably and patted him on the back. "Oh, King Hankyul, you look tired Jeonha. May this humble servant of yours do anything for you?" He said jokingly. 

Hankyul rolled his eyes. "How's the situation?" 

Yoochun's eyes darkened. "A lot of our kind has gotten the message that our previous honorable king and queen have passed away and that you are at the throne. They are enraged. They want to fight in the war, Hankyul hyung. And I don't think we can hold them back any longer." 

Hankyul paused in thought. "They want us to finally participate in war?" 

Yoochun nodded. It would be a dangerous gamble, especially since the demons were still searching for his sister. The demons would mercilessly attack the rest of them once they exposed themselves, and Hanseul might just really end up being princess of a nation that ceased to exist. He didn't want that to happen to her. But he knew the werecats would not let the murder of the king and queen slide so easily. 

Hankyul massaged his temples, but he nodded. "Issue the declaration of war and for the werecat race to come out of hiding. We will need a brave soul who wants to pretend to be the wielder of the black pearl so they aren't hellbent on executing all of us either." 

Yoochun nodded. Hankyul's plan made sense. The decoy would serve as a detriment to finding the real wielder and would help boost morale for the werecat race. 

"Also, make sure the demons know we have found our 'wielder'." He said as he used quotation marks with his fingers.  

Yoochun agreed. "Shall I send someone to the werewolves to check up on Hanseul and to let them know what's going on?" 

Hankyul nodded. "Send... hmm... Send Daehyun. The kid would want to go." 

Daehyun was overjoyed when he heard he would be sent as the envoy. He silently thanked Hankyul hyung as he started packing his stuff. It had been too long and he missed Hanseul and Leo dearly already. 

Kris led her to his Lamborghini and Hanseul sat in the passenger seat as Kris buckled himself in. 

"Where are we going, oppa?" Hanseul asked. 

Kris winked. "Secret." He said as he the engine. 

Hanseul scoffed. "You're no fun." She said with a hint of a smile in her face. 

A few minutes later, they both arrived at a carnival on the outskirts of the capital.

Hanseul looked absolutely thrilled. Kris held out a hand. He had a feeling she would like these kinds of places. It was just so her. He went up to buy the tickets when he realized he didn't see her anymore. Darn it. Where had she gone already? 

Hanseul frowned. She had gotten separated from Kris in the huge crowd, and even if she was wearing heels, most of the male wolves towered over her. She tip toed to look for Kris, but she still couldn't find him. She frowned and put her hands on her hips. 

Kris popped up out of nowhere and grabbed her hand. "Don't get lost already, Hanseul-ah." he joked. 

Hanseul nodded and just clung on to his arms as he led her through the crowd. Hanseul smiled in reassurance. She felt safe and comforted with him. Once they actually made it inside the carnival grounds, Kris looked around. 

"What do you want to do, baobei?" He asked gently. 

"Hmm, let's go walk around!" 

Hanseul's eyes gleamed when she saw the huge rilakkuma bear that was on the stand. Kris smiled as he took her by the hand and took her up to the stand. 

It was a guy running the game and it was a simple ring toss. Except the rings were tiny and the bottles were also tiny. It was totally a rip-off. Hanseul frowned. "It's okay, oppa." She said as she tried to pull him away, but Kris didn't budge one bit. 

"What do I have to do to get the bear?" Kris asked. 

The worker stopped texting on his phone and looked up. "Uh, yes. You have to land the ring on the bottles with the red tape around it." 

The worker was staring at Hanseul while she was watching K