DARKNESS - ENHYPEN
3. MiX

The meeting room that had always been used by the elders was now filled again after several hundred years of not having a meeting. The presence of the king made everyone submit to honor his majesty.

The beautiful and suffocating crown would soon be bequeathed to the prince whom the elder thought was worthy. Because the crown prince who was crowned as the next king disappeared after being caught carrying out a forbidden ritual. Thousands of troops were deployed to search for Liam but none of them brought the werewolf back to the kingdom.

Nicholas, the eighth prince whom the elders say could replace Liam as a candidate for a king. His witty brain and caution against vampires made Nicholas a candidate for the next king.

The man looked different while wearing royal clothes, his cold facial features and the sharp look of his eyes made some people often frightened. Rumor has it that Nicholas is as ruthless as Liam.

"Nobody can replace prince Liam to become a king." Tyranny smiled at Nicholas.

"With Liam's heavy use of force, the position of the wolves will be increasingly displaced and easily oppressed. No one has ever managed to store all the power in one body, slowly the prince of Liam will die gnawed by his own power." The words of elder Rupert were approved by several people.

The situation heated up as Liam's followers protested to maintain his master's position as the next king's candidate. Tyranny knew that her master was performing the ritual not out of greed but to protect the dwindling wolves, and there was certainly a special reason for it all.

To protect his people, a king must be stronger than anyone else. And Liam is doing that.

...****...

His eyes opened as the sound of knocking on the door sounded. Sunghoon opened his dorm door and found Elena standing while biting his lower lip. "What are you doing here?".

"You know Chika rarely sleeps in the dorms and lately something's been disturbing my sleep."

"Then?"

Elena pouted slightly as Sunghoon did not care. "Can you accompany me?" Pintanya.

"You don't have to reason if you want to sleep with me. I won't refuse." Sunghoon's words annoyed Elena.

"How can your people choose you as king while you have a perverted brain. Forget it, I'll be awake until Chika gets home." Dengus Elena's.

"Are you finally admitting that I'm a king?" Sunghoon smiled seductively. Elena rolled her eyeballs and raised her right hand, "it's because I'm sleepy." Elena walked away leaving Sunghoon who was still standing on the doorstep.

Upon entering her room, Elena was surprised that Sunghoon was already on her bed. "Hah~ I forgot that you're also a witch." Ledek Elena locked the door.

"I'm a vampire king, not a witch." Sunghoon.

"Ck! the thief will not admit that he is a thief."

"You really can't believe I'm the king of vampires?" Sunghoon asked while playing the sleeping lights.

"Vampires don't have supernatural powers." Elena crossed both her hands on her chest. "Tell me, study which shaman are you?".

Sunghoon laughed in response to Elena's words.

"You think vampires can only run fast and suck blood?"

Elena shook her head. "They cannot be exposed to the sun and silver, are invisible in the mirror, have pale skin and have no heartbeat. Ah one more thing, they're not sleeping."

"Woah~ you know a lot about vampires." Sunghoon said with a soft tone.

Elena jumped in shock when Sunghoon was behind her while whispering. "The character you mentioned is just a trait in general."

Elena turned her body.

"Have you ever read about the mix?"

"They are half-human and half-vampire, at first they must be killed because they were born a disgrace. But that policy changed after one of the mixes made a home for vampires who were born half-human, so now the mix is rampant. You can't even tell the difference because the mixes look more like humans, they have a heartbeat and they look in the mirror. It's just flammable and thirsty."

Sunghoon's explanation made Elena believe in disbelief because Elena had never read about the mix and it was all too much like the story in the novel.

"I tell you one thing, you unseal in the book and you have a drop of blood that means to...

The sound of the door knocking made Sunghoon not continue his words. When Elena opened the door, the smell of alcohol burst into her nose. Chika is drunk.

"Give me one more drink.." Chika pulled Elena's long hair.

"How much did you drink?" Elena carried Chika to the bed with great difficulty.

When turning over to ask Sunghoon for help, the man had already disappeared leaving no trace.

...****...

"I don't remember making a riot last night." With her eyes still running high, Chika noticed the messy state of the dormitory like a broken ship. He's late for school.

While Elena, the girl was busy with her biology book. Suddenly, a teenage boy was sitting right next to her. Elena looked over for a moment and then ignored him. His eyes sparkled when he saw Nicholas had just entered the classroom followed by Haruto. Elena waved her hand and told Nicholas to sit on her right side. While Haruto glared in shock seeing Elena close to Sunghoon.

"Do you like that little guy?" Sunghoon's question made Elena hit his arm.

"He has a great body!." Said proud. "Wait, why are you sticking to me? you used to sit up there.".

"Ey~ how can I stay away from you." Sunghoon teased Elena again. Afterwards he and Nicholas met the eye for the first time. "Did you smell a dog, El?" Ask Sunghoon.

Elena sniffing. "I don't smell dogs, what I smell is Nicholas' perfume. You still use parfumes from me?" Elena asked and Nicholas nodded.

Sunghoon already knew that Nicholas was no ordinary man, he was just happy to look for a commotion so it was 'dog'.

After the lesson was over and all the students scattered out, Nicholas pulled Sunghoon's collar and banged it against the wall until it cracked. It's not painful but Sunghoon is acting in pain.

"I never bothered you!." He said lip-clenching. Nicholas' eyes turned green.

"The strength of the dogs is still weak apparently." Sunghoon cleaned his clothes that were dirty because of the fragments of the wall.

Nicholas held himself back from changing. "I'm warning you not to bother me and get Elena into your trouble."

Sunghoon smiled slightly. "That girl, she has what I need. There's no way I'm just taking it off."

Nicholas blinked his eyes and slowly the green color faded replaced the brown color.

"You want to take it from me? just take it if you can. I'll kill him on a full night."

While on the other hand, Haruto was looking for Elena with many questions.

"You're dating that pale man? hey-hey~ don't tell me you're being held hostage by her."

"Gosh, can't your sentence make sense for a day? look Haruto, I don't have anything to do with Sunghoon and I don't know why we became close. I can't explain it to you right now." After explaining at length, the girl left Haruto who still needed an explanation.

to be continued....