Episode 1

Ch 1

Namjoon P.o.v

I let out a breathy sigh walking to the store, I really didn't want to get milk at this hour but my cat was hungry and I had no other food for her at my small one-roomed apartment. Studying, trying to make music and taking care of Lilith was no easy job, I could only get a few hours of sleep each night and surviving on coffee was not healthy. After all, there is only a small amount of money a university student can make even if he

works extra shifts.

Soon enough I reached a 24/7 Grocery store, outside their I spotted a lone girl standing, she seemed troubled and gave constant glances to the shadows. I wanted to go forward and ask her what was wrong but in the end, I chose to ignore her and went inside despite her having eye-contact with me many many times. I didn't want any more trouble for myself I had had enough worries to last me a lifetime when I came back outside I spotted three men standing around her and a black SUV stood some distance off.

The men wore black suits and a snake tattoo encircled their necks, a shudder ran down my spine as realization dawned upon me. They were the members of the biggest mafia in Seoul the Vipers, I decided to get out of the place before they saw me and I got into any trouble. As I turned around to walk away from them a voice rang out in the air.

They seemed to be talking to her in urgent voices and asking her to come back.

"THAT'S HIM HE IS THE ONE WHO KIDNAPPED ME !!!! " the girl shrieked.

Before I could deny her claim the three men pounced upon me, the milk bottle fell and shattered a few steps away from me, they came on me with fists and clubs. I tried to give a few measly blows back but that didn't hinder them in the slightest. A man hit my leg with a club and I heard a bone crack followed by blinding pain, then I saw another club swinging towards my head and the last thing I remember was the girl waling to the car and running away after using me as a distraction. My eyes closed and darkness enveloped me.

When I woke up I was in an empty landscape, it felt as if I was floating when I looked towards the floor it was solid and my reflection stared back at me. I pushed myself up and looked over my body which surprisingly didn't have a single mark. A crooked shape hobbled out of the shadows, the figure was shrouded in black smoke and wore a long hood that seemed to trail behind him somehow levitating in the air.

"Youuuuuuu how-w-ww are yo-uu-uuu here" a raspy unpleasant voice spoke out.

Speechless I just shrugged at him.

"They must have chosen you, chosen you to take my place I am fading I can't bring the souls now youuu are the one who willll takkke myyy placccce" the voice said again

Finally, I found my voice and shouted "NO I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO YOU ARE!"

But ignoring my plea he stepped out of the shadows, a grotesque sight stood before me.

 He was an old bald man with sections of skin falling, dark veins decorating the remainder of his neck and face. He was translucent and I could see through him. He took off the cloak and I was horrified to see half of his body was missing, he was nothing more than a decaying torso. He rushed towards me and I found that I was frozen, I shouted and writhed in his iron-like grip as he forced the cloak on me. After a few moments of struggle that felt like an eternity, I fainted out of exhaustion. The man faded as I closed my eyes the last I saw of him was a handsome guy who had his legs back again and his face was coming back together. He gave me a smile which reeked of pity and vanished.

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