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"the same way you liked victor?" the younger froze in place as the name was spoken, his stomach dropping and throat closing.

"h-how-"

"are you planning on alluring yeonjun too? throwing yourself at him just to act innocent after? cause his ruin? kill him?" with every question, hyukjun would give a step around the room, his voice loud and clear while his eyes were glued on the male sat on the floor.

"shut up!" soobin got up, angrily yelling at the other. he couldn't bear to hear about his ex boyfriend, way less if the words were used to make it look like he was the one at fault, exactly like victor used to do.

"i see you finally dropped your little act." the king smirked, staring at soobin's face, that soon morphed to a look of realization. he had just fell for the king's tricks. "you didn't think i believed in that right? i might hate your little boyfriend, but i know he wouldn't do so much for someone who wasn't worth it in his eyes. yeonjun wouldn't like you so much if you were that weak."

"you don't know shit about him." the angel said through his teeth, annoyed. the king couldn't speak like he knew yeonjun perfectly after abandoning him like a curse, and the fact he just did made soobin angry.

"indeed." the older nodded, some of his long strands falling on his face and making the expression he had even creepier. "but you do, don't you, soobin?"

the angel gave a step back with the way the words were said, it didn't seem anything good. in fact it seemed really, really bad. hyukjun chuckled lowly, staring at the uneasiness on the other's face.

"come in." as soon as the words were spoken, the door opened, two gargoyles coming inside. they had dry tears on their blank faces and empty eyes, as if they were dead, even if still moving. "now, we can do this in the easy way, or in the fun for me and painful for you." the king looked at soobin as if he was dirt on his expensive shoes, a complete nothing compared to him. "get him."

the two gargoyles stepped inside the barrier, going after the angel, who stepped back and tried to free himself when his arms got in their holds. soobin tried to kick and hurt the gargoyles, but it seemed like they didn't feel pain at all, only hitting his leg and forcing him to kneel in front of the king. he realized the two were probably in some kind of trance or manipulation, just like he realized what hyukjun said was truth, only demons couldn't get in and only angels couldn't leave the barrier, the rest could go through it freely.

even if someone else got inside to help soobin, he still wouldn't be able to leave.

"perfect. now answer the questions and everything should be fine." the smirk the older gave didn't match his words, it was hard to believe everything would indeed be fine, even if soobin told all the things he knew. "does yeonjun have royal powers?"

of course he would immediately ask the so wondered question.

"didn't you disinherited him? it for sure wasn't because he had." hyukjun tsked, shaking his head.

"what a shame." it was all said before one of the gargoyles stabbed soobin's arm with a knife. the angel screamed in pain, tears welling up on his eyes while blood dripped from the wound. he took deep breaths trying to somehow deal with the pain better. the stabbing for sure got him by surprise, he was expecting a punch or something of the sort, not a blade stuck on his arm from the start.

"answer it. does he have powers?" soobin only stared at the man, before letting out a small giggle.

"i don't know, does he?" the angel shut his eyes as hard as he could and bit his lips just as much, all to not let out another scream when his shoulder got stabbed. the pain was way too much for his liking and his lip started to bleed from how hard he had bitten it to control his sounds, he didn't want to give hyukjun the satisfaction of seeing his suffer. then again, soobin was just an angel, he wasn't really good into dealing with physical pain when he lived a his life in such peaceful kingdom as heaven.

soobin kept his stare on the demon, clothes and skin getting painted in red like some sort of renaissance painting. an angel bleeding in a dark room while kneeling in front of the devil, it would be poetic if the younger didn't hate every second of it.

it for sure wasn't that what he had asked when fantasizing of being covered in blood.

"come on, angel. i can't kill you and ruin the chance of confirming my suspections about you. make it easy for me, yes? answer the question and you will be fine, no need to stay loyal to someone who will die later."

soobin laughed again, the adrenaline gave him the chance of, at least, making the pain bearable enough for him to find the king's words funny. maybe he was just trying to cope with the fact he would get tortured until he said everything the other wanted to know, without going insane. there was times though, he needed to keep his mouth shut.

"fuck you." the angel smiled, but not even a minute later choked on air, both his thighs getting stabbed. he felt lightheaded, tears falling down his cheeks without his permission.

"answer." hyukjun smirked, staring at the blood painting the male's skin and dripping on the floor.

the angel was breathing heavily and blinking his eyes more than necessary, as if trying to stay awake. all the knifes were still stuck on him, and he discovered why for when one of the gargoyles started to twist and thrill it. the screams couldn't be avoid then, soobin felt his body burn and flesh getting cut, as if his leg was being minced from inside out, blood flowing out of the wound more and more every move and making him scream in unbearable pain.

"you don't want me to go as far as cutting your wings off, do you?"

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