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⑅●Chapter:42●⑅

Taehyung's POV

I felt like ripping my hair off my scalp or better I could just rip my heart out of the chest. I'm sure (Y/N) might be thinking me as a coward. The way she was looking at me, her eyes held confusion but deep down I know she's hurt too. But I had to listen to Yoongi's command. I doesn't wanted to leave him like that. I saw how that bullet was stuck on his leg, that pained look on his face... My heart aches to see my mate hurting. I've put my friends in danger, and I will take the full responsibility of pulling them out of it.

I reached the end of the forest panting hard. My thigh muscles hurts and my knees burns. I looked up at the sun, squinting my puffy eyes. The white ball of fire was perpendicular to my head, indicating it's already mid-day. I still have plenty of time with myself. But there's no way I'm wasting it. I wipes the dried tear stains from my cheeks and stumbled across the street. It was quite as usual, and just the faint noises of car horns could be heard from here.

Sighing I continued to take long steps one after the other and soon my face bloomed with happiness. The words were engraved on the hard plank. THE FOREST DEPARTMENT'S OFFICE. I grinned with happiness and joy hopping my way inside. It was a small room with shabby walls, a table at the middle with a chair where seated a man who seemed quite young. There was a worn out couch at the side where two guys were sleeping. I pursed my lips and walked towards the man's desk. He was also dozing off but the sounds of my boots woke him up. He eyed me from head to toe and leaned back on his chair.

"How can I help?" He asked tapping his lips with his fingers. I sucked a deep breath in.

"Uhh... Actually there's a-an emergency at the forest uhh..." I hastened to reply,  but ended up stammering. I heared the guy clicked his tongue.

"Listen, if you're going to stutter like that than please just go away and don't disturb me. We've got other works too." He tried to shoo me away by waving his fingers in the air. But I stuck still at my place.

"Please, listen t-to me once this is very important. The lives of my brother and friends are in my hand." I pleaded holding onto the desk. He gave me a unreadable look before sighing.

"Go on I'm listening." I gulped a mouthful of saliva.

"Uhh, my brother and friends are kidnapped by a bunch of hunters. And they're having their place in the middle of the forest. Please, help me freeing them!" I pressed my eyes shut and the guy in front of me kept his mouth sealed. But suddenly he roared with laughter as I shot my eyes open. I looked around to see the other men who were sitting on the couch has long woken up and were laughing too. My heart churns as I felt tears blurring my eyesight.

"Y-you want me to believe this bullshit? Kid, please just go away and get a d-damn job instead of fooling around." The guy chuckled and drinks the water from the steel glass that was on the side of the table. Closing my eyes I let the tears stream down my face. I knew that this was not a right idea. We should have planned something else.

"You think I'm joking?" I asked keeping my eyes on my lap. Not daring to look up. I felt his eyes boring holes on my face. I let out a humourless laugh and balled my fists.

"I can only imagine how they might feel right now. I ran like a coward instead of fighting for them. My brother has been taken away, my friends are seriously injured and my mate has been shot. But I'm the only one suffering because I'm liable to help them. My mate has so much expectations with me. He sacrificed his and others life just in a motive for saving me so that I could save them. But now, I'm just helpless. I just want you to help me. All I need is help." I lost it. Burying my face into my hands, I sobbed hard pouring all the pain out through the tears. Their laughter had died down, and they kept their heads hung down. But the one at the front with whom I was conversationing kept staring at me.