Yujun’s POV
Two weeks later
Through my window I can tell there is unrest.
A lot of elderly and mature n have been driving in and none leaving, it has to be clan eting.
I haven’t been involved in a lot of things, but I hear the whispers around even if I can’t make any sense of it and Jaehyun, that one fool is trying too hard to keep away from clan news.
Fed up, I open the door of our room and take the first step out of the room on my tiptoe.
"Nice try, get back to bed Jun" Jaehyun says with his arms folded, he’s standing in front of the door and scowling at for trying to sneak out.
"I’m not going back to bed" I say defiantly and he sighs at .
"Really, I don’t get why you are so stubborn" he mutters under his breath and I walk past him, he follows after , whining with every step I take like it will make stop or change my mind.
"I’ve rested enough, Jaehyun, I can’t turn into a couch potato" I hiss at him, walking with determination down to the eting room.
"Yujun" he calls but doesn’t stop with force, "don’t go in there" he says and I ignore him, ready to face whatever hell is waiting for us.
"Listen, fine, you need to fight and all that shit, but Haeri fucking needs you too" he says bitterly and I pause at the door.
My baby will be one month old in a week, she already recognizes , she already smiles at familiar faces.
I turn around to look at Jaehyun, "wouldn’t it be better to secure her future now?" I ask and the alpha sighs.
"I will never forgive myself if anything happens to you, you just- you an the world to " he says in a small voice, leaning in to press our heads together, and I feel his sincerity through our bond.
"I love you" I say and we press our lips together before the guard opens the door.
"He’s here" soone whispers, a part of the room that lives here in Hwangyeon stand up to greet while the other part remains seated, looking at like I am a strange sight.
"Welco, Yujun, Jaehyun" lord Hwang says and gestures for to co sit.
I don’t know which seat to take, in my father’s eting I was always next to everyone else and never treated as the heir, just a mistake who happens to be extra special.
I take the seat he’s calling to, and I hear a ripple of whispers.
"Any fucking objections?" Jaehyun asks loudly, his head is held up and the way he comfortably used a curse word like this in the eting room that makes wonder...how on earth has he survived this long when he is obviously used to being this reckless?
"Forgive my reaction, but I am just surprised that he is taking the young lord’s seat" a man says from the seat and I can only watch with awe.
The ethics of the Hwangs is a shock for , in my father’s clan no one dares to talk when they are not being addressed, trying to do that is asking for a bullet to the brain.
"The young lord has been stripped of his title" Lord Hwang says and I turn my head to look at Jaehyun. What? Stripped?
"The complain of him not being a good heir has gotten to and since the world considers him dead, I have made an unofficial announcent that will be official from now" the Lord says and places both his hands in front of him.
"From now, I have stepped down from the throne" he says and the noise of protest and questionings grows louder as everyone starts to talk at once
I keep looking at Jaehyun but he doesn’t look back at .
The Lord is stepping down? Why didn’t Jaehyun tell anything about it
"My lord, that is risky for the clan" soone from the seat says, and lord Hwang raises his hand to silence the crowd, "this is a deliberate plan the luna and I have finalized" he says and lets out a dry cough.
Everything else had no effect on Jaehyun but the cough did.
The alpha stands straighter and ets his father’s eyes, the worry in his eyes is nothing compared to the worry I feel through our bond.
"Dad" he calls quietly and Lord Hwang lifts his hand at him, silencing him the sa way he did to the others.
"The person that will rule is going to be my granddaughter, Haeri" lord Hwang says and one elder gets up, the man takes careful shaky steps as he cos to the front.
"And when they ask the legitimacy of the child, I am aware that the pup is a girl" he asks gently, aning no harm with his tone and just in ti, Yeon mom walks in with the baby in his arms.
"This child is not just any child, in this clan we recognize and respect the goddess gift, and we also are never gender bias" he says and lifts Haeri enough to show her eyes and the elders gasps.
"She’s a born alpha" he announces and everyone starts to murmur again, unaware of just how gifted my pup is.
He cos to and hands Haeri to and once she’s in my arms, she makes a cooing noise, I smile down at her, and it seems like her eyes turn a bit brighter.
"As tradition, when a pup is too young to lead, their parent stands as leader, which ans..."
"Our clan will be ruled by a Choi"
"Our clan will be led by Yujun" Yeon corrects with a cold tone and a side eye, "he has proven himself to be smart, strong and has shown the quality of a leader" he adds and goes to stand behind his husband.
The confidence and authority he has makes look at him with wide eyes.
I have always known him to be confident; it feels much more captivating to see him control the room of prominent alphas like this.
Haeri yawns and the noise captures everyone’s attention in the room and Lord Hwang sighs.
"An official announcent will be made, and war is sure to follow, so get ready, I will spend the last days of my life protecting this child if I have to" he says looking at and Haeri.
Yeon and his husband exchanges looks that makes my chest hurt...sothing is wrong.
What happened in the past few weeks?
Yeon’s POV
Few nights ago.
I put Haeri down and she starts to wail again.
The way she turns red, and the bottom lip is jutted out makes chuckle as I pick her up and hold her to my chest, laughing at her cuteness.
"You love being loved don’t you, little one?" I murmur softly and she put her hand into her mouth, sucking on her fist to comfort herself, "don’t worry, everyone here loves you to the moon and back" I say and she coos.
I hear a cough that makes freeze, it cos again and again, it sounds like it’s a fight for the person’s life...and I know who it is.
"Baby, wait for " I say and put Haeri down.
I follow the noise and find my husband hunched over with hand on the pillar; his entire body is being shaken by the harsh cough. He coughs a few tis, and I see the blood that follows the saliva.
"My lord" I whisper and his head snaps up, tired brown eyes et mine and the tiredness turns to surprise.
"My l-love" he stutters as another cough rocks him.
"I thought you were at work" he whispers once the cough is over and my eyes fills fast with tears, is he hiding from again?
The blood on the floor is enough to tell what I don’t like, my own husband has been sick while I have been treating others.
"What are you doing?" I ask him with a broken voice.
"I wanted to see Haeri, during the day everyone else holds her while I work" he says and I see the way he looks sad, sothing is horribly wrong.
"I don’t fucking care about why you are sneaking!" I yell and from inside the nursey, Haeri starts to cry, startled by the sudden loud noise.
The brief distraction makes realize that his alpha is mute, I can feel his presence but not his feeling through our bond.
"Hwang Hanuel" I growl his na.
"I didn’t want you to find out this way" he says sadly and I grab the collar of his shirt to pull him to myself.
"Hwang Hanuel!" I call louder, shaking him with rage, I am a nurse who was needed at his own ho.
How did I not notice?
"My love, my beauty...I’m dying" he says and my body goes slack against him.
No, please.
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