Lee Soohyun paced around the door of the room whilst anxiousness was visible on her face. Biting her lips, she was starting to get impatient on when Minhyun will be returning.

As she silently read out the speech she will be delivering when Minhyun will be coming, she felt slightly sick and had an inkling that she will be throwing up the noodles she had for breakfast.

Her nerves were a mess, and a groan of frustration left her mouth. She couldn"t wait for Minhyun to appear so that she could get completely over with it. This was utterly nerve-wracking.

Hearing the door open, Soohyun turned her head to look towards the door, and she was close to panicking. Seeing Han Minhyun enter made her entire mind go blank, and she had no idea on what to say.

An impa.s.sive expression sat on his face as he walked in through the door, and Soohyun gulped whilst trying to keep her emotions in check. Out of nervousness, she did not want to babble out some nonsense.

"O-Oh! Y-You are b-back," Soohyun managed to stutter out.

Her heart beat rapidly within her chest, and she could feel herself close to losing consciousness due to it. Pulling her hand into a fist, Soohyun closed her eyes tightly and decided on getting over with it.

"Look, Minhyun, I did not mean to do it. I mean, yes, it was my fault for roaming around the mansion and snooping. However, you did not put any restrictions on it, so I thought it would be alright.

Then, I wanted to try out attic in the first because that"s where most of the fun things are held as I have learned from movies, and then, when I entered into it, I swear I did not touch anything.

But then my eyes fell on the paper on top of the shelf. I really did not want to touch it; I am serious. But then my body went towards it, and my hand extended towards it.

I was trying my hardest to pull my hand back, but that did not happen. It was all done against my will, I swear, and then, with that paper, that gla.s.s bottle also fell as well.

However, before it could fall on me, Junghyun protected me, which was really astonis.h.i.+ng, considering how he has been for these past days. That gla.s.s bottle broke, and everything splattered around. 

The liquid touched him, and that"s when Junghyun turned huge. Losing balance, he fell upon me, and I was squashed under his weight. When I opened my eyes, I saw that Junghyun had transformed from a kid to a handsome man," Soohyun vocalised whilst letting out a deep breath. 

Saying all of that quickly only in few breaths was tiring for Soohyun, and opening her eyes slightly as she prepared herself for Minhyun"s expression, she was slightly surprised when she was shock on his face.

Shock was reasonable. Nonetheless, more than that, she expected for more disappointment or anger to be visible on his face. She had half expected him to shout at her. However, that did not happen.

"You went into the attic? Which one?" Han Minhyun questioned— his voice clearly showing how shaken up he was at this moment.

Jinhee was was confused on why Han Minhyun was so shaken up at the mention of the attic. Could it be that there was something dangerous or she couldn"t know about that place?

Nevertheless, she honestly answered, "It was at the end of the corridor, and there was a old bookshelf on it. There were lots of books in it, which mostly had tattered book covers. There were weird coloured liquids as well."

Hearing her answer, Lee Soohyun noticed how Han Minhyun"s eyes widened, and extending his hand towards her, he gripped her shoulder and brought her body closer to him.

"Are you sure that was what you saw in the attic? Don"t make up lies or try to change things."

A small pout began to form on Lee Jinhee"s face as she questioned, "Han Minhyun, you don"t believe me? Can"t you sense whether or not I am lying?"

Those words of Soohyun took Minhyun aback more, and Minhyun took in a deep breath. He clearly sensed how Soohyun did not lie about anything.

"You"re saying the truth, but only those possessing the genes from Red Clan are allowed to enter. You wouldn"t be able to enter unless or until…"

As Han Minhyun stopped with his sentence, Soohyun continued, "I have Red Clan"s genes in me? No, in this case, it would mean that Jiwoo"s body has it. This is getting more twisted."

"Pull your sleeves up," Minhyun said, "Those scratches from yesterday— show those."

Noticing the urgency in Han Minhyun"s voice, Lee Soohyun nodded, and slowly, she pulled the sleeve to her left hand. Minhyun"s eyes fell on Soohyun"s hand, and holding her hand, he pulled it closer to him.

His eyes scanned through Soohyun"s hand, and it seemed that all the wounds and scratches— which appeared to be considerably deep yesterday— had either disappeared or a small, barely noticeable mark was left.

"I thought the reason behind them healing quickly was because of the supplements, but seeing how surprised you are, this doesn"t seem to be the case," Soohyun pointed out. 

Nonetheless, she was surprised on how there was a possibility that she was connected to the Red Clan by her genes.

"About this entire thing, don"t mention it to anyone, and I might need to do a DNA test on you. It"s good that this was noticed before the trans.m.u.tation process was going on as for a member of the Red Clan, trans.m.u.tation is way dangerous than it is for a Yellow Clan," Minhyun said.

Imagining possibilities of what could have happened if this was not figured out and she went through the trans.m.u.tation process made a chill go down her back. There were dangers lurking at every place here.

She nodded at his words.