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awakening inside her, she lifted her leg and kicked him hard on the stomach.
    Boom!
    Jung Min was sent flying down the stairs. His groans echoed throughout the estate as he fell over every step.
    As he made his way down, Yoori started to calmly walk down the stairs.
    “My name is Yoori,” she declared as she followed his falling body down the stairs. Her voice was calm, yet her eyes blazed in anger. She had enough of Jung Min’s poisonous instigations. “I am not An Soo Jin. I am not your advisee, nor am I your puppet.” 
    Jung Min finally landed on the ground. Breathing painfully, he gazed up as she continued down the stairs. Her eyes were on him every step of the way.
    “I may not be your beloved Queen, but I am still a force to be reckoned with. I singlehandedly killed those eleven bastards in the alley, not Tae Hyun or Soo Jin. I am the one who is standing before you alive and breathing, not Soo Jin.”
    She stopped at the last remaining step and stared down at him with unforgiving eyes.
    “If you ever pull another stunt like this and have those bastards kidnap me again, I will show you how powerful I can be. Soo Jin is not here, but you do not want to test me. Her wrath will never match mine. If I am truly a fallen God, then I have nothing to lose. Soo Jin did not have the guts to bury you in that coffin, but I do. And trust me, if I bury you in that coffin, you will never come out again.”
    That said, she strode over his body and made her way out of the estate. Never once did she look back.
    Long seconds later, when she was finally out of sight, Jung Min smiled like he just witnessed the return of a long lost Queen. Yoori’s reaction was exactly what he wanted from her all along.
    “Welcome back to the Underworld, child,” he whispered with a cruel smirk. “I hope you enjoyed your fall. Now it’s time for war. ”

     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    “Are revered like Kings and Queens. . .”
     
    03: A Royal Run-In
     
    “Shin Jung Min literally kidnapped you?” Kang Min asked incredulously the following night.
    Yoori nodded, uncomfortably playing with the edges of the book she was reading.
    After she returned from Ju Won’s house of horrors, Yoori was immediately greeted by horrified Serpents who were shocked that they had not only failed to protect her last night, but that she also had battle wounds to show for their failure. They had asked her what happened, but Yoori, who was still fazed by Jung Min’s instigations, refused to talk to them.
    It wasn’t until Kang Min, who had been absent since her fight with Tae Hyun, appeared at the library did she relent. At the offset, she was intent on giving him the cold shoulder. Much like her bitterness toward Jae Won, Yoori was also pissed at Kang Min.
    Despite her cold treatment, Kang Min persevered, telling her that he wasn’t trying to trick her; he only had her best interest at heart. He explained to her that he had to choose between trusting Tae Hyun to watch over her or trusting the Underworld to “take care” of her. Given that the former was the lesser of the two evils, Tae Hyun was the best option. Although Yoori still harbored some resentment toward Kang Min, she also needed someone to talk to about this. Even if it was an abbreviated and very shortened version of the true story, she had to at least let something out.
    “Yeah. He literally kidnapped me,” she confirmed. “He still thinks I’m Soo Jin in disguise and he was trying to ‘resurrect’ her. He had these guys beat me in the limo, and he even locked me in a coffin at Ju Won’s mansion. It was horrible and creepy. I’m glad it’s over.”
    “That old bastard,” Kang Min muttered to himself before saying, “How did you make it out? The guys said that they saw you walking back to your apartment. No one dropped you off. You just literally walked. How did you escape from Jung Min?”
    “I gave Jung Min a piece of my mind,” she said softly. And I kicked the shit out of him ,