A few minutes ago.

Kai woke up with a dream. He could feel beads of sweat running down his body as he looked around frantically. Kai woke up as he slowly descended from his back into his knickers.

He looked around as he stood up without making a sound.

The night was still going on. While the stars were too far away to see, the moon was enough to illuminate the whole night.

Kai looked at Emma and realised she was asleep, hugging the pillow that should have been under her head. For Kai, just looking at her made him the happiest man in the world. She was just so beautiful. He was disappointed in himself. All this time he wanted to look into people and fall in love with their hearts. Apparently, not everything was so easy.

"I wish you knew how much I love you."

He believed that these words came from his heart. Otherwise, even he would not know why he said those words.

Kai went to the place where he had spoken to Jack. He leaned his arms on that fence again.

Kai waited for the sun to rise. So he could collect his thoughts and say goodbye to this land where he had spent his life.

"Ahh?!"

Kai collapsed to the ground as pain shot through his chest. As the pain shot through his whole body, Kai squeezed himself so no one would wake up. He knew this had happened before and it would pass. There was no point in worrying anyone.

The pain Kai felt was beyond words. It felt like a hammer was being hammered into his chest or a screwdriver was being pushed into his brain. The pain, which felt like removing all his organs and making a barbecue, continued for 1 hour. As the 1-hour pain ended in an instant, Kai had an inscription in his mind.

' This is just the beginning, the war begins.'

The writing in Kai's mind began to make Kai think hard. He felt as if he was not the one who suffered for 1 hour. Not even a leak of that pain remained. His brain was covered with a feeling of absolute freshness and comfort. His body was much more flexible and light. He thought he had changed. He had become stronger. That one hour had planted a great seed of willpower, especially in his mind.

Kai slowly got up from where he had fallen and sat down where he had been sitting before, watching the rising sun. After some thought, he realised what the people inside him were thinking.

"So the war begins. "

***

Emma had fallen asleep at night with a strange feeling inside her. She still didn't know why she was doing this. She felt like the girl who fell in love with the bad boy in a teenage film. Even though she knew Kai was dangerous, she loved him and it looked like she would continue to love him. No, it wasn't just because he was dangerous. She was leaving because this world was dangerous.

She had always loved reading books and now she had an opportunity. He could make his life change and become stronger in the world. Who wouldn't be tempted by the idea of being the protagonist of his story? She knew Kai's qualities were much stronger than she had, but she wasn't greedy. She liked the idea of living like this. She liked these people.

Isn't that funny? All she used to worry about was how to keep up with her studies. Now she had to think about her life and the lives of those she loved.

Emma slowly got up from her bed as it got lighter. She had this strange habit. She would wake up as soon as the sun came out. Maybe it was because of the sunlight hitting her face. She had never been able to go back to sleep after waking up.

Emma looked around and realised that everyone was asleep except Kai.

She slowly got up from her seat and started to move forward while looking around.

When Emma came to the open side of the tree house, she saw Kai. He was leaning his arms on the wooden fence, watching the new rising sun. Emma couldn't see his face. He probably hadn't realised she was coming either.

"Good morning," said Kai.

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Emma smiled and sat down next to him. Apparently her footsteps were making more noise than she thought.

"Good morning." she said.

"Why are you up so early? It's only six o'clock," Kai said. As someone who always made a point of getting up early, he knew the time of sunrise better than anyone. Emma pretended not to hear.

"How did you know I was coming?"

Kai also pretended not to hear Emma. Emma rolled her eyes.

"Are you ready?" Kai asked. Emma turned her eyes towards the sun and looked at Kai, but Kai wasn't looking at her. He continued to watch the sun. Emma felt a sizzle in her heart, but she didn't show it on her face. She couldn't ask him to look at her all the time. She didn't want to be unattractive. She didn't want to act stupid. She knew Kai liked her. There was nothing to worry about.

"You probably won't see your family for a long time. Do you regret it?"

After Kai said his words, he turned his eyes from the rising sun to Emma's face. Kai's handsome face had changed a lot overnight. The boy who had been acting silly was now looking as serious as a general. The change in his mind was quite frightening for Emma. She didn't believe that a person could change so fast, but seeing this made her a little happy. It increased her faith in this world.

His blue eyes were slightly reddened by the light of the sun. His blonde hair fluttered in the wind and his gaze left a big mark on Emma's heart.

"If I don't feel remorse, does that make me unfaithful?"

Kai laughed. His smile was as bright as the stars, as wide as the sun. It made Emma feel lucky.

"It seems none of us can resist our feelings."

Emma looked up at the sun again.

"What changed you so much in one night?"

Kai sighed. I guess he didn't know the answer himself.

Kai turned round. Emma looked at him. Apparently she wasn't going to get her answer.

"We'd better wake the others. The sooner the better."

Emma nodded as they got the others up and ate some of what Jace had found.

By the time they had all their needs taken care of and packed up it was 8.00am.

Everyone was ready and they were just waiting for Kevin. He had taken out everything he had eaten when Jack had kicked him in anger and the rest was coming out now.

"How did you guys build this tree house? Isn't it too big? Wouldn't it be too hard for you three little brats to use anyway?" said Emma.

Kai looked at Emma. The serious expression on his face had decreased. But the expression on his face now was far from his old expression.

"It's not exactly what we did. Our fathers did it. We helped as much as we could."

" We were small, what did we do at most? We brought and carried wood, and those were the small ones. Now I carry them with one finger," said Jack on the other hand. In a week his sense of humour had been revived. He pointed with his good arm and touched one of the fences. He was showing off. He had the same smile on his face that my grandmother used to wear after he'd teased my mother.

His arm was still bandaged and getting worse. Even if Jack regained his sense of humour, he could suddenly change completely and become mad and angry. So they were being careful.

"OK, it's over. Let's go." Kevin said as he stepped out of the grass.

As he approached Jace, Emma and the others, they were all wondering what he was going to say.

"You all get your stuff first and then we'll meet back here. I've organised a car for the trip and we'll leave when you get back. "he said.

Everyone nodded and headed towards their homes, and after 10 minutes Kevin and Jack left Emma and Kai.

When Emma arrived in front of her house, she waved her hand to Kai and headed towards her house. Just as Emma was about to enter her house, she looked at the hand holding her wrist. When she looked at the person holding her hand, she breathed a sigh of relief.

"Be careful. Always stay alert." said Kai. He had a very serious expression.

When Kai spoke, a chill ran through Emma. It was really disturbing for Emma to hear him talk in such a scary way.

Emma was thinking about what to say to her parents when she knocked on the door of her house.

As soon as the door opened, Emma faced her mother. Her brown eyes were red from crying. Her blonde hair was matted with neglect. Looking at her, you could see how devastated a mother was.

Although she was in her early 40s, she always looked like she was in her early 30s. Now she was really showing her age.

"E-Emma... Are you my daughter?"

Her voice was hoarse and tearful. She seemed to have lost her voice.

Emma was really touched. Even though Emma had only been separated from her for 8 days, she really missed her.

"It's me, Mum. Don't worry, I'm fine. Let's go inside." her mother put a happy smile on her face with Emma's voice and quickly let Emma in.

"Girl, where have you been? I was scared that something would happen to you. Don't you ever think about us-"

Emma hugged her mum and her mum stopped talking. They stayed like that for a while. Although Emma's mother was very curious about what her daughter was going through, Emma would not let her go.

"I miss you too, mum. I will tell you everything. Now listen carefully. I have to leave immediately. So I'll tell you in one go." Emma looked at her mother and realised that she was confused. Still, her mum nodded for her to tell her.

Emma's face was changing from shape to shape as she told her everything. At first she thought they were scammers. But then she realised that was not the case. When Emma finished telling her everything, she put her hand on her knees and looked at the floor. After staying like that for a while, he got up and lifted Emma up with him.

"Emma Foster, you go up to your room and pack your things." As much as she didn't want to, it wasn't more important than her daughter's safety. She had lived as a doctor for a long time. His intelligence was definitely much higher than normal people. He was known for being able to make important decisions quickly. She realised that this was her only option at the moment.

Emma didn't move as Emma's mum slowly approached Emma. Her mother kissed her softly on the cheek.

"Don't forget to send us a letter or something and tell us about that boy. Hmmm.... What was his name? Ha, Kai."

Emma was blushing and her mum was smiling. Emma went up to her room as she led the way to Emma. After preparing everything in 15 minutes, she left her room and went to her mother. After saying goodbye to her mother, she headed for the door to leave the house.

BOOOM!!!

Unfortunately, everything was not so easy.

Suddenly the wall exploded and Emma fell to the ground. Of course, piles of rubble scattered around her.

Emma slowly opened her eyes and saw the person. The one who blew up the wall. It was one of them again.

Emma looked at her mum and saw her lying motionless on the floor. Blood was pouring from her head. A pile of rubble was on top of her, covering half of her body.

Emma watched as the man slowly walked in. If he hadn't seen Emma yet, it was only a matter of time. After all, she must have come here for him.

When the hunter came up to Emma's mum, he threw the bazooka down.

'Is this guy really crazy? He threw the bazooka on the ground.'

Emma locked her gaze on him again as he put his hand in his pocket. The man took out a mini pistol from his hand. Even though it was small, its function was important to him.

Emma almost screamed when he put the gun to Emma's mum's head.

"Where are you little bug? If you run away, your mummy will win a ticket to the wooden village." the hunter had a disgusting smile on his face.

As the man swept his gaze around, he suddenly turned to look at Emma. Emma was not far from the eyes. She was undecided. She couldn't escape. Now they were both going to die together.

"There you are." As he slowly approached Emma, she came back the same way. Suddenly, when she felt the gun in her head, she realised it was all over. She was seconds away from dying. Her life flashed before her eyes, but she no longer had time to regret it.

"Good night bug-" before the man could finish his sentence, a stone split his head in two. As the man slowly fell to the ground, the body behind him appeared. Someone had actually sneaked up on him and split his head open with a rock! Emma looked in shock at the person who killed the hunter.

"I told you to be careful!!!"