Hey everyone!

I know everyone has been wanting some kind of update on this story. I do love this story so I have been writing it piece by piece but it gets difficult. (You know how life just doesn't work.) Plus, I didn't know for a while how to continue the story, but after rewatching the anime, and also catching up on the manga, I got some ideas to continue writing. I can't promise you a fast update after this, but I can at least try to continue the story.

Thanks for reading! Enjoy this chapter!

CHAPTER 4

"Welcome home, my princess."

Yona gritted her teeth. How can he just call her that after everything that has happened? How could he talk to her like nothing has happened? She tried to keep control over her emotions. There was a lot of questions she had. And she will get the answers.

"Why am I here?" she said sternly.

"What's wrong? I thought you would be happy to be back here. It's been a long time since you have been home. You belong here. We've missed you." he said with a gentle, but fake, smile.

"Don't you lie to me." She said angrily.

His smile vanished.

"You know damn well why I haven't been back home. Or did you forget that you were the one who chased me out of the castle. I belong here? You made it clear that I didn't. And you were willing to kill me to prove it. Why. Am. I. Here?"

She was not going to let him toy with her. He lost that right the moment he killed her father. She wasn't the same naïve princess she was a few months ago. And she was going to let him know that.

He raised himself off the bed and walked to the window. His hands behind his back.

"We did some investigating in Awa, to figure out who was behind the freeing of all those woman, and who took down Kumjii. They say that a woman with hair the color of dawn shot the fatal arrow. And after our fateful meeting, I had to assume that it was you."

"So, am I here because you are charging me of murder? Am I here because you plan to imprison me, and sentence me to death?" she asked.

"Not at all. Kumjii was already under investigation. If you and your band of mercenaries didn't take care of it, then we would have. He was a horrible man, from where I stand he deserved everything that came to him."

"Then why am I here?" she asked again.

Su-won turned away from the window to look at her. Her eyes were cold, her hands steady. There was no fear in her eyes this time around, just anger and hatred. It was like they were piercing his heart, because it stung.

"I was shocked when I realized that it was you who was behind the rebellion. How could you persuade a group of pirates to follow you, and trust you, into combat? How could a naïve, spoiled girl, get a group of powerful men to take her command? And the most shocking of them all, how could a princess, who has never picked up a weapon in her entire life, who has the most compassion for anyone in the world, kill a man? I have to say, it intrigues me."

Yona gripped her bed sheets. He was still looking at her like she was the princess who use to follow him around and blush as he went by. And why was he telling her all of this if he wasn't going to imprison her? Why isn't she in a prison cell? Why is he so interested in what happened in Awa? Why does it matter?

"Kumjii was a vial, narcissistic, violence, scoundrel who believed anyone he wanted became his. He treated Awa with no care, and didn't give damn about the people he was governing. All he cared about was money and power. He treated woman like garbage. I saw, first hand, what he was doing to those women. He tortured them. I couldn't stand by and watch these people suffer. And at the end of it, he abandons his ship so that he can save himself. The people of Awa deserved justice. He deserved to die." She said.

Su-won stood their silently. She showed no regrets for what she had done.

"What about the pirates? Why did they fight?" He asked.

"They might be pirates, but they fight for the good of the people. They couldn't stand by and continue to watch people suffer, as well as woman being taken away from their families. They fought for peace and a new beginning." She said proudly.

"And the powerful warriars that follow you?" he asked

Yona went silent. She looks down at her feet, her bangs covering up her eyes.

"They are none of your concern." She said sternly.

It was the first time that she everted her eyes from him today. She was hiding something. Su-won narrowed his eyes.

"Powerful men who do not serve under the Kingdom of Kouka concern me. Tell me. Are these men the same men who followed you to the canyon after you left Awa?" he asked, starting to move towards her.

"That's none of your business." She said

"Did you pay them to protect you from me?" he asked, getting closer to her.

"No, they came on their own." She said, growing more annoyed.

"Why do you need six men protecting you? His Hak not enough?" he asked, not standing in front of her.

Yona suddenly stands up on her feet. Pointing a finger in his face. Her eyes filled with anger.

"You don't get to mention his name. You don't get to question his ability to protect the people he cares about." She said with venom in her voice.

Su-won looked down at her. Now that he was this close to her, he could see that these past few months has aged her. She looked more grown up. For the first time, she looked like a woman to him.

"Your right. I apologize for that. He would follow and protect you till the end. Even I know that." He said with some sadness in his voice.

Yona was surprised that he apologized. I guess in the end of the day, he still cared for Hak.

"And yet.."

Yona looks up. His face is now inches away from hers. He grabs her hand tightly.

"…it was so easy to take you away from him." He said.

Yona gasped. She had never been this close to Su-wons face before. In the past, she dreamt that he would be this close, with a gentle smile, and love in his eyes. But now, his eyes were cold, his smile sinister, and his voice mockingly. All she wanted was to get away from him.

She tried to break free of his grasp, but she couldn't. He pulled her to him, pressing their bodies together. Yona tried to push away, but he was much stronger than her. He lowered his mouth to her ear.

"I know Hak. He will come looking for you. I'm hoping for that. The three of us reunited, together again. With Hak by my side, we will have an unstoppable force. Every country will never try and cross our path." He whispered in her ear.

"So that's why you took me. So that you can get to Hak. Do you seriously think he will follow you after everything you have done? He would never!" Yona started yelling and struggling to get out of Su-wons grasp.

"As long as I have you, Hak will do whatever I say. But Hak is just an added bonus. He is not the reason why you are here." He said, raising a hand to put under her chin.

"THEN WHY AM I HERE?" she yelled in frustration.

Su-won tilted her chin up, and did the last thing she ever would have expected.

He kissed her.

At first it was gentle. But when Yona snapped out of her shock, and started to push away, the kiss become rougher. He put his hand behind her head and pushed hard. His hands started to roam up her spine, which made her gasp, allowing him to enter his tongue into her mouth. He explored her mouth with his tongue. Yona didn't even realize that he was pushing her towards a wall, until her back hit it.

He released her lips. He met his eyes with her eye level. His hand now coming from the back of her head, to rest of her cheek. He looked into her shocked watery eyes.

"You are here, because you are mine." He said matter-of-factly.

He stepped away from her and started walking towards the door. He opens it, and turns his head to look at her.

"And now that I have you back home, I am never letting you go."

He closes the door behind him.

To be continued…..

I hope that was satisfying! I know it was for me. I don't know when the next chapter will be published, but now that we are starting to get into the story it will be a lot easier to write so stay tuned!