I have been running and looking around but I found none.

I woke up, with the darkness already gone. It

was replaced by endless nothingness.

Like a white room extending infinitely.

I have been screaming. Calling out for someone. Someone I couldn't remember.

What's happening to? Why am I here? Why am I the only one around?

This is sickening. I feel like I might go mad at any moment.

"For God's sake is anybody out there?!"

I screamed at the top of my lungs. But again, nothing.

Frustrated, I slumped down on the ground. This is hopeless. I am hopeless.

"Are you gonna give up just like that?"

I looked up at the sound of the voice. My breath hitched as I found a man standing right before me.

He was tall with fair complexion. His blond hair was long reaching right below his collarbone. He is
wearing an all-white suit, making him almost invisible in this place. What caught my attention is the pair
of glassy blue eyes he has. He looks ethereal and so surreal.

"Who are you?"

The man pursed a smile and walked around me. I immediately stood up, not looking away.

"Just call me Castiel."

His voice was thick yet gentle. What a strange name he has. I have never heard one like it before.

"Castiel? And what are you? Do you know why I'm here? Can you help me get out of here?"

The man chuckled and stopped walking. He faced me. I can't help but to get intimidated at the towering
man.

"It's your job to remember, Sandara. It's also up to you how to get away from here." He looked around
which as if there was something to see. "Remember that you are truly not my vessel. I am still owned by
your father and I cannot fully claim you as long as your real owner is still around. You only have my
power but not my control."

I frowned. This is making me more confused. Vessel? Father? What is he talking about.

"I-I don't understand..."

He gave me another smile. This time, it's giving me a feeling of security and assurance.

"You will. But you have to work faster before it's too late."

His cold hand touched my cheek. His smile never faded.

"You are still your own woman, Dara. You are the only one who can drive her off. Learn how to claim
your own body and I will eventually help you."

And with a blink of an eye...he was gone.

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"What the fuck happened to him?!"

Kris blurted out when the elevator to the penthouse opened when an exasperated Baekhyun entered,
struggling to carry Kyungsoo who is still unconscious. Dami is with them, carrying the grocery bags, with
a worried look on her face.

"What happened to them, Dami?"

Chaerin asked the young lady. She is trying to be calm down in order not to cause more panic to the
others.

"I don't know. I just saw them entering the building with one of them already unconscious. I personally
helped them to get up here to avoid other people coming."

The blonde woman nodded and spared a glance at her comrades.

"Thanks, Dami. You may go now, we'll handle this."

Dami took a light bow and turned back immediately.

"What happened?"

Lay calmly asks, helping Baekhyun to sit rest down. Chanyeol and Kris, on the other hand, carried the
unconscious Kyungsoo inside his room. Taehyung did not wait to speak and followed the three to check
up on the boy.

"Dara..."

And with just that name, everyone around turned to him. Kai who has been quiet eversince took long
strides towards Baekhyun.

"Why? What happened to her?"

Hayi arrived with a glass of water which Baekhyun immediately gulped down. With a heavy sigh, he
looked up at everyone.

"We met her...well, not exactly her. She's possessed by that demon."

"So she's the one who did this to you?"

Chaerin took the seat in front of the exasperated boy. She was answered by a small nod.

"It means that Jia finally took over her completely."

"It was strange though..."

The rest snapped their heads and all of their attention is now on Baekhyun.
"What is it?" -Kai

"Dara...she's still inside her own body."

"We already know that, Baekhyun."

The boy stood up and looked at Kai with a straight face. "That's not what I mean. What I'm trying to say
is, Dara still has a control of her own body."

Kai smirked and shot him a cold glare.

"This isn't a time for jokes, Byun."

The boy stood on his feet and eyed the taller guy with the same intensity.

"And do you think I'll throw a joke? At this fucking time?"

"Baekhyun."

Junmyeon held Baekhyun's shoulder and looked at him with pleading eyes. Having a fight with each
other is not the smartest choice as of the moment.

Everyone in the room fell silent and stared at Baekhyun in disbelief.

"That's impossible. She was claimed by Jia, her true owner. Let's add up the fact that that bitch is
powerful as hell. How can Dara's soul take control?"
Chaerin came in front of Baelhyun to see if he was lying or just confused. But oh boy, he was dead
serious.

He sighed, frustrated. "Your choice. I stand with my words."

Another silence engulfed the group. Taehyung, Chanyeol and Kris are still out of the view, probably still
tending on Kyungsoo.

Baekhyun looked down and blankly stared at his feet. He was constantly pinching his lower lip with his
right hand while the left one is clenched into a fist. There are too much stuffs running in his mind right
now. The girl definitely recognized him. Dara was definitey the reason why Jia, in her form of course, felt
pain as she was about to kill him.

Minzy who has been quiet for a while is silently observing the brown-haired boy. Scrutinizing and
analysing his mannerisms, she can tell that he wasn't lying. The boy is confused as well, that she knows.
But what he said is probably true. Minzy doesn't need to go inside his thoughts to know. But the
question is, how can it be true if Dara is just a human soul?

"Baekhyun-ah. We gotta calm down at this moment." Lay patted the younger boy's shoulder.

"I don't know, Lay. I told ya'll Jia was about to kill me but something inside her seemed to stopped what
she was about to do."

"And how many times do we have to tell you, it's impo-"

"Enough."

Kai was cut by a low voice. Taehyung calmly threw everyone a look before taking a step beside Baekhyun.
"Baekhyun might be right."

"And what do you mean by that, Gabriel?"

Kai turned to the brown-haired lad with a challenging look im his eyes. Taehyung, onthe other hand,
stayed unbothered despite calling him after his possessor's name. It can be an insult to him, after all.
Among the three remaining Archangels, Gabriel is the only one who doesn't fully take control over its
vessel. Michael sometimes takes over Woobin before while Raphael totally walks on earth in human
form.

"What I'm saying here, Azazel the Second, is that Byun Baekhyun might be right with his assumptions."
Confidence is written all over his face and tone of voice, causing the raven-haired male to clench his jaw.
Mino, who have sensed a possible chaos, gave the rest a knowing look. Taehyung smirked, not looking
away. "Considering Dara's strength combimed with Castiel's, it isn't possible for her to drive Jia off...at
least for a small time."

Kai stood still. Annoyance and embarassment succumed him. What can he say? It already came from an
Archangel's mouth. He looked aways, sighing in defeat.

Before anyone could talk, a loud crash from the bar was heard. The whole gang automatically snapped
and searched where the sound came from.

There, stood Hayi, wearing a blank face and stoic pitch black eyes, staring at them. Dark purple veins are
visible around her face and arms.

"H-Hayi?"

To their surprise, the girl smiled. It was a smile that sent shivers down their spines. Her all pitch-black
eyes, staring at them with wide eyes and grinning like a mad woman with black substance that
resembles blood gushing out her mouth. She chuckled, with a voice that isn't hers.
"Let's play a game shall we?"

Taehyun was about to step forward but Minseok held his arm. He lightly shook his head, telling him not
to come any closer to the girl who clearly isn't Hayi anymore.

"Hayi what are you doing?" -Bom

Hayi tilted her head, the eerie grin on her face didn't falter. "Hayi? Awww...you miss her already?"

And with that they have confirmed, the one standing in front of them isn't the girl they know.

"Speaking of Hayi... she's actually the star of this game." The girl laughed maniacally, causing more black
liquid to flow out from her mouth, staining her pail pink dress. "Find her and she'll be saved. If not, say
goodbye to your little girly."

As if on cue, the girl's body started changing form. Her bones started twisting around like an object
crumbling down. Her neck fell backwards in the most impossible way while the rest of her body parts
started turning in certain degrees. The sight horrified the group, especially the then-mortals. They
wanted to look away but something seems to be holding their heads, making them see the horror in
front of them. As if it wants them to suffer, to see what hell really is.

After a few more seconds, the figure was gone into a black smoke.

The room fell silent again that only their heavy breathing can be heard. But if only their hearts can jump
out of their chest, all of them would be dead by now.

"Hayi...I think..." Jinwoo started, his voice is still shaky caused by the shock.
"Jia took her...." Seungyoon was the one to finish the sentence.

Taehyung heaved a deep sigh and closed his eyes. Hayi is the only one, aside from him who has strong
vision inside the group. There's no question as to why she's the first one that Jia takes...or worse, to
eliminate.

He stood there for good three minutes while the rest find their different ways to remove, or at least
lessen, the wave of shock that they had. After a while, his eyes turned bright blue.

"Taehyung, what's happening?" Minseok, who was the first to see him, asked.

"We need to move. Our war is starting."

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Okay so first of all, and for the Nth time, I DEEPLY APOLOGIZE FOR NOT UPDATING THIS FOR A LONG
TIME.

I'm gonna be honest. I have been dry and deprived of DaraExo contents that I lost the feels of writing.
This chapter have been on my drafts for months and couldn't finish it because of lack of motivation � I
am praying for just one new DaraExo moment to keep me living lol.

And then again, this book will be finished SOON and have only 5-6 chapters left so I will never drop this. I
am also being more careful now because I don't want to disappoint you guys. Plus the fact that school
has been and will still be a bijj this summer.We are require to have a summer class for advanced subjects,
can ya'll believe that? � And oh well, a bijj has been elected as a president of a major organization
so....KILL ME NOW.

Enough ranting. For those who are still reading this, THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. Keep commenting and
voting so that I can have more motivation to update faster. Comments give more boosts, btw.
That's all guys, see ya! Mwa! �

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