It had been two weeks later by the time any of the boys came back to tell you about the others. Yeosang and Seonghwa had been staying with Jongho and Yunho in the meantime, rather than going back to the camp. The whole thing with the outlaw and you, made you feel unnerved. Your neighbors would look at you like you were dirt, sneering when you would pass by.

You realized the only people who didn't look at you a certain way were the ones who stayed out late at night. Word hadn't spread far for the real reason why you were sent to the police station, but you already knew that whatever the sheriff thought of you was what he told everyone else.

The girl who you had saved, you learned worked in the stables of your neighborhood. She was 17, only a year older than your sister. In fact, your sister expressed how they went to school together, telling you that the girl had always been shy but after the murders she didn't dare to look at anyone.

It made you upset knowing she was traumatized. You wanted to get to know her, try to make her return to normal. But going through something like that, you guessed it wouldn't be easy. You sighed to yourself as you were brought out of your head with Jongho and Yunho walking up to the front desk.

Yeosang and Seonghwa walked out of the office, coming to stand next to you as you leaned your torso over the wood.

"We might have found something." Yunho spoke up.

"What do you mean?" You frowned.

"Captain left a message for us." The tall man leaned closer, glancing around to make sure no one was near. "They made tracks going one way but the ashes left from the campfire were blown another." He explained. "They left in that direction." His eyes found his friends, watching as they understood what he was talking about.

"We have to find them." You quickly said.

"One step at a time, Love." Jongho sighed. "Me and Yunho will take care of it, seeing as you all need to stay for work."

Yeosang and Seonghwa both pursed their lips, realizing that they couldn't just take off with a good enough excuse.

"That's not fair." You softly cried.

"Honey, it's how jobs work." Yeosang wrapped his arm around your waist, rubbing his thumb in a soothing manner.

"I'll find something to tell my parents." You shook your head, turning to look at the man. "I have to go see them too."

While you knew they were safe from the law in Cromer, it didn't stop you from worrying about other towns being on the lookout for the outlaws as well. It was common for towns to be in the know about other crimes happening nearby. Who knew how far they had to go to find a safe place.

"We'll come up with something." Yunho sighed, watching as your eyes seemed to become downcast.

You took in a deep breath, trying to come up with the best idea you could. The only issue you had at the moment was coming up with an excuse to give to your parents. There were a lot of things you could tell them, however it was best to create a full story just in case cracks started to show.

Looking over at the boys, your eyes stopped on Seonghwa which caused him to look at you with wide eyes.

"Seonghwa never told my parents where he was from." You spoke up. "What if we say he has sick family in Dune. It's a few hours by horse. We'll be back in two days."

They all began to think over the story, nodding to themselves when they saw it as a good excuse. However, while that would be able to get the boys free from work, they couldn't guarantee your days off.

"That settles our story, but why would you need to be going?" Yeosang questioned.

"I'll tell them I'll be your navigator." You quickly prattled off. "That you don't know how to get to Dune from Cromer." Seonghwa raised a brow as you looked at him.

His gave Yunho a side eye, trying to fight off the grin that threatened to overtake his lips. There were things you wanted to do in life and you would do anything to achieve them. At the moment, going to find the rest of the boys was all you wanted to do. It made heat bloom within his chest to see you care so much about wanting to see all of them.

You had four very capable men standing in front of you and yet, you knew that they felt lost without the rest of them. You couldn't choose to stay with just one, you wanted to make sure they were all together. He had never met someone who thought of others needs before their own. You were selfless, and it caught all of their attention.

"You sure about this?" He asked you.

"I have it planned." You smiled, nodding your head. "You two go to tell them about Seonghwa's family. Once they accept your leave, tell them you need a navigator."

As they boys all took the moment to come to an understanding, they all set off in the direction they needed to. When the deputies went back to their room to gather their things, Yeosang and Seonghwa went to find your parents.

When they came across your father in the saloon, deciding to ask him, seeing as he was the boss. With a smile on his face, Yeosang was the one who spoke to him.

"We would like to speak to you about asking for some days off." The man softly asked.

"Oh," Your father raised his eyebrows. "What is it?"

"I got a letter that my grandmother is sick." Seonghwa sighed deeply, trying his best to sound like he was worried. "She's currently in Dune where my family is taking care of her. I would like to go see her, just in case the worst comes."

"Well, I mean of course. You can take however long you need." Your father was a kind man. He knew what it was like to have sick family.

Your grandmother left this world before your grandfather, having died of fever. Your grandfather died shortly thereafter to a broken heart. While your father wasn't an only child, he was the only son and the eldest. His sisters left the home to care for their husbands, which left your father in charge of caring for his parents.

It wasn't Seonghwa's duty to take care of his grandmother, but your father remembered how upset you were to lose your grandmother. If Seonghwa was as close to his grandparents as you were, your father knew how much it hurt to know they were sick.

It pulled at your chest to know that it was all a lie. But when you returned, all you could easily say was that it was a normal sickness and that she would be fine in the following weeks.

"Three days should suffice. It's enough to rest and travel." Seonghwa continued on.

"Both you and Yeosang then?" Your father questioned.

"Actually, we were hoping we could ask for a navigator. I don't really know the route to Dune from Cromer." Seonghwa took a glance at you, watching as you came up behind your father.

"Well, I guess you can take (B/N)-"

"I'll do it." You spoke up, a grin on your face as you looked at your father.

"You?" Your father says skeptically.

"You told me to talk with Yeosang. I'll have plenty of time on the trip." You tried to explain to him.

"I don't know about that anymore, (Y/N)." While he did tell you to act buddy-buddy with Yeosang, going out for three days with two men was not exactly something your father saw as a good idea.

"It'll be fine. I promise." You told him, giving him a bright smile to show there was nothing to worry about.

"Well alright." Your father said slowly. "You all be careful." He was looking at you, worry showing in his eyes.

You gave him a hug, turning to give the boys a smile. "I'll go pack. We can leave in a moment." As you turned to leave, your father was left with the two boys.

"You boys better take care of my daughter." He told them.

"With our life." Yeosang nodded his head.

It took 30 minutes to pack up all you needed. With a tearful goodbye from your mother, you went on your way, riding on your own family horse this time rather than sitting behind Yeosang or Seonghwa.

You sighed to yourself as you started your journey once you hit the road out of your family's estate. It was the first time you were leaving the house alone for a couple of days. You understood why your mother was upset, but also you felt like this was the first time you were someone.

You had spent your entire life up until then doing what your parents told you to. You never went out when there was a curfew, never stayed with friends for sleepovers. Not that you ever wanted to do those kinds of things. You were living day to day, thinking that what you saw and did was all you were ever going to know.

Meeting the boys really seemed to change the way you looked at the world. Things that you used to do in the past were so dull in comparison to what you were so used to. You had always known the kind of person you were, but having met the people you call friends now, put your thoughts into actions.

You would have never dared to interfere with those thugs, probably living the rest of your life in guilt that would eat you away from not going to investigate. But they brought a sense of adrenalin into you. A push that leads you to want to be the hero in this story.

"The ashes were blown that way." Jongho showed you all where the fire pit was moved to point in another direction.

You watched how the ashes were brushed to the side in one single direction and knew that had the wind blown away the ashes it wouldn't look so clean. You pursed your lips, thinking about how anyone could have missed something like this. As you looked off into the direction the ashes pointed, you tried to map out the surrounding area you knew.

"There's a creek that runs off the river." You called, pointing in that direction.

"The police of Cromer already checked it." Yunho told you.

"Yes, but they didn't follow along it." You moved to climb back onto your horse. "Look around for more clues." You told the others.

"Are we just going to ignore that the way she bosses us around is actually really sexy?" Seonghwa placed his hands on his hips, watching you look around the area.

"Who are you?" Yunho teased. "Wooyoung?"

It took a good 30 minutes of searching around the surrounding area of the creek to find something out of the ordinary. You came across a tree with what looked like bear claw marks on the bark. There were four slash marks going down the tree bark, but there were four more going up in the opposite direction.

The first two marks seemed to be overlapping on another, creating an H that immediately stood out to you. "I think I found it." You called over your shoulder. "It looks like bear marks."

Yunho moved his horse alongside yours, raising a brow at the marks on the tree. "Yes, but Hongjoong leaves the scratches diagonal as well." Yunho explained.

As you both looked around, you started to notice the trail of marked up trees. They all lead in one direction, making you smile brightly at the fact. "They're this way."

You quickly tried to get your horse to move swiftly, feeling all the more hopeful that you will get to see the boys again.