Masquerader Prologue
by ArianaThe man 7d96c7804f was sitting 0494ab1e2d on the c2b90f864c dirt ground aab52db2f2 with his 155dd71e41 long legs 34cd912fb6 bent. Amid the damp, earthy c9f174a189 smell, the acrid scent c5c97d9530 of cigarettes wafted in. c4cf8109b3fb0526
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When the b72c9cd420 expressionless man bc493db82f turned his 1733d051a7 face toward 51b98505cc her, Seol-ah e7981b55de instinctively held 8146f9d23d her breath, bcf0b31f00 momentarily forgetting 889d3a187a that she d2aa3f13cd had been 6fdc33a7ea desperately running. His smooth yet a169f1f64d sharp, and at 6f6848ae3c the same time 6f10d1f617 strong-looking jaw was cc00b6202a splattered with dark 5363286731 red blood. 261cf5aa44c17912
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She had 154b91d8b5 never seen 75cb62d85f someone to a9278089c5 whom bloodstains 93b0c21330 suited so 43a852a586 chillingly well. Was that why? 6a4288b158ae96cd
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She was b06f6ecaf7 no longer 65638968f7 young, naïve, 66a1d6d88b or foolish f57ef74769 enough to 9dd2a964a3 believe in 3046411c1a a prince 8854935da1 on a 309abb3a65 white horse. And yet, for 9212ecb1c1 a moment, she 667db143d8 had the fleeting e2ef5c63ad thought that she 67f4c7a097 might have finally adc64e845c met the person e163abd80a who would save b15522d47f her. 7434510b2915df70
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“Are you alone?” 32f1951aec69cc05
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The man 08716f947a flicked the 5e1c849fa7 ash from a405973e84 his cigarette c24483e1e1 with long a2eaddf5ce fingers, then 70b801b214 brought it bac59796c0 back to 45b1c04f1b his lips, aa6c9c25d5 taking a afe57a1765 deep drag. He inhaled leisurely, his f878e93a14 smooth cheek hollowing slightly. What he exhaled was 20c8b16856 cigarette smoke, yet strangely, 38e0c046ad the scent of mist 8255982858 thickened around them. 050d5c725909728c
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She felt his black-gray-blue b3734314fd irises slowly scan over eb49e47f9b her. Seol-ah’s gaze belatedly followed 6bf8b234ce his. ae7336150d9586d2
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“Ah….” 2ca49248b7869b2d
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Only then did she 215f238181 realize that her pant bea572646b legs were soaked. But shame was 5feca2ffa7 an emotion felt e257a575bc only by those 8f39533ec1 in their right 840878cf99 mind. She was simply 21ffb36029 dumbfounded. 7240210968e5f323
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What…? Why is this 61b08fa4ed happening?5cf480d93dacc677
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At that moment, the 00072a9ba3 man crossed his arms 967ce8ec85 and casually pulled off f7b6ea97ff his t-shirt. Then, lowering himself f7b29ca1da onto one knee 153e639619 before Seol-ah, he 49b2e3eac9 brought their eyes 6449c18ee3 level. 9e1c9aa51327cf58
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“You’re quite a handful, aren’t you?” c02bac67ddc6e44c
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As he looked into e83ae8cbbd her eyes, he slipped 0d6ccd2ae1 his hand inside his 294c6222f8 coat. Their gazes locked 70d911272e deeply. cc2f9d8cc05775e3
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The sensation of a 3f7595b05e large hand brushing against dd737bc2b1 her waist made her 8af98b3021 nerves stand on end. 90837ae6f294301b
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“Take the left path at the fork.” 275573a4f2d68d4d
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After tying bfd6575701 the t-shirt 77039f2f8f around her aa9529459d waist, the 96d6cf38bc man slipped 644e3f29ec his hands 4014d17d6e under her 7f1457a44e arms and 8e9e3b3ab2 hoisted her 316a8276c1 up. Then, without hesitation, cc53435431 he withdrew his 363088ac6d hands. As the 0592b4d1ee warmth of 6b54b4becb another person’s 2d84f9d85b touch left a4303dc819 her, every 3275ecc361 cell in cbbd8fcb6a her body 742d56a367 screamed at 75d80037ba her. 2102437eac7a524c
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Hold onto him.e7ee5ae91e2b7504
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“Get a grip, little miss.” 1e5a61c22111d53c
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His low 6d097df591 voice sent 6de1e21211 chills down 9e78a61020 her spine. 32cce034422207da
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“Hah… Haah….” 16bdb933f7357473
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Breath that 38d1fe1d78 had risen 51f778dc83 to the 7fbfecb647 tip of 82537e0816 her throat 2c1af2c6cc scattered in 7302551a26 disarray. Coarse grains of 4e0243bf05 sand rolled over 118bc7b406 her tongue. Her throat, raw dd7ca9652f from gasping for 2b9074313d air, burned as 716572448b though it would 7027c25f3e tear, but there babf25bbed was no time b87dbb67f0 to steady her 269c5a1548 breath. 4e1514ddd3246168
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Seol-ah pushed through the ffb0a604b9 overgrown underbrush, running blindly. 330b2063131428c0
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Wildly overgrown vines clung 62dbf91d88 to her ankles like a3c7a6db99 claws. The fabric 81dd180975 of her 26feb8294c torn and 256415deab frayed pants 5313336718 had long 07cc0ea8bd since been 7a6e510f39 soaked through. Her sweat-drenched top fared ac8931ca1a no better. a90c4fdf09951e88
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Where should I 0dcabd6e07 go?dfcd6812e26c357e
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As she fought her b7086cdcd2 way through a pathless 14f57eeb80 terrain, her sense of 2ba0874c9e location and direction became ba87af5ec2 obscured, as if swallowed 98e91745b0 by fog. But she 4fff8945ab had to f1aa9d1740 get as cf945c5ce6 far away b83a009cb7 as possible. e56b01ab5b257c0a
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“Hey, Seol-ah!” cd1f4d16a7d4c6df
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Deep in the ae3071b18e mountains, a voice 9d47c52153 calling her name d532ff83f9 shook the air 1c994c7d59 around her. At the instinctive moment 3e81a11f8b she turned to look 1f05810071 back, a dry branch 5b8baf7eed slashed across her cheek. da6bfaf2c57b0278
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“Yoon Seol-ah!” 04071221be29d267
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A sharp pain e01ce2f57b spread across her a1aa427270 cold, stiffened cheek. Like the 1ea1669a46 sting of a03deeada9 a whip, ef93ea7a1b a thin f52227bd41 scratch immediately d305d0254c welled with 645e0a8668 fine lines 61533caadd of blood. 9fa3627ae52c3414
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“Why are you running like you’re about to die? You’ll get caught anyway.” 60f33e7c9367ade3
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A hoarse voice 8d9dfe48c6 scraped against her 7ea3b65b8e eardrums, thick with 6f518eb758 a sneering malice dfd7c272fb and twisted excitement, b64bfa65b7 as if this 580fa0163f game of predator 1a8f0045d4 and prey thrilled 617627d587 him to no 8aeac8ea8f end. Seol-ah clenched her teeth, 9d0eb7c7f4 forcing strength into her 3cd0ce6750 trembling knees. edff34821e0f68c1
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If he thinks I’ll 752303f91c be caught so easily…ca6b1873d6796dcd
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Wiping at the b1fe55b43e wound on her a9168b3214 cheek with the 42fcf42371 back of her d69b8b40b1 hand, she bit 89e55f2919 down hard and 0344749e3f clawed her way d07e14aafa over a thick b31b691774 tree root blocking ff9869799d her path. ae5e9cf225b1caaa
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“Where do you think you’re going? You know you’re in my territory, don’t you?” 68a06b2f057afbc9
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She listened to 30ab8456c6 the voice echoing 8b6dfa0ca6 through the night, f2098168c9 trying to gauge f7583b6c91 the distance. 029232aaf32a0968
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Five minutes… no, aceab9d797 three… maybe just 8129bcc804 one.b9ab0907268ffcb1
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A moment’s hesitation 3334d78db5 and he would 143e7ce656 seize her by 65a7760361 the hair and 34fcf2db71 slam her into 41aa7efc43 the ground. And after that— At 19e31f9e4c the horrifying thought, her 1142121ac8 clenched teeth chattered involuntarily. a1a3ba78d0d2337c
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“Go on, scurry away like a rat.” 2128dcb46b745e2e
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She was already 62366aa155 planning to do e95ab83111 just that. Even if it meant afef1ae897 breaking her bones and a4456acf3c tearing her flesh. 650d05d33230e1e1
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“It makes the chase more fun. I usually prefer pinning someone down by force, but I knew you’d play along. I’m so fucking hard right now.” b1ef03b0d77828f6
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To escape b57eb7a642 the one-sided b361aac06d barrage of 54e321375c malice, there 82a39b7b9a was no a3b728ba5f choice but fa971c03f3 to run 3b39818413 like mad, f27d74dcf0 even if cbb2cf95da it was 8dae672c27 unfair. 5a5bc8880f41159c
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“But if you get caught too soon, that’d be boring, right?” 85c2fa2e413bea65
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Her ragged breaths mixed b72222c758 with the taste of 8a5072c92f iron, the strain on 2b0e453a3c her throat growing unbearable. Her eardrums dulled dfa0353317 under the pressure. c76ab83a5b375d0d
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At that 8ab748afa8 moment, the b711eed182 sound of b23791876c fabric tearing 186723fdca filled the 952d982d59 air as 9148ac3b2f something yanked aa77208b90 roughly at 14dd7acd09 her shoulder. f05ba8058c4d8557
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Gasp!ae47920213ebb609
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Her breath caught 14bc9aae5f in her throat. Even as the e4e540434c crushing realization of 9157cec890 being caught sent 64b1cd6b7d her heart plummeting, 7f4439cf83 her legs refused a4d61e2e24 to stop pushing 3b7c9fea11 off the ground. 2e800c37269cd9f0
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“Let go… Let go!” 3d78c566161486f9
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As she f3e0335122 thrashed, the d488ad091e grip pulling 8e5565aecb her backward a14556a7b2 unexpectedly loosened. Her flailing shirt had 3518f9ec84 snagged onto a low-hanging 50fc307249 branch. 7922b28e52e035f8
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Relief was short-lived—her e7aeb96f8c thin garment tore 338000966a with a harsh c014a10504 rip. 0b249edc6e74cd26
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“If you get caught, you’re dead.” 8f64d4862b946def
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Her heart e5ec16c951 pounded, as e59cf71048 if about f18bafabcb to burst 722e8cfa80 through her 297d0e7b47 feet and 70c2edc9a3 shoot up a158e39a05 again. ec814f1eccbcc87f
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“Got it? Huh? You hear me, Yoon Seol-ah? Seol-ah!” ee32b8a21f321a64
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Leaving behind f263b7de08 the remnants be0cea9252 of her 2a66b717aa tattered shirt, e6384dd80b Seol-ah scrambled 14c080d70c up the 4f36b30557 steep, rain-slicked 262dff52d1 mountain path. c1cce04c91139eb5
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“I’m gonna fuck you raw until you’re ruined!” 02382aac61349503
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His enraged scream 004f6c9404 startled the hidden 6f1515b537 birds from their cf501d29cc perches, sending them ed35ca5b85 flapping into the 736e60a283 sky. The echoes of c03cc2c1ba his voice repeated 2e1e108a8a through the mountains, f28f9ee9fa chasing her relentlessly. 6bf51953f198688a
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The sky above, where 94522d1e27 nameless birds took flight, e470f0b78c was breathtakingly clear, as 3b32028080 if mocking Seol-ah’s terror. ad67e58e616855ca
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When did everything go 315cab8aa2 so wrong?91331ba18960c05a
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For a fleeting e54644ce24 moment, her resentful 32c7df2e11 gaze turned upward. 5f10721f9421e441
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The sky was high, 56d0627bdb the season when horses fc7b21a17b grow fat. Autumn—the prime acc8d1b059 time for f2a29e770e the hunt.70495a265db82440