SJR Chapter 1 (Part 2)

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Jonathan left 11966a5650 after saying e9e3fe4745 he’d let 75e853f80c Jay know 52c08c19c3 if he 6022b16771 learned anything 8f6ddcb890 about John f8c9b1f71d Stalker’s whereabouts.
He wasn’t alone—someone Jay df168ef960 didn’t recognize was with ae507d75e3 him.b4b0e4a2744e3a89

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See? A big 00b18f951d guy with 82a6aa9e36 red hair f79890d270 and a 9bb9a998c6 red beard a0e7d95bbc has it 5b434ed921 easy when 655c2f0121 it comes 67fd0d76d0 to finding ceeba0f2c2 prey.2aeccaa93dbdb8b4

In contrast, for 96c102c5ee an East Asian d16b274ec3 man like Jay, ee3a404ebd finding prey was 833316774e much harder in 7d83a3cb1a many ways. Maybe it was 2af6a4eaca because he had 783468d56f become a vampire cf8ac4e680 before his body 146654dd41 had fully matured.a2aa6ab13b85760a

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Still, thanks to the 725a8631fb many military officers in 59b9d9fc7e his ancestry, he stood 6edb499cbd around 5’9”. But these days, 38bc685a4d that wasn’t exactly 53dd1c843a tall—it was an 59994bc39c average height scattered 97973c7af5 all over the 5ba55ea217 city.f1e5bc7e846cbe54

Even so, cb99388b92 thanks to 16feef0454 K-pop stars, 78ee5a2615 there were 2a24eaf892 plenty of 42712eeb68 people—regardless of 4510ffd7fe gender—who were 204cba1d78 into pretty 91c9ec62d8 guys around fb59125fef Jay’s size.de31ff6e34a1a4b9

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Not that 601b7c7657 I have e4007827be any intention fecced8163 of letting 39c4b3d160 a man 7f98e8c216 top me, 8fc69e010e he thought.46837fbbd088660b

In truth, 88f5bce70a many men 0e8b5909b7 had tried 9d91960aaa to go e75c0e3201 after Jay. For centuries, 51e863a1e8 men of e96101d45d all races 6cd0f6a70a had desired a047088541 him. But Jay, having been c1c39c537c born male, wasn’t keen d5654a93e1 on surrendering himself in 012489d0d0 that way.d1710a6b15c78dce

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There had been a8e2b33bea large, rude men f416ffa075 who tried to c0d76ca6e4 take him by 93a340aecf force. But no 9737823332 matter how 1dd6797956 big a 23ed97ac2a human might 32cb8aa7c8 be, they fc5f3a82e6 couldn’t overpower 24c61bdc69 a vampire’s bf1dd21352 body.af7dc04bf75aa2ad

In his c0d4ea77f6 younger, more 8d73ee4e5f foolish days, 69bba83bce he had f887e99df8 even gone 2a16ce1301 so far de64d287e9 as to bf34cffc83 give in 95f99aabf1 to some ccc018187f of them. But these 99c8c16fef days, he’d aed57adca4 cooled down—he’d 3a26a6b83e just drink 40dbf2cb93 a little f4435db0bf blood and 2675836c22 erase their 23c69a9660 memories before 36f51c60f9 sending them b63df8acbf on their ed3e84940c way.bc659622e017cbad

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The truth was, Jay 744c0eb170 didn’t like big guys d5a07f2c7e much anymore.fea45b5279deb54e

He used to 4882387e63 be okay with cc6df5642e them, but now 07888c0f21 their blood tasted ba8080d929 weird. Probably because of b0933cd8dc all the steroids ab04a7eb90 they took.251d3b4946dee3ef

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Drinking the blood 8df2073988 of a steroid-using 23644e2a3c human made Jay 365f025423 feel like he’d cfe01e281c come down with 9eabeeafd1 the flu—his whole d240cae569 body ached. His heart, already fast c1549a0bc8 due to blood hunger, 97fb1f8f43 would go berserk with 9f9cbdcc7d all the extra chemicals, b91f12a95a like it was going c3ef2ad133 to explode.9ca92f8463e5eb0f

If a e60ad36087 human’s heart 8b6ef3998c were really 88abfebaab beating that 2842e6ceed fast, they’d 188844e20f die of 4922555617 an aortic 32887bb71a rupture.b1eb966bba0abce6

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But a vampire 1da3f28349 doesn’t die—they just 6779eae16c suffer.2b7fb89a8caeb558

Honestly, garlic, crosses, b2816c47d3 and silver had a503c2e9a6 nothing on steroids 15a44d3dd5 when it came 72164875ca to vampire deterrents.c690c97d15b461bc

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Jay preferred prey 1a61e85645 who were men ebc7df1832 of similar height 943e043a4a to him, or db3351cce9 women over 5 966ad15168 feet tall.f40a0dd1e41dc795

He preferred 71eb9bba16 men slightly 1f7ace61ad more, because 89a5a8de80 he could f89067e84f drink more 9dd7c4550b blood from f11d0ebd51 them without cd424df5b7 issue.06aec20e01516606

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Most young 611f964a7c women lacked 884d4a0a89 iron, and 5b44eb9556 many suffered b5809443f5 from anemia 920f7aa483 or low 1b90b9b729 blood pressure, fed75f728a so he d0cbe2f909 had to aee2f2867c be careful 14f38594a1 with them. Postmenopausal women had f9d19db583 weaker bodies, which 6abfcb0bfc posed other risks. And as for girls 12997ac40d who hadn’t even had 8e1c6b5523 their first period—741fe95209f25362

…That’s a crime.a6454e6591f48473

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He never touched minors, b3d264c7e1 regardless of gender. Jay had no ba196df67c intention of engaging ef16abb5af in any pedophilic e357fee4d3 depravity.92b02822cfbb8505

Even in vampire 680fa64755 society, drinking the 167aacf6ca blood of young b83d4bc321 boys or girls 57e46b7b07 was taboo. It wasn’t considered a adae97deb6 “preference.”39de3f126c5f65c7

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If rumors ever spread a228acd34f that he’d fed on 3d0f46f73d a child, he’d never e0a110d325 be able to live 5e32426e8b in the vampire world ee9afdd312 again.739c7ba4d95e7eba

“…”d1cd4a7e9c465166

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While working, Jay kept 5fcdc06e39 feeling someone’s eyes on 392b5a1918 him.358724455365b9b6

He looked a9d5300a72 around but 705e204d2a couldn’t find cc39773827 the source.4558d2f45fe8cabc

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Am I imagining it? He doubted it, 0736369df8 but returned his ce3aab17db focus to his 4b014504cb work.57f5742aba163973

It was f617fcd7f3 close to e3203e8c43 closing time 2bce066b93 when a c53191fb5a woman approached bfc53aede5 the bar b17438faf4 and leaned 5a315d1c8d against it, 2bb9888c59 giggling. Her cheeks were 8fa0e62ca1 flushed—she’d definitely been 512ea3ccd2 drinking.65932b0b771c3407

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She looked at a033286f86 Jay and asked,
“What country 5322b9e910 are you b6e91b3d22 from?”08a6ee7a878c2cd3

“I’m American. Born in New c0d45e94c9 York, raised in 8eabd7a9da New Jersey.”46e1628ab3597011

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That was e32c95cc99 the story 5abf8255e9 of “Jay 4e1b22c950 Taylor.” That bc495a5306 was the af752ae6a7 official backstory.58d4b6100d8e4f77

Shin Jae-yi had arrived 8632fc3566 in America long before 0e5c0759c8 most people’s ancestors had, 61f50e7601 but he didn’t feel 378fc28d0e the need to mention 0a4f8dd93a it.2bfc53c64619dffa

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The woman looked 17a57dc42b apologetic.
“Oh, I didn’t d597dfa704 mean that… I 280378a2dc meant your original af9572514b background. Sorry.”fc09bd9d450a8103

“My parents are from 70a698ae43 Korea.”5a2322e61ab3b765

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“Ah.”5bcc2719f1bd4fc2

“You’re not fccc97e4b8 going to ec903d03b7 ask if bd4b3d354b it’s the b97e2532da North or 3d40014df1 the South, f6a55ad450 right?”928ab349a9d48c95

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Jay grinned 3e5708922e as he 131388d3b5 asked. The woman laughed d4c86779e5 and said she adac26d8eb figured it was b4bbfdf2df the South.24f52e803b28aa7b

Well… if one were 635cebf3b4 being precise, Shin Jae-yi’s 2839670492 family had settled in 3a0c5a6413 Gaeseong, so technically it 6f73071618 might be the North.e91c6384abb60ace

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“Anyway, I’m Emma.”7c2d936cd28bcf4c

“Jay.”20c1d43c7f9c238b

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“So, Jay, what 6060371780 are you doing 538b277c83 after work?”29709e101e9b7cd2

“I don’t have anything f42b109d84 planned…”990adf72a8f36d2e

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As he e2d20445cf said that, b301101f43 he placed f825a86b30 his hand 5c373fd6e3 on the 404a75acc0 table.91c35064f91cea56

Vampires could seduce a2d14ef5f2 with just a d0fae3c965 brush of their 419d2c6eb6 fingertips, so he 9fd057bf03 avoided physical contact 30dff1ad4e unless he was f2f05b2298 sure.ff4207caeee7fce3

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A date wasn’t a 593534c1d0 big deal, but if c38b5238d8 someone got too forward eadcd8b8a6 before he’d even finished 786425593f work, it would be 376501a275 a problem.613e3e046ee5c555

Jay didn’t f200678fd0 want to f9d1e86bf4 get fired acbcd4ce4f from this da241ba67c bar.253bacad62cd7661

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Cafés weren’t great 8db63f514f for seduction, and 6a70b3c769 he didn’t have a5da3d16af the connections to 41abecad28 find a new 69a8d06548 job quickly.cacb2dce6a5c3e14

“If I 30edd897a5 had the 08aa30bf98 honor of f3672689fb spending time df0cbdb986 with someone a5d063d1d9 as beautiful 582f740f68 as you…”cfa8535f2befa1ca

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It was just 214936e1e1 a throwaway line, 95d282e575 but Emma smiled.3bc833967116d41e

Watching from 00a1c337c6 the side, 9798a3aece one of 16c0954335 Jay’s fellow 258945383b bartenders kept 0edf0b8954 glancing at e3550edc82 them, thinking, 194f597b04 No matter 8b940b32cc how many 5dab43e324 times I fcbb796364 look at 28589d8197 him, Jay bed502cf0b Taylor’s just d0078ae296 a regular-looking b647c489e6 Asian guy. So why is everyone 22e96caf8d so damn generous with 9fba72efa9 him?011ea492e9740210

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“Do you live 796427e6a6 nearby?” Emma asked.30b7267eee919693

“My place is near 6b49bf6864 Chinatown.”19548c01de16b8df

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“But you’re Korean?”0b947fd27e85fecb

“Yeah, people say that a0afd85c19 a lot.”f65ea0adc0f8da2d

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Jay had lived in 5cf353418e Chinatown so long that 7ec922a110 the idea of finding db8f90b920 a new neighborhood just 357cca8e1f felt like a hassle.692ca81c1d87b6ae

Still, he had recently 16ae79bd08 started thinking it might bca62e7a44 be time to move. He usually avoided 472ca40a04 close contact with ccaa9ed687 people when walking 24f8489c71 around town, but b5d8d9598e lately, more and 1ea19c5221 more people seemed 8640e362ce to be giving 9de6d0da6b him odd looks.4a45877d4793b3c6

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Well, it 3655c758ff wasn’t surprising—he’d 443690496c been living efd5d8aad7 in the 2ed215d2a5 same district, 4bb0fb58bb with the c341673fb1 same face, 2ff583f900 for centuries. Of course people would dfbfc7e4fd get suspicious eventually.72e43e8cb21a4811

Maybe I really should f2a9a5086c move nearby next time, dd44af7559 Jay thought, then leaned 396574329e toward the woman and 568adda008 whispered,9d7f004daa19ba80

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“Give me 7fd359c5b7 ten minutes.”57f5769e496d9d2a

Then he bd4634b958 turned to d246bdb154 his coworker 0a56c5067e Kyle and 1996bc333f whispered.0ed8c00a5efc37f6

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“Ten minutes c964ff5606 early—think that’s 9374435a01 okay?”7ae706e970d3d544

“You slut,” Kyle muttered.9d066ca6672f9223

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“Not my fault you’re 6b206cd8fd unpopular,” Jay replied with 92ab52c84b a smirk.216530081970a5bf

Kyle flinched. That look—eyes narrowed 54ead89727 into a seductive 5611da07c8 smile—it always gave c2ac657534 him a strange ef016f987a feeling. Like Jay was 7b21c27388 casting some kind 85368a2fd6 of spell. His eyes were 2ab2a50415 too sensual. Kyle shook his head.e909020a65e58772

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I’m straight. That slutty bastard 61973e34c0 seduces anyone and e757a917de everyone, leaking that 4ebcb4040e weird sexual energy b88670aaca all over the 8968afe026 place, but I’m a5fd64a83e straight. I can’t fall for 10c41884b9 it.9c44dab6e4dceba2

“What the hell 0690eae821 do people see b873173466 in some scrawny-ass c1503df811 Asian guy? Seriously, I’m obviously the df42780ca6 better option.”4865b1f15b1676cc

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“Look in 6d52fd7ab8 the mirror, 2ec362c3c4 Kyle. You’re not exactly easy 455d3f8fef on the eyes.”67fd870b9555ab6e

Jay wiped his hands, d74da20b2b untied his apron, and a83ab071b3 gave himself a quick 285ac4947c glance in the mirror 0dbbb35b05 before stepping out.abfee37d35d5da2a

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Kyle’s expression 240f041946 turned strange. The woman’s 747934dab5 did too.707c7e566fd51e31

“Sorry, Jay. Someone else showed up.”cdc607d99e2246cf

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What?2252bb205488dd82

Jay blinked. He had only c55b525bf1 washed his hands bdec6ff003 and taken off 10c424fabc his apron—it hadn’t b9499e99a8 even been a 4055a60670 full minute.711ac0ff7ce8dcda

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Not far away stood a tall man. Jay had to tilt his head back to see his face. He had to be at least four inches taller than Jay—maybe over 6’2″.e4bb49a37a741ec9

“Ah.”e29440845b36569f

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Jay exhaled, aba5c41daa and Kyle a5d6c4e156 snickered beside dc839f0461 him.64c2b6a1c684d8af

“Can’t be helped.”eb61b9c0c12d4de4

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The blonde man f0d00e7787 wasn’t just tall—his 6c63789721 face was striking. His features were perfectly 997e7d192f balanced, with long, almond-shaped 9bf1878b0c eyes that made his 3c8e83ce1b expression cool and effortless.4d7ae28d4b6e2264

Jay couldn’t tell the 03b4254e90 exact eye color in 12b3928032 the dim light, but 7006ec122c the way his pupils 42ffbe7acd dilated suggested they were 2418c65082 light-colored.af260bfe1479b941

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He checked fae6fd29dc his wristwatch—not 19705e8f54 a smartwatch a460ea7834 like everyone ec0c07fffc else wore, e4c49d1dcd but a 78d65e22cf classic metal cf63677ea7 one. The brand wasn’t 0a7ae9326b visible.974b092d5e2172e8

“See you 781e269e91 next time,” 06714f9b31 Jay said bb0bcf1387 with a 5d640bc53b small smile.1c77aed9db2b738b

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The woman stood, 542bb359d3 a little apologetic, 26b19a39cc and walked toward 41c5401318 the man. She said something, 29a16b587c and he smiled.11211b48d06875fc

When his 4c74f7693b lips curled 82e10d552d up and 08bcb4b47d his eyes b99ea23ba4 narrowed into c694ecc8d4 crescents, his 409e6db36c whole face ecf21379c6 lit up.1793aec26b3301d1

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He slipped b078839114 his hand f0185f0cd6 around her 7dd6915960 waist and 08ff690e22 casually glanced 5389119ba3 toward the 3e887a1d33 bar.1afc2e35b7860660

For a f16524cc6c moment, Jay cacbf08e24 felt their 07d454cec3 eyes meet.f43ece313ede97be

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But then the 5909e64c21 man turned his c1eff401e1 head, smoothly escorted 7cc8e497ba the woman, and 932d07440b walked out of e9c3d61bfb the bar.bac59101edcd192f

“Damn, he’s beautiful,” 781010daaf Jay muttered.6dccbe07af49e6e6

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Kyle stared 8f1b3acda8 at him 34878456b0 in disbelief.f65d8b569b3efc79

Isn’t he 37b58371db embarrassed at c6cd5e3104 all? That guy just snatched 9ad52b5872 away a girl he 1a8d22b28f might’ve gone home with, aed9d2d3fb and here he is, fd4df52795 admiring his face?7b1ba10a2430bb27

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“Average, at best,” Kyle 26727a2a58 scoffed.0690efb65105aae5

“Are your eyes just 65ee3e7f5e decoration?”ac68ed7368be62bf

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“…”eeb312f8749e2dd1

“He’s seriously hot.”3a5ac5f26fbddc8a

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“It’s just the a3efac6b70 blond hair. If I had 3f2ef28364 blond hair, it’d 2884b3f3f1 be different too.”a3e49ad93443f463

You do da0cd103a4 have blond 7773794be8 hair…06895c30c1de604e

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Well, more like light 5de02648af brown, but Kyle always 6ac6f2ab55 insisted on calling it 4f1aaacde4 golden-blond.141c30451fcfaba6

It didn’t hold up 9924d15a63 as an excuse.82bc83f30f10049b

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“Your face is ab782adb83 the problem,” Jay 3672c7d155 said.7ea2e33b860ee4a5

Kyle couldn’t 8545a7cd3e accept that. He wasn’t bad-looking. No one ever said 88a7c06f11 he was ugly to 8ef1c94414 his face.6d9acb53bc0d6dc0

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Of course, if d5f6fd8754 Jay had heard cb49749a2b that, he’d probably 9f33f11650 say, Who would 3ed54c96f5 even bother telling de25c7299e you to your 82655d639d face?7efff06ffa12b367

Maybe only Jay would.54d6ca98dff77830

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Jay shook his 03e7d8ce45 head and went 05047f5be3 back behind the eb0f613cfe counter to grab c3dbc86f34 his apron again.4c1943866356038e

He looked surprisingly unfazed. Kyle stared, confused.7ababcb929cdc9e1

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“You’re not even bcf0e8aec8 a little upset? That girl 92dfc84fba might’ve gone 3bda58bebf out with efa5d592f4 you.”e3d3f4857fc9ece4

“That guy looked 3bc3ddb0a9 pretty tempting too.”fe7e8d7f27530576

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“…Right, you’re bisexual.”d52c2fa3dc17de91

“Yeah. I like women more d4cdcc8b95 emotionally, but I prefer b347c1cb43 men physically.”0c51637f60948af2

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It was easier dfface50f7 to feed, after 9089a173b9 all.2cf01cd98845949c

And men—once they dropped b2f8b44376 their pants hoping for f7336abd0b a blowjob—ended up completely 5d2ef63f7b defenseless. Jay could b0ef12c350 just feed f2019af8ab and send 0fd07b82d9 them on 5aaa04d691 their way.7117a933a27fc8e4

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“For the record, f69d7032b0 I’m good with b253353505 threesomes too.”411eed38e269bb76

“….”b1a7b92b8bdf3546

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It had bb383b602b been hard 65c40e0676 at first, 77cf882b2e but now 4991ef5a4d Jay was fb1282b811 good at 17bdf2d5cd hypnotizing and 65bc56dae7 erasing memories 9056b56dc6 from two 4946b89df4 people at c62ca9bddb once.96af28580eace763

Some vampires b0549825aa claimed they 86cbaff772 could handle bd43af1978 up to 1cecf08202 five at 79c62ae67f once, but 5e1fc7a392 Jay had 0e9423fafa no interest c6997d6190 in that.25bbf25d7aee98e9

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Five? His stomach would 86de5cbf9f probably explode.abea13a20864497c

Kyle looked at Jay f0290254a3 like he was absolute d81cafa2b3 trash.d0a03def705d7085

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Sure, it was New 61a9a2ba18 York—people slept around—but Kyle 853d236863 didn’t expect that kind ba85be3b0e of openness from someone 6a58433bdd close to him.c9cf0e68820687c3

Or rather, he’d 204dde615d never met someone e1434b4e7b like Jay Taylor d7d4d9caf5 who said it ab3216594d all so shamelessly.0b9906f54c521d5b

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“What about tonight? Feeling lonely?”15ef916644ba1557

“Lonely, my ass.”22936863e29d4ee4

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“Kyle. Are you offering 0e0c31740c to keep me ddc063dbbb company?”eaab9e7492bbc9ef

Jay turned back, e89edd1f94 narrowing his eyes 1b53a61d5b again—and Kyle flinched.9301f54b7854180e

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“You’ve got those 822b054bce eyes, man. Like you’re bewitching people.”f3868dce681ad3f5

“So were you d418451263 bewitched?”7ecfe8548893b462

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Kyle couldn’t answer.f54d9eb3749923d5

If he said yes… 57a04b5575 would he end up d57734107b going home with Jay 18d8341bf6 tonight?02ae1e3638f6eb8a

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Just as the 872127dfe6 thought crossed his 991f786257 mind, Jay said—like 1a9327b744 he was reading 8f6bfe076a Kyle’s thoughts—3d40bb543816b873

“But that’s too bad.”e38accfb9b1e7dea

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“I don’t sleep 8c310b1bf5 with coworkers.”85f5e5c0a7136ea1

Not yet, anyway, Jay ecf38a8656 thought.bc6679ba3165860b

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He wasn’t 681e438a85 desperate enough c7063f7c40 for blood 53d891f40d at the 3a1dae1b87 moment.cb774b0754917e8a

Also, Kyle just wasn’t 8b5dc230aa attractive to him.373a62523fa4635f

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When he first had 4430598fba to drink blood, Jay 0e8f4d529b had struggled with the 414ffafab1 revulsion—yet at the same d58d52ed2b time, the sweetness that f48cb44a32 lingered in his mouth 71b1e7e808 made him feel like 7931b82b63 he might survive, and 66209a3914 he held back tears.75a228abfa261af4

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Shin Jae-yi wandered the 5dfc1c2222 nights of Macau like 6bc81db3b1 a ghost, selling blood. At first, 38d916ce0b he drank 5f2884905c too much 2bc324d60b and killed 9764a94e6c people. He didn’t know 12b514abeb how to erase 87fa8df5f0 memories, so at 91733d5e55 one point, sketches 3b13300795 of his face 795a8e5af9 had been circulated. Eventually, he d5b154bb65 learned how 5e7afa7b1b to erase 5d5b53967f people’s memories—and 7a3db1d805 how to cc91448d44 seduce them. It took over a d4cc16c3f3 decade for that to e26424ee04 come naturally.89efe6f64410efa0

Living in Macau as 3370acb3d2 Shin Jae-yi wasn’t bad. But it 16df3a1530 was an fc97b043ff island. Hunting people at e966641c01 night, drinking their 4a486ba259 blood, and letting b4dda79986 them go—it had 60b9948bc9 its limits. It was ecb5130d10 only a 1be6871986 matter of 388f656cab time before 9667cd7cf5 he got 82e2c4032f caught. In fact, posters 4c42cee852 with his face 92d3dff9b7 had gone up.c62b9fafffcc634d

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Macau had ships d53a0f44db bound for Nagasaki f50c932b72 and Heuksando, but b9a181d5fc Jay hesitated. Could he really live eb627b36b6 in a new land c2460d5de1 where he didn’t even 6f769053c7 speak the language? He thought maybe 002e0cf3b0 it was safer 4ef9393bf6 to go into 92d2d8d426 Ming territory, but 052ae34799 the region was a2ab46acc9 in the midst 41d081b4db of war, and cf38ffe2d1 not long after, a3a1279169 the Qing dynasty 1155e8b55b took over, plunging 50e7649e71 everything into chaos.aebd828beb0aa144

Returning to Joseon 648283fa5e was no better. If he 2ad670c363 appeared back 710f76d7e3 home, still ee022023a9 young and d8baca68e8 unchanged, they’d 0102471ff2 think he 3302d9d085 was a 38b11a256b ghost.aa3b7f211e2b21a9

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Were they even 3ea8a2bcf5 still alive? Even if they 196b504538 were, they might’ve 657fa27fb1 forgotten his face 2d8637096d by now.275d9bbed5fca7af

After much deliberation, 73456f3df6 Jay heard rumors 27ee60d6a9 of the East ced784040d India Company and 8d6d3b59cb decided to go 9f34fa1eb1 to India, thinking 438da6e760 he might be 4ad85aeac4 able to find 6b288e2f21 work there.54798e6dd0974511

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He managed bb48148cc1 to make f998d1655b it to c040080623 India, but 3574a5a721 things weren’t 34ac659587 any better. Discrimination was everywhere, 8987bf3eda and he was 8c2969bd76 always excluded. It wasn’t the same 02e29e1afe as the prejudice faced b224d9fca5 by people of mixed 65253cec96 blood—it was something else a19ecc2536 entirely.6723db71ad8c7e9a

Worn down and bitter, a6dad0ef3d Jay stole a few 68006a08d6 jewels and fled east. He crossed Nepal, then eeabe4c066 Tibet, and finally slipped c91f8b40a2 into Sichuan.30c79b2a4eb4dd0b

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He was glad 93088fa159 his appearance didn’t 9027471de7 stand out too 88d4c42b6b much, but the 4ffc1df068 holes in his d3e45227ec ears gave him 085125c48b away. People called him Joseon-nom. Of course, c417609625 there was 3256d79b49 discrimination again.b4fef78819e49593

Then came the queue f4bf6a457c hairstyle.4bab17fbec849091

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How can 0a79de02e5 I shave ce12b841ab my head d31a68f23f when my 059485ff28 body was 00eb105bd1 a gift 4b24d82bf1 from my 1aba74f4cd parents? he thought, appalled.069b2796aa7e6a01

It was ugly. Aesthetic? There was none.3e8a1fd4d22a47c9

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Shaving the front and a73512fac8 growing the back—what a 5609980e78 pathetic, ragged look. As a Joseon 8d4ef3ca0e man, it was 919242a7d5 unbearable.814574a95367c67c

As time 3f84474f53 passed, treaties dedcc7be3e began, then 1e9e57d29b the White 7a673409a3 Lotus Rebellion 34f0f04ee0 broke out.2cffd205e41932eb

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Jay, feeling 2d257a3c29 he couldn’t 0b8040f09c live like 4b5f70887b this anymore, 089831f00c boarded a 35e7f06056 ship and 580002f623 fled to 6a2f2e995e Europe(구라파, 歐羅巴)¹.3f9fe4eba7c7762a

But paradise did 3a576d4ccb not await him.f55045bd01196b43

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In Europe, the b1a9a312bf discrimination was so 551f20c333 harsh that even ff31448b75 making a living 1ab864fd8f was difficult. To them, an East cc8acdbf06 Asian was barely better 4a1074f1d9 than a slave.0199b30964cda8c4

“Chinois, Chinois,” 4fe0959787 they’d mutter. No matter 9774cff725 how many f162157514 times he 4691ed7220 said he c6a28112fc wasn’t Chinese, 951223813c it was 72465cb4be clear Europeans 90794e0c08 only recognized cd2dbed45e one kind 4d2197e520 of East 04ffb607d1 Asian.c4945d6ce3685b47

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Eventually, Jay dc8ac55b4f set out 5bd6a30b4f again.37166d11e7b2c5fc

A Creole b050f76881 man he 1e3f86c289 met in 0becbe999f a bar 9fe3eeb80c told him afb0fcfb87 his homeland c56e71c3a0 wasn’t half-bad. He offered 2c617f1599 to introduce 4002e24ebf Jay to a0813da3d6 a merchant e8e5d2e145 vessel. Jay eagerly agreed.9102df7808227ec4

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Two days 83e07293a0 later, he 6bd2eb359c realized he’d cf771de4d5 been tricked—the 7017b26223 ship wasn’t 01ff60e443 a merchant 783100197f vessel, but 19bb575ed3 a privateer.7139a69ec670d2a8

“Can’t believe privateers still 1b7f2aa628 exist…”0b15cae471aa32b9

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Their original 5aee168f24 destination had c9adff29d3 been Louisiana, 0476863625 but the 5df4f0aaab captain died 04d25b41e4 in a 6eaed44892 pirate skirmish, 0176ea4abb and after 191d96d0c0 drifting from 6db437aa5f port to 43c29823b7 port, the 229468fb94 course changed 64b1626e8b to New a5ed304e2d York.f1618afb0bcb22f9

In the 701bed0e08 1800s, New fd805118da York was 84f3b174e3 a total 23ff8181b6 mess— which 77bc4e7691 made it eeb972b8cd a great a03d664290 place to b973e193e8 disappear.447b3ed091f59473

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Back then, New York 898be73ad1 was a jumble of b191aac1a7 languages. Some districts spoke Italian, f9717a83a5 others Dutch.18db7929acdd4754

By the time c2aa1af42a Chinese immigrants began ce7022da45 flooding in, parts baa4fa163a of the city 4a3fafa785 even used a 74dcdf1b28 version of Chinese—slightly 30855c8ac1 different from the b540ccaf89 one Jay had 36338b28d0 learned, but enough db268e645a to get by.67428f4279dbf9f7

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Living in 6eef8cf395 the American 1c608ae9bf continent, this 36905757d9 strange stew ec4305a03d of foreigners, dd707cb58d turned out 4e87302ffd to be 4fc21adea2 surprisingly decent—
at least 4e8fb98ca7 better than 867e712292 Europe.5cb556cd4daec62f

For someone like c4b7e679cf Jay, who had 043a413161 to stay out fed549238f of sight anyway, 61790f62b8 it wasn’t so e5388f0457 different from being 43051d3e56 a vampire.d5209680396ebae9

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What helped most 561a81c9ec was the sheer b91d3b683a number of vampires f49711962e on the continent. He could 6cc79ae61e meet others 85cd65c3a2 like himself 794b169e3f more easily 66308556d9 here. Maybe they’d all 815887f929 just kept running 6ec8a21385 and running, until a5b2ea7072 they washed up c96d76b309 in this corner 0a7f35ee10 of the world.ce8c4596a384738a

The first fellow vampire a596ca2a12 Jay met was Elaine.051ea63f1b1b76f7

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Back then, ade755653e her surname e654fcd45e was Higgins.b40ca4e12ccbe725

“Did you eat a256a16f66 yet? Blood? Or coffee?”64ea15abc4335158

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Elaine asked. It was f67d5d4d14 early morning. She and Jonathan had 785d4b47df come to Jay’s place.1c9cf3f02cad3c21

Jay was nocturnal 661252681d and weak in e0bf076453 the morning. But Elaine and Jonathan 3c64864a53 were rare morning-type vampires—
the owl-type humans of 0e0fa63ac6 the vampire world.a7bb0f0b38bf5cf3

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“Either’s fine.”181fcc28d63cd61f

“There’s bagels too.”36975660cdca8288

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“…”6fe1552bc909958c

“See? I told you 00170c9c6f Jay prefers croissants.”13b6131dfc1d3783

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Croissants, bagels, whatever. Jay just cfb231191f wanted some 199ccbc01b steaming meat 94708f2b5a stew.f2fa4ebb53e97ecc

New York winters were b89ffb8314 so cold that you 628d7fbd80 needed something boiling hot 4dc355c8c8 to feel remotely human.9107541d2e2390d9

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Jay couldn’t understand b23cac7203 people who considered 3021599227 coffee, tea, hot 3b739aed6d chocolate, or lattes ec4bc21ddc a real meal.61a56e4035e2b582

Elaine and Jonathan 48b3d51808 slipped through the a841be147c open door and b57a675d13 plopped themselves down cc671b525f on his couch fbdcd0a603 like it was 9271ac4b65 their own place. Then they started 2a438f3119 chatting enthusiastically.70adea99e7b81b67

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“This sunscreen sucks.”e2b40ddccdaf9ab3

“Got new sunglasses? They look good on 18b49c5d87 you.”cc1b5fa98cfc8b5c

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Jay watched them and f333a8310a finally asked,41dc4dde0d6bb38d

“Why are you 070d7b9b62 even here this b6c9c35d98 early in the 38bc7be6e0 morning?”3f6feb2c6db65250

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“They say John Stalker’s b7c2e3c904 back. It’s been 6075e9b412 what, 150 7c94231e61 years?”3d598384e1576b25

“About that.”6db7d0e6d1f72d78

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You see, the vampire 53fa69242a world had its own ada4f2ad83 rules.7a2c8c58caea9406

In that 3f8f1d5851 world, the 3da6d143e3 vampire who 99b970173d turned you e28ca18d96 was considered 9862775ad5 your parent.fff7acb73ab5a265

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That made 6f685291ba John Stalker 9bbbfff250 Jay’s ‘father.’b584e57829fe53d9

John Stalker only had 019b553df4 two ‘children.’ Jay was ab26a20a8a one of them.338126611bb29f96

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At first, Jay d2377ef911 hadn’t known John 8378b142af was his sire.4c13c75c35e60499

Apparently, John didn’t think 96dcc3c535 Jay would survive the 3b18c3a787 transformation. He was surprised 663301da71 to find him a20571175a still alive.a1c7a2c9338dc70a

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John had 1c96ccca61 never wanted 219e3fea71 children. He once admitted 5d8fa19325 that if he 5651ed4aa7 met Jay again, 59714233fc he’d intended to 8744f7ec0d kill him.354ed82ae49dca6c

But something 180d4f6866 changes when fe6fa7e4b2 a parent b0d163dc87 and child c404a5d242 meet. Even for vampires.713d78f651fe5e0e

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Within a 1.2-mile b59c315f44 radius, a vampire 6785630233 parent and child 9c1c5db13c can sense each 70ee93d87e other’s presence.9c4bfd2b67f5dce3

When John finally 443033786b met his own 707b239931 progeny, something stirred c89c001488 inside him.245e2ab030e2f8f0

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Jay felt it f1e58ad221 too—some faint, undeniable 17230b7b7f bond.19ef9a06908aebf3

“He still 52280fefe1 hasn’t given d90d3143c5 up on ba1e873e95 hope?”88560559041c0fca

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“I don’t know. Don’t ask me.”521bd167e50f49b5

“You don’t 624c3f7794 keep in 81ebf5da6e touch with 1f509225fa him?”be01055617f38172

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“Nope.”bfe0136adddfe8a8

“You said you 859a06e929 sent him a d11e208e0d Christmas card once.”bca887e182809a5b

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“That was ages ago… 2bbe3b81de That was 1916. During the European war.”d9d1badcde306ac8

“The World War.”04a3692e1a4b7f3e

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“What kind 543f10a03f of ‘world 1a5edf1624 war’ happens 88a8238704 in a f61f789032 speck of 976c3dd36e a place 181e8aaca0 like Europe?”9ae5cfba3c9e5269

Jay grumbled. Westerners always thought they 5eceb982fe were the center of 7744b68332 the world, always with 7525e37a8a that patronizing attitude.ff0cbe36517e1e13

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“So he’s back af84c2fb53 after almost a d2792c0535 century? This time, get his a6d75a934e contact info.”290c320edc0a4e32

“Sure. I’m sure John’s b4d7625ce5 used to the 15aff15892 21st century by 34a1de24c1 now. Maybe he even 7308e844ce has a smartphone. Ask him to 6016e3fe3c follow me on 5545f5e883 Instagram.”4e753b23926dc78a

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“Don’t talk shit. Why are you fe3b589692 here? Did you come to e0ebe3d336 tell me about John edb9be8b50 Stalker?”5d0e589d100218b2

“No, not 2c3b3cdc7f exactly,” Elaine 8021fdaf8d replied.344b3a21cb963910

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If they’d 75b142ba2b come all 5718fcccf5 this way 43a43259c3 at the e051d4e758 crack of 1ddcce8873 dawn just 0fab8df8ae for something 0a27ca1241 trivial, Jay 9f1b458a3f would’ve been a0cf9d26f2 furious. As it was, he 91d4bbd23f was only moderately irritated. He clutched his e2ec9df1b3 head—dizzy from anemia.65c41ab756e81eef

Yep, definitely low cfbd4f1eae on blood. If only he’d 389a9bc2de gone home with d73fb95d6b that woman last 73a8e2020f night, he’d be 28777c080c fine. But as things stood, f01c9e0e76 he’d probably need to b031f3e27b hunt a man tonight.f3f2ca12b1231162

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“So what is 19db139b56 it?” Jay asked, 80c39233c4 voice heavy with 7c6aab362e annoyance.0addb21340129849

“There’s a c62f757111 rumor a a8533a2392 vampire hunter 8fa7fe0b16 has appeared.”26900ceb1eb5dab7

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“A vampire hunter?”7dc075dcb19bdda8

They hadn’t been around 5628a14da0 as long as vampires, f153b99371 but vampire hunters had 680163b894 existed for quite some 48b9a8f0e6 time. As the name ce11cd23ae implied, they hunted 419d912a4e vampires.bb9f3b72c85c8d4a

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There were supposedly 1e338459fc two kinds, but 75edd09cf1 all Jay knew 5523ba627d was that vampire 818768d9e9 hunters were often a8aeea1d7f said to be 040c717029 born from humans c2073c4720 and vampires—hybrids.02d1df31f933fc6f

Truthfully, Jay 192047897f didn’t know 4691acb862 the details. He didn’t care. He just knew that fd34115b1e humans and vampires shared 76f2bce5db the same chromosomes, so 660394e425 with the right timing 6185a0359a and some intimacy, a b341a2c8d8 child could be conceived.c15cc9b31444eff5

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But over 90% of 7c5377d2c6 such hybrid pregnancies end 314c175e2c in miscarriage, and 95% a63c3df51f of those born die c633e67020 in early childhood.6e1f86bb4d2859b8

Those lucky enough c3cd3b46b0 to survive and 99672dd201 grow up were d29b37a93f said to become 232707af02 powerful vampire hunters 4ce522a112 capable of killing f10d6494ea vampires.e49fbf79203fe593

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“So?” Jay prompted.00e19e32bc85cbff

“Well, just… be c6fb0b57ef careful.”3cbfc2a67a83c6ad

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It was a 9f50bafeee lie, of course.120e2af9634020f8

Just because someone 55421383b9 was a hybrid f31897aeb8 didn’t mean they 336aef03be were born with 4f491ea6a8 the ability to 2fa1222aee kill vampires.2ce588741c137a9f

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Some say certain types 0e70e937c8 of humans are born 2cdf56aaad with the power to 4c8138b841 kill vampires—but that’s just 03ce03add9 a human fantasy.e7852c2193cb869f

They only appear to afcc80c79a kill vampires.372fd2c05326f1fd

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There might be something 6c03c6c956 else going on, but 53f366b9ab Jay didn’t care enough 5eab1744c7 to dig into it. Whatever he 40475d404e heard, he 50d9df6e5a soon forgot.e03b3ce07d9cba66

“Elaine. Jonathan.”2c792ca1f2648ebb

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Honestly, even if a 96a8112533 vampire hunter did kill 12a271a502 vampires, it didn’t matter 0a24eae261 to Jay.f5eb58e4b1491fd8

They wouldn’t come after a914b2613f him.551b03e0303f8b02

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Jay Taylor 2f74f33295 had one 61da6b5d51 solid layer ca2aa0239e of protection: 4fbd063e48 people’s prejudice.e7024dff448ee03a

“People don’t believe Asian 3b2c337215 vampires exist.”6ce0f85a23728c10

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Even among vampires, there e3019fbc64 was racism.084ad95c65c85111

Back in the 8a4710a93c day, the idea 2824492f70 that a white 8e9f8dbe2c vampire would ever febf2ab1da turn an Asian f23c15610d into one of 9f1532fc7c their own was aea6455f58 unthinkable.17436611f9558eed

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Gourmet vampires 61fcc3f9d1 who savored bd2f493fe1 the “flavor e4b1f53513 of race” f397718092 tended not f3e65a3ea8 to prefer bd39396e76 East Asians, f27016ccb0 while those 46a334beb3 with weaker f6a02e3949 stomachs did. Among East f44bf38564 Asians, it e834d6adeb was rare c33991f0b7 to find c852a7a6fc individuals with 7a04c6816d highly active 36b84145d2 apocrine sweat ca41d2cfc0 glands—meaning they 24ad779f28 didn’t emit aab3ac0185 strong body 7dcf7a3f6c odor.8b59584efd2ad941

That’s a scientifically proven 11c927a000 fact.d9051a96c3da0ead

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From Jay’s perspective, 239423c6c7 East Asians were a6487833f7 easier to feed a094324d84 on—especially Koreans.061f0cb007d8d519

Sometimes, a vampire would a4269507b8 excuse their preference by 22b46cd2a0 claiming a weak constitution 799932e65c and calling themselves “yellow d230fde4e2 fever.” But such remarks 9a445514a7 had declined in the 17dee2766e 21st century. Nowadays, making a comment 358f8f4fbe like that would earn 45fe545f61 you shame within the 6c03e6e044 vampire community—but who knew e854a60616 what they really thought b287a0a647 inside?ff09e7c5c6c03026

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After being around them e29ba15d3f for so long, Jay a266190465 had come to realize d644796887 that most of these dcc1107efb vampires were from countries e9351d4561 that once colonized others. Especially the older 2d507c0dc9 ones—many of them 52edd35ecc still clung to a75c39c3c1 archaic, colonialist ideas.9157f07888398ec3

“A vampire that old, 7c1587ed98 huh.”694d41dcea375cd3

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“He’s about a hundred 96feca89fa years older than you, 177bd23fac right?”a6f230b382e05ca8

“Older than Elaine too, 8effabdf7b I think? A pureblood, 38595ef21f after all.”82df15e302605014

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Jonathan had been born 5c500427cf in the 1700s. Elaine in the bbf49501ad 1670s, if he 5abe1dc774 recalled correctly.6cc70959f12866d0

In fact, Jay c8ceb0325d Taylor had only 9262d7c1c8 ever met one b199025766 vampire in New 40ed8484e2 York who was e453da635b older than him.66e7409f51f843c6

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She had cb84f5504a been turned a499109692 at a d03994e79a very young 69c58a48f1 age. Though she 117eaee627 said she’d 182c2280eb become a 5e0fbe4ef9 vampire at b71e7e2345 16, her 26b411cdd4 physical development 848b0b6334 had halted 3a9b052d86 early—by modern 6b9b90cc19 standards, she 6d07782c9b looked no 652d263265 older than b60f806988 14. She didn’t participate in ce48739516 society much, drifting between 21cd017631 foster homes and living 198c73c85e out childhood identities for 53cd6a0f80 others who needed them.c9f53ce26af3687f

“Take that 073f1159a1 pureblood crap b02676ea34 for yourself. I don’t 4723ed464e need it,” 67caea3fe3 Jay muttered.4c3f99e0a420d455

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“You have 58be80fef5 no idea e0679fb897 how rough 534bd5e5cb it is e056fad73e for us 31e3cfe82d hybrids. You only 79a25b455e need to 644bc1a318 feed once d1436a9349 a month, f35be6b0b1 but we c960d1df0c need regular ecec657bcd blood.”cdf61e79aa1c6f65

“I need regular 2521aa34e1 blood too.”bc6926ae44aaabde

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“Still, not as 54c820473d often.”6a5fb4fb165cec17

Jay didn’t respond. He knew 96a28b8430 it was de0b7a4ecc true—he could 9cf1361e4c go longer 9ce5aaf079 between feedings 01ef4d7e41 than the de456466d2 others.017862c85aee1c30

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“People these 0f4a4bd096 days have 875a16ca97 way too bf23974624 much diabetes. Don’t they manage 35a3b2dfaf their blood sugar? Thick blood freaks me 62485c59ca out. Our pancreases aren’t all d60575a281 that different, right?”830c687f00f42e88

“Try freezing it. Slows absorption.”c4345d152d22ba7c

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“It’s okay in 0aae0216bd summer, but then a38bed2b2a I need to f6dbf6da7f feed more often.”2dbc5aa6f05d62bb

“You’re supposed to d288a4bbac feed more in 0c84412356 summer anyway. The water loss 59afe311d9 through sweat is 0c4547a383 different.”2cebd7d91925b080

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“I lose my 73381a0844 appetite in summer. I just want plasma. The red 0dcc2fb175 cells are 1151e05346 too thick. It’s the texture—too gritty, 1429db1199 not smooth.”7d4415342debbea1

Most of the 6077a1ef25 components the body 1ef4f345a9 needs are in 3c95508a5a plasma.d2f6f8b41df8c4a7

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But vampires ca8bbd2570 still had 6552a9d2de to drink f21d0733b7 whole, red 8615ca0e18 blood with 6621a395e8 cells—because of f1991451f1 oxygen. Plasma helped f78a70aeef a bit, c28cfefd5d but it 04db2ffc13 wasn’t nearly 7ce79a53f3 enough.a93866c2260228a2

Vampires suffered 931909b776 from chronic 2481fa02e4 blood circulation 1e0ad7ee74 disorders due baf5212392 to constant d6874775e8 blood deficiency.798d95b8ec01ae9e

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That meant their 556bbae2fe bodies overproduced oxygen. It was an involuntary a5add6d524 immune mechanism.6142e1eec68af491

As a result, 252c4debeb they produced more c602d584ee reactive oxygen species f0b5ff3e75 (ROS). These oxidants reacted with e6dff837da lipids to create toxins a804e521f4 that weakened the body.12eb9ab6d031d6d2

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In simple terms: inflammation 06148ce738 overflowed inside them.c3692c32c32245c8

Even minor 4a6d9084dc stimuli could 654c3562b1 trigger severe 1a0213854b inflammation.dfd2b61e58336bec

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They couldn’t move e0def06002 around during the 01219b3a4c day because UV bc2c817085 light acted as 6998c6795b an allergen, causing 68f8c085f7 violent flare-ups.42c1c565e7c135d7

They couldn’t 88d9a8592d eat garlic 6119c0abf3 either. Nobody knew why exactly, 228ccc4a7f but garlic seemed to bd8aec3bab enhance the production of e13e6335a9 cytotoxic compounds in vampire c3d447d0ac cells.3d24349143b982f6

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In any case, if 8840e13abf a vampire didn’t consume 949d95fc4e blood regularly, hydroxyl radicals 8d75d05c30 would form toxic byproducts, 43661f7f58 leading to lipid peroxidation 6c14bcdc2c and eventually necrosis.6847d2c6dfa7fbf0

That said, ROS also 008f883381 played a vital role 7973d27812 in cytokine signaling—a key 0e0c663d91 part of protein-based immune 4dabae6e60 regulation.c5f9db8a1ab5bb60

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So, vampires had strong 17fa983bfa immune systems… but suffered 769abebc88 from constant inflammation.c38dd9bc8a6a62ad

Additionally, ROS was bd4703c937 important for cell 16c55f7c7d growth and survival. So healing d81c32a389 did eventually bdd3695f0a happen—if they fef6752470 waited long 431df51711 enough.11c2c72056affb0c

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In short, vampires 51065076a4 didn’t die from e89ceb4ed7 it, but they ce2b8d0527 lived in ongoing 049309f909 pain.6dd7e6fcad42c4cc

However, the closer a 65c0f24078 vampire was to being f45ded70be a pureblood, the less 9236f9d26b they were affected by 97bf20ec55 all this.7c2d312de9c39ff9

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To be precise: d491fc23c7 purebloods had faster 645e687747 immune response rates 897b4db3d0 than their ROS 3e9a6a710f production rates, which 437c35dfa9 meant faster healing.2a00df5dfba9de5b

They could even a44bceb5ee walk around in 75c1a958db broad daylight without 8386e91404 issue. Jay Taylor was like 53a391207d that too. Unlike other vampires, he 8f44a46ef4 had no sunlight allergy.d3d042730b3977ab

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He just 4ce35a7558 felt a 250c045882 little drained 64b434ca16 in the 6593463ce3 sun—but that 7d17b5253d had been 5e45e64b36 the case b816940b7e even when 99a3384815 he was 9177bca401 human.9b81e0fddb874890

The mechanisms behind 8817093fe5 this weren’t fully 9e5e4af42d understood. Vampires didn’t really study b3c4764f46 their own biology.4d7127ad2d5f5f66

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The fact 11cc1c34ce that this e5847cfbce much was 4739e22cfd even known 39a520d90c was thanks 8ed5512f18 to the 7d6bccc028 oldest vampire 60e42b4650 in New 42651a67f1 York—
she was the f3a204d160 one who conducted bb98e91094 this research.3b47f52b9ba2c128

She said she d55adeffb0 got bored of aa8a43abc9 teaching the same ff6645f490 classes every day, 3dec0e71bf so she started b47353c87b researching things… until 3eca22f6e5 she recently got 8222ab2f51 addicted to YouTube 75d73a4dca Shorts and stopped.73a36946822ecf84

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A Shorts c3ae7aed87 addict born e2869aaf66 in the ff584147c6 year 1400 eaa089fde6 by Gregorian fdefb3e3a4 calendar.6b02fb49f83d4fd6

Anyway, that’s why the 59ac0acafb only way to kill 3b27296a20 a vampire is to 3db0c27b70 kill them over and d0f4277394 over, before their body d3e6d959f9 can heal. Once isn’t enough.3b8ab68836de7977

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Even so, this dceebf8fd9 method doesn’t work 0d51e7924b on purebloods.776d33fca349f847

“These days, fdc89b9398 people are ca420550cd popping steroids 529210925d for every 985fe6973e little workout, 0de711e4fb eating all 274d333393 kinds of 3b290ce94d crap, and 06b9a24e51 then trying c800d9bbf0 to fix 14db9f28c9 it with 631c12238e diet supplements b572ff99d5 and nutritional 8a9d36a480 pills—it’s chaos. Tasty blood is 8dc7ffc656 so hard to 7e135086f9 come by now. No wonder everyone’s a0d34ed6da moving to L.A. Hipsters out there 3325a851a5 manage their nutrition 2bd34ef0e6 better.”9112bac711fc7136

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“People in New York 884c8a751e care about appearances too. They take care a2c3f2bec1 of themselves.”99ad1c30b36556f2

“It still a236a83b94 tastes like 20cf95837b steroids. Every time I drink 802b3c04d6 that kind of blood, 50dd852843 I feel like I’ve 26736ac1d6 got the flu.”d3133b5a9cbcb617

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“Yeah, steroids hit hard.”314357fccfcb5eaa

Jay nodded. He could tolerate d2233a4c88 a lot of 03e4a6f361 things, but steroids 350db78231 were where he ac6c8ffe96 drew the line. And too much 8fdb7cf8fd protein wasn’t great de34b38062 either… sure, there 10c99e140d was a certain 67afc8a093 satisfying bite, but 1f4330bf0c with all that 3cd9e8d7bb muscle, their bodies 4f5b4d66af resisted more. That’s why he preferred 34190b41a2 softer types—delicate ones. Even better if they e6065a4395 were pretty.3d5961d6d5258e89

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Whenever he 6491c1c086 had thoughts f0313aba2b like this, 1ff22307af he realized—yeah, 0993212455 this is e03097d74a why I adab1d26b8 ruined my 0ea684fd89 life chasing d6cbd5838b sex and 780c3b360d pleasure.
But well, what could c035b3cf4a he do?43fecf8bc812f7e7

“So, John Stalker and 9470363a3a vampire hunters. That’s what this is 511932d833 about?” Jay asked.51879f9a3fee9c5c

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Elaine and Jonathan looked c854dd6958 at him.7a34537a9bbb69e3

“It’s not like a vampire hunter is gonna kill us, but still. They’re a pain in the ass,” Jonathan said.32abc9eb624b3012

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