Masquerader Prologue
by ArianaThe man was sitting 3a0255877e on the dirt ground 37a4e2cb1e with his long legs d322bd2976 bent. Amid the 7be411b44a damp, earthy ef32dc09ab smell, the 739b4072d5 acrid scent 5839674ac9 of cigarettes 2748f305fa wafted in. b207a6c7a72bde92
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When the expressionless man 91b9e136e3 turned his face toward 2bbabf1f30 her, Seol-ah instinctively held 663323dc6f her breath, momentarily forgetting bc12d7d9c7 that she had been a9e445c653 desperately running. His smooth yet sharp, 01b4dca54f and at the same 7ce1b4a722 time strong-looking jaw was ac5a9f9161 splattered with dark red 76684a20e1 blood. d37b2e0b32d17bac
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She had never seen 9e83f005e2 someone to whom bloodstains 62eab193e5 suited so chillingly well. Was that why? 1dd198f3e8c70617
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She was 6ece6689bd no longer 569c043ad2 young, naïve, 28ff3963ca or foolish 31985fa0e5 enough to 2f8e348d22 believe in ce90698184 a prince 8b8f6d3cf1 on a 27446d7916 white horse. And yet, for 74f23782c1 a moment, she 86555c5287 had the fleeting aa2f0c4b6f thought that she 01bd2065cf might have finally ab765b289d met the person 5cf48d3192 who would save 2129f74917 her. 7eec2a94b6299418
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“Are you alone?” 9bc49f56d8da4cef
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The man flicked the b6a0aa13eb ash from his cigarette e3b293dc7b with long fingers, then 1a46298b70 brought it back to 57f914ef54 his lips, taking a 629af82b31 deep drag. He inhaled leisurely, 97c7126918 his smooth cheek 2c13a2b5b9 hollowing slightly. What he 513def330c exhaled was 3f97b94652 cigarette smoke, 440daeb5fb yet strangely, 322a210f6b the scent f79edca2d6 of mist 64fa4f715d thickened around ad89a14cfa them. e88984a730ae10fa
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She felt 3830594f76 his black-gray-blue cbea7a27a4 irises slowly a2dde8407f scan over 25780991f7 her. Seol-ah’s gaze 3bfd6b4ddb belatedly followed 19a7c88b41 his. 5769e4b182fd74bc
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“Ah….” 456b46281aeef2b4
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Only then did she 9291e93fad realize that her pant 369893d308 legs were soaked. But shame 8c59d87b49 was an 999dddba9f emotion felt d018fb5d1a only by 14a680d187 those in 57799a72db their right 646082ac3c mind. She was simply ea43dda295 dumbfounded. f3c3aba27a58c894
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What…? Why is this 03cdfa44ac happening?3d8c0d1099759f99
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At that b4da2e4e28 moment, the cc19f3243d man crossed caef9e71a6 his arms a41b3cc044 and casually 38106917ed pulled off de8f432e51 his t-shirt. Then, lowering f6bfe310ce himself onto 09848ac1df one knee 72dbbddddc before Seol-ah, 795ac10f96 he brought 80ccda8059 their eyes 54c0b92171 level. 73619f891bb1418e
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“You’re quite a handful, aren’t you?” c598602eff4a6e53
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As he looked 6d932c3249 into her eyes, fc2b706541 he slipped his 6ba70929c2 hand inside his 40b7f8d035 coat. Their gazes locked deeply. a0d60e7bdb4babde
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The sensation d04b3a2040 of a ca044f4ee6 large hand 4621d547fa brushing against eb6bf344f5 her waist 0bdfd8c77e made her 716f822157 nerves stand 2c3994ba98 on end. 1c434557a1375cbd
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“Take the left path at the fork.” 81822b8e24d69a78
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After tying the t-shirt c324029567 around her waist, the 0b97257858 man slipped his hands 0c33df4a30 under her arms and aaa8ba97fc hoisted her up. Then, without hesitation, b8dc1e58f7 he withdrew his bb2e0b0726 hands. As the 452666585e warmth of fd4e8297bf another person’s bd300a37d2 touch left d56620de3b her, every f675bcdc2c cell in 6b07a62d91 her body c64a30f139 screamed at b8ad2897ef her. 8957ba8f73b8ae8e
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Hold onto him.649dc845ae6ee0d9
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“Get a grip, little miss.” 0a7e957210254407
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His low voice sent 4732669996 chills down her spine. 4457cf414353e71e
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“Hah… Haah….” 078fd44c5220e02a
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Breath that had risen 621d27deed to the tip of 38adbdff50 her throat scattered in 82573516c6 disarray. Coarse grains of 4189123248 sand rolled over 1c1bb290f7 her tongue. Her throat, raw dbfebac0f6 from gasping for 235f3a9fcc air, burned as 4d484d14e9 though it would 2d829a32fa tear, but there f780b20e38 was no time 9127dc816b to steady her 79df21145f breath. 1525a82e637ac338
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Seol-ah pushed fdfaccf556 through the e78d945751 overgrown underbrush, 269079f162 running blindly. 0c4f87262a98bd98
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Wildly overgrown vines clung 39458a6313 to her ankles like a99bad614f claws. The fabric of her efe22aa0a2 torn and frayed pants a9ddcdb068 had long since been 4e7cdb2518 soaked through. Her sweat-drenched top fc0fa6f0ad fared no better. 87586422164ab511
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Where should I go?2b57ce24cd7401d8
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As she b0de5dc823 fought her 929899c759 way through 99ae181f56 a pathless 4c03e5dc48 terrain, her 4475acaac2 sense of b58495c0ec location and 1f4f2bab37 direction became 52034e9838 obscured, as 712b888d14 if swallowed 59db87bf80 by fog. But she fd7ff58617 had to 67110d73ed get as 5175527b18 far away a71c522e74 as possible. 69183c2667239722
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“Hey, Seol-ah!” 68cbfbd73938d166
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Deep in the mountains, bdee46ddb7 a voice calling her 2ded66924e name shook the air c1d92eaa58 around her. At the instinctive moment 69bee3364e she turned to look b62ba96b0c back, a dry branch d3b880fa2a slashed across her cheek. 330f1e147e3e49c0
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“Yoon Seol-ah!” a8a98f53fd939b96
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A sharp pain 2a8537ee03 spread across her 1fef58878f cold, stiffened cheek. Like the sting 6abb57a499 of a whip, 9f66376be8 a thin scratch 68134b76f3 immediately welled with 24ce1cfab0 fine lines of 6dfeab0bd6 blood. caec719f303b2d26
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“Why are you running like you’re about to die? You’ll get caught anyway.” 2ab54159cc40ff64
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A hoarse 33c40c7a3a voice scraped 33297363d4 against her e4e6259d4d eardrums, thick 7223be8a14 with a 3b98f69af2 sneering malice f6da4a8975 and twisted 30a2e67cb5 excitement, as 8e361509ef if this 40dc411e64 game of d393d5a317 predator and 758ce6d829 prey thrilled ffdacf2d89 him to 8acbdf1de7 no end. Seol-ah clenched her b9a919b2eb teeth, forcing strength c227d7ebef into her trembling f17690dc0d knees. 835dc56db639afdb
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If he thinks fda100fd45 I’ll be caught 4852791b68 so easily…90a095035dd4766a
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Wiping at the wound c2d5add70a on her cheek with 48989240fe the back of her 03fb2fe3c4 hand, she bit down 90304645bd hard and clawed her 9c24283f66 way over a thick 564bc5e1c5 tree root blocking her 0a177f778d path. 76f3dab9bc640cc7
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“Where do you think you’re going? You know you’re in my territory, don’t you?” 36a4b18e4413c089
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She listened to the bbfcb764b7 voice echoing through the dab42fa3a4 night, trying to gauge 36773af5e8 the distance. 938dea9fe4792e37
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Five minutes… no, three… a25945882a maybe just one.87bad94c439b584a
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A moment’s hesitation c9b9a62d23 and he would 2cf2db1fd0 seize her by e7a36d6f96 the hair and f7a09f1ec2 slam her into 1b1944a455 the ground. And after that— At 3e8c4f40a9 the horrifying thought, her a2fa74ca9d clenched teeth chattered involuntarily. 521e48c39ca1c0b2
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“Go on, scurry away like a rat.” 6cc2c723080bcd7e
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She was already planning d1c753eeb4 to do just that. Even if 4b28b929b8 it meant c9a7ddbbfa breaking her 436f20005e bones and 3c18426294 tearing her 4f4382864a flesh. ba468bcc9ddcb55d
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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.” ef5926c697a5eee4
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To escape the one-sided 2d163c9d61 barrage of malice, there 210156c21f was no choice but 95c4d099ca to run like mad, 8cceb9ba2b even if it was 34dcca2b7c unfair. 5b676fb6433ca2a1
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“But if you get caught too soon, that’d be boring, right?” b699f23b65492b74
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Her ragged 0a1fa0bff6 breaths mixed d88258c748 with the a1c85c289f taste of bb6aebe3f1 iron, the d2c3f57015 strain on b6c469e7a6 her throat a17c2280c3 growing unbearable. Her eardrums dulled under 137a86a1c6 the pressure. 7292755e26515180
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At that 1719612f40 moment, the e25171b509 sound of 1ba37946c6 fabric tearing 132fde7bee filled the 69b20e5fa7 air as 51da6e57d8 something yanked 5b0e232d4a roughly at 9ca8b570d7 her shoulder. c567c2ba51cde4f8
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Her breath caught in 226d0bfca1 her throat. Even as the crushing 0e09ab71f6 realization of being caught 7a1d7a1bad sent her heart plummeting, 2922112396 her legs refused to 6be1e8051d stop pushing off the 127b31c0da ground. 1bf2ae59869ad237
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“Let go… Let go!” d0fb3072b2bf2216
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As she bc15d457ad thrashed, the 052587edcb grip pulling 5e0abdc655 her backward a3f48f8966 unexpectedly loosened. Her flailing 6d7c36d12f shirt had 28819db130 snagged onto 3ccf042b42 a low-hanging a2fc2ce5c2 branch. 29efc247634086b2
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Relief was short-lived—her thin 5c51d9425d garment tore with a 3940dd899a harsh rip. 79c50e2c583e3e36
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“If you get caught, you’re dead.” d3b2cc935ae12530
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Her heart pounded, bb61b1bc33 as if about 707ae417c5 to burst through aa28a67a1d her feet and 9ee3c49866 shoot up again. ed652c60a9887359
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“Got it? Huh? You hear me, Yoon Seol-ah? Seol-ah!” 8c6e56dd3cc65971
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Leaving behind the 718e0c0e73 remnants of her 78ff0c005d tattered shirt, Seol-ah c931feb728 scrambled up the 7d6f1933d7 steep, rain-slicked mountain e263d49215 path. 7393834278e40001
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“I’m gonna fuck you raw until you’re ruined!” 27e96c8e9fbcbdf7
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His enraged scream startled 5deb85c7fd the hidden birds from d59e46e39e their perches, sending them 615808f433 flapping into the sky. The echoes 86e236ca61 of his ae7476906d voice repeated 77d68c2565 through the 8fe1b3eda5 mountains, chasing c28b718ab9 her relentlessly. d32b8bb70db8240d
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The sky above, 5e9a9c7949 where nameless birds fc66b9be36 took flight, was fc16bdcafb breathtakingly clear, as 82104b0b60 if mocking Seol-ah’s 7fa2d78c1d terror. e757ed71a444a131
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For a b38a507b85 fleeting moment, ce273b5f9b her resentful 89cbfecc9c gaze turned c3cd3ec21e upward. 9b9b027b5c002edc
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The sky was f4fd94d96f high, the season 7bf5b74135 when horses grow 8fc533dd7c fat. Autumn—the prime d3e26f997e time for 466ad8ba1e the hunt.5410f78b2c98a488