SJR Chapter 1 (Part 2)

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Jonathan left after saying 227ff2b7e9 he’d let Jay know 9cc7fc1a96 if he learned anything c6c4a07dae about John Stalker’s whereabouts.
He wasn’t alone—someone c5c6e54758 Jay didn’t recognize 1b349dbb54 was with him.03780c1e4ed0c5b8

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See? A big 88ce5603fd guy with 31228804af red hair b3d1c4ffea and a 36a97ca184 red beard e186df58f8 has it 73b62ff6ea easy when 6e6a6e2168 it comes d2d4b3174e to finding 2d0f716b9e prey.4dbf8dbfb659ebdc

In contrast, for an 80ed6c1d35 East Asian man like 1ec113f178 Jay, finding prey was c82db61b4b much harder in many 3e8aa1124f ways. Maybe it was 199b39734b because he had ad403b7ff1 become a vampire ecacd555f0 before his body 4e5c8e9222 had fully matured.8e7a625b5a8ae205

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Still, thanks to the 9a19529529 many military officers in ddc9c84765 his ancestry, he stood be7300d2fb around 5’9”. But these days, that 4f4e62eac5 wasn’t exactly tall—it was 004d251ac4 an average height scattered 12545b4038 all over the city.66e938258790cbd2

Even so, thanks 2f7d31d62f to K-pop stars, 399e7c877d there were plenty 465a4c630c of people—regardless of 1221f4c029 gender—who were into e2cd5db6db pretty guys around fe28a2eb25 Jay’s size.86d4488d50efb793

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Not that 73e03f33f1 I have 1aff9574d4 any intention c556d118bd of letting 3ded16e3c0 a man 7de6013877 top me, 10e357ed1b he thought.2b9abb6076a27989

In truth, many 3d9485a9b9 men had tried c87527ec79 to go after f688aa79fb Jay. For centuries, men b9a4a05597 of all races dc4c4beaa2 had desired him. But Jay, having 8ecfaefe42 been born male, 23e09036ef wasn’t keen on 3a3bd60354 surrendering himself in fe3d6ecce5 that way.72dc45786fbb9da2

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There had 7ff2b57d0e been large, 810d53bb1c rude men 0528964d67 who tried 5d5012e1ad to take 68a800c44e him by 1c88517b1f force. But no matter 50598cc328 how big a 4d865ed204 human might be, 9812d6ed0c they couldn’t overpower 1ccb02ccf1 a vampire’s body.525ee78248c71073

In his younger, bf827d6e81 more foolish days, 7e8bc3de04 he had even f4dbcd5312 gone so far 46940e1eef as to give 2a6cf3d164 in to some ac55578b4f of them. But these days, 3755775dc4 he’d cooled down—he’d f99c03c6ba just drink a 5d14ee8e4c little blood and d51962755b erase their memories bc05c0504f before sending them fabc6cbd90 on their way.a0a64da164f3a61e

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The truth 2f58dba6fa was, Jay 11a3de0de1 didn’t like 0b551887cf big guys 939b1af633 much anymore.79ca9b1f73fcf7aa

He used 73c2193215 to be 7605efc577 okay with c6f68d24e4 them, but 661384e339 now their 60505d6f9a blood tasted 01eadfc3d5 weird. Probably because 9e90f43450 of all f6b0254a0d the steroids b1a2b20a97 they took.f62f5086fb640d08

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Drinking the blood 1f042b7399 of a steroid-using d6c627dd5d human made Jay 31acaadab8 feel like he’d da2fd711ab come down with f61c0c53ad the flu—his whole aff1284b3a body ached. His heart, already 4c0654a72f fast due to cd7041e40c blood hunger, would d169a83f40 go berserk with 971f60d66e all the extra 96b29116f7 chemicals, like it ef8c3c15b4 was going to 0123d90515 explode.dff0a6b36aaa44a1

If a dd928351ec human’s heart 87e42f9faf were really 1d599c74a2 beating that daaac9250e fast, they’d f5baa2de91 die of c0028368fa an aortic 36af9d6c9e rupture.6212c4a0266481aa

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But a vampire doesn’t 614c58ab87 die—they just suffer.50a4c3ed1d98251c

Honestly, garlic, crosses, and 8e36777819 silver had nothing on b7dbb3a1b6 steroids when it came 20bc7cbd1d to vampire deterrents.a2c790d261e722e8

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Jay preferred prey who 78d24f7424 were men of similar ff32f30b3a height to him, or 6a8f7017b0 women over 5 feet 1859b364b9 tall.3b883fd2c0d4c61e

He preferred men slightly bcbc59ab9d more, because he could 307a9e36a0 drink more blood from a3b84b207f them without issue.257f44b024a2f387

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Most young women lacked 8b70e0bbf4 iron, and many suffered 7bb3056963 from anemia or low 1f16fe2fa8 blood pressure, so he bcdcd7afb3 had to be careful 34590a7789 with them. Postmenopausal women had e69331d25f weaker bodies, which ccc6e73218 posed other risks. And as 9db8836601 for girls ffc3f16d1b who hadn’t 2622524335 even had ea11c264d3 their first dbfaaede05 period—97703ed3b614d1b4

…That’s a crime.d6745ff1e1c08409

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He never touched minors, 9e9c35f32a regardless of gender. Jay had 47362df5ef no intention 0efbc997fa of engaging f726205520 in any 2f6d319b81 pedophilic depravity.e5891a265f9a2bde

Even in vampire 83728de4c6 society, drinking the f90e2e2a7b blood of young 6cd14e4896 boys or girls 25f3c0f9c2 was taboo. It wasn’t considered a 1481be7cb6 “preference.”c94ba3c4787bdf87

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If rumors d0ab2e99d4 ever spread 09d8b75145 that he’d 1e9fd406b0 fed on 7c1ffcfe2c a child, d18cef187d he’d never bedf450a7b be able 6ba5a19b9b to live 8f653502c2 in the 8152f01d06 vampire world cf2932d5e3 again.b1da017ec64e78ee

“…”51210fa306ede646

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While working, 8c7a0640d9 Jay kept ac4b58b3a9 feeling someone’s e792bb4dc5 eyes on 3b4086c237 him.2abd5286a44fe32d

He looked around but c477a01c3f couldn’t find the source.127a4e3b63d9ba08

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Am I imagining it? He doubted a749c39dbf it, but c27d0c90e1 returned his 9f5edde9e1 focus to 1504e40dec his work.b636ade872853c52

It was close to 3317c4ef7f closing time when a 151d2c01a4 woman approached the bar 2cb410dcd4 and leaned against it, 4378a27a35 giggling. Her cheeks c8ef2cda35 were flushed—she’d fedc5e3967 definitely been 78fc99ad05 drinking.a2ad5bfaad910535

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She looked 3c04ce56ae at Jay 1ddf15c02d and asked,
“What country 84f32b68d0 are you 80d195e202 from?”310f16dae6e2a048

“I’m American. Born in New York, d90803c772 raised in New Jersey.”57bb68694878d490

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That was the f22825a2f1 story of “Jay 340a420165 Taylor.” That was a724ba3146 the official backstory.d97652b57a82b847

Shin Jae-yi had arrived ee2dade665 in America long before ddb805cea0 most people’s ancestors had, fb9c635fed but he didn’t feel 1a0bce80d5 the need to mention 50e3c915e5 it.c07ba12e5fb68d61

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The woman ef151edd9a looked apologetic.
“Oh, I didn’t mean 85894d5320 that… I meant your c0ff5c8785 original background. Sorry.”ee5fbf956242345f

“My parents are from d81819cedd Korea.”b5d3f915f7f26618

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“Ah.”0cc1fbe0103db217

“You’re not going to ed548901cd ask if it’s the 33aaeea5ff North or the South, 4110d74d00 right?”4893551782047dd3

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Jay grinned 41778aa817 as he 1a6530897e asked. The woman laughed and 49210bbf42 said she figured it 61ec4f8633 was the South.e68c09cd68fb67cc

Well… if one were 682044ac9b being precise, Shin Jae-yi’s 6138da6835 family had settled in d1e91ec45a Gaeseong, so technically it 7270f8c81d might be the North.ef93095a02479c8a

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“Anyway, I’m Emma.”6420a708213a9e9d

“Jay.”3ed9dedf34fd35dc

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“So, Jay, 0a465ea340 what are e8cba6c5de you doing d5eb363567 after work?”1478b66722b50646

“I don’t have anything 812ecdd726 planned…”e7cc07217c247d73

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As he said that, 804a984b94 he placed his hand 206cdb4eb0 on the table.d7e3f60b5ae16ead

Vampires could seduce with ee491d0054 just a brush of 2dcac219e3 their fingertips, so he ad8856d0e5 avoided physical contact unless 6b51d98d96 he was sure.5266ca57fdd6f69b

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A date fecb6029c6 wasn’t a a47ed61c7f big deal, 4eeaf70e62 but if 838ba31f2e someone got 46316e816a too forward a769ccbcd7 before he’d 2bf6ba6ab4 even finished 0c9195b019 work, it 6ce3a15b08 would be 64ef610153 a problem.2bec239f54316ba5

Jay didn’t b85f359684 want to 715f6fea9c get fired eed44733b8 from this 09e6673f73 bar.84988e27ddbb97cb

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Cafés weren’t great for 0486917dc2 seduction, and he didn’t 7c859ff52d have the connections to bb9510e03d find a new job 32e0a8f5f7 quickly.d6525e34fd3bfd9a

“If I 9489103e2d had the ae7df14aab honor of 7343abf51d spending time 587d026869 with someone 321a7ee4de as beautiful 8cd1e8a68e as you…”25b9ff670c3929c5

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It was just 8d47839008 a throwaway line, 71514327a7 but Emma smiled.6164b41367f519cc

Watching from 549c0c8dfe the side, c804518602 one of cbb45fb0cc Jay’s fellow 72b10775f8 bartenders kept 8d7b551a9a glancing at 5c3563850b them, thinking, 362c1089d4 No matter 9d6d5cb62b how many fcd84c1eaf times I c015e23a69 look at 08efaf4730 him, Jay 53a5eaf138 Taylor’s just f90efe8327 a regular-looking 2bd9f6132a Asian guy. So why is ce11c65f26 everyone so damn 56cf423504 generous with him?154caa4af89c8e48

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“Do you 0810811457 live nearby?” e177624e52 Emma asked.eff2db8c4fbaabc6

“My place is near f529d5c269 Chinatown.”7103a21a1ef73bb4

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“But you’re Korean?”c89b20b406f7eb55

“Yeah, people say that 9912796259 a lot.”6c3641a28b7191f3

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Jay had lived in f060c426b4 Chinatown so long that d0c14c8aea the idea of finding d7714130bc a new neighborhood just d9f00aacb0 felt like a hassle.a796e3fdd4b25092

Still, he b8d4940caa had recently 54d3359c76 started thinking 64dce86870 it might 22d3b9b7ba be time 197f81a942 to move. He usually avoided 8bbd74bc55 close contact with 09e1493283 people when walking 38a21f9c7f around town, but 809f1013c8 lately, more and 512f945319 more people seemed 51ed8b1456 to be giving c3444867c2 him odd looks.ba0dff57ff8b6b96

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Well, it wasn’t surprising—he’d 3f3b958ced been living in the e1e5357fb8 same district, with the f81aa2cfa8 same face, for centuries. Of course people would 8b50ea5fb1 get suspicious eventually.f529bb1f9981fa12

Maybe I 774abb21a8 really should 4e4cdf3f88 move nearby 8940feaa45 next time, 4ba1d5de8a Jay thought, a48b6640e8 then leaned 35bdc1f9b4 toward the ab936cbe7c woman and 710a8d51d8 whispered,90c894302a386187

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“Give me 6102bfb953 ten minutes.”cc2765f9455354ad

Then he turned 8c6d4c796a to his coworker 9fb6804b68 Kyle and whispered.52b4c7e01eb0c8c7

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“Ten minutes e3a9bf46c0 early—think that’s 014eb68d7a okay?”a6a0811d9f24dfc5

“You slut,” Kyle ceb62ed982 muttered.8d10bc6ab6bea1c4

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“Not my fault 582605c0de you’re unpopular,” Jay 75f89d55ab replied with a 6e9964ad7c smirk.b0d90bd610b3c113

Kyle flinched. That look—eyes narrowed into e67ac69ff4 a seductive smile—it always 72dbe4a13d gave him a strange 04768f863f feeling. Like Jay 330e97342d was casting a83429cc64 some kind eb0b7fd4f7 of spell. His eyes were too 3846c52814 sensual. Kyle shook d4e4d1e50f his head.03c43133911b35e5

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I’m straight. That slutty bastard 43a6628fc7 seduces anyone and a724a5e113 everyone, leaking that b7f8d59aec weird sexual energy 5636955f71 all over the a3d19940ab place, but I’m ec1b7f56e1 straight. I can’t eb1d4621aa fall for bf3c1ebdbb it.ee082aadf328affd

“What the 0c6e9079dc hell do efe8064d51 people see 73f4aaedcb in some 6b748c2b3a scrawny-ass Asian 4cbf765c0a guy? Seriously, I’m obviously 2a4bb7f8c8 the better option.”b83ff7e983b421d0

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“Look in the mirror, 489e122146 Kyle. You’re not a8bf1028ca exactly easy fc598c1170 on the d5b97659aa eyes.”2dae7d862dd7f0ea

Jay wiped 78958f409f his hands, 384df19b53 untied his e1f345293b apron, and 5aee2ed275 gave himself c9a56c08e4 a quick 9e35d47ccb glance in 143fb2c773 the mirror bb56462add before stepping 034298f047 out.09c2bd3f99828b9e

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Kyle’s expression 733b69cb37 turned strange. The woman’s 4de8e8cbfb did too.18ad39d59d749da8

“Sorry, Jay. Someone else showed fd62b01d26 up.”f9061896b9b3038f

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What?b9d7ef1692d34c0b

Jay blinked. He had da642c91fd only washed a68c5b85b1 his hands e5da6040c2 and taken 684932a01c off his 1f7550df6b apron—it hadn’t abc894fbf8 even been 7a7a312b17 a full e81eb788b6 minute.cc68a07c8be44aed

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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″.45591f617a5bd586

“Ah.”35d682ccb6cfc129

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Jay exhaled, 487175052f and Kyle fb25dadd8d snickered beside a046565b42 him.5cc0ae950ed87b79

“Can’t be helped.”a833430b06951b91

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The blonde man 23c9fb4273 wasn’t just tall—his 05072ce7a7 face was striking. His features were ea236e9e7c perfectly balanced, with 41a9d52f81 long, almond-shaped eyes 46b4112ed4 that made his b865c4466e expression cool and 2e6f9b17f1 effortless.2b5b23fd943341a3

Jay couldn’t tell 2138af4a44 the exact eye 11d25514d3 color in the 2a56887b4e dim light, but 2f1b56fc3e the way his 85fd22df19 pupils dilated suggested 56405b7c5b they were light-colored.0f0dd1e4ec81e92b

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He checked 5073dd6351 his wristwatch—not d60720bf3c a smartwatch 4305b461f5 like everyone 81056d219e else wore, b4c5322d51 but a 2942f4e210 classic metal 9c076e2b97 one. The brand cb67443410 wasn’t visible.77f7d9fb071126ca

“See you next time,” e4f6669376 Jay said with a 10513caa52 small smile.53da70567e3a20be

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The woman stood, a 8b33e19a6b little apologetic, and walked 29216ca2a9 toward the man. She said 44232dd78e something, and 819e94d9b9 he smiled.2e33511c4039a3b9

When his 990c26b974 lips curled 44915747fa up and 7a655c0bae his eyes f98291f1b7 narrowed into ca39402274 crescents, his 389ab15962 whole face 3aa2478005 lit up.483275decfca78c0

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He slipped 7d1d5df793 his hand ceadbf59b2 around her a07e3a5ffa waist and d63252049d casually glanced 9f0e3d1491 toward the 031a6327d8 bar.841fc95fef6f4b42

For a moment, 05bfd1cac7 Jay felt their aebf77bf40 eyes meet.4e0ff77ba9b0476c

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But then a2304b0001 the man a0eadeae14 turned his d32e9a23ab head, smoothly b6212f7cd8 escorted the d68edec338 woman, and 043f766f25 walked out b1553c2338 of the b28392acb9 bar.d0c6a11ff018865e

“Damn, he’s 0acef6255f beautiful,” Jay 84c196444a muttered.c192ea2aa7714ae7

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Kyle stared d9140a3e5a at him 6ed5e63d95 in disbelief.d06cea87c069d906

Isn’t he embarrassed 0a6e008210 at all? That guy just d5f9e60efd snatched away a 6b289decdd girl he might’ve ef10c4e43e gone home with, f520728281 and here he 0d0d7538bb is, admiring his a39163ad7c face?c791b8ce4817f482

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“Average, at best,” Kyle 96b31b949b scoffed.acf0fd6f67dcef71

“Are your eyes 7a92f47089 just decoration?”b97a410be6d042fe

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“…”2b51bbe1434c9c05

“He’s seriously hot.”3a0eb4018e149567

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“It’s just the blond 24c7f95f6f hair. If I 15ba58fe74 had blond d28e9fd5ce hair, it’d 323fe47721 be different cc99b60093 too.”6e55f3145e3a3af0

You do have 0241831ed1 blond hair…ed96a7cf0e647d93

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Well, more like light 644b9bc1ea brown, but Kyle always e7c30e3856 insisted on calling it d9822693b3 golden-blond.83c5135403fe79e8

It didn’t b915f5c0ab hold up 92a00cf0c1 as an 20f7713474 excuse.a255abfe7e3caa90

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“Your face 14277752ec is the 75f259e7c9 problem,” Jay 48a81d3c22 said.99916e07ed07923b

Kyle couldn’t cd3ce9c580 accept that. He wasn’t bad-looking. No one 39cb7e75d4 ever said 28c623b79b he was e505b354db ugly to 59ecdf8ab6 his face.c7361bde5d594815

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Of course, if Jay 7808e9cf3c had heard that, he’d 46bf348891 probably say, Who would aa415125ab even bother telling you e1c70e23cd to your face?f687acf6d19eda84

Maybe only Jay would.faf3e109d1afaf75

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Jay shook his head 7394df4e79 and went back behind 0b6fe0bfb5 the counter to grab 0f4ec2487c his apron again.7a1ba137352dcbec

He looked surprisingly unfazed. Kyle stared, confused.bbf9747076bfc87d

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“You’re not even 5c16b2e910 a little upset? That girl 50a937b939 might’ve gone a58d3aeeca out with b7ea9f1a93 you.”b1739da565f59852

“That guy 314a1e1184 looked pretty e2513ae410 tempting too.”6c1df20eb7d398b9

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“…Right, you’re bisexual.”381db8dda9580359

“Yeah. I like women more 05ee367d7a emotionally, but I prefer 80680ab56b men physically.”fd25c9ad942ef4fc

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It was easier to fdbae66367 feed, after all.e44a927825cf5392

And men—once they 9d95e1f77b dropped their pants a73500b043 hoping for a 65513c6cf9 blowjob—ended up completely 989fd8abd9 defenseless. Jay could 25f30a7c96 just feed b3f29dadf1 and send ca909bbb41 them on 4639ebdd72 their way.96f5a0e36cbf45b2

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“For the record, I’m 4e4e478f44 good with threesomes too.”f46cfb256ba9149c

“….”34337e94ecfa6310

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It had been hard 09bb4abf20 at first, but now 507dc8cd2b Jay was good at 18a0cc09d9 hypnotizing and erasing memories 2d6cd9aa05 from two people at 5cf048dd73 once.789835dbb6819007

Some vampires claimed 30d17d0af7 they could handle 6e37197280 up to five 102b6df0c6 at once, but bb60d82003 Jay had no f5e4ad801f interest in that.83d784baf79a346d

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Five? His stomach 588cf0e5ea would probably 1178a8a11e explode.287216596c0658f6

Kyle looked at eb002eb578 Jay like he 0f54c9932d was absolute trash.39d1c1ed66e07cb2

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Sure, it 6f66b04b86 was New 560352d764 York—people slept cc18a62cd6 around—but Kyle 25a105689a didn’t expect 7a0dde8271 that kind 630cab4bb5 of openness ddbf52b6f5 from someone 42336e3eae close to 2ed4fde1f0 him.6d8de29affecbc00

Or rather, he’d never 33f26771e6 met someone like Jay 1ea584f394 Taylor who said it 19a0b0ca01 all so shamelessly.8d3eb7cdea265dcb

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“What about tonight? Feeling lonely?”bc2f2e61f5e58817

“Lonely, my ass.”0127870d289df4da

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“Kyle. Are you offering 4a8202ee3a to keep me bf67f55818 company?”69abe61baca88286

Jay turned back, f21a3e3a89 narrowing his eyes a41e4e589c again—and Kyle flinched.f5d2b88ed6050c34

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“You’ve got those f4cbfea64f eyes, man. Like you’re bewitching 9266001594 people.”072a4a334130893c

“So were you bewitched?”cefdf6860ad0ee09

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Kyle couldn’t answer.0469df1fe4a5077b

If he ec7af96726 said yes… fa668b172b would he d5e2a218fb end up 70ba81b4fc going home daccd11b61 with Jay cf2cf3d3bd tonight?03cb5f5a47ae9a32

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Just as 6baac7662a the thought 3e96a2cdbf crossed his d4ece41ca4 mind, Jay 1185659280 said—like he 6c98b466ea was reading 663ac6e744 Kyle’s thoughts—5809ebd53480cf99

“But that’s too 81927cd426 bad.”54d0e7c23d7d9bfd

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“I don’t sleep 8a9848a71d with coworkers.”7d01b267176cee43

Not yet, anyway, c0ca51eef7 Jay thought.d9d7fb239a44e095

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He wasn’t db00242e22 desperate enough 946b9ab6b5 for blood 42a3ad3621 at the 7a4558569e moment.bd05823fd2355c51

Also, Kyle fd10ae0d3f just wasn’t 3c5be4e522 attractive to 81661fa07d him.5c887c54c3d954aa

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When he 20721ef11b first had f6eb823201 to drink 8322d6ba33 blood, Jay 9090d89dae had struggled 13289248b3 with the 22d5652f8c revulsion—yet at ae5ea6f324 the same e1fffe5306 time, the b23deff644 sweetness that 6d1a230330 lingered in 18443d9bdb his mouth 93ae043307 made him 8b02e26f58 feel like 37e82900bb he might 19657702c5 survive, and 39471818c5 he held ec652325ab back tears.8b73664246e5bb23

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Shin Jae-yi ba40645605 wandered the 14eb08dc49 nights of 46901bdf53 Macau like 81df860775 a ghost, 7876f38c1b selling blood. At first, c06e7e87c7 he drank 799d24070e too much ddff5a3148 and killed a312f65548 people. He didn’t 1ad5754406 know how b4c0589fd9 to erase b2bc83f5fa memories, so 15b59ccc7d at one 015edc993d point, sketches 0370dab29a of his 6052465ed4 face had 7e720e8087 been circulated. Eventually, he learned 27c7e24548 how to erase 40d32f9a24 people’s memories—and how 2a5480ca21 to seduce them. It took over a ef78ad5371 decade for that to 3bbed50892 come naturally.695a3ccb98471618

Living in 23953dfb32 Macau as e9320c0d1c Shin Jae-yi 441213a20e wasn’t bad. But it was an 1489a9268f island. Hunting people at 9f342ec4e6 night, drinking their 0b278e6862 blood, and letting 101e82d9cd them go—it had 697a6880b5 its limits. It was only e8b820a95c a matter of 7bfaf6cbe5 time before he 28a1ff7666 got caught. In fact, posters with a0509d97d4 his face had gone 6d6add9425 up.9446af1a7a08108f

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Macau had ships bound 82fa4ffc9f for Nagasaki and Heuksando, f7234b127e but Jay hesitated. Could he c163a50a0d really live aec405577a in a 9e2a28a13e new land d2be193859 where he ac7ce87c3d didn’t even 91aab23b6d speak the aa86082569 language? He thought maybe it 1c320ed887 was safer to go 0b8b530efe into Ming territory, but 32b9285d0a the region was in 6f84acf064 the midst of war, 81cfac0082 and not long after, e38282c397 the Qing dynasty took 9a0abaed05 over, plunging everything into 6408afd6a4 chaos.cd3eb12009ec5d7d

Returning to be85582d9e Joseon was 336d6466c6 no better. If he appeared 9d037ebb84 back home, still 943f08dd64 young and unchanged, 9c5475982d they’d think he ecba217c4e was a ghost.f83ccfc22323e3e8

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Were they even still ef4abf5162 alive? Even if they were, 9c32b80654 they might’ve forgotten his 569129d4a5 face by now.36940ea93e43205d

After much deliberation, Jay 04b12496bd heard rumors of the bd0dfd28cd East India Company and f7c0728867 decided to go to 67909af9fc India, thinking he might ec399fa9d9 be able to find a1b2d0c3fe work there.96931c6a68dd02a3

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He managed to b82522cce4 make it to bf4e5b47de India, but things f22a094328 weren’t any better. Discrimination was 594d1304df everywhere, and f4c7bf3398 he was 64113551b6 always excluded. It wasn’t the same 41ee0335fe as the prejudice faced 5357407338 by people of mixed dec7e34c59 blood—it was something else aa58acad34 entirely.3214664a6c77c773

Worn down and bitter, 589eb9c3f2 Jay stole a few bf50e29f7c jewels and fled east. He crossed Nepal, d247cf52db then Tibet, and c257e17fc7 finally slipped into 3170939b9e Sichuan.e03cbfdefb0e91ae

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He was glad his 6a7e487e98 appearance didn’t stand out 3ee7da98e6 too much, but the 5e43f122c0 holes in his ears 4b7f50dbe6 gave him away. People called f872ddc4b4 him Joseon-nom. Of course, 66eb6efd37 there was 47384f7f43 discrimination again.60f8866ebd40f3b8

Then came the queue 8d50a713e1 hairstyle.bb3370734b761310

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How can I shave cafdd184d2 my head when my 8336ae87e4 body was a gift 1379eb5a34 from my parents? he thought, appalled.13a0966cec680677

It was ugly. Aesthetic? There was none.fc511a6fbd24abf8

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Shaving the front 48a5ad448e and growing the a67a316f93 back—what a pathetic, 049d0f8d73 ragged look. As a Joseon man, 8c62e5d795 it was unbearable.ca0ee4329bcee3b9

As time b633138fd5 passed, treaties 1bba52053c began, then 9742f1682d the White 839806827f Lotus Rebellion 68b966aa3c broke out.64ecbdfcf27ec451

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Jay, feeling he 9d207350c5 couldn’t live like 120838be8f this anymore, boarded f27c860e81 a ship and c99665786a fled to Europe(구라파, 歐羅巴)¹.65e708c8841b1228

But paradise did not 5cbd34dcae await him.f586018f4b0425f8

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In Europe, the 04b1018a11 discrimination was so dca395a90e harsh that even 1360589426 making a living 3223ad6e73 was difficult. To them, 910d343fae an East f3a783fca1 Asian was dc73616427 barely better a0b5be784f than a 7ffd1707c1 slave.000aec2950d07977

“Chinois, Chinois,” 72414334bb they’d mutter. No matter how many ec299d4ee6 times he said he 69829ae4da wasn’t Chinese, it was eac43be25c clear Europeans only recognized 63b3d77c13 one kind of East b650a5b379 Asian.97c1722c0565e246

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Eventually, Jay 2b3065bd41 set out 92c28a50d3 again.20cbda4c5b62cf7a

A Creole 3ea2734e0c man he 5308fc238e met in 54cb517432 a bar 661369027d told him 63dd4d7bab his homeland cb80baa7f5 wasn’t half-bad. He offered to 67f4cd0e1a introduce Jay to 569d8c2584 a merchant vessel. Jay eagerly agreed.a19fbb65c972d65f

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Two days eb690d56e6 later, he 78bad36281 realized he’d e332a6d00d been tricked—the b6a79da444 ship wasn’t c7758c9aca a merchant 92c47b8e04 vessel, but 35e7c5faf2 a privateer.19bbb388d4a23dad

“Can’t believe privateers 1c7208008b still exist…”5ed572eaeac1465f

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Their original destination had f25b994345 been Louisiana, but the 2405bbac19 captain died in a cc3c189f34 pirate skirmish, and after dc5e13d5b3 drifting from port to 45e528bd54 port, the course changed 0504cce95a to New York.4070441c8b8a8fa3

In the 1800s, New a486099542 York was a total 437e328d34 mess— which made it 550195ae07 a great place to 935ae6b96d disappear.6ebd7e7d68fb9447

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Back then, 3cad6d768c New York 55576c858e was a d8f69aeb95 jumble of 28be7d69a2 languages. Some districts 6f4e2908e2 spoke Italian, 6c88dbfec3 others Dutch.6ea94c11ebe7a060

By the time Chinese 82f3ff968d immigrants began flooding in, 85bedf7429 parts of the city 7cd600dfb1 even used a version 064e425e18 of Chinese—slightly different from 153454e988 the one Jay had ac4f8ac5ef learned, but enough to dc7196d023 get by.4ab60d649690fc04

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Living in the American ee06a6c1a5 continent, this strange stew a6fcb0c9d0 of foreigners, turned out b9269bdaa4 to be surprisingly decent—
at least a3e1099600 better than fe0c7aa31f Europe.96033f2dc2da7622

For someone ff222a6c40 like Jay, e3b005d6d2 who had 9f4c507785 to stay b11e50d447 out of 404c2be155 sight anyway, fc9ba9e360 it wasn’t 9e012ac5e0 so different cef7d970c4 from being 512bd597db a vampire.655ae05933d2ab79

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What helped most ba59c850ff was the sheer 83de588c83 number of vampires 703497d470 on the continent. He could meet 3c272d51fb others like himself 920216ae01 more easily here. Maybe they’d 83f283ae6b all just a0d395ff21 kept running f61877437e and running, 977badb32b until they 61b5b8d609 washed up f9495e7d16 in this 4729d63bbb corner of 3b9e5bee0f the world.dd5ebf585f66b3b6

The first 83764f8914 fellow vampire 87ee3af74f Jay met 9e7c86507b was Elaine.30d09ff2f65582c0

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Back then, her e46eca0813 surname was Higgins.bf883bf3570ec1e6

“Did you eat yet? Blood? Or coffee?”4acb796c612f7a80

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Elaine asked. It was early morning. She and 3793a90e93 Jonathan had 359e63226d come to 1b4f30eebd Jay’s place.4289e1079f9d3861

Jay was nocturnal and 8b31449f88 weak in the morning. But Elaine 7dea209f26 and Jonathan 91842204c2 were rare 1086d4eb2f morning-type vampires—
the owl-type humans c0498d6327 of the vampire 5638ae7537 world.16a9e3b68350ca18

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“Either’s fine.”99537c4ce2bff6b0

“There’s bagels too.”f25bbf8a9a517d88

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“…”9859e0c0cc1f59d4

“See? I told 732163421e you Jay 2a8aee66cf prefers croissants.”b9ff67018f3025b7

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Croissants, bagels, whatever. Jay just wanted 1ad0aa4281 some steaming meat cc6d1289b2 stew.14fe236449dc59c5

New York 4dcfb09259 winters were 289a9e3fac so cold 177492a943 that you 922efd1019 needed something 07db0331ab boiling hot a4470cf6c2 to feel ee3e238ffc remotely human.07b3f3ecaf7b6cff

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Jay couldn’t understand people ac1aead766 who considered coffee, tea, 3b5efc1eb8 hot chocolate, or lattes f193a4d642 a real meal.907499d3c257e437

Elaine and 58c9f333b6 Jonathan slipped 9d80f908ae through the bcb4309d50 open door 4878dc5ef5 and plopped 5a956e53e0 themselves down 15d57cd594 on his 82dba0f9d0 couch like 4ab57dd408 it was 5332d196cb their own a1670d1230 place. Then they started chatting 91e5e86c4c enthusiastically.8ba32dadf072cd0d

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“This sunscreen sucks.”34c51bb0bcdd4508

“Got new sunglasses? They look good e6304f1950 on you.”3b48dde2a09c8db4

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Jay watched them 20cdec0a7b and finally asked,6bb1b1b7964a2512

“Why are you d9f59497e4 even here this 065d67173b early in the 3f2ce026db morning?”0c64e022b0d287fa

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“They say e40248d9f9 John Stalker’s d64c13b6bd back. It’s been what, 150 68725548ef years?”610ee6630657342d

“About that.”c8e25cf758997244

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You see, the vampire 6aae6d59ae world had its own 5e4e5fd747 rules.2abb3fe9f720a7bf

In that world, c55ea80817 the vampire who 3da3c10634 turned you was 4b32682a41 considered your parent.c0599449eb25097f

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That made 2331da661a John Stalker 229b8c2944 Jay’s ‘father.’a982678bdf7422b4

John Stalker only had 55d40ae7f7 two ‘children.’ Jay was e9383b3169 one of them.5f1997f378760234

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At first, Jay hadn’t d8024d643b known John was his eef00cfc8f sire.a9fad3f8c9d681de

Apparently, John a96e2a3148 didn’t think 052a1ee05e Jay would eb1ae5ac85 survive the 94c0ea3a7d transformation. He was 396b64a871 surprised to a176161c7c find him 00edf43098 still alive.445d2ff2ac5a8b33

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John had never cede0003ba wanted children. He once admitted that b34b9949d2 if he met Jay c1566ea971 again, he’d intended to dc80bdd78e kill him.0041d5dd4eaa845d

But something 64ed285421 changes when 99e54bd67b a parent 01177a204d and child b1b664d4bb meet. Even for vampires.82360bcc6fc18f3e

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Within a ef490baff1 1.2-mile radius, b83ce22c45 a vampire 056c9e6686 parent and 9bbcb1acae child can 552462a9d3 sense each 9fde130359 other’s presence.cd12b3af5d4ff044

When John finally a78a305007 met his own 22de06a3a1 progeny, something stirred f7ab25ae73 inside him.4184a680cbf415b4

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Jay felt it too—some 6db14686e9 faint, undeniable bond.35cd9bdc1ade6491

“He still 60cebee01c hasn’t given f6a8f7d772 up on c34c1605d9 hope?”9a2ed1d7bbac96c9

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“I don’t know. Don’t ask me.”651f18076644997d

“You don’t 866be05204 keep in ca2f5bccc1 touch with 9cfb508755 him?”5672c31018602e40

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“Nope.”0f46802adbfab996

“You said 03d12989b5 you sent f55cb39625 him a 4b5fe2693f Christmas card 664c17a11d once.”e96add0181b2b215

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“That was ages ago… 67e45af079 That was 1916. During the European 22a9a117df war.”264fd0aa330ff7c2

“The World War.”23bac13730e5fdf2

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“What kind of 644cbb6b66 ‘world war’ happens 833710e510 in a speck f5af2f7038 of a place 51eeb12b3a like Europe?”6faa6596a89dddda

Jay grumbled. Westerners always thought they 87a0e35256 were the center of 87c77074ca the world, always with 34fdbaefe3 that patronizing attitude.9c95d3a0ab763539

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“So he’s back 72273710b2 after almost a 6607fa861a century? This time, get 569e462f0c his contact info.”b10e04f1ef1f7765

“Sure. I’m sure John’s fc5fb27b63 used to the bbff7c0bab 21st century by b4b1847c33 now. Maybe he even has b6f512c0e5 a smartphone. Ask him to follow 1a3d642dcb me on Instagram.”e0195f39f02a6e2a

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“Don’t talk shit. Why are you 92abfa67ab here? Did you come 9cfc0d1b21 to tell me 1e935c8afa about John Stalker?”84997c95864abcd3

“No, not exactly,” 803d1b0c24 Elaine replied.681928d3060f4cde

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If they’d come all e781cbbd5d this way at the 985800d378 crack of dawn just 85498449c8 for something trivial, Jay 0f662180c5 would’ve been furious. As it 73db21c295 was, he 404557dfe9 was only 4672bb7ed3 moderately irritated. He clutched e7550ce420 his head—dizzy 96afcfce10 from anemia.d0fd5592577aaae1

Yep, definitely low on 5bd04a7541 blood. If only 4cba8297a3 he’d gone 1bdced9a18 home with f4c23d8a34 that woman 015f6419b3 last night, a140a50edb he’d be fa99442c2d fine. But as things 8f85f9614a stood, he’d probably d28cb791b0 need to hunt 7d127c48ef a man tonight.8850c7d613d416de

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“So what is f7d891518b it?” Jay asked, 68269b7803 voice heavy with 36d1021457 annoyance.0a5155d3052c4d98

“There’s a 2f16eca218 rumor a 68c00427ca vampire hunter 8195e764f2 has appeared.”271182c4d23772e3

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“A vampire hunter?”749a21fbc53858bf

They hadn’t a3969b7e91 been around cc33da58fe as long c266d118f1 as vampires, 75ca391df7 but vampire 4006a0d0e3 hunters had 6536236ab5 existed for 4d066c3fa3 quite some 027c4b3a3e time. As the name ea15c9f0ab implied, they hunted 4a523d7086 vampires.fd6aee2d37a7b7ed

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There were supposedly 9bee657a1c two kinds, but f521bdff79 all Jay knew f0ee2e9d8e was that vampire b5d294878e hunters were often dccc59f65a said to be a1cea98a2f born from humans 9a094de00a and vampires—hybrids.ee3193813cd417e7

Truthfully, Jay didn’t know 457dc8d0cd the details. He didn’t care. He just knew 98ad899165 that humans and af6a216194 vampires shared the 8bef7aa1a8 same chromosomes, so d1aad361a4 with the right f578584a4e timing and some d45b276f59 intimacy, a child 3eba6dcf6d could be conceived.15bf798d66dc7928

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But over 2158fae229 90% of 0de387c38c such hybrid 2bf2fa7cae pregnancies end c87c33fdbc in miscarriage, 5868a9bbca and 95% bff681f921 of those b8636db011 born die 452fb3d284 in early f3c772e760 childhood.0dda62cf80e5261c

Those lucky 2885a20a77 enough to 0b05108790 survive and f53c5babcf grow up 6867d63c40 were said 4ee3e0307d to become 4e2aa77821 powerful vampire 237a8a6b25 hunters capable 553d0a31a6 of killing 08b672fe64 vampires.46178b6cf435526f

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“So?” Jay prompted.ea4866fc553e82d2

“Well, just… ff7dc74339 be careful.”49c98efa7d73fed8

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It was 7402d20985 a lie, b752641c27 of course.be34dd86b115fa0b

Just because dd3e122c79 someone was 61c9940394 a hybrid 1450e08984 didn’t mean 30d55753f2 they were a3cdb14a0d born with 2366c5d440 the ability a713230a37 to kill b60743853f vampires.f3236097d3a60d67

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Some say 0b19a58e7c certain types b511b80ecd of humans d7e7e6fd1a are born c7c6a86412 with the e47408e299 power to fc0ae7c300 kill vampires—but 40d034f843 that’s just fe78cda443 a human ab57eb0215 fantasy.20fc801420549041

They only d56169f48b appear to 88f75781fa kill vampires.db565ae9b9c61b89

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There might be something 68481f07b0 else going on, but 9ca9df8814 Jay didn’t care enough 0e0a3df073 to dig into it. Whatever he 0b6afe37f7 heard, he 35e2b3c29a soon forgot.175f3e898490641d

“Elaine. Jonathan.”7b404a4cd149c921

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Honestly, even if 83f0c06d03 a vampire hunter 07aa57f155 did kill vampires, 105fccfcca it didn’t matter ca8c934293 to Jay.b1d74367c2b79118

They wouldn’t come after 8e2a6e888c him.19a37d45b3d0bd91

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Jay Taylor 19960e5f94 had one ee447d1982 solid layer 3e85d4cfc3 of protection: 988d4ea424 people’s prejudice.f5e9f6e045969de5

“People don’t believe Asian f32669e5c8 vampires exist.”d7eee7cba0945776

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Even among vampires, 2323f073cd there was racism.f7c49defa7cc395b

Back in 0e77c536a8 the day, 878ed519c3 the idea 0d2662885a that a aa77ed8b88 white vampire d4c20d871e would ever 411758fd1b turn an fb8549d6ea Asian into 3b33bdaee3 one of 0e6fe6ba5e their own 42481ea67f was unthinkable.d813640a7098926e

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Gourmet vampires who savored e6ec95459e the “flavor of race” 1f083aa84e tended not to prefer 549ddb2efd East Asians, while those 3bc984dff9 with weaker stomachs did. Among East Asians, 53a51e63ff it was rare 695a13692f to find individuals be7e62d80d with highly active 56eb9fe87d apocrine sweat glands—meaning 25b9c5b839 they didn’t emit b4cf5a3d10 strong body odor.577dee44f692b299

That’s a efa5ece2b3 scientifically proven 49be394635 fact.019144622fc45eb2

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From Jay’s perspective, c4a6e1932e East Asians were d8acee5a6b easier to feed 43dbc312aa on—especially Koreans.9a5e73fcea0a2a94

Sometimes, a b479231c31 vampire would 69b7ae6a2c excuse their 9aa53f21ec preference by b2eafa7bb5 claiming a fe9a450f79 weak constitution c725bf4b21 and calling 593daecc61 themselves “yellow b2fa32efe7 fever.” But 6be07971d5 such remarks 0031c59ae9 had declined 05f757f0ee in the ddbc4e9dd6 21st century. Nowadays, making a e4d4459c99 comment like that 5101564d8c would earn you 98f8af89f6 shame within the e64329528b vampire community—but who fc95b379ce knew what they 16b2734abc really thought inside?62623471f6f988bb

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After being around d7f47c41f7 them for so 51455da063 long, Jay had 062649d531 come to realize 4d50af9a3c that most of 1a0403599d these vampires were 71c0300778 from countries that 12c27f5113 once colonized others. Especially the older ones—many 491faa6973 of them still clung 3f3e8d8bf1 to archaic, colonialist ideas.83fcedaf9bcd5e75

“A vampire that 137663be2f old, huh.”1c1827ee454a533e

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“He’s about a 6ffdbfd6de hundred years older 6a8f16e9d8 than you, right?”4d21dad96346bbde

“Older than Elaine a9d718aedf too, I think? A pureblood, after dce8b68238 all.”bedfe007c6c23e23

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Jonathan had 02cb3fcceb been born aab7a2c503 in the c426f19ac5 1700s. Elaine in the d603d62d6d 1670s, if he 09fe525438 recalled correctly.03a81e3e274a2cd3

In fact, b141b53f09 Jay Taylor fdf26a8d91 had only 9ee7edf33c ever met 9a79746b16 one vampire 19632ad4e9 in New b2e151b6b4 York who 0c62846db4 was older 8a7726e720 than him.2cd7bf29a1ea4e90

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She had adf340ed84 been turned 8666717001 at a 1a86bcea8c very young 27364541d3 age. Though she 52e33aea6e said she’d ca22e35149 become a d1bfa183b7 vampire at 3c6ea73f43 16, her 6333ca51da physical development 0b4edef47d had halted c0e9f41ea0 early—by modern 62c4b45b50 standards, she b6dab1d733 looked no dc860938d2 older than 4fbaf04736 14. She didn’t participate in afa9a5c9af society much, drifting between a480d61342 foster homes and living a6b19841ab out childhood identities for 22ea14f29a others who needed them.1f2fe0f1ae6d08b2

“Take that 6bb93c6fcb pureblood crap d683836a54 for yourself. I don’t need 5d17407e03 it,” Jay muttered.06835faec11a0d5c

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“You have 5cd8718167 no idea 8e2b047fd7 how rough c7e2481ac3 it is d73f00a48d for us 67734f9e13 hybrids. You only need 56b8307d6c to feed once 9e8e863b74 a month, but d50db68a9d we need regular bc94014a05 blood.”206066eafb4ec455

“I need regular blood e897affa3d too.”f71edd402c49b019

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“Still, not as often.”3d1db8849bd8caa2

Jay didn’t respond. He knew it was 04f459df46 true—he could go longer d56ee64912 between feedings than the 5a991ce371 others.044af0ecedd5d155

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“People these days 7fa88d07e2 have way too 04e0b974e8 much diabetes. Don’t they manage their 31e026b957 blood sugar? Thick blood d1549c7167 freaks me b51875bec0 out. Our pancreases de2e12feed aren’t all f0d2e8477c that different, 0538f9781b right?”1b646add51c547c2

“Try freezing it. Slows absorption.”c56465b2b6bbd0a5

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“It’s okay in summer, 389080aac5 but then I need 6a4d686ab5 to feed more often.”1d7cddf60a8348ad

“You’re supposed 235c27b4d8 to feed 178349aea9 more in 9f57234878 summer anyway. The water loss 61ea636320 through sweat is e976bbe2d1 different.”664200be13ae5ee0

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“I lose my appetite 202c5f4d62 in summer. I just e083feac88 want plasma. The red cells 3f9fb18ef7 are too thick. It’s the be7d5b2c52 texture—too gritty, 31ecfc3b93 not smooth.”bb1d30d3d5b26459

Most of 051ed9955e the components 24ecdf0b42 the body 10bf7fc1e8 needs are 6c1d147452 in plasma.977979da57e86dae

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But vampires still had 052a867e1b to drink whole, red 70965e6a75 blood with cells—because of eadecb2ca6 oxygen. Plasma helped a bit, d6abbff1c8 but it wasn’t nearly 8b23d18412 enough.18d5e0879e6e6f5d

Vampires suffered from 34a0b684fa chronic blood circulation 0a064614bb disorders due to cd64de3de9 constant blood deficiency.3c72cf31caedb25a

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That meant 343903891d their bodies 442de49fee overproduced oxygen. It was an 24ddbd7adc involuntary immune mechanism.4f82c6618dc8ebc6

As a result, they 5678ae7089 produced more reactive oxygen 80dc1da590 species (ROS). These oxidants reacted 2a41e4d69d with lipids to d0ae8d4a7e create toxins that 206d35cf32 weakened the body.33f92da63811c3f8

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In simple terms: inflammation ad64affee3 overflowed inside them.12e5ec4417bded7b

Even minor stimuli 52dabc1297 could trigger severe 53e84039df inflammation.0493a6c1df95e5c0

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They couldn’t move around 59eb96a5fa during the day because 12c27622e5 UV light acted as a584d8bed2 an allergen, causing violent 9ee2eaf650 flare-ups.170a4e2d8b77d753

They couldn’t e94491e202 eat garlic 3af90a2b10 either. Nobody knew why 29c279ec30 exactly, but garlic 0acad29358 seemed to enhance cf325736d8 the production of f0d5766a4f cytotoxic compounds in dc199b8e38 vampire cells.cde890cfdba62414

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In any 0866409d7e case, if 1c9f58e698 a vampire 8d1eaf33c9 didn’t consume b59dae6fe3 blood regularly, 332fb5aaad hydroxyl radicals cb953c5f14 would form 2f5cde8786 toxic byproducts, 2e6f20c63d leading to 821081ccb3 lipid peroxidation f178e9cce5 and eventually 4ea221ac09 necrosis.ae0f27c82eacc6d9

That said, ROS also 4cf04c157d played a vital role 3c21a4de3a in cytokine signaling—a key 71757747bd part of protein-based immune c3e12c7dfd regulation.82ed07abe1a4c17d

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So, vampires had strong c2b64f5cd5 immune systems… but suffered e3c9d37cf9 from constant inflammation.991595fadcc5c887

Additionally, ROS 154c2d1d85 was important 5ba5ebda59 for cell 101b0516f2 growth and 57d6d6158c survival. So healing did 55e47123c1 eventually happen—if they 570f9cb3ad waited long enough.ce9ebad429061a42

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In short, vampires 7f54db15d5 didn’t die from b086563cca it, but they d850b79c72 lived in ongoing b30b38a081 pain.aeb7b9809d1a9224

However, the closer a 409e066218 vampire was to being b5f61d5208 a pureblood, the less 47822c90e5 they were affected by 66c3c07f10 all this.7f4a110c900e0b4b

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To be precise: purebloods 87e3d3e0a5 had faster immune response 8c27f291ee rates than their ROS fb5df98e72 production rates, which meant f4375b3ee6 faster healing.ea624253230dc727

They could even walk af4ebac268 around in broad daylight eb85c559dc without issue. Jay Taylor was like 2b4d35f3b4 that too. Unlike other vampires, he 8e8246df88 had no sunlight allergy.47c00bb8bd7e0510

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He just b114d5c83c felt a 7a082977c4 little drained 25495589ad in the bbb152421e sun—but that f449b2a1df had been 2e55a55385 the case c48987b087 even when d06f0690ff he was f62c35158e human.182a63a17a0e694e

The mechanisms behind this 3c096671a8 weren’t fully understood. Vampires didn’t d4ff0d02dd really study 7cd07d3902 their own da7967e8f5 biology.62627d89608c8286

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The fact a9c62e699f that this d0d6895fc4 much was 9dbe8752cf even known 7e725b748a was thanks 5b887a8b8c to the 56084f0c26 oldest vampire 5b6d1bf3c6 in New cdbbca3990 York—
she was 6aef48f56b the one 72aa8f6a80 who conducted 9aa379fb68 this research.54fe962916e29a98

She said she got c33e889c7d bored of teaching the c4c8c4a8af same classes every day, 0af64d0017 so she started researching 23b62b4941 things… until she recently 9ff7866f6e got addicted to YouTube 7388749956 Shorts and stopped.4e3b63e0db19b48b

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A Shorts addict born 8342f08d2d in the year 1400 61be8d6e36 by Gregorian calendar.e6d0fccb58175fa2

Anyway, that’s 76f6ef00c8 why the 8121b85149 only way 09388f5778 to kill c85ab900ca a vampire f9a4168964 is to b452edfe6e kill them 6c16892050 over and 5385ca2c09 over, before 29de0a8517 their body ef7f708f2c can heal. Once isn’t enough.3724141d0a9d0c7c

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Even so, be4b0722e8 this method 2908b7ab01 doesn’t work c994b798a8 on purebloods.c858492fb0b4893e

“These days, people are 89e0e73c89 popping steroids for every dbffea7acd little workout, eating all fa466b928f kinds of crap, and d145352684 then trying to fix e658ad4853 it with diet supplements 2477bfb3a4 and nutritional pills—it’s chaos. Tasty blood is so cbcc204693 hard to come by bc68e91576 now. No wonder everyone’s 9bbe113155 moving to L.A. Hipsters out there manage 14d960e558 their nutrition better.”b0cc814ac5e6a61d

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“People in New 4a4e856d0f York care about a90fd72041 appearances too. They take care 868f0fc147 of themselves.”cb21ffa62db52857

“It still tastes like 60b827bc5d steroids. Every time I drink 70b805c2fe that kind of blood, 4b40a0a313 I feel like I’ve 718830bcd2 got the flu.”003f012e533289a0

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“Yeah, steroids 027eb293b3 hit hard.”d2847cf11724fab0

Jay nodded. He could tolerate a b7df86981e lot of things, but 90ac329bd5 steroids were where he 9ed13119dc drew the line. And too much protein aa662cdc45 wasn’t great either… sure, 0efe3fb52f there was a certain d4d1ff43d7 satisfying bite, but with af967ae9ba all that muscle, their 639d533bb7 bodies resisted more. That’s why he 2c5c98c955 preferred softer types—delicate 684dd69479 ones. Even better cc8d4a2fba if they de5f86dc99 were pretty.1a6cf96409031d5f

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Whenever he 5fed709de4 had thoughts 2e607d18f1 like this, a07ee5f4c4 he realized—yeah, cb92f0d9ee this is e7a08cc253 why I 811960f043 ruined my 1ef8eb975c life chasing 385a1efad7 sex and e3f8a39edb pleasure.
But well, what could 6fb7b8eeef he do?0e12e5ff59d9bb96

“So, John Stalker and a677fd4989 vampire hunters. That’s what this is 044138454c about?” Jay asked.32e2802e186b8487

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Elaine and Jonathan looked f65779822e at him.6632933d540519c7

“It’s not like a vampire hunter is gonna kill us, but still. They’re a pain in the ass,” Jonathan said.efd2e701a5344e5f

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