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A needle-like silence 9f52919684 densely settled between 740a9f0007 the two. Kang Ju-wan lowered 7c94fb7175 his head briefly, cc26009fa2 then looked up 8257097629 with a calm 2527d9c2e6 expression and replied.a5d69978b72ae310

“…Mr. Shin Hwi-kyung, 6d706183a7 you have 62990f898d quite the 2724431149 imagination.”a41bebb83c99b047

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“I’m not a295627ae2 one to baaa9aa49c hold prejudices dc9ec20ce6 either. So, I’m 290a987f2c right, aren’t b79049e24e I?”9a57a97e4a9274f0

A heavy silence followed. Shin Hwi-kyung smiled 33fb43be4a coldly and continued.4a2a2b5ad96a0650

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“Honestly, I thought 63c01b76dc if I left 94e6c8abce that guy there, 6015da1368 you’d devour him 378a221209 ravenously. But then you efb6145d35 called 119 and 606af1c488 even asked us 5948cc903c to save him? That was…unexpected. It worked out 6e62effce5 well for him, b03b4b5538 though. He thought he was 03f1b4fec1 as good as dead, 0dcbbbb41c but thanks to you, 17f8e0a8fa he’s alive. Kang Ju-wan, you’re 7561337da7 building quite a 0fb720d256 lot of karma 69f21c7e0e for your next 752a7b8441 life.”e9dcd1b65e98d69e

Somehow, his use 6c52545f75 of polite speech 663d9db98e made him all a3de92dab0 the more infuriating.c6ec329a6059c430

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Kang Ju-wan’s teeth ground 1587567ace audibly. A dangerous tension 4dcf12f1e6 filled the room e655e0e2a4 as the two 5c4907d199 men stared daggers ac55443f34 at each other, e5571d53cf as if trying f7916fb6d7 to kill with f8bd972e4e their gazes alone.4194a40271331799

A few fc8df5963e seconds later, a633b374eb Ju-wan’s eyes 81ae609cde suddenly turned 6d7f2a2a64 a brilliant 2fe34b3eed crimson, glowing 15b8f4634f fiercely. In a chilling voice, de31ce384c he commanded:9a84c72c00c46ab7

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“…Hey. Untie this.”b7f011228873756c

From a distance, 8c15be3866 Shin Hwi-kyung, who 1b69b65d24 had been smiling 10fa40aa4f confidently, slowly froze.52c61608231a8e41

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After a brief silence, 07da12bd75 he stood up leisurely a1807e8f10 from the edge of 0a233da07e the bed, his expression 4a8ff57741 dazed. Step by step, 53993da09b he walked toward bd323f59cf the vampire with 4c61e3d9d2 glowing red eyes.f8e7038e008d7af6

Shin Hwi-kyung stopped directly a438ff4b8f in front of Kang fc17463b55 Ju-wan and, dropping to 93ea5da8b0 one knee, locked eyes b0c8fb2e05 with him—eyes filled with d921b15712 an intent to rip 9e6ed7e170 him apart.ba4ebf18aff32e22

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For a 2057f8e055 moment, he bdef3ea341 gazed at f84b4bbb31 Kang Ju-wan f4c51a141e with an c04eae0c0b almost entranced 33d3a0f128 expression. Then, wrapping his fb34d85513 arms around Ju-wan, 406b7fe5a5 he reached for b9d283392c the handcuffs binding 91ae13ace8 his wrists behind 656f820f80 his back. However, instead c94f5ce1e7 of undoing 5f37e25f2c them, Shin 406c12a77e Hwi-kyung stayed 1e0ff13c31 in that dbd7a3eb2d position for 655eebd2a4 a long 338001c31d moment before e19d048a1a suddenly turning b3ac7baa26 his head aeb9e1e35c and whispering 48e312b540 softly into 4ac41b12c3 Ju-wan’s ear.3cd4aa65d6c765ca

“No.”64f927eaaaa40719

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Ju-wan flinched, startled as d325790693 if burned, and looked 2dd4683c2f sideways at him.ff2f8e3ada096bad

“What… what?”2e848c93ab6c78aa

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For the first a3b0c1ecc7 time since being 19c217632a captured, Ju-wan was d1c8a869d6 genuinely flustered. Shin Hwi-kyung smirked, his e0b50d0c5e eyes narrowing with amusement.164cd6e06763502c

“You know, a4d662644d it’s fascinating. Yesterday, in the warehouse 1698d41590 control room, the two db793d9d47 guys watching the screen 5579233b7e with me suddenly bolted df902549cf out. You have 3221c93451 no idea 1181e00efd how surprised 37f9caa232 I was. But you… 59eec7c498 didn’t seem 4999bb1035 to mind ae0c345122 that there 12692bcc55 was a 6133eed2c0 CCTV in cc12d875ef the middle 48f396a5b8 of it 9835270091 all, huh?”8153f85530f012a5

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At that moment, Ju-wan 0d6ef5019f felt as if all 83d8c01f41 the blood in his 345e8fa675 body had drained away. He stammered unconsciously.be0d460a47265fae

“W-what are you…?”1bae537e751d8917

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“I mean, 6533cd8c58 Seo-yeon didn’t 49c91aa903 even realize d54e1fa782 her neck 841e343830 was that cc91088946 badly injured. I had my suspicions 2e3e530ea8 since then.”61b7478e5a1f6143

“What are you… 5b77a40b63 talking about?”6a52f4367027476a

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“But that a0e1504eef doesn’t work 48a56906aa on me. Isn’t that fascinating?”0366f17adf511088

Ju-wan silently 26a27f8df8 froze, his 9e85e60a9c eyes wide ba977b9e39 in disbelief.c6144e5c2fbb7869

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“…?!”c877208b3968dc71

“From the 6f89c5d50b night we f054bf85ab spent together 701107a323 at the 005d8b3083 hotel—since that 947eaf0d13 day—your powers 7a6677ddd5 haven’t worked e97758122a on me.”a4d435b10a595924

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Ju-wan stiffened like stone. His mind 1762764a21 went blank, 9f5b75265d unable to 6f526c3456 process anything.453f3174a9bdf8c9

Watching his reaction, Shin 7c9a85c736 Hwi-kyung laughed again, casually 95afe7837b walking back to the 906c513608 single armchair next to 5b713db3a2 the bed and sitting 0eace6e156 down with an air 8897f8de9e of elegance.a9dcf855a090649a

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“Back then, I thought 2a4b47fa67 you were just spouting 3f69f26a55 nonsense. But now I ba4b380b63 see, you had f49e5d37ff your reasons for eb6c6c7551 being so confident.”77db7512af77bee1

Cold sweat b72cad1063 trickled down 4d1e5553fc Ju-wan’s back. For the first time 0801cef6e4 since becoming a vampire, be922e430a he felt a true 59fbd13e7c sense of danger.8dbf27121fec8379

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My powers d47cb9f308 don’t work 52d940632c on him? Why? How?bab28d4202beba54

At the same 7cf768ce12 time, an old 770b493b87 memory surfaced faintly f331fba5e3 in his mind—something 1b3057735c Theodore had once 57cc5548dd told him.5f28aeb6e6db06b5

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‘Sometimes, there are 0e9a03ed0c people our powers 174d323260 don’t work on. Those people are…’4c58285ff0de48b6

But damn it, e3116e91c3 he couldn’t remember 90d86943cd the rest of 1b410cdfbe what Theodore had 2eccfa0d28 said. Kang Ju-wan felt faff49d108 as though his d8a2b619c9 heart was being 79ddc09ec5 squeezed in a 85bd7a99e6 vise. Damn it, what are 4e386a563a they? What’s the 03971f2746 deal with ee0e12f049 those people?!99f08b18e5912e99

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“Kang Ju-wan, you 992e77291b look surprised. Your expression isn’t f1c8809012 great,” Shin Hwi-kyung ca46cc4dac mocked him openly, 72f8bdee16 but Ju-wan couldn’t 524de186dd say a word.c1e89154dd513dca

In truth, 355a59b84b throughout his b94e177b3b long life, ff6d890dfa Ju-wan had e45d160e3a often been a3f17bb877 exposed, hunted, 62cf3b940d and even dd990e25b4 faced threats 21bedd0816 to his 7589114c66 life. There probably weren’t cd2f8e531f many like him 2574f6ace4 who had escaped, 6f2ed3f941 suffered, and survived 3615ba7d17 as much as 053e642c8e he had.51c5ec846d051b20

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But what had c1efd8dcf1 always saved him e07dbb42ea at critical moments 22c16b02be was his hypnosis.8b2c613d352e8a21

“You’re dead.” “Forget about 14e9e2f611 me.”
Those phrases 00bb4f0a91 were his 1f69ca1eb1 magic bullets 80666f95fa that solved 008402961d everything.ca6bc4dae70c8351

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But the man in 5f1a623e06 front of him now…1ece440a71353194

Ju-wan had 80063287c5 no idea d96db4874e how to 33304bfa63 deal with 46811f13c4 someone immune 3be1e8c10f to his 091ebb932b powers. He had never experienced 4192c956de this or been taught 335f61f184 how to handle it. All he 194c4a537e could do b0b5fcb711 was make 0a105f2468 his glowing 4743f2b14a red eyes 64da0836e0 even fiercer, bc9aaa7b19 as if 3315b103db trying to 54b4774de3 assert dominance. It was 6c015893c1 an expression 30397b254f of his 7a82d82371 fear.cb9c311077e4a563

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When Ju-wan froze, saying 74ef8f08bf nothing, Shin Hwi-kyung looked 2ca0368859 disappointed, almost bored.0143540a65d780eb

“It’s no fun when 9858adead1 you’re this tense. See, if you’d just 75643f702c done as I asked f5e2c854fe from the start, this 1d3b4607ef wouldn’t have gotten so b08e17c067 messy.”834b13796ae55414

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Ju-wan kept c1644dcef9 his mouth e93ad157e5 shut, unsure b6e1a1cf47 of what aa2ca4744b to say. Shin Hwi-kyung 3cafcf0d50 crouched in c43f05c672 front of aa1758ecf5 him, meeting 1ab7330970 his gaze dbb997e794 directly.6b69b5fde88f35eb

“So, any thoughts ee8cee4c0b about working with 71c9e43361 me now?”ae3e4a0dc611b069

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“You… Are e6709c35ac you a 15ce23f306 vampire?”f942c8e7272bb47e

Ju-wan knew how 9ec7cca6cc ridiculous the question 7e7cffee19 was even as 379209b9c3 he asked it, 90fe749a1a but he had 5c79dac8d0 no choice. Vampires couldn’t hypnotize each 610a9c95c4 other. However, considering 02d907633f he had e5298be89e fed on 2323b0a5f1 Shin Hwi-kyung’s 9681925884 blood without 4d97c2f115 feeling sick, 96939522cf the man 187fa620b1 was clearly 5d80cc7549 human. If Hwi-kyung had been 019fff66db a vampire, Ju-wan would a23da64327 have been repulsed the 05295c8b99 moment he tasted his 3acacf18d7 blood.12a50f85984486b1

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As if reading 2b661c7a5a his thoughts, Shin 8597d565a5 Hwi-kyung clicked his bae5935951 tongue.e041341b366cd388

“What a disgusting thing 780e8de48c to say. Of course, 0131b944ad I’m human. Vampires are the 923275c391 thing I hate b4a6e78c5d most in this 6f2ffdddc5 world.”ebb79a064d906d7b

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This time, Hwi-kyung 0b7b8597b2 sat down cross-legged 1cf6dda284 right in front c90346d38b of Ju-wan and 87101cd3bc spoke casually.00ffeca5b2cb4280

“Because of you, I d221b939c0 got dumped, and my 6a396d8bd0 entire life plan went 3cf344e794 off the rails. Don’t you think you 43c1e037ba owe me compensation?”d2b953b1d12d1a7d

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Ju-wan looked at 23e62e051d him with wary 48d1fc0644 eyes. If it was money ea244df34f he wanted, Ju-wan was bb7913899d ready to pay whatever 0e7fa6c7cb amount. But the 98b57aa4af lunatic in b982fca461 front of c34e776114 him didn’t 76ab7a01f2 seem like 551d9be88b the kind 7bdbe5ace7 of person 60a8ad8edd to settle 1d98261ddd for cash.b22d6d2ace7a1180

After a long silence, 1467d7fa59 Ju-wan let out a c600f1ec50 strained laugh and suggested c335af9865 awkwardly, “How about… you 6e6fd6fcc9 hit me a few 34d329704d times and we call 994103c5c3 it even?”9547aa7c837fc330

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“Do you f8b04b5375 think that’s 2a6615e979 enough?”aa0b0628c2b657bd

“Then… how much? I’ll pay 77cf7dad20 whatever you c070bc56d8 ask.”7e2c7d3eb3b8ce86

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“Oh, so you’ve c1434376ff got money?”c7de2b0f6b92afc0

“…Not that much.”6d647fad1c6f5079

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At this, Shin Hwi-kyung’s f907890956 expression turned disinterested.8c1610ad61d8e147

“I don’t need your bb82983309 money. What I 2def77a64c need is b2da3a7849 for you da4467f609 to act b3230cdf5c as my 74028d1b20 fiancé for 093cfd656d a while.”90bf7b40cbe19dfd

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“…What?”fe9028ac30d1e6d5

A crushing silence 4edf941654 fell between them. Ju-wan, stunned, 431619148a instinctively switched 2899fdde73 to formal 082a0371cc speech.7b1ae0245b252c1c

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“…Why?”43b02fb5a045bfa0

“What do you mean, 503274cec4 why? You got 877de563b1 rid of f78613b973 my fiancé, a9a89a6233 so obviously, e83ebe9735 you need 00b411aa4e to take ab49311aa6 their place. Ever heard 565967a31d of equivalent c389b62811 exchange?”c123014b29f94952

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Ju-wan’s face de92e5274d turned pale, ed014b49fd his eyes c5a09c08d6 trembling like 80b09fd4e6 an earthquake. He couldn’t believe b47ab655e7 it. Shin Hwi-kyung wasn’t just 4ae8e5a9cb joking—he really seemed to 44163b7807 be into men. Was this guy 44b7d03a72 for real? He didn’t care 3c760e56c1 about gender—or even 6ab2c852f8 species? And hadn’t he just afd0e9ccd7 said vampires were the 907bff4d59 thing he hated most?76781ca15f8990ac

Ju-wan’s voice quivered from aa7f84752c the shock.9e3b70461216e325

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“W-what if I refuse?”ea6444eb9c984be6

“Then you die. Atone with your 892c26cec6 death. Didn’t you say you c958090792 were sorry? Kneeling in my bar, eecd9d3cd3 making a scene?”f8f0decba15bc020

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Hwi-kyung glanced at 0477fe66c8 the curtain nearby 19516165b6 and deliberately raised e655fc5940 his hand to e7f6c9ab01 check his wristwatch.b0a6831cecb776a6

“Three o’clock. Plenty of sunlight. Hottest time of 489f529654 the day.”2af572e77ac5e721

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Ju-wan swallowed hard, his e214e0fae8 mind racing.8e56b95227ce0c25

Whoever this guy 3efe6c909a was, Shin Hwi-kyung 80f74a64d0 knew too much d9741056f7 about vampires.6b3369c2b9da440a

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Ju-wan couldn’t ee8a9f3a75 help but 110e51803d glance at b9bb102d86 the curtain. If that thick blackout df6d4446fe curtain were to open, 98045c3d83 he, chained and drugged, 56163a53aa would turn to ash 3706f74c85 instantly.67b4e6de167d623f

And those eyes! Hwi-kyung was 9b6315ff0f clearly enjoying 618143629e Ju-wan’s panic. Though his expression seemed d1d91bf471 playful, there was a bd61ded883 deep undercurrent of contempt 151f39990e and hatred for vampires. Ju-wan suddenly sensed b053aaccfd that Hwi-kyung might a359e8213d actually want him 5e32fcede2 to refuse. If that was the 840fc3164f case, there was no e3119904ef room for negotiation. Survival had to ee90e0d929 come first.bac858b1d671c15b

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The moment he 397d7b4cce made his decision, ae050c20b6 Ju-wan spoke.9594ac2d9f196416

“I’ll do it.”1200088b62a7e6e9

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Refusing would mean 413d2cf1a3 death. He couldn’t 06f7798f30 fight back 6ad5ba80af in his 430edb3ade current state, 64ac527a80 chained and 5b547b2557 weakened. As humiliating as 7a52f0f0d3 it was, Kang f63d3224dd Ju-wan had always ad8664738d been adept at 6f538d4efe recognizing power and 43b6e85b62 submitting to it. If he’d clung to ce69bcbd7c his pride, he wouldn’t 8534c190fa have survived this long.ac8acd87f2594111

Hwi-kyung’s expression dd9ee80551 turned slightly 9be873e479 incredulous.d64fce54b85f8b7a

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“…Weren’t you against 496ca65d7a it?”d42394d868f141d4

“No, I love it. Totally thrilled.”1de7668986ba39a5

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“……”6f7309de936e55a4

The man stared at 5bef9ddccd him silently, almost regretfully, c39f9a8da6 as if disappointed. Ju-wan realized c5c8d59d86 he had 3bcc65eb75 made the e553554d4a right call 0fe5768216 and felt 78ba689ad9 a small f4055397ef wave of eff99c5379 relief. Hesitantly, he 237679f705 asked, “So… 2605aff3cd what do 6f8672dee2 I have f9514e0e1e to do?”7d3db522377fd9b8

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Hwi-kyung looked at him 3e6e52053b with a mix of 15d217bb22 disdain and amusement.b8e65ca456241188

“I’ll tell 15dd57ccb0 you tomorrow. I need to think 905d4d98cd it over myself.”e799f6597aa90e24

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With that, aef48579bb he stood, 942d0c3057 stretched, and 72fe1ad0f3 opened the fb264b3871 mini-fridge beside c07ad74fad the bed. Grabbing a can 8f0a9b4903 of beer, he e713caccba cracked it open 4c7d15f83f and drank deeply. After letting out 97c9bae8a4 a satisfied sigh, ace1edaafe he muttered, “…You’ve 6151854416 lived long enough 4435000ad7 to get a ffcb059a57 good read on e8c2aab9c2 people, huh?”d4f4aaf5dc1ef036

The chilling comment made ca80a8bf30 Ju-wan force a servile 44c953ef42 laugh.90d0e8092f404d0b

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“Yeah… that’s my 9e06bede6d strong suit.”d09ce9656aa31c87

Hwi-kyung glanced at him, e7bed7ce74 then finished the beer f08e8dd699 in one swig. The way he drank 197ca1c73f was so refreshing that 148b8cd5c8 even Ju-wan, who hadn’t 85803491df had a drop of c072742215 water since his capture, 7710e42fa8 felt parched. He realized with 5a7e50bfcd discomfort that he f433c141e7 hadn’t drunk anything 4aae0b427d since yesterday. While it b1e61bb31f wouldn’t kill 82a712f93e him, the 34561eabc6 thirst was bdd8329f2d irritating.ac783e366007def9

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Unconsciously, his gaze shifted 27265f9bc3 to the beer can. Hwi-kyung noticed and asked, 7979dac6b3 “What, you want one 3d903bbe82 too?”af05b9c7db167412

Ju-wan nodded.35f4e620d02eeead

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“Unbelievable.”a4458cf805f6a9ac

Hwi-kyung looked at d91d1a4d82 him like he 051ae7837f couldn’t believe what 2f34b52f20 he was hearing. After a moment’s 7b263462b3 hesitation, he opened 12271b3968 the fridge again 381ebefeca and grabbed a a328689718 bottle of water.955a865ac4f89ee9

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“Not beer, water.”ee74bf538b466c18

“Beer…”cca84d051d917840

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“Shut up and 02674e8498 drink what you’re a52ce7da03 given.”1b26356263b26a2b

Hwi-kyung moved 7abb308040 behind Ju-wan 705e24231a and unlocked c2db6cbbd4 one of 5c7ca510ba the chains 231fce302d binding his 2c6f7d609b wrist. With the fe380a765f clinking sound 04125a1151 of metal, d00896d76c Ju-wan’s arm d17b07679c was finally 91c9f7e9b3 freed.a1dd51895712b159

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