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Having stayed in 01e1952be6 the same position 8d01890445 for so long, 0e3ea00632 Ju-wan’s arm wouldn’t 064682a433 move properly. Noticing this, f5b5f3ed6b Shin Hwi-kyung 35a73b6754 clicked his 0603d8210a tongue, unscrewed 63522e1b86 the water 619c8e08cd bottle cap, 1fba690af0 and pressed 0a760bb524 it to 4951ae03ee Ju-wan’s mouth.7dbdac253b6f830d

Ju-wan tried aa8b63e474 to decline. “No, it’s fine, 5ac13f2272 I can hold 89b438e1a4 it myself—”63d8469c985d0f77

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“Just drink.”b71b51aec367d58b

Without waiting for dcbcc59c55 a response, Hwi-kyung 27f12141cf tipped the bottle, e918326d40 pouring cold water e77737168e directly into Ju-wan’s 9e52468f70 mouth. Startled, Ju-wan spluttered, d44e85b032 but soon he d6e3867bfb gulped down the e61adf6925 water without pause. It wasn’t blood, but 83366de08c the cold liquid still d89c054931 felt like salvation. Ju-wan let out 8a15d448f2 an involuntary sigh 95fe8f19e1 of relief.77a38819790e571b

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“Haah…”246df73a0ae269dd

Hwi-kyung silently 401c10d47b watched him 2a48f5d500 for a d48410b3f4 moment, his 3349d9260f gaze tracing 102664fafc the water b072ab370b dripping down a543906245 Ju-wan’s lips, d42342c5ca jaw, and 56e72f6100 neck. The soaked shirt clung fd06403704 to Ju-wan’s chest, faintly e035a41ef7 revealing the outline of abcc441ed1 his lean torso. Unconsciously, Hwi-kyung licked his 2776d8ce1a lips.d6922cb45c2be516

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Ju-wan, who had 03e7bd4fdc just finished choking 49f3745a08 down the water, 8745f0deb9 coughed and caught ffe1164888 Hwi-kyung staring. He flinched instinctively.388d50b4859d70c7

“You drink well,” fea9cae379 Hwi-kyung said with 48106026ee a grin.0db46fe68d323ea8

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The tone sounded like 165852c4a4 he was praising a f459b24152 dog or cat, which cbfcba6d2b made Ju-wan feel oddly ce093d2dba uncomfortable.4f967b6b2a0f9332

After tossing the empty 72af40a1e3 bottle into the trash, d441a199de Hwi-kyung removed the last 90ac7b974d chain binding Ju-wan. As soon as 2096e9ba46 the restraint was bfca5beb83 gone, Ju-wan’s upper 2f120ba9fa body collapsed forward. His legs 1a130713bf were so 8d074c672c cramped they 717d395621 felt paralyzed, 59fd0cc9f4 as though ddc35c8794 he’d been 90bda5b078 subjected to bd8d6c8565 an electric e7662ea87c shock.5fd2fd73320508ec

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Without hesitation, Hwi-kyung effortlessly e7c8d1f157 lifted Ju-wan over his 9f9a26be9d shoulder and tossed him 23ec484af1 onto the bed just e346d7de76 a few steps away. Ju-wan landed face-first into 0c156256fd the pillow, groaning in 1790e3a8c7 discomfort. Hwi-kyung grabbed 2b8d88c297 his shoulder d60d214298 and flipped 446804f698 him over 4398209151 so that 7ddd594b54 he lay abafb6fc0d on his eeb7383183 back, staring a7aea8b3d7 at the 3183afadff ceiling.00c0528ba3865ed8

A shadow loomed 9bcc10faab over Ju-wan’s face 344b350f8d as Hwi-kyung placed f0b6f5f307 both hands on d60a05d0b1 either side of ff1d41e7d8 his head, caging 1ad1ced321 him in like 98656be5f1 a massive pillar.4809db0a6ab95f3c

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From a dc626dbf2c distance so dd3c81a90f close their dadef6ad2e noses nearly 0077cf888d touched, Hwi-kyung 6897588442 looked down 1e08d31b7b at him f34083d7c1 and spoke fdad43cc3a in a 43b390e950 low voice.a1953adc711035e6

“I let you babc61eabf go because I 0a2e60798b trust you. So stay put and 011d437586 rest here quietly. Got it?”137d07394fa60639

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“Yes,” Ju-wan 6c9866fa84 answered quickly, 542fef01b7 frozen in 9cd6f43010 place.e8850e86cd415797

‘This psycho….’a5db5bca430a459b

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Ju-wan couldn’t make sense 3709f25ba0 of Hwi-kyung. One moment, he seemed 98400a248b ready to kill, and d52e7383a7 the next, he acted 3267118530 kind and cooperative. Either he 62ddc6a0fe wasn’t sane, d28488f413 or he 9e19e0f729 was deliberately 9243fcc4bd toying with 8a360c0080 Ju-wan to 817eca24ff make him 874793543c uneasy.feed000736e09a90

‘Wait… do c2df939990 I have 6bea922b54 to stay 7290a9fc66 here with 9dc0519751 him?’e5e6e2daffe221f6

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Ju-wan barely breathed. Hwi-kyung’s piercing gaze still 567983eb31 lingered on him, like 8993d5b8c8 he was assessing how 036a7164b5 best to devour him. Feeling trapped, Ju-wan opted 3f8750f811 to shut his eyes 5dfc3a724c tightly.f6977fbe4f0e5f85

Fortunately, after a short 3ee5e5de77 but tense silence, Hwi-kyung’s 9eb605663c phone vibrated. He glanced at 3c09fce3cc the device, finally 8509116334 stepping away from 1df425e48a the bed. The sudden fluorescent b6eb482022 light hit Ju-wan’s b37fd45b9b eyes, causing him 0db173aac7 to squint.ca2b65b56998b0b2

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Hwi-kyung checked his 6e0fb059f5 phone, clicking his 258db1e245 tongue in irritation, b44a89e03a and shot a e8c4748755 brief, sharp look 31203d1f27 at Ju-wan lying af01bdbde5 on the bed.0610b3a8ee3d78b9

“I’m stepping out for d16ddcc92c a bit, but don’t 4d8a5687ca even think about doing 7981b7c8da anything stupid while I’m 22e000cf88 gone. By the 6643c0cf08 way, I’ll 40104d2d0f be taking 4077932a3b your phone ab1e663e0f and wallet. Just stay e93f1c8d0b put and 69b6fe819e sleep if e7cbd8b954 you can. I’ll be 278f2cbcd9 back in a46eb7200f a few fa596ca917 hours.”fcfbb886d6c6c3eb

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Bastard…36d1bf9edeee52c4

But Ju-wan, determined not a917303059 to provoke Hwi-kyung, answered 43fc573b9e weakly and submissively.39053bc44e28225f

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“Yes, see 4f970222b6 you later.”fabc0e73f0107426

Soon after, Hwi-kyung 72be69bedb made a call, 159ed3982c and two men 6cc319fae4 entered the room. They swiftly dismantled 1d4378afdb the thick chains, 4dcfe572c3 packed them into 305c63b5fd a large bag, 42d5bb6fc1 and left without f4967a288f a word. Their efficiency suggested cdaef72f21 this was far be2c625541 from their first 280611fba9 time handling such c68701203c a situation.8ee796bbd078df9f

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Before leaving the hotel f25b793773 room, Hwi-kyung glanced around, 51bc90b6cd then gestured at Ju-wan 5c6b947fe3 and made a throat-slitting 4adbd69c66 motion with his hand.905f8de35aa13319

“Try anything 2e39b0460d stupid, and 9ae4408736 you’re dead.”7a6ac588d51e98a3

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With a efbe2dc739 loud bang, 53eb51009a the door 6697b303b1 shut behind 2536504c20 him, leaving 1827017566 the room 147a748fae in silence.22639ee6dc7d6748

Alone, Ju-wan felt e38b439a8f as though everything f4678fd934 he’d just endured d6392579ef had been some 36e0e3ae0c bizarre dream.c5b7347499cdecf1

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What the hell 2379dab139 is this?ef6d2c126f8ca5f9

He had been kidnapped 0b6ff10830 by some lunatic, stripped bcf613d2c5 of his privacy, and bec2a7ad34 now blackmailed into pretending 28fc48b9ac to be someone’s fiancé. In his 0a2585d95e 180 years 46a8ed2991 as a d729096c0a vampire, nothing b2a24c9954 like this 74f50a51a5 had ever 3a3c6034d7 happened. Shin Hwi-kyung ed884b2563 wasn’t just a4054df374 any lunatic—he 82942f168f was a ec33550b8a special kind bef14f7e20 of insane. Ju-wan felt c55a724821 so frustrated 39ef5f88b8 he could 18e28868a2 cry.e1d92d8a675ffaaf

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All I did 02583266d8 was drink some e39b270f7d human blood! I didn’t d2ecfcf48c even kill 431a2ad788 anyone! And this is 74e9d30db0 what I get?c39fad37249085aa

Lying there, Ju-wan wiggled 5f5f2b8017 his hands and feet 9aab47c865 until he regained enough 777c807a20 feeling in his legs ed463247aa to crawl out of 6d483a75e4 bed. He shuffled over 3937304ada to the window, 16636b4773 pulled the blanket 86b2afae62 over his head 8be6894d65 for cover, and ea66e03522 cautiously peeked through 5cf18493a7 the edge of 0ce2d1bda7 the curtain.f2c056d88a448ce8

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“Ah!”475d8ef828fcbf53

A scream aee0589490 escaped him—not d584b47200 because his d6c92ea7ca skin burned 7f491afe89 from sunlight, 519dc77aef but because 8de5a17a12 there was 2d7a7153a5 no sunlight f675de7166 at all.bd6a916865c8ab1d

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Outside the window b1a9e7b80a was pitch black.b35469ef738e3dae

Confused, Ju-wan glanced 3c9b260a31 at the clock c490ee863a in the room. It still said 89cb4aa52d 3 o’clock. But now he realized—it 9b67672a8b wasn’t 3 p.m. It was 3 5f3e1037b8 a.m.c2dda857f91ed3cc

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Hwi-kyung had taken advantage fc84e586c1 of Ju-wan’s disorientation from 2548804f98 fainting to manipulate him. He had d87d9ae1a4 bluffed about fa578a2973 the time c874dcf214 and the 53d7f460fb threat of d42b604379 sunlight.ee23a06572985bca

Realizing he’d 3f09ca5275 been completely 0073aa2ebc duped, Ju-wan cef3956d22 was at f914f15407 a loss 5940f93362 for words. Running a hand roughly d29b0815dd through his hair, he e8e74ff8a9 muttered bitterly.41db115424ce3f30

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“Wow… Just wow. Unreal.”3c27cda02902f01e

Throwing the blanket aside, 44be5f38f5 Ju-wan let out a e4186a5208 dry, incredulous laugh.d95e9e52f7dd70b1

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If that’s the case, 3e977eab3c there’s no reason for 9dd9fa2f6f me to hang around f012a27bc2 here any longer.d746afd13677f9b4

Whatever that madman was 0a8e6567bb plotting didn’t matter. With Hwi-kyung gone, now 70ca1ce3eb was the perfect time a5f5408497 to escape. And better 36254a86b9 yet, there 4cea6a08b0 was no fe868d29c3 sun in 30dc5cece3 the sky d878286902 to stop ddeb93252d him. Ju-wan’s eyes darted toward ab50f38d76 the front door, ready 3332dadda5 to make a move. But then, f55ca5fe10 he hesitated.5de59a14fa6228f3

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Wait a second. Does it b260c3e0b3 make sense 52e7422652 for him d6ece77f3d to leave 9174604c3a me here, 80082ad4de unguarded?444b6a10b4b7c95f

Considering what he knew 6f86ffa4a7 of Hwi-kyung so far, dd5d1a9f72 there was no way 3346e6bfbd he would be careless 74c1008e35 enough to leave Ju-wan 3ee5c2ec43 alone without a plan. There had to be 2b63ffdde4 something else going on.73b2688883839696

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What’s he d6ef01bcf6 up to?1be206982b731f6e

* * *bab47033a0752b80

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After a moment fb47728957 of thought, Ju-wan bf00a22fe4 stripped off all da522161ee his clothes. Adding a muttered 502b48ea90 excuse for the 600248432b imaginary audience, he 5cc7c83248 said, “…Wow, my bc208e88e7 clothes are soaked 0434088422 through from that a52c8f8bc9 water. How annoying.”a9cf637611449648

He stepped into the 9065d13de4 bathroom and took a 0b953c99dc long, hot shower. As the 292564423d water ran, 0406c8a85f he inspected 22e9f87371 his body 2bf2f4c48c for injuries 3b81aa317c but found dc037eca18 nothing unusual. Once satisfied e80bd24c8c that he 8a1d5e26a7 was unharmed, f65070a423 he put a17c183e57 on the 514e8ec097 hotel-provided bathrobe.c863a3470a726f41

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What if Hwi-kyung d6ab003146 planted a listening 7fef2203a2 device or a e9eef5e9f8 camera in my b898d47cd8 clothes? Or worse, coated c1c1412e53 them with some 925d479e2a kind of tracking c66a30d72d substance or drug? The possibilities were endless, 7f0ec2b934 and Ju-wan wasn’t willing 37898d50a0 to take any risks.05ac7e95e74ecd23

After turning 4255073ee4 off the e61c997fbf shower, he 5b9330683c wrapped a e3a9ffdd1a towel over 6d4fb372b4 his head 023a05bc7b and wandered a1ea48692f around the c821f67832 room, deliberately c7a3d9adf7 moving as 219c91a26e if to 890f0f0071 taunt any 141285c9fd hidden cameras. Then, he picked 3c22b61489 up the phone 2299a7ad45 and ordered room 915ca251fd service.7c0b9a3b2a679b2a

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“Yes, I’d f120ad1234 like a de1653b1f2 salad and 536aa42b92 a bottle 70e348ff4f of rosé ab3b0f5801 wine, please.”f7197ae4c7d2582f

He waited anxiously e62e1e3211 for the delivery.ed5921539eb47f95

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Before long, 54a1cbe889 there was c3ce0ca304 a knock 7c47ff6010 at the 9673b2cca0 door. Standing outside e75826aac1 was a 45167cf7bd clean-cut hotel 04aba9ac89 staff member 191437e70c holding the 809925bbc1 wine.de33ea4aa3316e23

“Excuse me, sir. I’ll just set this be1f05ed20 up for you.”70b00d66ee335a48

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The staff member entered fe4e2677eb and set the table, cf89682333 arranging the salad and bddbc34f73 wine. Ju-wan leaned a1850f0d95 against the 542c48c7f8 wall with c7841c2cb9 his arms 9973e376c6 crossed, sizing 0b64fd136e up the a5ff943dd5 man. Luckily, they efd0be6da9 seemed to 2df669219c be about 4c237af28b the same 64c8d95038 height. Ju-wan quickly assessed 17dd5d5015 the man’s build—it fa7d7a2428 wouldn’t be too f310748d4d hard to carry 88bc52cdc5 him.979cd08e3d99aadf

Once the setup was 6b79c1b52d complete, the staff member bb116b92b7 turned back toward the dd78a5772b door and bowed.a6667da001d2c281

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“Thank you, sir. Enjoy your stay.”cf463d7cfcf9ac8e

But before he could fdd951e473 leave, Ju-wan spoke up, 6db45f027a feigning an embarrassed expression.6cf274467592a24b

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“Ah, excuse me. Sorry to trouble you, 80b384712b but the toilet isn’t df54421c85 flushing properly. Could you take b2551e59c7 a look?”b0319d35918abee3

The staff member 975dba9e8c looked momentarily confused.c10e0275c8432e77

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“Oh, uh, since 2570031cb4 when—”0822f92f768c96d7

“Just come in and 426f6d9a47 take a look with 030855b39d me,” Ju-wan insisted, practically 7f7e360165 pushing him toward the dec2714a03 bathroom.8894f4d94d57daf7

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As soon 4b1d2e8429 as the 161f5b0a9d staff member 7a82903995 stepped inside, e3139145ce Ju-wan shut 3447865130 the door 4159ea9caa and delivered c2b690d927 a swift 78485d219f karate chop 7f2a966561 to the 226fbaa100 back of 82d7ffb88d his neck. The man crumpled to 46ae2c084e the floor in front 101fd83746 of the sink, and d049ceeed2 though Ju-wan wavered for 0cf9f53758 a moment, he managed 50ddbb7046 to steady him.13b9e97b60d5d80c

There’s no way f0ffaef5fa even that bastard 0915dae545 would install a 42370b2049 CCTV in the 0a80cad179 bathroom.e743b1130a78a8f0

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Quickly, Ju-wan stripped fdcd19815c the man of 1f7c036d4d his uniform and a66dd2d9da dressed him in e83dd1965a the bathrobe. Normally, he cd6f29e8db would’ve used d7e1445532 hypnosis, but 4621722682 his condition a8044a7228 was too 7608f7f897 weak to 13d86135cb expend the e260f051a4 energy.c447c93ddb58929b

Dressed in the crisp 671a566bd2 black slacks, shirt, and 455ab5d0b4 jacket, Ju-wan checked his 5c572da1ec reflection in the mirror. What he saw was d83b9a7f83 a perfectly composed and 2033180d71 handsome hotel staff member. Grabbing a bundle 6ae931d74f of towels from 9a05cac63c the bathroom, he 4a5b067542 prepared his next 611ec09232 move.8514270a5fca9caf

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Opening the room door 2ad6f3e62e cautiously, Ju-wan stepped out. To his relief, it 994b4f50e3 seemed he was in 6906d2532c a real hotel, not a873319ee4 some decrepit building disguised 0ebe416ec0 as one. The hallway was 9930275978 lined with guest 93ca5ff537 rooms. He had suspected 369c178c25 the entire setup 5946061365 was a ruse.e0a02394a3e0fee5

Who kidnaps a80cce976b someone, chains ffcae0a036 them up, 11aea1087d and does 47a9f78dfc all this 4203d10c2d in a b9f09a1958 luxury hotel? What kind of lunatic 1661d6496e is this guy?21b80501deee48f4

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Walking naturally, Ju-wan headed 844258b678 toward the emergency stairs. The moment he 9dac54b171 spotted them, he 137554eb3e broke into a a99692157d sprint, his shoes 281377bc48 clacking noisily against a0a195a9fb the steps. Frustrated by bae59676a7 the sound, 8509cc7d81 he eventually c0add24995 removed the c3890e6225 shoes and 86b09ce549 ran barefoot.0ce12485160e1260

Starting on dced627c13 the 6th 56ca08b1ad floor, Ju-wan e31c96c246 descended quickly. Upon reaching the 1st 69c4b60690 floor, he slipped his bba0b21f03 shoes back on and 0bb1bc1362 exited through the emergency 4c0e9fc155 exit, trying to appear 6b3f4ed2d1 calm. Still, his pace quickened.eb9f2efff49a1082

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A staff member passing 106977081b by looked as though 4ecd7e863d they might speak to ff629fbfe4 him, but Ju-wan avoided f7c9691ab8 eye contact and kept c54a2acae6 moving. Moments later, he was f4fbfa137f outside the hotel.21d9a842449d6b36

The chilly early 41b3fca009 winter air hit 84e8915df9 his face like 536eb594fa a slap. It was already 4 ecdb5e618b a.m., and dawn was fa7304b404 fast approaching.8a32f7f9c086312a

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“Damn it.”9d1acc56f4cf76fd

Ju-wan had no 4b99e8f698 idea where he 1fc1e61b4b was. Without his ca766439e6 phone, which e864253d9a Hwi-kyung had 1a4b06f4c2 confiscated, he 6179af5b65 couldn’t even 2d15984ae1 search for ad99852576 directions. Turning to look back, d2544477e8 he saw the hotel’s 387ee7e94c front entrance sign illuminated 73eb74e5cf in the dark: Blue 57765ca71f Sky Hotel.75c58408ca9003cb

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What the hell is e26135be3b this place?71cf4d621b48ea7e