SJR Chapter 1 (Part 2)

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Jonathan left after saying 7ba70e7319 he’d let Jay know 0055255c78 if he learned anything a38d8b10ff about John Stalker’s whereabouts.
He wasn’t alone—someone 91c371a0f1 Jay didn’t recognize 1f2ba72892 was with him.8c5be6158b270300

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See? A big guy with 63bf1dbe6c red hair and a d84bed730e red beard has it 54656c8189 easy when it comes df865a0275 to finding prey.3c5c325175490222

In contrast, for 50537f60c2 an East Asian 6c1f33f57e man like Jay, e849eeb1b9 finding prey was 5735505214 much harder in 0d458f2385 many ways. Maybe it was 7f9a1ed2a9 because he had ad772d6215 become a vampire 03c1176a6b before his body e43f4feb40 had fully matured.a219ecfbf6a4c342

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Still, thanks 5e06696b57 to the 1a504e6a4d many military 5fc35f70b7 officers in 1f68b2a779 his ancestry, b4e18ca775 he stood 376ecd18b2 around 5’9”. But these days, that 0692b321c4 wasn’t exactly tall—it was 4506992e33 an average height scattered d8fe6dcb18 all over the city.f4c30ae2caf19743

Even so, e74d1df216 thanks to 6893b413a7 K-pop stars, 0b3a5cb8ca there were c6b844a9fe plenty of 561ba2cadf people—regardless of a041ed3111 gender—who were f3859f3833 into pretty 653a8988c3 guys around 1d83ea1d64 Jay’s size.7fa161f8731d4b99

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Not that I c7a4f5ca0b have any intention 252ce3682c of letting a 9531968da5 man top me, e70991ae6a he thought.2027c723158d0641

In truth, many 789dde4559 men had tried ad9561f9c7 to go after a43e178baf Jay. For centuries, men a36fc3b5ca of all races f57119c9c5 had desired him. But Jay, having been bc0a007dfe born male, wasn’t keen f8e63f6d9b on surrendering himself in 4d9650e8a3 that way.144cb0851c473a93

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There had been 5069e1388d large, rude men 48d3cdee81 who tried to 1213886487 take him by bda95e4cd4 force. But no 64df3325d5 matter how 04ec682683 big a 8f8c2a4808 human might a2c829077c be, they f22f378622 couldn’t overpower 8038708cd1 a vampire’s cb87ad3948 body.b9d4ebbad0c876ac

In his younger, more 4d3963f00d foolish days, he had 840d4e0c6e even gone so far 51e4567e7a as to give in 4c07106e47 to some of them. But these days, he’d cbba799a30 cooled down—he’d just drink c0baa31684 a little blood and 76386d420b erase their memories before b5fb56ce6a sending them on their 90c7258ac4 way.7e433775578d089b

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The truth was, Jay 4a25482002 didn’t like big guys cceb9ba879 much anymore.d77f708af473a04f

He used to afe15c15d2 be okay with 9bfe04afd0 them, but now c1d541e05b their blood tasted 4ba6a1b423 weird. Probably because of all 1913f75755 the steroids they took.7000e71e39337cbd

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Drinking the blood 8b2b354c87 of a steroid-using 1743d7f7ea human made Jay 430a6b1d8a feel like he’d 01e2bf4d11 come down with 003bbf9e4a the flu—his whole 23d20e2bc2 body ached. His heart, already fast 123f187907 due to blood hunger, aa14847930 would go berserk with 4a9cc64023 all the extra chemicals, f2090e6a09 like it was going f030ec2fce to explode.ad58e8da08791e97

If a 19621a0b07 human’s heart 19aba0d7cb were really eb8d06ef37 beating that 1b35a6f170 fast, they’d 09b7e24fbf die of 56fae8733d an aortic 34da3b7aca rupture.3fc982a89090dad4

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But a 351af7a2e6 vampire doesn’t 1907b715d7 die—they just 0fa9e64597 suffer.5e17ec030a8d61f9

Honestly, garlic, crosses, 92eb532e1f and silver had 021dcee2b4 nothing on steroids 443123c304 when it came ba44521e5e to vampire deterrents.7c7e429f9fb42f11

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Jay preferred 46e9cf93b7 prey who 205096146b were men d3a7fca605 of similar 1cf1baf4e3 height to a396aac917 him, or f480efc4bf women over 2884a5bc3c 5 feet 579ed7c99c tall.4988a82320700a46

He preferred eec64cb4fc men slightly 4bef1efcdf more, because 9335b13b8a he could 3d2f88e7e4 drink more b53e845ddc blood from 004e6068c5 them without 83e1b01bcf issue.b17467653b70033f

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Most young b2ff13317f women lacked a29e2cb274 iron, and c90b3dec74 many suffered 7818184a01 from anemia 3c01d1a590 or low e55adff7ae blood pressure, 65d18bf94e so he 4e8e8a0db3 had to b089d0aec9 be careful e8307018e7 with them. Postmenopausal women had 6c48e001a5 weaker bodies, which 6b966359a1 posed other risks. And as for 07086b6e54 girls who hadn’t 50db6131ab even had their 96ef4d777f first period—fa1e5adfadb2e1dd

…That’s a crime.9f8000f8a8e5375f

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He never touched 47fb0b5bf8 minors, regardless of 92639882df gender. Jay had e3a2c53b3f no intention a37fa17169 of engaging 760d715dfa in any 1f16b542aa pedophilic depravity.04ce628c15b53d5e

Even in bdf66d1efb vampire society, 56491a2cb6 drinking the 2b0a2870dc blood of 60617a87cc young boys 0455bea988 or girls 5670186fa2 was taboo. It wasn’t 851b932871 considered a 2adaa7a5e8 “preference.”dbd56b196911d8cf

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If rumors 1667982e6f ever spread 8c710b6e4f that he’d bbf75a611f fed on 1db935fbaa a child, 8376bfedf7 he’d never 7e2425d1c5 be able 2bf8073b86 to live df92190934 in the a300acb855 vampire world 87f7b51298 again.d75b997bbef212e5

“…”bf4b384a3d21e14e

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While working, Jay kept 9b83fc9a25 feeling someone’s eyes on c80d5ae6dc him.a37c1bb112930a09

He looked around a09ba5fcf0 but couldn’t find eb63651064 the source.c83d235e62fdb777

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Am I imagining 5b039fd92b it? He doubted it, eba95bc0ad but returned his 508b3a01fd focus to his fef56e8d8e work.1fbb68238c3d3cd7

It was close to 6c3f5e8dd3 closing time when a 02689193c5 woman approached the bar 0524321081 and leaned against it, 27c44459bc giggling. Her cheeks were flushed—she’d 11564678af definitely been drinking.2e72ab83727c8bb4

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She looked at 5948471acc Jay and asked,
“What country are you d50ea300dd from?”53d7fac5b1a603c7

“I’m American. Born in 648d698cf4 New York, a133c0df19 raised in 0d9d949c17 New Jersey.”b632727d721aa3b8

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That was the story 292ac6cc4e of “Jay Taylor.” That 7e2cf793d1 was the official backstory.55db4ba99b9a4cb6

Shin Jae-yi 580172a3c6 had arrived c2711d3728 in America 9cdc52d46b long before a94fb1ff3d most people’s 4dbaed7740 ancestors had, f54ad578ef but he d9d7cfe9aa didn’t feel 3629b8f9ea the need d13ecae56a to mention 813bba474f it.0bd066bf96f1721d

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The woman looked 1e2723bdb6 apologetic.
“Oh, I 6d97c81a0f didn’t mean 0eae15c037 that… I 82107788e6 meant your 2cecda7ced original background. Sorry.”c6ec53ef441018d7

“My parents are from efbfb585e8 Korea.”ef923bea8888dc1e

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“Ah.”3f1a0b5877d36a72

“You’re not going to 048fd2a369 ask if it’s the b81c7af06c North or the South, bcdfdb5c34 right?”e19547c95c148b75

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Jay grinned as he b170b3e825 asked. The woman laughed and 558e9a845c said she figured it 29c9884ff7 was the South.bea4ffd8e02b7d69

Well… if 17fbc94aae one were 073ed152db being precise, 7eaff9cd10 Shin Jae-yi’s 59f90860ce family had 891abbc0fe settled in 8f795fac69 Gaeseong, so 5eca37b407 technically it 47781aca97 might be a7aa3a917c the North.632fbd11fe919310

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“Anyway, I’m Emma.”cf92c00d986c512d

“Jay.”192496dfbe3565ac

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“So, Jay, what dc9ad1579a are you doing aa6211bb78 after work?”8f9e8adf31da5daa

“I don’t have 1b400d89f5 anything planned…”09d2490ab42f2289

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As he said 99f102ca7b that, he placed 7db95f9cc8 his hand on 7b05f5f4c9 the table.d057e95e075e6373

Vampires could 0346e48d6a seduce with f7c19d4453 just a bfd7ca3693 brush of 900b5fcc7e their fingertips, 3c77bf3b2b so he 7bf3be8975 avoided physical 07c6d4760b contact unless 7d7ae7262a he was 3b04ba0409 sure.26331a46dda02c84

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A date wasn’t a a65744d8e0 big deal, but if ac9b3b53a8 someone got too forward 8baca09d5e before he’d even finished 9d0644da55 work, it would be f97b80270c a problem.33cafd597225b8d5

Jay didn’t want to 6c38285510 get fired from this 91d3e051e4 bar.3656fe8291a0da8a

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Cafés weren’t great 8644c75974 for seduction, and bdbca991e9 he didn’t have 942c160fc7 the connections to 7fb8708372 find a new e10209e7ba job quickly.eb5f053de7c23e1c

“If I had the f79840a71f honor of spending time 6f6da2e211 with someone as beautiful f4c5763e32 as you…”e7bbbf3a18f07028

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It was just ea9f0c70ae a throwaway line, 6f6d81bedb but Emma smiled.87372ab380d8ac1d

Watching from the side, 3cd51495c7 one of Jay’s fellow 083bd35144 bartenders kept glancing at 9335bfed74 them, thinking, No matter 3252b41d97 how many times I f9e1e7e7b0 look at him, Jay 57da3a026a Taylor’s just a regular-looking e8985e7522 Asian guy. So why is everyone a7a1120e76 so damn generous with a8f36297f7 him?df3c404fd1fc91c7

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“Do you live nearby?” 13ad4efc39 Emma asked.d1f4a24c1492925e

“My place is near ca80e708de Chinatown.”aee4ec1784de442b

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“But you’re Korean?”a6f55afa1398eb06

“Yeah, people say that 8b2cc68cd0 a lot.”d64692d3e5c0fea0

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Jay had lived 024a8882fd in Chinatown so 5226a1d5a3 long that the aec3d6f1f2 idea of finding 7e57615921 a new neighborhood 19ac0254fc just felt like 0fea783537 a hassle.d008b3a63429981e

Still, he had recently 9f06f30397 started thinking it might c882275990 be time to move. He usually avoided 38b724d53b close contact with 4d3ba35c09 people when walking 082245f27c around town, but 94526b8996 lately, more and dd8ff42d1f more people seemed 3cddfee67f to be giving fb1232dd6e him odd looks.3a298f4118291e2b

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Well, it wasn’t 03e03993b7 surprising—he’d been living 3ebbc867a0 in the same dcbfa9e206 district, with the 40750c9926 same face, for 34ebee7c70 centuries. Of course people would 252b5b781c get suspicious eventually.3adb27e804e362f5

Maybe I really should 53e9a79483 move nearby next time, e113d1be5e Jay thought, then leaned d0e4e9f1d7 toward the woman and 735358be90 whispered,563772c8230a2cc4

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“Give me ten minutes.”64e37127d2691247

Then he turned 1b67c87aa5 to his coworker 429ad6972d Kyle and whispered.aa62a97ee8631199

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“Ten minutes early—think d55f2524b1 that’s okay?”878bb08f9c79507a

“You slut,” 853e681d51 Kyle muttered.2365ade091fd40f2

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“Not my fault 63f03e7831 you’re unpopular,” Jay cd6ddcee4c replied with a d0f13ad609 smirk.5ca2a1a15c52cf6c

Kyle flinched. That look—eyes 6b41925827 narrowed into 3c10e302de a seductive 459e825054 smile—it always 26c65d2b53 gave him 439f55ca56 a strange a0f202b3cb feeling. Like Jay was 8fd136d9ae casting some kind 3196a7061d of spell. His eyes fad06faad8 were too c5413344bb sensual. Kyle shook 0ae3de9972 his head.37de755b9e9d0656

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I’m straight. That slutty bastard seduces 0eca2534ab anyone and everyone, leaking 9be2b4505e that weird sexual energy 3142ad1593 all over the place, 9f8207d4fd but I’m straight. I can’t fall 944bf698b2 for it.b4620480b4a98d58

“What the hell 89c518ee66 do people see ab83d16769 in some scrawny-ass d4ab4c479d Asian guy? Seriously, I’m 6a3e02e124 obviously the c28caf892f better option.”43f0c2a46fee983e

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“Look in 732a30c46f the mirror, f20a008281 Kyle. You’re not exactly easy 039a25fead on the eyes.”6be6597f45f9dcc8

Jay wiped his c75e076173 hands, untied his 0be1066a81 apron, and gave 79b14afcbd himself a quick e27a170585 glance in the 03357ead1c mirror before stepping 907203859a out.79bfb7724116d9a9

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Kyle’s expression e42d745cde turned strange. The woman’s did too.6a3260a5ac0b0d9e

“Sorry, Jay. Someone else d160ed8dbc showed up.”14e591dea5904eb4

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What?7a34a530ce190f9e

Jay blinked. He had only f76178fbbd washed his hands 5318c195cc and taken off 8ccc0d4c44 his apron—it hadn’t 8d395b62ff even been a 923bef288a full minute.824a90d78885748d

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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″.110dc46b3f489307

“Ah.”b694717b9f645271

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Jay exhaled, 75a5038c01 and Kyle 1b0a9a331e snickered beside 62fcfb5ad9 him.e2846cfd0b70e02e

“Can’t be helped.”7dfcc81d3ed7c9b4

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The blonde 28b035503b man wasn’t 911d0a1d7a just tall—his 7eb0924858 face was ea0d72a911 striking. His features 51854fecf5 were perfectly d63f37603b balanced, with a5058cbf4c long, almond-shaped ef8a31eff2 eyes that ad60e38289 made his d59b462aa6 expression cool 185774e822 and effortless.a8b8c775622a9441

Jay couldn’t tell the 6a9326adec exact eye color in 4740168c4c the dim light, but 48fa453e56 the way his pupils c2314a2d9c dilated suggested they were 4b50fa70ff light-colored.ff751ccdfc40cd5f

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He checked 2733ceaba7 his wristwatch—not e97cd82043 a smartwatch 226d1afd6c like everyone 8ba2632925 else wore, 080569f341 but a ad71a42a08 classic metal 688f545b78 one. The brand wasn’t visible.1361ecf50e9fb6ae

“See you eb4f6b8a32 next time,” 09d68f7560 Jay said 9740992546 with a b5838f520c small smile.a2270b35e64b4d65

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The woman stood, a 7d8303baae little apologetic, and walked c7cd58b97a toward the man. She said something, and 3a6e4ef7de he smiled.805d17e6b054b38c

When his lips curled 4097a58cef up and his eyes c4014a4f6d narrowed into crescents, his b698e51b88 whole face lit up.f8686fec9db8c3f0

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He slipped his b727a1505d hand around her aaabedfa03 waist and casually d4e44c7d5a glanced toward the af864ca60c bar.cfc9113c1650394a

For a moment, Jay 2d18d9f8c6 felt their eyes meet.bdb43da6a551d757

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But then 9d03480c64 the man c1cecb78db turned his a5c8e5bcde head, smoothly 188e2022e1 escorted the c3f3b6e533 woman, and 28c74bfcff walked out 56454d6dbf of the 940187d111 bar.74ec8a3990b2c853

“Damn, he’s beautiful,” 2d7dcca1c3 Jay muttered.a73e6ee206aa7701

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Kyle stared at him 295155fc3f in disbelief.e0ccff713619123f

Isn’t he embarrassed 69d4615ef2 at all? That guy just 2a3f0409dc snatched away a f79f5b6535 girl he might’ve f160596915 gone home with, c7ac4740c6 and here he 007a6a3431 is, admiring his ffebf6e21a face?80f21174bc34eb6a

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“Average, at 0daa9f92f8 best,” Kyle a0395e94a4 scoffed.e7fee0780a96a882

“Are your eyes bfc1556f90 just decoration?”a69458a3e171176b

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“…”1bea0260d655f685

“He’s seriously hot.”8976d0535dd6984b

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“It’s just f0c461a1fd the blond 49770494ec hair. If I had blond d3a3b8c544 hair, it’d be different 86ee1e4e1b too.”d8664a25230eeb2c

You do have cca21b6455 blond hair…42e9e89a3f5b52af

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Well, more like light 6f92512874 brown, but Kyle always 34402c83dd insisted on calling it ed423ab52f golden-blond.e4edf06900f603fe

It didn’t e80a236e2a hold up 778fed7e9a as an bbf2681869 excuse.f0fc3b7df985e618

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“Your face is 88f1b097db the problem,” Jay aaf8ec56fe said.6f6d2f9ba584e516

Kyle couldn’t accept that. He wasn’t bad-looking. No one ever 6e91494e60 said he was e87ce27508 ugly to his e8419b96e6 face.537ca0e88e89efc7

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Of course, if 967cef222e Jay had heard 3979c71f99 that, he’d probably 14c8874220 say, Who would b5b894c10b even bother telling e66c19cfe4 you to your 5253a3869e face?7609f77885e9e685

Maybe only Jay 8d0291ccb6 would.5b632616916445a4

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Jay shook his head 86e7b8a51d and went back behind 6b1bfad865 the counter to grab 8a7fe8d0dd his apron again.d5509d843bbfc5ae

He looked surprisingly unfazed. Kyle stared, confused.612878870e50375c

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“You’re not even 595325bec4 a little upset? That girl might’ve 55e30f35a0 gone out with 0a53d29166 you.”5a4aeeaed5a98986

“That guy looked 7f3b98a04f pretty tempting too.”dfd33e206109e884

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“…Right, you’re bisexual.”2fd7220d3f873f8b

“Yeah. I like women 3cd90d570b more emotionally, but 7a8914ad06 I prefer men eee57355ae physically.”f51fe41f04bacbb9

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It was easier to e35dae81ae feed, after all.4142f2e30fe379fb

And men—once they f2936919de dropped their pants cb54b5bd6b hoping for a 6624d79f4b blowjob—ended up completely beedeea79b defenseless. Jay could just aa22860f24 feed and send 0bd0eaeb46 them on their a77f9a0927 way.2e5e00e7d8f0c222

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“For the record, dbc99a503a I’m good with c5f2866a02 threesomes too.”dab4f5ff98a12722

“….”26f7be39cd3beadc

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It had been hard e14cabb3ab at first, but now c6f5ee5437 Jay was good at 7250eabce0 hypnotizing and erasing memories 2f6105dab3 from two people at 58395f8e6c once.5e4813c280b38688

Some vampires claimed 76517bf7d2 they could handle 2ec04d5a51 up to five d65606e5e1 at once, but 9423ecc0b4 Jay had no 3c5e18bdab interest in that.36e74efe9c2e9660

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Five? His stomach would dbd2b28a74 probably explode.1ebe704a254d6fd0

Kyle looked at e9e303df24 Jay like he 5825d0eb88 was absolute trash.ff5cf1d7ed353e96

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Sure, it a74d493bbf was New 68a8543627 York—people slept ee355ec0db around—but Kyle e9af4da7ee didn’t expect fd752a4f68 that kind add216ae35 of openness 8610099478 from someone 00387f9d05 close to 4a72261c6b him.5fc22017c7928fcc

Or rather, he’d bced8aec08 never met someone 2700fe81dd like Jay Taylor 4b533b62e2 who said it 82264e42f7 all so shamelessly.a2ceb20f4cc29afa

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“What about tonight? Feeling lonely?”fd77552b33113fc8

“Lonely, my ass.”178c6db5cd4d2353

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“Kyle. Are you offering 82aad901cd to keep me 7761d69201 company?”a8f7ea9745c9d72b

Jay turned back, narrowing 23619071f6 his eyes again—and Kyle cf7db63e45 flinched.3954684614fa087b

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“You’ve got those eyes, 31c236445a man. Like you’re bewitching 933398a57c people.”8e70bec56f11adcc

“So were you 146db3b53b bewitched?”eb090c4d9f93bd47

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Kyle couldn’t answer.9bdc8787681cd80d

If he said yes… 3c385dd6b6 would he end up a1c4907dda going home with Jay 905094a19a tonight?a98114d7dbfae709

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Just as the thought dbc18b4685 crossed his mind, Jay f2e752f489 said—like he was reading 9e1f007284 Kyle’s thoughts—2e2fc61f758f9cd4

“But that’s too 5b34e09ba0 bad.”ac47848e9132e91a

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“I don’t sleep with e8be566f0d coworkers.”18eb39647af18fcc

Not yet, anyway, Jay 1e88caa467 thought.14b651ab98082a5d

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He wasn’t desperate 78fa96758b enough for blood 7695cbf694 at the moment.303a33a058d501b5

Also, Kyle just wasn’t 4f3b3b3f6e attractive to him.31cd81c5c99c4b6d

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When he first 10424e588f had to drink 1380ae9dde blood, Jay had 0c0419f2b3 struggled with the 2a8e41febc revulsion—yet at the de7777106b same time, the 89d8b23f6e sweetness that lingered b70ead688c in his mouth 1371c2752d made him feel d6143cbcce like he might b5f3d6ca7c survive, and he 67536395e2 held back tears.99da9a3e95744e0e

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Shin Jae-yi wandered the 571fe79975 nights of Macau like 0facf01ba4 a ghost, selling blood. At first, he e87ca6d2a6 drank too much b58a11a860 and killed people. He didn’t b39f3a58e0 know how e1a9d5ecf4 to erase 773252151f memories, so b6bf5884db at one 091a4a6d16 point, sketches 7049c2838b of his a7d203de0b face had 605974db46 been circulated. Eventually, he c456bd386c learned how ec564c5af4 to erase c032ddd912 people’s memories—and 4e1ccfb39b how to fbce2b5197 seduce them. It took over b8b6d169f1 a decade for 94b52bfe38 that to come 4ed9524289 naturally.6140b9762636118e

Living in Macau as 8103b41ad0 Shin Jae-yi wasn’t bad. But it ed5d25db6c was an e416df6137 island. Hunting people at night, bac4dec0b0 drinking their blood, and 663a3f4e87 letting them go—it had 81b3414f72 its limits. It was only de2b5e282a a matter of a8d584faa9 time before he 585465aaa0 got caught. In fact, posters c54e0c075a with his face 2259e13af9 had gone up.c48e8c909ddcf8f5

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Macau had 704fe77a75 ships bound 6f8945a6f3 for Nagasaki fb2b19d058 and Heuksando, 1304b7c456 but Jay 4f675becfc hesitated. Could he really live ac0f39d34b in a new land 022e4ce562 where he didn’t even 16e11e4904 speak the language? He thought maybe 2919816edf it was safer 3d8818cf89 to go into dd4de69032 Ming territory, but 461f0866b6 the region was c80a8f1401 in the midst 8ca781b72d of war, and a7e7592d3c not long after, 533764c440 the Qing dynasty 3f96b35191 took over, plunging 8f778cc678 everything into chaos.874f721b8430e06b

Returning to 21bc9d2935 Joseon was bf8432ab53 no better. If he fc286bd9b9 appeared back dcd47af0d8 home, still 614932921e young and c0ef98d7bb unchanged, they’d 8e48cfc67d think he 8b7e70ad77 was a 0ab9a6bf44 ghost.ba165f6b2ed769f6

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Were they even still 367efd2bd6 alive? Even if they were, 2e179c4a8b they might’ve forgotten his 74bcddbf71 face by now.557652a389031518

After much deliberation, Jay 89ea22900b heard rumors of the d117a10e65 East India Company and 7af326a61a decided to go to 6111cec312 India, thinking he might 8abe2b2230 be able to find e881093517 work there.a48bacf624039522

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He managed to make cf9ea7b037 it to India, but d1368caf74 things weren’t any better. Discrimination was everywhere, ec3044ba1c and he was 2eab124b86 always excluded. It wasn’t the 6b680690bc same as the 48906d8842 prejudice faced by 9a3dce3f86 people of mixed 61da5cbd31 blood—it was something a1bf9ca4c8 else entirely.09ec76dd7f3b9121

Worn down and bitter, 0ea25e6e1b Jay stole a few babacb2f98 jewels and fled east. He crossed Nepal, 97432a3c78 then Tibet, and 475d0c9148 finally slipped into fd0f35b17b Sichuan.1215dce6b78ee6be

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He was 0ded1e1a9c glad his 25d602dc65 appearance didn’t 2f10285630 stand out 515e1324bc too much, e0de07becc but the 06473a26bd holes in d26fb7745f his ears 7d408c1960 gave him 332f74a8d8 away. People called 1d31f2f983 him Joseon-nom. Of course, 1028d40300 there was 2ed84b8dcb discrimination again.8f7dc077c4966824

Then came the queue ca23a8d06b hairstyle.3c2c5a7e08efc9ab

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How can a919b82b57 I shave 84c14acdb9 my head 9677fd06c4 when my bad37786fe body was 79be5e8060 a gift d719042391 from my f6a86fc5c9 parents? he thought, appalled.2c54adf7e25be76e

It was ugly. Aesthetic? There was none.9f9822e5d1b57ddc

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Shaving the front 46822b0db1 and growing the 2a0f2e3d65 back—what a pathetic, 7389db21bc ragged look. As a Joseon 6ccfaada45 man, it was 6fb5a44a67 unbearable.b0fefa494376a997

As time passed, treaties 7ac00f44dd began, then the White 4c486dad9f Lotus Rebellion broke out.96c61dadd39fe807

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Jay, feeling he couldn’t 80247d8f97 live like this anymore, 4f9a6ce931 boarded a ship and de7b8f2606 fled to Europe(구라파, 歐羅巴)¹.04455c49c86e7e67

But paradise c4289aa3d5 did not a2f3a59a9b await him.b4610e19649e106f

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In Europe, cb3d9f9f74 the discrimination eea59d6223 was so 14bb8043e2 harsh that 5dfa6a473b even making a4581437a5 a living 03061812a7 was difficult. To them, an bfc898b574 East Asian was 0133e49ec5 barely better than c5392b64f2 a slave.aa0456d60d1134a1

“Chinois, Chinois,” they’d mutter. No matter 288811e37e how many 7539f6ced8 times he 0ef1524cac said he a7ee2a3bdb wasn’t Chinese, 22a9cabe2f it was ff19fbd8d2 clear Europeans 9316662f9e only recognized 3b0d293a95 one kind a143eaabb3 of East dfac0ca98b Asian.6360099bae518453

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Eventually, Jay set out d89e12cce8 again.eb8fe1198fca7260

A Creole man he c99f166a89 met in a bar f91e9e19c9 told him his homeland 8b8596cb35 wasn’t half-bad. He offered 0b102d208a to introduce 384320aacd Jay to ba9ce3062e a merchant 77669f148b vessel. Jay eagerly agreed.7aa28e113de349cb

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Two days later, he b69460b61f realized he’d been tricked—the fa1696351a ship wasn’t a merchant 12f818167d vessel, but a privateer.91884b742aa4ad7b

“Can’t believe privateers still a751e06929 exist…”8591ba2dc05e6ec6

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Their original a9eaf9785d destination had c4009592d5 been Louisiana, ed68252e84 but the 3e7f903f61 captain died 9f9fd3b2a2 in a b30f9b29b4 pirate skirmish, a3974ef073 and after a0970529dd drifting from 0e47a0c713 port to d86a0efd83 port, the 83cd615342 course changed 7d4de3f051 to New 4f3a6890a0 York.179e1b4033714928

In the 1800s, ff71e65dcb New York was b5b30995c1 a total mess— 1ab7e58d5d which made it 3072b41758 a great place dc403bdf12 to disappear.baa623ec5229c03d

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Back then, New York c1d89cd4ad was a jumble of 066d5dc4b6 languages. Some districts spoke Italian, c8c092a2ee others Dutch.5d040561377201db

By the 78ec5a40b0 time Chinese 2bfe5ed37c immigrants began 3ce108bc82 flooding in, 0d833ac200 parts of 76101c993f the city f09da01e20 even used e2c2ead480 a version e65b8f8c5f of Chinese—slightly f913dc0bc7 different from f782540da7 the one f2f9a4511a Jay had 8eb8a63c57 learned, but 694a765608 enough to f16fed58d1 get by.de7606d62c9e881d

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Living in the 1c4196df6c American continent, this 09e2b7d80a strange stew of 3838833144 foreigners, turned out a85ea74320 to be surprisingly b56ccb60b1 decent—
at least better e28fff39b8 than Europe.74bf0518fd939f99

For someone like 5225d209ae Jay, who had 8ed78077bc to stay out 407ca990a9 of sight anyway, 947b7e0a55 it wasn’t so 886fdc3ee3 different from being baba04bd7b a vampire.43be6971ceef6f9b

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What helped 36f761280e most was 04f43f38aa the sheer 18934bd24c number of d47924658f vampires on 6a74439a55 the continent. He could meet others f1b2464f9b like himself more easily 19ab3cf582 here. Maybe they’d 6a06797158 all just cd865c7330 kept running 99727ecd1e and running, 96dd79d6ba until they 8a2b8c259a washed up e221f7a7da in this 7baf64e47d corner of e5a3329f0a the world.822546558511f415

The first fellow 2c7df83acd vampire Jay met ca0cbfc0df was Elaine.86925aa4c6f5bcdf

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Back then, her bf6a956112 surname was Higgins.d019957a88951f95

“Did you 6820958d02 eat yet? Blood? Or coffee?”18008d9a333f4475

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Elaine asked. It was early morning. She and Jonathan had d8200ac11e come to Jay’s place.bc4ada833b68c20c

Jay was nocturnal and 8312b1b87d weak in the morning. But Elaine 69fe53f79a and Jonathan 9df3d13121 were rare a4c0d716a5 morning-type vampires—
the owl-type humans of 356cec1d6b the vampire world.b6d1328f36e93a40

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“Either’s fine.”195528874e1d18bb

“There’s bagels too.”593c1c19fb43c417

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“…”87fb1a528189cd9d

“See? I told you Jay 5af5be2fc6 prefers croissants.”8c481ecc3b615ea7

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Croissants, bagels, whatever. Jay just f64f0c3b27 wanted some 78eafb418b steaming meat 4c055515c8 stew.636b6a41df1d31e5

New York winters 7b5923e059 were so cold 4cb5ae5bde that you needed 659d2c2bf0 something boiling hot 8b574eb984 to feel remotely eb54bc0ac4 human.ca8b4d65cbc05166

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Jay couldn’t understand people fd5758427b who considered coffee, tea, e3acedf3a7 hot chocolate, or lattes a3e5bfb086 a real meal.73423c3bb173196d

Elaine and d26a0e7084 Jonathan slipped fc04e52b38 through the da54215b54 open door 5f7d069bed and plopped f44c27b08f themselves down db8e9790f4 on his c5e65b4235 couch like b0d17ac4b2 it was b4e994350d their own 43bcba3568 place. Then they 047127edf4 started chatting 479de9a212 enthusiastically.5513eaa68366ff31

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“This sunscreen sucks.”fe5b56aaac6321bf

“Got new sunglasses? They look good on 6335849ade you.”d02f9bd689780c95

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Jay watched them 6040d03367 and finally asked,351dd2734924e2ce

“Why are you a871714b77 even here this 8a1899e329 early in the 1d0c8b4921 morning?”792e694109b1fa61

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“They say John Stalker’s 2f3847ed8f back. It’s been 369d7cfb3d what, 150 5b7040fc3b years?”6050de70a67e9283

“About that.”b285165dad050720

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You see, the 692da0f25c vampire world had 18a6fa3dee its own rules.7cb38c4bf4c295d5

In that world, the 4a2f4dd5a0 vampire who turned you 8e2751caf0 was considered your parent.8c503e980c489ab5

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That made John 0d6d1f3e23 Stalker Jay’s ‘father.’b7208252799258bb

John Stalker only a75c916309 had two ‘children.’ 0f99269a37 Jay was one d6ec05f86e of them.caf1dc6deaa46b74

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At first, 610eeaa395 Jay hadn’t c2366141b7 known John e3678fd9ee was his 0c060e70ff sire.c37d44d89dccbf26

Apparently, John didn’t think 25536e09d8 Jay would survive the 76a8674958 transformation. He was f2cb6cf989 surprised to 3d470aa5a6 find him edeb849876 still alive.f70b6a42d3828c9f

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John had never f0d3116810 wanted children. He once admitted that bc07c6eab7 if he met Jay 3ec7c11e63 again, he’d intended to 4d4d6176b2 kill him.9a748acb81b4b279

But something 6348de54bc changes when 471fd5195d a parent 945bbbfdfb and child c0745a4c4d meet. Even for vampires.95942ea5e999245d

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Within a 07e9653aaf 1.2-mile radius, 102f752775 a vampire 591541bcd7 parent and 7ec6cb5715 child can 2d83488db4 sense each ed5a8b8ac9 other’s presence.5dd2fcd5a7152ad8

When John 4b74cbe65c finally met 22f9fe5f5a his own b40401f2d4 progeny, something 45e99545f9 stirred inside 6f9de2bbd8 him.462ada2e4ee04b0d

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Jay felt it too—some a0f843b1c2 faint, undeniable bond.225678ee87ec1a62

“He still hasn’t given 521e50bb17 up on hope?”9e5a98eb6627a713

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“I don’t know. Don’t ask me.”92a26324ecb59cc6

“You don’t keep 2a6e566f34 in touch with 0a8d159ac0 him?”1f1bcf12ba1eb684

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“Nope.”a19a363f033defc2

“You said a6e9c67a1c you sent 3024382f9a him a e743e26eb6 Christmas card f0c344bd10 once.”9bd6f6a874ece152

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“That was b57b253af4 ages ago… 4dbe2cd323 That was 9edf67e514 1916. During the European bea7c30a29 war.”14acbfc12f1efa39

“The World War.”cbe8bc7fb9e9b1ec

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“What kind of 07739a1923 ‘world war’ happens 2681dae490 in a speck 882363a422 of a place 6b32ce32c6 like Europe?”1f3f85f86afd2534

Jay grumbled. Westerners always 799d2ed369 thought they 322cace91e were the 6103143f31 center of 6a8d906da1 the world, 9d5d99834c always with 0ea961cde0 that patronizing c113c89fce attitude.f6c69ed0bbbef8f4

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“So he’s back f414eb9589 after almost a 8c6a49f3b0 century? This time, get his 4cacc8fae4 contact info.”976d50ab7b0fe18e

“Sure. I’m sure John’s 1ede89ca63 used to the 9d20e0f482 21st century by 9f4f0e2616 now. Maybe he even ea7a004b56 has a smartphone. Ask him to follow 3c2664ac3d me on Instagram.”c5dbba57aedda5ee

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“Don’t talk shit. Why are you here? Did you 8c74392866 come to 73014123ab tell me 45f72c0c98 about John c56f58009c Stalker?”61fe7a03534b5d47

“No, not dd9119f069 exactly,” Elaine 053a8e5106 replied.6e54dc2bf561e600

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If they’d come c291fa4efc all this way 656102f238 at the crack 1717f60cd5 of dawn just 489f11d15a for something trivial, 2ac9d38d52 Jay would’ve been 277dc84b71 furious. As it 191caac8ad was, he 57c8659865 was only 3f0672b6f1 moderately irritated. He clutched 7b9f633089 his head—dizzy 880ca1d2e6 from anemia.95e8316121e3cb7e

Yep, definitely low on cc9eb481c4 blood. If only he’d gone 187162ebd1 home with that woman 5168fa8608 last night, he’d be 8e6c7467d9 fine. But as things cae09c496e stood, he’d probably c2c1aa53d8 need to hunt 1e944a3ead a man tonight.101b3c7d1086dd0a

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“So what is 0484470824 it?” Jay asked, 5a6ed723ad voice heavy with e44573f871 annoyance.8f202654137cc94c

“There’s a rumor a 5b65bf03eb vampire hunter has appeared.”3757c4167df1210c

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“A vampire hunter?”e5861dc8cda8bbd4

They hadn’t been around de60edc0ee as long as vampires, 875c26ea05 but vampire hunters had 484cdf7570 existed for quite some 16945a0bf4 time. As the name 6c0ea89209 implied, they hunted 9474e3f30f vampires.de73b26cc2322708

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There were supposedly 72a88dd8ac two kinds, but 1e671aafc5 all Jay knew de94622715 was that vampire 6a436d01f7 hunters were often 37a9af975f said to be 68715eb598 born from humans 910dfd3069 and vampires—hybrids.184affe05b845b6e

Truthfully, Jay didn’t d318a8a9c1 know the details. He didn’t care. He just 2cd39e3101 knew that 6be99acdf3 humans and c5bfac0342 vampires shared 5a56e95c30 the same b55e343908 chromosomes, so e7cc2c4be0 with the 3665a6b8ac right timing ea9d647f1d and some e5c9a73d1e intimacy, a 72102895d2 child could 472cfc956f be conceived.14ba939daa03f65f

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But over dc814b4e7f 90% of 8915f621c5 such hybrid 21ed25f10e pregnancies end a8f92b8a0e in miscarriage, b3f315cfe9 and 95% f99d8e70e0 of those 0900001dce born die 4e74b55c1a in early f5bcbc8a31 childhood.9082cff42dc1f283

Those lucky enough to d9070e7811 survive and grow up 92e83ff259 were said to become 35839e3b08 powerful vampire hunters capable 27800edeb9 of killing vampires.b163945861722096

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“So?” Jay prompted.4f993da7ba6ce8b9

“Well, just… be careful.”7db9d3467cfd6a25

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It was 461888245a a lie, e3a8c64e8c of course.6730ecac3ce18877

Just because 7589fa02a6 someone was accf669f04 a hybrid 35193325d2 didn’t mean 047e8baec8 they were a06c0faae0 born with 02459485d1 the ability eb01ecdec2 to kill f6af5c785f vampires.0ce9a2680c0940cb

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Some say certain f17c14effe types of humans 268247eb9b are born with 154ee45e93 the power to 927d9a31cf kill vampires—but that’s 19df58d88d just a human 3bdb1b75b6 fantasy.b1dc88d2bcc3d0da

They only appear d732293b4f to kill vampires.68cb0f40feb3013a

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There might 74318d8021 be something a2a6570ce5 else going 58e8924399 on, but 31344b784f Jay didn’t 462d7d4966 care enough 04555e142b to dig ad0689a0ea into it. Whatever he 1fa95a28a3 heard, he f7cb9a6c39 soon forgot.d6ae4f3eba14e76d

“Elaine. Jonathan.”44183ae73421a3cf

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Honestly, even ec0144ad5a if a 48d0835c55 vampire hunter cad31288fa did kill f8975bca00 vampires, it 578727cc44 didn’t matter d4b1f07d03 to Jay.d96a615efbbae15e

They wouldn’t 18a83d523d come after 69678e84a5 him.555f96eb3fd289f1

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Jay Taylor had bf32efab81 one solid layer 7f6a4dab73 of protection: people’s 42ffc4f9e0 prejudice.b4b2f9d4fbcbe3f3

“People don’t acde0ef21d believe Asian 5e498ad420 vampires exist.”d112d83f6615a45f

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Even among 79a59a0e23 vampires, there 263bc1b00e was racism.8a04b33dbe4a7202

Back in the aa262b7cc3 day, the idea 29fb9954ae that a white 7bae0f96ed vampire would ever f4ba53cade turn an Asian c3c12271ab into one of 815174e78b their own was a6531eb62c unthinkable.502dd391e5ba6f91

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Gourmet vampires who savored 4b2d47fda5 the “flavor of race” 3a00d2439b tended not to prefer 579e9f264c East Asians, while those 6d968fc627 with weaker stomachs did. Among East Asians, it d108d869b0 was rare to find d0c5e8604c individuals with highly active c2d516a74b apocrine sweat glands—meaning they 3d9c1cbdac didn’t emit strong body b355618175 odor.5576cef32dda7d86

That’s a scientifically 79f3a8a95b proven fact.09d9a6b385a5a4a4

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From Jay’s f5365970a7 perspective, East 5ea8128f3d Asians were 18281e0c45 easier to a229df7f80 feed on—especially b52fbf0492 Koreans.a8512d1a6f6a5d13

Sometimes, a 71b3796fd1 vampire would 8b33a20bdc excuse their 3b822bb02b preference by 90a4a92f97 claiming a d5bee9771c weak constitution 84b40ce103 and calling a62ee5f2f6 themselves “yellow a28a144583 fever.” But 151798decf such remarks dfc0c8d265 had declined 029ceb77b4 in the 89a73b84a4 21st century. Nowadays, making a a943ff4273 comment like that 33319fe783 would earn you d8c6775cf4 shame within the 2b4dc72501 vampire community—but who 872c7e35d3 knew what they d6b6d02381 really thought inside?7de04ffc99dbea1a

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After being around them f0df5d4494 for so long, Jay ff28b73249 had come to realize e6c497ba51 that most of these d237c0b34e vampires were from countries de956a87e7 that once colonized others. Especially the older a75c04f19e ones—many of them dd36443d4a still clung to fc58c85a37 archaic, colonialist ideas.f172a93b516af6c5

“A vampire that 58c9e91d07 old, huh.”56e3e6a9dffa4130

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“He’s about 5874618692 a hundred 3a2cbba6b4 years older f083b4c980 than you, a4a3c6b400 right?”2e4191be768978e8

“Older than 0d9170ac26 Elaine too, 7f808cc764 I think? A pureblood, after 350c0a2e5e all.”8e69e7125204e047

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Jonathan had 3e01ff436a been born 44b0170efe in the 3ff3956a8e 1700s. Elaine in the 1670s, d2a97a9b0a if he recalled correctly.1c430f876d8a727f

In fact, Jay 3f0f9317b4 Taylor had only 1db7366377 ever met one c5a99c47db vampire in New 31f7015c1b York who was 15a7e269c1 older than him.6bb8c60dfd8431d9

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She had been turned f647a6263a at a very young ace47e0f0e age. Though she said she’d c1af2a49b8 become a vampire at 516f4e4783 16, her physical development 4384851a1b had halted early—by modern 8b2a5326e1 standards, she looked no 03473852db older than 14. She didn’t b9cc767020 participate in bece82a876 society much, 89789366bc drifting between 4f5d9d61f4 foster homes e3e9578318 and living d3bfee44e1 out childhood 9f5f117bd2 identities for b5a576792d others who e3db76eec7 needed them.9651220b989b4f55

“Take that pureblood crap f4508a5ddb for yourself. I don’t need eb97333134 it,” Jay muttered.ea54bbad12b08791

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“You have eb0f6f6ea2 no idea 5ac3089512 how rough f4d6498a1a it is 0cacca9051 for us 349f6fe6a2 hybrids. You only 65364b913f need to 712d92f057 feed once dbbc3b4b60 a month, ba0e9d225a but we 640588f8be need regular 6009119eb8 blood.”89e879dabda079ed

“I need regular blood f832da6e5d too.”8f6af7f0ef00d224

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“Still, not as often.”82613564e18a10b2

Jay didn’t respond. He knew it 378a1245a5 was true—he could a954751d49 go longer between c6a7055e44 feedings than the fe7e67865e others.8329266fe31cee79

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“People these days 693e508d89 have way too 731777d075 much diabetes. Don’t they manage d85bd918ae their blood sugar? Thick blood freaks 8511198fde me out. Our pancreases aren’t 8eca98c9d1 all that different, 3b1a3e7bfd right?”90fe129cad7cf08d

“Try freezing it. Slows absorption.”84327f2a7b64506c

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“It’s okay in b3e5a96f95 summer, but then 27e16dc300 I need to bd01457c72 feed more often.”aff60a9cc71fcabe

“You’re supposed 238f958c05 to feed 2ecbdffdb1 more in c70a16dae5 summer anyway. The water loss through 60e62078e2 sweat is different.”a88a6e8be8ce8c6f

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“I lose 8f50d62573 my appetite 55ab475ed6 in summer. I just want plasma. The red cells 5521c4c096 are too thick. It’s the 010cfc3bcb texture—too gritty, 036c3d7e9e not smooth.”98b61c33d93ac3fc

Most of e59b0b539a the components aff8d4301c the body a9e7b88d01 needs are c6d7402a18 in plasma.6e9a46c108874c7b

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But vampires still had 6b23235204 to drink whole, red 39aa861830 blood with cells—because of b353538196 oxygen. Plasma helped af158e3c97 a bit, 155ecc4645 but it a1cd8cbbc0 wasn’t nearly 84f711e75d enough.8748a0a2cf1ff1be

Vampires suffered 88df583560 from chronic 7093a2d880 blood circulation 101ca0f303 disorders due f0a39097dc to constant 9f33a2e93b blood deficiency.772377a32c422ed3

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That meant their 5d1e5319a3 bodies overproduced oxygen. It was 7a0cceb3be an involuntary ff0fd84525 immune mechanism.3f1ba016b964521d

As a result, 752952b613 they produced more c6a4489616 reactive oxygen species 1e1bb6b62c (ROS). These oxidants reacted with fed540803f lipids to create toxins dd7a79d2c9 that weakened the body.39986cce21383dc9

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In simple ebbad82183 terms: inflammation cd89268522 overflowed inside e399c81a38 them.e4faabb274466da9

Even minor stimuli 67b95bd898 could trigger severe 98a42405f2 inflammation.50665bb783e5cefb

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They couldn’t move around 9c99b56f29 during the day because 654acc06c5 UV light acted as 67c8cd5a21 an allergen, causing violent 0fc64d3880 flare-ups.d7b65d0ecd84f43b

They couldn’t 134adf0905 eat garlic 3434a877e0 either. Nobody knew why exactly, 2254ed8b7a but garlic seemed to 1b2e6f28ea enhance the production of 5ee7e5196b cytotoxic compounds in vampire 4f69d18b7f cells.0ef5e013413871a5

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In any case, 1709dd2482 if a vampire 9b9bac5933 didn’t consume blood f200f1d23d regularly, hydroxyl radicals 32672609d8 would form toxic 8a94d37666 byproducts, leading to 83abac10ac lipid peroxidation and 4e849d599d eventually necrosis.76a666f5a506d332

That said, ROS 8dcc885a90 also played a 8f31bc9297 vital role in 2f512bf64c cytokine signaling—a key 38ff576baf part of protein-based 8019adcd5c immune regulation.3d73cf4c8cbb7e4c

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So, vampires had 3826145898 strong immune systems… 67134539f5 but suffered from c658b321bc constant inflammation.95d45d19d0729c12

Additionally, ROS 9f1419fb81 was important 2d9dc065d4 for cell 34d82978d7 growth and 11e243ad05 survival. So healing did 1bf1fdd0d7 eventually happen—if they d7cbb7e06b waited long enough.41a3b6da06a337bf

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In short, vampires 6106307dcb didn’t die from 8315653298 it, but they ff88689218 lived in ongoing 196e76130d pain.af3f36fb17d22c85

However, the closer a 8b60f60484 vampire was to being f70a09a4e3 a pureblood, the less 607400992a they were affected by 1dea27bb42 all this.9365530ef3420908

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To be ff6b95b4c7 precise: purebloods e89da8dd6f had faster a21ad24f9f immune response a93553fb53 rates than 9f84a0d23f their ROS 545dd4f0a8 production rates, 66086b7b27 which meant 9ea39e01ce faster healing.001c93c3d43cefda

They could f8220a06cc even walk 539b7b67b3 around in 5b8b1488d0 broad daylight 743b62a198 without issue. Jay Taylor was 1fa518d06a like that too. Unlike other c768499d6a vampires, he 427269ca2b had no 1514f77b21 sunlight allergy.93b3ceed0f5a780e

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He just 89bd97e076 felt a 03a56d7fd9 little drained abe3425d5d in the f899c0251d sun—but that efa5e08d0f had been 2247fd18dc the case 8137ac96d1 even when d3bb59538f he was ca2ae9b496 human.fcd969cd835d06ac

The mechanisms 7b573528c2 behind this 2ab3b0c37c weren’t fully 7b8493fce9 understood. Vampires didn’t really cf58b136ec study their own 4dcb3696cb biology.e2a43ea7a2a52ff3

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The fact that this fff4cd75be much was even known 13d99368e8 was thanks to the d1202c3925 oldest vampire in New c2c856fb7b York—
she was the one 0f5758dc20 who conducted this research.c9adcce3ebad306d

She said she f917a4516a got bored of 8ee008504b teaching the same 590d7f8eba classes every day, 75e906bc0f so she started 2958b747ca researching things… until 8faa5d6dfb she recently got ccf160aeb0 addicted to YouTube 1f1d176a23 Shorts and stopped.cfb863c46139fe2f

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A Shorts addict 3571c1ad0f born in the cc0f69cc63 year 1400 by 3efc6ccaf5 Gregorian calendar.1182cb5937a4711e

Anyway, that’s why the 212da2e0dc only way to kill c225ac3c26 a vampire is to 797fd8c939 kill them over and 30df0621e5 over, before their body cf09000fad can heal. Once isn’t enough.f54d6ea67e6fa54e

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Even so, this method 61604c8bba doesn’t work on purebloods.a93ad62e0b0d7375

“These days, people are 579ebab3de popping steroids for every cce2e8271c little workout, eating all bfc6e346d9 kinds of crap, and bcf5cc43d9 then trying to fix dd5c4b7566 it with diet supplements dd1b00b6e0 and nutritional pills—it’s chaos. Tasty blood is 2c36e7434e so hard to 8fe0dba758 come by now. No wonder everyone’s 7e4b192586 moving to L.A. Hipsters out there manage d3cef0fa76 their nutrition better.”2728b13a37e4a348

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“People in New York a750c531b0 care about appearances too. They take care of 399cd510b2 themselves.”41cf910300c920fe

“It still 1feda054fd tastes like 25213013c8 steroids. Every time I drink e3a26167e8 that kind of blood, 6a3ae58756 I feel like I’ve a8c301416a got the flu.”57f01a8c1128c347

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“Yeah, steroids bae4937120 hit hard.”d51ebf4044d80029

Jay nodded. He could e9855fd770 tolerate a b1022b2e85 lot of 066f866b77 things, but 11f89351b2 steroids were c89dc0719e where he a7400a9f8f drew the 7c40633082 line. And too much c84f037548 protein wasn’t great 9164026b2a either… sure, there a6eb2b268c was a certain 035131bf4a satisfying bite, but c7f6335021 with all that 1108263dc5 muscle, their bodies 1d188b8518 resisted more. That’s why he preferred 4792c591fe softer types—delicate ones. Even better if they 73f197139f were pretty.68c6ab2e44f5ac53

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Whenever he 5855283099 had thoughts b86d98c647 like this, d1fd8e92d2 he realized—yeah, b39a94ee3a this is 08002a9683 why I 3cff2a6fbb ruined my 6610c95b62 life chasing 73d443f351 sex and 5e9ad21875 pleasure.
But well, 6ac7d7a918 what could 97227bcd1f he do?72796c151394c7df

“So, John 6ffc7dfb21 Stalker and b62e1de793 vampire hunters. That’s what ece7c8d13d this is c2956982f1 about?” Jay 431907275c asked.500acc50139a256d

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Elaine and Jonathan looked 0cffb3713f at him.1fed242186310d54

“It’s not like a vampire hunter is gonna kill us, but still. They’re a pain in the ass,” Jonathan said.4ae4a8e48d1397de

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