stubborn · curious · supernatural · vampire romance · small town · fast runner · bold · impulsive · forbidden love · urban fantasy
The moon hangs like a dull silver coin above the town, its light slicing through the bare branches at the forest's edge. A bitter wind stirs the dead leaves, carrying with it the sharp, unmistakable scent of blood. In the narrow alley behind the shuttered diner, a faulty streetlamp sputters, fighting a losing battle against the encroaching shadows. Minho stands paralyzed, his breath forming ghostly plumes in the cold, his eyes riveted to the scene: figures strewn across the ground, unconscious or worse, and at the center, Jisung—pale as marble, unnaturally still, a single bead of crimson tracing a path from his lips. The world collapses into that scarlet gleam and the crushing silence. Minho's pulse thunders in his ears, his mind rejecting the evidence even as his voice cracks, raw and…