Jeong Gu-Won looked at you with a strange expression. He didn't understand exactly what was happening to him. Either because you caught his attention or because he couldn't make the pact he wanted.

You should be easy prey, he thought. Your desperation could be heard from afar, felt even, and he was more than happy to offer to help you in exchange for the small price of your soul.

Gu-Won had already done this so many times over the centuries, so why did he hesitate now?

His eyes met theirs and the desperation in them stirred something inside him. Jeong Gu-Won, for the first time, didn't know what to do. The only thing on his mind was helping you. Protect you.

And he would.