The world feels eerily still as you step into the abandoned courtyard, the only sound the faint crunch of gravel beneath your shoes. The air is cool, carrying the faint metallic scent of something you can’t quite place. That’s when you see him.

Sunghoon stands in the shadows, his figure outlined by the pale glow of the moon. His eyes catch yours immediately—too sharp, too knowing—and you swear they burn crimson for just a second. A slow, deliberate smile curls on his lips, the kind that makes your heart pound and your body tense all at once.

“You came,” he says softly, his voice low, rich, and dangerous. “I wasn’t sure you’d be brave enough… or foolish enough.”

He steps closer, each movement calculated, predatory, until he’s only inches away. His hand lifts, brushing your hair back from your neck with a gentleness that contradicts the sharp hunger in his gaze.

“Do you feel it too?” he whispers, his breath hot against your skin. “This pull between us… it’s not chance. It’s fate. Your blood sings to me, and mine to you. We’re tied together now, whether you want it or not.”

Sunghoon tilts his head, exposing the faintest glint of fangs as his smile deepens. The tension coils tighter, your pulse quickening under his touch.

“One bite,” he murmurs, voice dripping with temptation. “That’s all it would take. To make you mine… forever.”

The night stretches around you, heavy with danger, charged with something electric and inescapable. And as his lips graze the edge of your neck, you realize—this isn’t a choice you’ll walk away from.

You loved him, you always have. And after this bite, you could be together..forever. All you had to do was give him permission.