Chapter 1:

Blood Moon Among the City Crowd

Stranded Blood



The occurrence of a lunar eclipse is a phenomenon in that we can also feel the beauty behind the form of terror. The spherical object of the celestial body glowed so red that it briefly enlarged in the vision. The night sky began to be decorated by rare natural phenomena. Blood Moon. The moon will appear reddish-orange in color and the earth's satellite will appear very large. Some people ignore it, some stare in amazement. The myth says this natural occurrence is associated with evil. How to deal with it? Try not to care. Nevertheless, we must be careful about our surroundings.

The woman took her dog for a night walk right on this 'bloody' moon phenomenon. This rare phenomenon, which takes place every 195 years, does not stop all activities. Including the figure of a 'creature' who appeared out of nowhere preparing to attack the woman with her pet. The woman turned to and fro standing outside the cafe terrace waiting for someone. From a distance not so far away from the creature who is willing to attack her at any time. The existence of this creature, not even people are aware of it. The appearance, which is similar to a tramp, makes other people don't care.

Beneath a dirty hood, this creature stuck out its fangs. At the end of a dark narrow alley, it was revealed two eyeballs that flicker red like the phenomenon of the blood moon tonight. The little dog recognized the presence of 'something'. That furry little dog barked at the creature's appearance. The woman was surprised by her dog's behavior and then took it away without knowing of the creature's presence. Meanwhile, the hooded figures stopped their actions after being prevented by someone.

That person was just astonished by the black hooded figure. However, this person did not know what was in his brain, he instead saved the homeless hooded figure. He had to do it to hide the tramp from the woman and her little dog who behaved strangely as they stared at the tramp's figure. Unexpectedly, this person was amazed after seeing a beautiful woman under her dirty clothes when her hood was opened due to a gust of wind. As a man, he felt so eager to save her. But, oddities began to occur.

No time.

Suddenly, that beautiful woman attacked him. Aiming her fangs at the man's neck. Not until she bit him, he spontaneously covered that mysterious woman's mouth. He immediately realized that this creature was not human. This mysterious woman is apparently a vampire creature.

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Gianna opened her eyes wide. Quickly she woke up from her sleep remembering it was time to serve her master. All of sudden, it turns out she was in her master's room. On a mattress that was so soft and remembered that Gianna was only wearing her satin nightgown. Gianna looked around for the man who was no longer by her side. Gianna then rushed out of bed before her master left for work. Before she could tidy up the bed, someone entered the room.

“So, you're awake at last. Hurry up and make me breakfast!” That man ordered in his deep voice. Gianna was surprised to see her master who was already well-dressed, only not wearing his suit.

"How did you manage a tie so neatly?" asked Gianna, fascinated at her master's dashing stature.

That man looked at his tie and smiled proudly. “I have to leave soon. That's why I'm doing it myself except making breakfast.” Then he approached Gianna touching her slender waist.

"You’ve already become my wife, serve me as best you can," he said. Their faces stared into each other's eyes making Gianna blush.

"I know. But, I don't love you, Tohpati."

"Does not matter. I don't love you either. At least you're grateful that I protected you." He smirked domineeringly.

"You know what? I'm not used to calling you 'husband' yet.” Gianna fixed the collar of Tohpati's shirt, smoothing out any visible creases.

"From the very beginning, you told me to be a servant." Gianna suddenly thought of something. She leaned her body closer to whisper with her red lips softly in Tohpati's ear.

“I even think of you as 'my meal'. Nothing more."

Gianna smirked. Tohpati fell silent.

“What if at that time, I didn’t give you my blood? I'll let you be left stranded in a zone without blood-sucking creatures like you. If I need to, I'll throw out all the animal blood supplies from my fridge," Tohpati said in a low voice, "it makes me sick."

This time Gianna was silent.

Tohpati smiled smugly leaving Gianna in passing.

“Now, prepare me some breakfast!” Tohpati exclaimed, giving the order.

While Gianna was making breakfast of sandwiches and a glass of some fruit juice, Tohpati walked over to her. Just pick up a sandwich that has not been prepared on the dining table. Didn't think that he had been waiting too long for his breakfast. Gianna felt that since living in this country, which was not ruled by the vampire clan, she had lost her strength.

“Why are you taking so long preparing breakfast like this? Is it because you're still tired from last night?" Tohpati scoffed. Gianna turned around in surprise at the question.

"I guess I should have breakfast too," said Gianna. "Want to leave now? Be careful, okay?”

Tohpati had already finished his fruit juice until there was nothing left. Even he didn't pay attention to Gianna's words, who was still in the kitchen. While cleaning up the cutlery, Gianna headed for the fridge to plan dinner. She didn't even have time to prepare some lunch—but Tohpati didn't mind that. Gianna is not a human, but she is already used to living like a human. She learned so quickly to understand everything about humankind. Possibly at any time, Gianna wants to rule in order to allow blood-sucking creatures like her to live in this country.

Unfortunately, that's impossible to do. Because Tohpati also took part in the government of this country. Kind of like Gianna trapped in a tiger cage. Tohpati was not someone who worked in the government. Nonetheless, he is the holder of a company where he is very much needed for the sake of advancing this country's economy. Gianna does not understand that human life seems more complicated. Thinking about the complexities of humans, Gianna who had to go through a period of exile, was worried about the situation of the vampire clans in her country land. Gianna wants to return, but for the sake of her safety, she must stay in another country until the time is right.

“How long do I have to stay here? Getting married to Tohpati makes me feel like I can't do anything here.” Gianna let out a resigned breath. Then she opened the fridge to eat the animal blood that Tohpati had prepared. But, there was only one left and that meant she had to ask Tohpati back. Or maybe she would have to suck Tohpati's blood once again.

It was almost sundown, yet it wasn't too dark. Gianna covered herself in tightly closed black clothes. The passersby looked at her in surprise, but it was for her protection. Gianna came to a kind of forest in the middle of a big city. The last time when she first arrived, she had wondered why there were no more dense forests left in this capital city. Gianna went alone without an escort and was actually strictly forbidden by Tohpati because it was perilous. Moreover, Gianna was not allowed to hunt in this urban forest. There is no other way but to hunt. Gianna could have left in the middle of the night, but she didn't want to trouble her master.

When she arrived at the urban forest which was suddenly shrouded in darkness with a lack of lights, Gianna started to move. She stepped slowly and looked up to find a rabbit jumping around from a short distance away. Unknowingly, a shadow shot up, rushing at her from the right side until her body slammed down. Gianna tried to get up as she watched the shadowy figure of the person in front of her. She was startled that the figure had fangs just like her own. 

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