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It is dawn. I'm waiting for Siwon at the courtyard. The sky is dark and heavy, the clouds low on the horizon. It looks like it might rain. The hotel is silent , with the residents safely sleeping. After sometime, I hear the sound of footsteps brushing the grass.

"Siwon, I'm glad you came." I look straight at Siwon.

Siwon seems even more cross than usual. "What are you suggesting me to do?"

"Let's organize our problems first. Our common goal is to save Valencia and the hotel. Am I right?"

"You are."

"To do that we must follow  Sooman's will and choose an heir to open the doors to the Rose Garden."

"But that will not happen unless one of Sooman's bloodline and one of Eunjin's bloodline fall in love with each other."

"There's a possibility that love between friends will work."

"A far-fetched possibility."

"Listen until the end. If friendship is okay, I don't need to love Donghae or Sungmin. There's no inherent contradiction in choosing an heir to open the doors and loving you."

"Loving me will not make you happy."

"How could you know?!"

"...Why do you want me to love you that badly?"

"It's not that I want you to love me. I want to know your true feelings."

"If I said I didn't love you, would you give up?"

"If that were how you really felt, I would respect that." I finish without averting my gaze from Siwon.

Siwon curls his lips into a sneer. "I... don't love you."

"You're lying." I challenge his words at once.

"Someone thinks highly of themselves."

"Then why do you keep looking away from me?"

I hold Siwon's face in my hands and force him to look at me. "With such a painful expression..." I stare directly into Siwon's eyes.

"...I'm telling you, stay away from me. Have you forgotten that I am a vampire?"

"Bite me if you want. Drink as much blood as you desire."

"You'll regret it." Siwon's eyes glow red. He holds me in place as he breaks the first two buttons of my shirt by ripping it. Siwon's breath brushes against my neck. I feel something sharp touch my bare skin.

"...!" His fangs pierce into my skin and pain shoots through my body. The blood in my body starts to reverse its current to where I was bitten. Along with my blood, I feel my energy being drained from within me.

"Agh..." My feet tremble underneath me, but I force myself to stay standing.

Siwon removes his fangs, but he is still close to my neck "Can you still say you love me? Even after this?"

"Yes...I...love you... Siwon." I struggle to speak as I was feeling very weak.

Siwon steps back in shock, wiping h