He doesn't bite!

❈ | chapter twenty two

Always

Black feathers.

Usually, nobody likes them, not even Jiyu.

But now, her heart fluttered, and relief seeped through her pain the moment she saw them.

She couldn't really open her eyes fully-it was a blurry view-but it was enough for her to know that her guardian angel was here.

A faint smile made its way to her lips, and the dark aura that once scared her now engulfed her heart with security.

It was the same moment the guy raised his knife to stab her when Hyunjin appeared, grabbed his wrist, and stopped him midway.

A short glance at Jiyu was all it took for anger to conquer his red eyes that glared at the terrified man, and without even realizing it, Hyunjin turned into his full vampire form.

Hyunjin never gets angry. Hyunjin also never turns uncontrollably.
But now, he did.

"How dare you?" Hyunjin gritted, eyes wide, his grip on the man's wrist tightening-smashing his bones. "How fucking dare you?!"

A scream of agony was all he got as a reply.

Hyunjin's other hand wrapped around the man's throat, his nails piercing his skin and extracting louder screams from him. And he almost-almost-smashed his throat too.

"Hyunjin... the child."

A weak mumble from Jiyu made him stop, the glow of his veins slowly disappearing as he glanced at the kid, who was a crying mess as he looked at Hyunjin.

Hyunjin's red eyes looked into the man's again. He let go of his wrist, but his grip remained strong on his throat, even though his nails had shortened.

"See that ocean there," he uttered, motioning with his index finger behind him. "The moment I let go of you, you run there-and drown yourself to death."

Then, he snapped his fingers before letting go of the man, who immediately did as he said.

Hyunjin didn't even spare him a glance as he instantly squatted down on one knee, carefully holding Jiyu to sit up. But she stopped him before he could grab her wrist to heal it.

"Erase his memories first. It was too much for him," she said tiredly, looking at the kid.

"But you-"

"Hyunjin, please." She cut him off, and he sighed at her stubbornness before hurrying to the crying kid, who was clearly terrified of him. But Hyunjin didn't really care now.

"Hey," he grabbed his shoulders, and the kid cried louder. "All you're going to remember is that the crazy guy was trying to take you away and she helped you. Then he ran to the ocean when he heard the police were coming. Now, sleep."