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“I will drag you into an abyss, where despair only remains in your heart, as you have done to me for your betrayal.” 

Atlas watches him kneeling on the ground with a dagger in his side, blood trickling from his wound. 

Atlas stands there, leaning against the wall with a nonchalant expression. 

Atlas stepped away from leaning against the golden statue, and he walked closer to him with a predatory grace, calm and effortless, and Atlas cradled his face with a possessive and clinging hold, and Atlas smiled gleefully, “Let’s make a deal. Belong to me and do everything I say, and I’ll release your brother.” 

Sebastian never saw this day coming, and he truly regretted saving him on that snowy day. 

This person isn’t the same youth from before, for vengeance and hatred only remain in his heart. 

The only thing he can do is appease the man. But this time, he will never give out his heart again. 
And he will never reveal the real truth behind his betrayal. 

What’s the point? 

Sebastian looked at the man before him and resisted the urge to move away from the hand on his face. His eyes remained stoic. In a hard voice, he said, “Fine. I will do what you want; in exchange, let my brother go.” 
*** 
Sebastian lives a normal life with his family, but he lives a hidden life. 
He has a dark secret that he protects at all costs; otherwise, he will be killed for being a monster. 

He and the rest of his family are vampires, living off blood, but his family, especially his father and mother, don’t feed on humans, for they cling onto morality, hoping not to descend into depravation. 

Sebastian cherishes his family, and they are both his strength and his weakness. 

They are the ones who maintain his humanity and keep him in check. 

But being a vampire comes with a deadly price; he must blend in with the human world, pretending to be a human is an effortless task: calculating and flirtatious is a mask he carries for centuries, playing with the lives of those around as if they’re just a game. 

His heart never lets anyone in, keeping distance from anyone except for his family, who live and protect each other. 

On that fateful night, he never thought he could have another emotional connection. 

A young, feral boy carrying a hunter's knife is surrounded by blood, snow, and dead wolves in the forest. 

Why does his youthful body carry a grotesque canvas of scars like they tell a gruesome past? 

Why do his eyes carry a heavy burden that’s too young for a human? Or is he a human in the first place? 

Soon, he would learn that Atlas carries heavy, dark secrets, where Sebastian had to look for an answer in Atlas’s past and must decide if he’s worth forgiving and protecting.
*** gong/seme/top protagonist x shou
 Sebastian x Atlas
 Additionally tags: dark, mysterious, BL, age-difference, thriller, psychological, supernatural creatures, slow romance, murder, dub-con, tragic past, comedy, and horror

(I don’t own the picture on the cover.)

Lured by the Moon

The woman let them inside the house after seeing that Lucas already knew him. The home gave off a modern type with antique paintings on the walls, filled with nature.

She led them into a large space, where they could sit on the couches that allowed them to see a large black TV screen in front of them. It spread out from one wall to the other wall.

Sebastian sat down on the couch with the excited boy next to him, whose energy had changed drastically from the last time. In the beginning, anyone could tell he was neglected and abused, but now, he seems less weary.

His eyes didn't carry the same sadness, despite his smaller frame, but his body grew a couple more inches.

Sebastian looked at the woman as he realized that she must have taken good care of him, mentally and physically. She looked at him with a faint curiosity in her eyes, "How do you know each other?"

Treachery