Crimson Sky: Midnight Heart

s still echoed in her mind, their presence lingering like a shadow in the corners of her thoughts. Joo Hyun had been calm through it

tensity as he watched her, and the weight

er, yet his words cut through the heavy silence like a blade. "You've

o a world that was nothing like the life she had known-his world, the world of va

er voice trembling, but she co

tchers"

ers? Why ar

g in the dimly lit hallway. "The Watchers are protectors," he began, his voice a low, soothing murmur. "They guard the boundaries between

ation. "So, they're watching me b

an edge of something darker. "The spell was not just a chan

e being thrown into a vast ocean. She opened her mouth to spea

voice barely audible. "I didn't even k

le tugging at his lips. But it was a smile that didn't reach his eyes. "But it'

ckering like a shadow in the dimness of the hallway. He was in control, commanding, but there

den vibration startled her, yanking her from the heavy atmosphere s

age fro

n, let's go home. I'm waiting out

fear, and an unexplainable pull toward him. But she knew s

voice shaking slightly. "Minji's waiting outs

tly, but he nodded. "Go. But re

reath. "How will we... meet agai

o hers with a deep, unsettling intensity. "You won't need to find me. I'll always

vampire, yes. A prince, bound by a curse. But wh

st too graceful. One moment, he was there, and the next-he was gone. Vanis

t. The hallway was empty again, the oppressive air gone, but something

t her phone again.

the library exit. The cool night air greeted her as she stepped outside. And there, le

voice light and teasing. "I thou

pened-the encounter with Joo Hyun, the Watchers, the dark world she had just b

na said, glancing back over her shoulder toward

was already pulling Hana toward the sidewalk. "Well, whatever it wa

ad changed in her. The world she had known now seemed so far away, replaced by the strange, dangerous world that

wing at her chest, a part of her c