"!!!"
"???????"
His face was so red.
Bronya mused to herself. She did not know that, in Zhao Bai's eyes, her face was just as flushed. Her shyness was written all over her face, utterly washing away her icy facade.
They looked into each other's eyes, and for one brief moment, their hearts beat at the same rhythm.
Moonlit Embrace turned over and let out a soft whimper, breaking the ambiguous stillness. Bronya withdrew her fingers and gently wiped the corner of her mouth. When her hand brushed across her cheek, she felt a faint burning warmth.
"Tell Bronya what you think."
"Hiss... haah... hiss... haah..."
Bronya said with ease, "You cannot even speak anymore. Very good. Bronya's suspicion of you was mistaken. You have now been removed from the list of people who might build a harem. Please keep it up."
"Are you indirectly calling me a coward?"
"No."
She defended herself like that, but her expression clearly said yes. It was truly embarrassing.
The sun rose. Moonlit Embrace had been sleeping the entire time. Every vampire legend indicated that she would sleep through the day, and that the scorching sunlight would burn her skin and crimson eyes. Yet Zhao Bai still could not rest easy. He wrapped her in chains several times and secured them to the bedpost, as though keeping a dog. This was not imprisonment play; it was simply for safety's sake.
It was not until dusk that she slowly woke from her sleep, her crimson eyes blinking faintly.
"I'm hungry..."
Zhao Bai had been waiting for her all along. He had expected her to say something like that the moment she woke up. Carefully, he took out a bag of medical plasma. After thinking it over, driven by his chef's instincts, he heated it