“I will drag you into an darkest abyss, as you have done to me for your betrayal. It’ll be like an eye for an eye and tooth for an tooth.” 

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.)

Atlas finally showed a cracked expression on his face, and he gritted his teeth with angry eyes, his words low and stuttering. 


Atlas stood up back, trying to look unbothered, but the embarrassment within his eyes and the red cheeks only ruined his cover.


However, the light red within his cheeks began to fade away as his gaze began to move behind his back.


Sebastian felt instead a hearing of a movement behind his back, and his heart started racing, and he turned around with expectation rising within him.


His brother was slowly opening his eyes, and confusion lingered within, and he looked around the room as if trying to figure out where he was at. 


Sebastian could see panic rising on his face, and he reached out to grab his hands gently, but that seemed to backfire, for Quinn had flinched under his touch.


Sebastian removed his hands, and he spoke in a low voice so he wouldn't scare him or whatever, "Hey. It's me."


Chapter 157 - Quinn is Awake [1]