Chapter 9 — Lilith: The Vampire of Mourning
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3:59 AM
The rain had stopped, but Tokyo felt soaked in something thicker—like the air itself was holding its breath.
Yuuto stood in a graveyard deep beneath the city, under an abandoned cathedral turned strip-club, now called:
> "Sanctum Nocturne"
He wore the collar Reika had given him.
It pulsed like a living thing around his throat.
He knocked three times.
The doors opened—not by magic this time.
But by a scent.
Blood. And roses.
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Inside was nothing but candles.
And in the center of it all, lying in a coffin made of crimson silk—
She waited.
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Meet: Lilith of Mourning
Vampire.
Body: flawless. Skin: snow-pale. Eyes: like dried petals.
She weeps before she feeds—because she remembers every lover she's killed.
Every time she orgasms, someone dies.
She hates herself.
But she's so, so hungry.
Her body was covered in inked names.
More than 300.
All lovers.
All victims.
She looked at Yuuto, eyes full of thirst… and mercy.
> "If you make me come, I'll kill you."
"But if you don't… I'll hate you."
Yuuto removed his shirt.
> "Then we both suffer together."
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Veil Four — Blood and Ecstasy
Lilith stood.
She was naked, perfect, trembling.
She walked to him, bare feet silent on stained marble.
> "No foreplay," she said.
"No teasing. Just… bite me."
Yuuto's fangs hadn't shown before.
But now they did.
A side effect of the curse evolving.
> He bit her neck.
She bit his chest.
Their blood mingled—and the room lit up like sex had become thunder.
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They fucked on a coffin.
On velvet.
Surrounded by candles that flickered like they were watching.
Lilith kissed him while crying.
Touched herself while he moved inside her.
Held his throat as he whispered every name tattooed on her.
> "You're not a monster," he said, grinding against her deepest scar.
"You're lonely."
She screamed.
Bit his tongue.
Climaxed hard enough to crack the coffin.
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But Yuuto didn't die.
He sat up.
His blood was glowing.
> "You… survived?" Lilith asked, stunned.
"No one survives me."
Yuuto looked at his hands.
Something was changing.
Something ancient was awakening.
His mark now had five rings.
> "I'm not human anymore," he said quietly.
"Am I?"
Lilith reached up.
> "No. You're something older."
She kissed him.
Soft. Sweet. Thankful.
> "You made me come… and live."
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Outside, lightning cracked again.
The Queen watched the city from her black tower.
> "He bled with the vampire. Took her sin. Kept his soul."
She smiled.
> "Then let him suffer his own."
She opened a book bound in skin.
Inside: a name circled in black ink.
> "Aika Tsukishiro"
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Back at Yuuto's apartment…
Aika stood at his door.
Soaked in rain.
Eyes empty.
> "Yuuto… I remembered everything."
> "I remember who cursed me.
I remember who you were.
And what you did to me."
Yuuto froze.
The past… was back.
And it wanted justice.
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