His Bite

Chapter 1CrowI was currently groping in the mirror watching my own reflection. Grandma made me realize the importance of beauty, a quality that no one else can ever take away.Shouldn't intelligence come first? I just shrugged it off and chose to just nod to everything Grandma was telling me.I know it's a big responsibility for a girl like me to take care of beauty, but I can't deny that the way Grandma takes care of me is not normal anymore.It's not that I don't want Grandma to take care of me. I love him so much that I am ready to follow all his wishes. But most of his way of maintaining my beauty is often hair-raising.Sometimes it crossed my mind that Grandma was preparing me to be offered to a powerful person.I shook my head at my thoughts."Magic mirror, show me the most beautiful woman on earth?" I asked Grandma's old mirror as if it would answer me.I grinned, tucking a stray strand of hair next to my right ear."You... Claret Cordelia Amor..." I answered myself.I laughe

A gentle brushing of my hair woke me up. I'm not surprised by this feeling because grandma used to do this to me often. But how did he get me here?"I know you're awake Claret." Grandma's hoarse voice woke me up. did he cryMy eyes were greeted by the familiar bath that I grew up in. The dim rays of the two lamps hanging on the bamboo wall gave life to our shadows, which I have witnessed several times every time the full moon approached.My whole body is currently soaking in a bamboo bath containing pure milk. Its warm embrace seemed to bring not only comfort but a strange strength that I could not understand until now.I absent-mindedly glanced at the full moon from outside the window. I can't help but admire how beautiful it shows me. Its beauty has never faded from my eyes.But despite my admiration for the beauty of the moon, I suddenly thought of the people who went to our house earlier. I tried to think that they were just part of a strange dream, but what happened was so clear.