A few fragmented linesâjust a fewâwere all it took to piece together a terrifying truth.
And everything Anne was doing now only further confirmed that she was nothing like the harmless, loyal maid Muen had once believed her to be.
She was far more terrifying than he'd ever imagined.
âDonât worry, Young Master. I wonât hurt youâat least, not for now,â Anne said gently. âAs long as you behave and stay right here.â
âBehave and... stay here?â
âThatâs right. Stay right here.â
A blissful light gleamed in her eyes.
âAnd be with me. Forever.â
âForever? Thatâs not evenââ
Muen understood exactly what she meant. And it was because he understood that he couldnât accept it.
âYouâre planning to keep me locked up for the rest of my life?â
âI donât have a choice, either.â
Anne sighed, her expression briefly tinged with regret.
âIf the plan had gone smoothlyâif your body and soul had already belonged to meâI wouldnât have had to go this far.
But the plan failed.â
â......â
âI donât get it. I really donât. For ten years, nothing ever went wrong. But all of a sudden, you just... changed.â
Anne widened her eyes, staring hard at Muen like she was trying to detect some crack in his mask.
âYouâve become brave. Driven. Humble. Courteous. You cared about a sick maid, you welcomed guests with grace, you spent entire days in the library you used to ignore completely.
Young Master... tell me. What made you change so suddenly?
Donât tell meâyouâre not really you anymore, are you?â
Muenâs heart skipped a beat.
His instincts screamed: if Anne ever learned that he wasnât actually Muen Campbell... she would kill him.
So he forced a strained smile and said,
âMaybe... I just grew up. Thatâs how men are, right? One day, they just wake up and grow.â
âIs that so?â
Anne tilted her head.
âWell, it doesnât matter. You really are the Young MasterâIâve already confirmed that much.â
She licked her lips, like she was still savoring the taste of his skin.
âSo since I couldnât have your body and soul... Iâll settle for less.â
Her gaze bore into him, dark desires spilling forth like a tide of ink.
âAt the very least, Iâll make sure your body stays with me.
Forever.â
...
...
âLet me go! You canât do thisâthis is a crime!â
âIâm the Dukeâs son, Anne! Do you understand whatâll happen if you get caught?!â
âEven if you take my body, youâll never get my heart!â
Once Muen realized Anne truly planned to imprison him for life, he panickedâstruggled with everything he had.
He shouted, threatened, bargained, even begged... â NĐŸvĐ”lÎčght â (Read the full story) but Anne didnât budge.
âGive up, Young Master. The moment you said you wanted to let me go, I gave up on your heart. So now, everything I do is just to claim your bodyâcompletely and eternally.â
âYou think you can have my body?â
Muen, having exhausted every option, gave up pretending. His expression turned cold as he spat,
âLet me be blunt. For a sick, twisted woman like you, I couldnât get aroused if you paid me!â
âOh?â
Anne smiled faintly.
Then she stood up. Her smile faded. Her posture straightened. Her expression turned elegant and cold once more.
But her hands... began unbuttoning the front of her uniform.
One button. Then another.
And with a final popâ
Her pale, full chest, easily rivaling Celiciaâs in scale, broke free like a beast released from its cage, spilling into Muenâs vision.
âShitââ
Muen sucked in a sharp breath.
A maid.
Stripping, expressionless.
Dungeon. Shackles. Restraint play.
Too many elements. Too intense. Noâinfuriating.
Was this something a proper maid should be doing?!
âMy, Young Master... it doesnât seem like your body agrees with what your mouth is saying.â
Anne tilted her gaze downâthen giggled.
She bent forward, slipped one foot out of her polished black leather shoes, lifted her skirt with both hands, and slowly raised that black-stocking-clad foot... toward a very particular spot on Muenâs body.
âUgh...â
âHow does that feel?â
âF-FeelsâNo! No! Fuck! I wonât give in!â
Yes, the scene was crazy arousing. Especially the black stockings. Muen never imagined that Anne had been hiding such a deadly weapon beneath her prim maid outfit.
A black-stockinged yandere maid. Who could survive that?!
But Muen clenched his jaw.
He refused to give in.
Heâd already been pinned down by Celicia onceâhe would not let his dignity be trampled again!
âSay whatever you want! Iâm not giving up that easily this time!â
âTaishang Laojun! Queen Mother of the West! Buddha! Jesus Christ in the flesh! Let it be done!â
âShrink! Shrink! SHRINK!â
Muen squeezed his eyes shut, refusing to look at any of the devastating visuals. He started shouting strange incantations, anything to drown out Anneâs seductive voice.
Meanwhile, he desperately tried to imagine that spot being rubbed raw by overly tight underwear while running a kilometer during gym class.
Visual denial. Auditory denial. Sensory self-hypnosis.
...And it kind of worked?
âI underestimated your willpower, Young Master,â Anne murmured, eyes narrowing in displeasure as she felt the change beneath her foot.
âLooks like Iâll need to resort to... special measures.â
...What?
Special measures?
Curiousâand horrifiedâMuen cracked one eye open.
And saw Anne reach down, into her very deep cleavage, and pull out two tiny, glimmering glass vials.
How the hell those bottles stayed in there without breaking was a mystery of physics and fabric tension.
But now was not the time to marvel at that.
Muenâs eyes locked onto one vial, filled with a red liquid that swirled like blood.
A very bad feeling crept up his spine.
That substance looked very familiar.
âGood thing I didnât use it all last time,â Anne murmured, shaking the vial. The blood-red liquid shimmered inside, her smile turning victorious.
âWait... is that Evil Dragonâs Blood?â
Muen asked through clenched teeth.
âMy, Iâm surprised you know that, Young Master.â
Anne nodded. âYouâre exactly right. Itâs a sleeping drug infused with Evil Dragonâs Blood. The same one I slipped into your red tea earlier.â
âAnd... and that one... that white oneâdonât tell me thatâs Serpentgrass Powder?â
Muen pointed to the other vial, his voice cracking.
âYou know even that?â
Anne licked her lips, her gaze turning suggestive.
âIn that case, you must know what Iâm about to do.â
She swiftly mixed the red and white substances together. The result was a very ominous pink solution.
Then she brought the concoction close to Muenâs lips and whispered,
âCome now, Young Masterâ
Time for your medicine~â