After Zhan was allowed to eat me up twice last night, hehehe, we lay awake in bed for quite a while, talking and cuddling. And Zhan told me about the legends he read in books when he was in Romania, Transylvania and Wallachia. So the legends about vampires and werewolves. Among them, the predestined love between a white wolf and a vampire. Of course, I immediately thought of Zhan and me.

But then he told me about a white she-wolf and a vampire. The two were doomed to fight each other as mortal enemies. But when the vampire saw the white she-wolf in her human form, he instantly fell in love with the beautiful woman and was no longer able to kill her. Even more, he swore eternal loyalty to her and protected her from then on.

In the end, the white she-wolf also fell in love with the vampire. And after they had a love affair secretly for a while, the vampire turned to his clan and the she-wolf to her pack. They both asked their own to mate them with each other, because they didn't want to spend a single day without each other anymore.

After some hesitation, their own agreed and mated them together. And with this mating they also brought peace between the two species, which still lived unrecognized among humans. But fearing that they would not have many happy years ahead of them, because a wolf does not live as long as a vampire, the two looked for a way to be together forever. And a legend says that the two have found a way and possibly even today somewhere in seclusion, live together and are happy.

That means, if something about these legends is true, there is a chance for Zhan and me as well. And he also told me that he wants to go back to Romania once again and do more research. He wants to find this white wolf and this vampire. And when he told me that, I immediately said that I will go with him no matter what.

I want to investigate this legend together with Zhan. Unfortunately, Zhan did not find very much information about it, or rather he said that it was not described in great detail. For example, there is nothing in these legends about how the she-wolf coped with the smell of death from the vampire. According to Zhan, it is possible that the vampire, similar to me, had a completely different smell than all the other vampires.

And Zhan also said that with what's going on in our town right now, he thinks it's quite possible that this legend will be repeated. Because the emergence of these many black wolves attacking and killing vampires. And then two days the media talked about bloodless corpses that a group of night hikers found during their hike through a natural valley.

The group, made up of 10 men and women between the ages of 50 and 70, meet twice a month and do these special night hikes. And a few weeks ago when they met again and went hiking in this natural valley at night, they became aware of a horrible stench.

As they quickly found out, this stench came from 4 corpses that had simply been dumped behind some bushes in the valley. The police spokesman of the police headquarters had told the media that the bodies of the dead were bloodless. They had no injuries that could explain this blood loss. There had been only two punctures on the neck.

Well, this means that there are some vampires in this area. This is also the reason why Grandpa Xiao has already returned.

The interesting thing is, Zhan said that it is exactly as described in the legends. Vampires and werewolves began to gather in a certain place and form ever-growing groups. They are fighting against each other.

Grandpa Xiao said last night, "The old peace treaty between the vampires and werewolves is no longer valid." I didn't understand it then. Now that I know the legends, I wonder if maybe this means that the werewolf and the vampire have died and there must be a new unlikely pair consisting of a wolf and a vampire to restore the peace between the two species?

And if so, is it Zhan and me? And if so, could it be that our meeting was not a coincidence but fate? I find all of this very exciting and am eager to find out together with Zhan. I want to find out everything about our unequal and yet so strong connection. And with Zhan, I will be able to do that.

Finally, after this long conversation, we fell asleep and woke up only around noon. Youn had already left for work and after Zhan and I showered and ate together, yes I drank my blood, we too left for my office where once again the two homicide detectives were waiting for us.

The two were standing in front of my office door looking very impatient. We had entered the office together and had barely managed to sit down when the detective, whose face again looked like it wanted to be punched in, threw some files on the table and told us to look at them.

And what we saw there made Zhan and me speechless for a while. Pictures of the four dead people whose bodies were drained of blood. Images of people who had been horribly butchered. Footage from wildlife cameras in forests that showed huge black wolves. A lot of black wolves, in fact.

"So, what's that supposed to tell us now? We're not wildlife hunters." I said after a few minutes of silence.

The silent detective, who never spoke more than one or two sentences when they were in contact with us, replied, "We want you to help us find out who killed those four people and how. In addition, we want you to help us find out where these black wolves might be."

Zhan shook his head and said, "The wolves could be long gone. Usually such animals don't stay in one place for long. They wander many miles every day. And how are we supposed to find out who killed these people whose bodies were drained of blood? We don't have any clues."

It was clear to me that Zhan was determined to prevent this cooperation. When it comes to werewolves and vampires, we can't help them. After all, we're in the middle of it and can't let them find out the truth about us.

The detective with his chopping face kept thundering his finger on one of the files, saying, "It's all in here! We know that there is this strange commune that there are many rumors about. Rumors that they drink animal blood and only leave their house at night. And the footage of these wolves was taken in the very forest where this commune lives."

"So, if you know where these recordings were made and you already have suspects, then go there." I said.

Detective Chopping Face got really angry and replied, "We tried that. And they said they don't talk to police officers or detectives. Besides, it's still completely unclear where exactly these wolves might be. And we know you have methods of getting people to talk and finding leads where others fail."

"I don't think that's a good idea. Assuming these people living in the commune really have something to do with the four dead, who's to say they'll let us get away alive? What about wolves? They've killed people! How are Yibo and I supposed to fight wolves? We don't even have firearms!" Said Zhan. He played the role really well.

"Well, our superior wants you to help us. And if necessary, I'm sure he'll be willing to provide you with weapons. Because he really wants these killers to be found and put away." Detective Chopping Face explained.

His colleague, who had been staring at Zhan the whole time as if he wanted to eat him alive, nodded and added: "Exactly, our superior wants you to help us. And if you don't volunteer to help, I'm sure he'll find a way to force you to."

"Oh wow. There you are helping once and finding the serial killer you're looking for, and then you're automatically forced to help every time you get stuck?" I asked. I was more upset at that moment that this detective was staring at Zhan all the time. He was really undressing him with his looks. Ah, I would have liked him to... no... I'm quite calm. 321, 123 nothing makes me frenzy. Take a breath Yibo and let's move on.

Since it had just been made clear to us that they were not actually asking for our help, but were trying to force us to help them, Zhan and I had no choice but to finally agree. Of course we won't tell them anything. But to make them leave us alone, we simply said, "All right, you leave us no choice anyway."

Just like the first time we worked together, we had to sign a contract again. Then we were given a USB flash drive with all the data and pictures about the two cases on it, and the two detectives left.

Zhan and I then immediately went to the farm to talk to Grandpa Xiao. We told him about the visit of the two detectives and showed him the data and pictures on the USB flash drive. Grandpa Xiao then called some people and said that it was time to come here and help. More werewolves?

"We need to make sure that the area around the forest is constantly monitored. Because of the black wolves. And we need to go hunting for the vampires who killed those people." Explained Grandpa Xiao when we asked him what he was up to now.

Zhan told me he had never seen his grandpa so agitated. And before we headed back, Grandpa Xiao said, "I'd rather you two leave town for a while. Nothing must happen to you two. You are too important to us. I will also call Cheng and tell him that he and his boyfriend should stay there a little longer. And you two make sure you stay away from the woods and other vampires."

"But we have no contact with other vampires." I said, confused.

"I can smell it on you. You guys just recently had contact with a particularly smelly vampire." Replied Grandpa Xiao.

"But Zhan would have smelled that."

"Normally, yes. But there can be exceptions. Intentional manipulation, for example."

"And how would that work?"

"Well, someone could try to copy your rose scent."

"Someone could..." I didn't speak further and looked at Zhan thoughtfully. Then I asked Zhan, "Could Youn, maybe?" I didn't have to say the question completely for Zhan to know what I was talking about.

"Maybe. We need to find out." Replied Zhan.

All of a sudden I had to think about that nightmare again where Youn was attacking me and he had those red eyes. True, he never really attacked me. But maybe there were those red eyes after all? Anyway, there's something about his eyes. I saw it last night when Zhan and I came home.

I even had goosebumps from that staring piercing gaze. Could Youn be the vampire that Grandpa Xiao smelled on us? And did he really somehow copy my scent to trick Zhan's fine nose into thinking he wasn't a vampire?

Zhan and I went back to the office and started thinking about how to find out what Youn really is. A human with eerie eyes I never noticed before, or a vampire?