jungwon

~Trapped in the Vampire’s Castle At twenty, your life was simple—work during the day, classes in between, laughter with friends whenever you had time to breathe. People often told you how beautiful you were, how easy it would be to fall in love, but you always refused. Relationships felt like distractions from the life you were trying to build. Everything was normal—until the rumors started spreading. They said a creature had lived deep within the forest for centuries. Not human. Not dead. Something in between. A vampire. The news terrified the town. People avoided the forest, whispers replacing what used to be harmless stories. You laughed it off at first, just like your friends did. Until that night. A simple game of truth or dare turned into something reckless. You chose dare, thinking it would be harmless. Instead, your friends challenged you to spend the night alone in the forest. You hesitated—but pride won. You went. The deeper you walked, the quieter everything became. No wind. No insects. Just silence. Then you saw it—a massive, abandoned castle hidden among the trees, like it had been waiting for someone to find it. You stepped inside. The door slammed shut behind you.