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Chu Wanning flushes. "What business is that of yours!"

"Well, one of the features of company is that you look at them," he says reasonably. "Doesn't it make sense to prefer company that's pleasing to look upon? You're certainly lovelier than anyone else who's set foot in my home in the years I've been here."

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“Don’t mock me,” he hisses. “Skip to the torture if that means you will stop saying such senseless things.”

"Why would I torture you? That would be such a waste," he says, bringing one claw up to skim lightly over Chu Wanning's cheekbone.

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AAAAA WHAT THE FUCK

Why is the scary beast monster hot. Why is the scary beast monster FLIRTING WITH HIM and why is THAT hot. None of this should be hot. Chu Wanning is furious.

He struggles to breathe. “Is this room where you’ll keep me?”

"Would you prefer another?"

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“I only want to know what to expect.”

He tips up Chu Wanning's chin. "What do you expect so far?"

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“Nothing,” he manages, voice strangled. “From a beast who keeps children prisoner.”

The beast flinches at that, releasing Chu Wanning.

"He wasn't a child," he protests.

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That's a confusing response. Chu Wanning doesn't know what to make of it at all. "He is still young.

You would object to keeping a small child?"

"I would keep a small child if they were running from something worse than me. I wouldn't trap a child."

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"How many people live here?"

"Five."

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"Willingly?"

"People who are completely unwilling get boring."

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"I'm a very uninteresting person."

"Uninteresting people don't realize their students are missing, follow them that quickly, pull a knife on someone armed with who-knows-what, and demand to be exchanged as prisoners."

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"Well, I've done all those things. But now I am just going to sit in this room indefinitely. How do you expect me to interest you?"

"Well, as I've said, you're very pretty."

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"Are you planning to sleep with me?"

"Do you want me to?"

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He chokes. "What! Of - of course not!"

"I suspect I will try very hard to seduce you," he says, one hand coming up to skim a claw down Chu Wanning's cheekbone again, "but I've never taken anyone by force and I don't intend to change that."

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