[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-my-stepmom-is-a-vampire-her-entire-bloodline-wan":3,"chapter-my-stepmom-is-a-vampire-her-entire-bloodline-wan-my-stepmom-is-a-vampire-her-entire-bloodline-wan-chapter-40":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","My Stepmom Is A Vampire & Her Entire Bloodline Wants To Breed Me",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1125264,1455,"Chapter 40: Threads In The Dark","my-stepmom-is-a-vampire-her-entire-bloodline-wan-chapter-40",40,"\u003Cp>Somewhere across the city, another set of predators worked under a very different code.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, Dream Host, huh?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bald man spoke, his long white coat marking him as a doctor, though not the usual kind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He eyed the tall, well-built man lying in front of him. Under the bright lamp, the man’s sun-kissed skin glistened, his short brown hair cut in a trendy style.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hm... a jock, not weird that they got into trouble like this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Football player, Doctor Sam,\" Maria confirmed. \"His name’s Dylan. He’s infested with Dream Spores that’s developed into a Dream Host.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t call him ’doctor,’ Maria. He cheated to get his license, and it’ll only make his ego get as big as mount everest.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>David took a swig from his hip flask. Betty immediately slapped it out of his hands, sending the brown liquid splashing onto his jacket and the floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ow. Didn’t know you had a talent for being rude,\" David muttered, brushing his jacket with his hand. The liquor smeared rather than came off, but he let it drip anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Betty rolled her eyes. \"Rude? You wouldn’t survive as my enemy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sam sighed. \"You see your two teammates over there? Sure you don’t want to switch? Your future’s still bright.\" He adjusted his glasses and took a seat on the stool beside Dylan’s body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maria shrugged. \"Ah, I’m still new. Don’t think I have much of a choice.\" She kept her eyes on the patient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sam pulled a strange lens device attached to a flexible tube and positioned it above Dylan’s chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re a Pharos, right? You need to learn this,\" he said, motioning for Maria to come closer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She nodded gratefully and leaned in to watch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pharos was a human that developed supernatural power from birth or awakened because of trauma revolving around a vampire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their existence was valuable to vampire hunters as they were the only one that could see the weakness of the high level vampires.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is called the Augur Glass. It’s made from vampire irises melted into a single lens. With it, we can see abnormalities caused by vampires, like this Dream Host, and destroy them more easily.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From his bag, Sam took out a long silver needle about twenty centimeters, thin but still solid enough to hold with ease in his wrinkled hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is made entirely from silver. It’s one of only two materials that can harm a vampire.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And the other one?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’ve heard of Mutation Blood Style? That’s the other. Silver burns a vampire’s flesh, halting regeneration in low-level ones. For the stronger ones... it only slows them down a little.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sam turned his focus back to Dylan. Inside the boy’s lungs, clusters of Dream Host spread thick purple spores.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He carefully inserted the needle, piercing the infected tissue without damaging the lung itself. The spores wilted and shriveled instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he was done, Sam handed the needle to Maria. \"The other lung is yours.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maria grinned, taking it carefully. She mirrored his precise movements until no trace of the Dream Host remained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When they were done, Sam approached David and Betty, who were waiting, and said, \"I’ll report this to the boss. You two bring the head of Velstrath here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re sure she’s the perpetrator? But why?\" David asked, rubbing the back of his head. His face made it clear he wanted nothing to do with Velstrath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, you’re scared? Even with that brand-new Vitalis Core implanted in you?\" Sam smirked, making his friend roll his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A B-rank one. Not exactly useful against an S-rank vampire like the head of Velstrath... it doesn’t even give me evolved powers like them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huh. Has age made you weak and cowardly, David?\" Sam’s tone sharpened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just call her. She’s not the type to attack random people. Something must have happened. And as the lead, you should sniff it out like the loyal dog you are.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sam turned away, nodding toward the boy beside him. \"Also, this one’s got a strong constitution. Everyone else went mad from that dream, but he held it together. He’s good. You should recruit him—we’re short on hunters.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He dropped into his soft chair again, resting one hand on its headrest as he spun lazily to face them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Recruiters these days are pathetic. Probably gone soft from all the tech doing the work for them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How many died last week again?\" he sighed. \"At this rate, I might as well switch sides.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Watch it, Sam,\" David warned, finally standing. \"I’ll be the one hunting you down if you turn into a bloodsucking monster and I don’t need another friend giving their life tothem.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Relax. I’m too old for that,\" Sam shrugged. \"If I wanted to be one, I’d have done it twenty years ago when I was still hot. Now scram.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three of them left with heavy sighs, knowing that tomorrow—and probably the rest of the week—was going to be long and exhausting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>***\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seamus followed the directions on the paper Madeline had given him. The address led him into the part of town no one wanted to touch, the slums.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The deeper he went, the more the streets revealed their rot: drug dealers lurking in corners, drunkards sprawled on the curb, bodies twitching in drug-induced haze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pulled his hoodie lower, hiding his face, and quickened his pace past a prostitute calling out to him, past a pair of addicts brawling while blood sprayed from a fresh wound, the bystanders laughing like it was sport.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air here was foul: not from pollution, but from the cocktail of cheap weed, cloying perfume, and alcohol thick enough to sting his vampire-sharpened senses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Shit... is Viviane really here? Or is Madeline just screwing with me?’he thought, stopping in front of what passed for a \"market.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then his gaze locked on something that didn’t belong, a mansion perched on the hill above. It loomed over the shacks below, sleek and menacing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike the Velstrath estate, this place was all modern angles with stacked rectangles of black walls and glass, massive windows gleaming under the dim sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stared, surprised that a place like that even existed here... not that he’d ever been in this part of town before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huh?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sound snapped him from his thoughts. A young woman, about his age, stood a few meters away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her short pink hair framed round golden eyes that widened at the sight of him. Her eyes filled with shock, like she’d just seen a monster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment their gazes met, she turned and bolted into a narrow alley.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’She knows me.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if she acknowledged him the way that savage knew him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He gave chase, his speed easily outmatching hers. In seconds, he caught her by the hood, yanking her back and slamming her against the wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her breath caught as his grip forced her to meet his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who are you,\" he growled, his voice edged with threat and urgency, \"and what do you know about me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1167,"2026-06-03T11:48:03.670Z","2026-06-03T11:48:07.328Z",1,"novelbin.me","3ab0c4594994c9decd3d53cc23a1397415107f0212b3e6e678079b0abc62fc71","my-stepmom-is-a-vampire-her-entire-bloodline-wan-chapter-41","my-stepmom-is-a-vampire-her-entire-bloodline-wan-chapter-39",244,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmy-stepmom-is-a-vampire-her-entire-bloodline-wan-cover.jpg"]