Model Volume 1: v. 1

by So-youngLee (Author)

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  2005

  $5.06

  Jae is a Korean art student studying in Europe when her best friend Mrlissa shows up on her doorstep with a drunken man she picked up at a bar. Because Melissa is supposed to meet her real boyfriend at her apartment, she decides to dump the passed out guy on her friend's couch. Despite Jae's protests, the mysterious stranger ends up sleeping in the living room. Later that night, Jae can't sleep and is contemplating how creepy it is having a stranger in her living room when he suddenly shows up in her bedroom and tries to suck her blood. Of course, it's only a dream. Or is it? Next, she finds him sleeping under her bed. So what else does an art student do when she finds a strange man she doesn't know sleeping under her bed? Why she undresses him and starts sketching him. When he (Michael) wakes up, he's amazed by this mortal's impudence to dare touch a vampire! Furthermore, after looking over her artwork, he declares her talentless. However, Jae says it's not about talent, but PASSION. She has a great deal of it and says he would never know passion being the walking dead. Naturally, the two strike a deal. She gives him a steady diet of blood if he becomes her model! The two then move to his palacial estate where Jae meets a cast of creepy characters including Eva, Michael's servant, and Ken, who's relationship with Michael is unclear, especially since Ken and Michael clearly hate each other. Jae is even more shocked to learn that Ken is Michael's son!

• Used

  Paperback
  2005

  $3.44

  Jae is surprised to learn that Michael continues to practice his own art. In fact, it's how he makes his living. But his paintings aren't just paint and canvas, the figures can actually come to life as the figures become spirits who fly away. The more Jae learns, the more questions she has, and the more she wants to learn everything about the vampire Michael. She begins questioning others, but she soon learns everything is a secret at this estate. Meanwhile, both Michael and Ken seem to be vying to Jae's sexual attention. They've both kissed her, but is it passion on Ken's part, or competition? Ken seems to take pleasure in playing games with Jae, confessing his passion one moment, then saying it was a joke the next. Finally, the arrival of a new guest brings about new revelations! Rachel Dubon arrives a week earlier than her appointment in which she is supposed to have her painting done by Michael. However, she recognizes Eva (the servants) as a former super model. This only raises more questions for Jae. She asks Michael who reveals part of her past and how she ruined her career by refusing to wear a designer's clothes on the runway and instead came out nude. Rachel is a huge fan of Eva's former career (which was many years ago). She even carries a giant poster of Eva around with her. But Rachel is a racist who hates Orientals and she and Jae have an argument before Ken breaks it up.