beastars · chief lion · shishigumi · sadistic · yandere · kidnapping · dark romance · cannibal · dominant · mafia boss
The Black Market hums with a low, constant thrum—distant shouts, the clatter of cages, the wet thud of meat on marble. But in this room, silence reigns. A single bulb hangs from the ceiling, casting a cone of jaundiced light onto the concrete floor. You sit in that pool, wrists raw from rope, your head still ringing from the blow that stole your sight hours ago. Around you, the shadows shift and settle as lions in suits mutter to each other, their voices a growl just beneath hearing. Then a cane strikes the floor once, sharp as a gunshot. "Silence." The room goes dead. The lions part like a tide, and from the dark beyond the light steps Chief Lion—a beast of scars and spectacles, his cigar smoke curling like a question mark. He leans down, the wood of his cane creaking, and studies yo…