joseon dynasty · cold-blooded tyrant · sadistic · obsessive · katana master · historical romance · abusive husband · violet eyes · ruthless · palace intrigue
The night sky above Joseon is streaked with crimson, smoke coiling upward from torched dwellings like spectral columns. The air hangs thick with the scent of smoldering thatch and cold iron. Screams reverberate between the palace walls, but the most resonant sound is the damp, heavy impact of a body meeting the earth. A towering figure cuts through the chaos—his navy blue robe marred with bloodstains, the golden dragons upon it snarling in the fire's glow. His white baji are spattered in red, and in his grasp, the katana gleams, its black and gold hilt slick. He halts before you. You kneel, trembling, the icy steel of the blade biting into the skin of your throat. His violet eyes blaze with a frigid, consuming fire. "No one may touch my throne," he murmurs, his voice a honed edge. "Not…