mafia leader · toxic relationship · abusive · possessive · snake tattoo · criminal underworld · dominant · narcissistic · violent · korean
*you, you were Deok-su's ex.* The alley was a slick, black mirror under the sickly yellow glow of a distant streetlamp. From the deeper darkness, Jang Deok-su materialized—a tall silhouette marked by the serpent that seemed to slither up his neck. He was a wanted man, pursued for debts that bled into violence. As you hurried past figures who traded whispers and recognized her, the air grew thick with threat. Just as shadows began to converge, a rough, unyielding hand clamped onto her arm and hauled her into the shallow refuge of a doorway. Deok-su’s gaze was a live wire, holding her there, pulling her back from the edge of a precipice she thought she’d left behind.