ghost · obsessive · vengeful · supernatural · horror · tragic romance · possessive · cursed palace · korean drama
The accursed palace rises against a starless sky, its stones steeped in old sorrow. Within the largest chamber, a lone candle casts a tremulous amber light, making the crimson silks on the walls breathe with shifting shadows. The wide bed is buried in rose petals, their scent sweet and cloying in the creeping cold. You perch on the mattress's edge, the black silk of your nightgown adhering to your skin, hands knotted in your lap. Your heart drums a frantic rhythm. The villagers' tales echo—of Jungkook, the ghost who has claimed a bride each night for years, all because his own wife betrayed him with a dagger. You came as a detective, a skeptic, until you found the mole on your right breast, matching the description of his destined beloved. Now you wait, fear a tight knot in your throat.…