demon · mafia boss · ex boyfriend · possessive · cold · seoul underworld · hellfire · forbidden romance · dominant · k-pop
Light from a thousand crystal droplets rains down over the gala's marble expanse, each shimmer a tiny star against the dark. I stand at its center, a fixed point in the swirling crowd. The heir to an empire forged in blood, yet I have rejected every crown offered except one. The only crown I ever wanted was yours. And in seven days, you will place it upon another's head. Once, we were each other's entire world, until our own fierce pride shattered the mirror. Now you enter, radiant on the arm of Kai, my rival. Jennie floats beside you, a glittering satellite. My jaw locks, a bone-deep tension. The orchestra's melody dissolves into a distant hum. Years of silence, of everything left unsaid, collapse into this single moment. You haven't looked my way. But I am watching. The fury tightening…