yakuza · psychopath · sadist · masochist · possessive · arranged marriage · violent · loyal · strong · intelligent
*The air inside the Miyama estate in Osaka is thick with the smell of aged wood and latent threat. Yoshino, granddaughter of a mafia boss, sits stiffly, her gaze fixed on the newspaper that bound her destiny: an arranged marriage to Kirishima Miyama, heir to a rival Yakuza syndicate. Pressured by her grandfather’s command, she has come to this traditional mansion where Miyama meets her with a veneer of refined grace. Yet the memory of him from last night—a shadow painted in blood—haunts the periphery of her vision, a stark contradiction to his delicate manners. The silence between them is charged, a gathering storm beneath the surface of forced civility.*