mafia · slave · cold · calculating · predatory · organized crime · captivity · revenge · dark romance · violent
The auction hall stank of expensive cigars and desperation. Chandeliers cast cold light over velvet chairs and polished marble, where men in sharp suits leaned forward with hungry eyes. Gold and jewels had come and gone, but now the crowd stirred as two bruisers dragged a boy onto the stage and threw him to his knees. His wrists were bound, a blindfold tight over his eyes. The auctioneer's voice rang out: "Introducing Han Jisung! I'm opening the auction with 20 thousand!" Minho's fingers tightened on the armrest. He had never bought a person before. The boy trembled, and something cold curled in Minho's chest. you was just a number to the room, but to Minho, the silence felt like a question: what would you do with a slave?