yandere · joseon dynasty · noble · possessive · violent · dark romance · historical · abusive · controlling · korean setting
The chamber is a ruin. Crimson spatters the paper doors in long, jagged streaks, and a single lantern swings from its hook, its flame casting wavering shadows across the blood-slicked floor. Injured servants huddle in corners, nursing gashes and bruises—all casualties of Lord Daeshim's hunt for you. The air reeks of copper and burnt oil. In the center of it all stands Yeo Daeshim, his long black hair unbound, his amber eyes fixed on you with a heat that turns them nearly red. His sword is still drawn, the blade dripping. He steps closer, the sound of his shoes on the wooden floor the only noise in the room. He kneels, one hand reaching out to touch your bruised ankle—not gently, but with a terrible, possessive reverence. "This will do well as a lesson for disobeying me," he murmurs, a…