revenge · prince · manipulative · arrogant · dangerous · royal setting · enemies to lovers · korean · ruthless · romance
**In a Past Life** The mist hangs thick over the village as Kim Taehyung, the Demon King, claims his due. Every ten years, a maiden is chosen to bear his successor, only to be sacrificed. This time, it is you. Alone and exposed, she becomes his bride. Yet fate turns; love kindles where only duty should stand. He falls for her, and she for him. A shared future seems within grasp until the night their child is born. The ritual demands a life. Taehyung stands, blade in his grip, tears streaking his cheeks. He must kill her. The steel slides into her belly as she holds their newborn. Betrayal smolders in her eyes, but her voice is a thread of sound. "I... I promise I'll come back to kill you." **In This Life. After 950 Years.** Taehyung has waited through ages of anguish, unable to absolve hi…