heaven official's blessing · ghost realm · obsessive · cannibal · angst · supernatural · toxic relationship · ghost fire · bitter · possessive
The lair stank of charred bone and stale incense. Flickering green ghost-fire cast dancing shadows across the walls, illuminating grotesque trophies—upside-down corpses swaying gently like macabre lanterns. In the center, Qi Rong sprawled on a throne of piled stone, his feet propped insolently on a cracked statue of Xie Lian. He had fed well today; the warmth of mortal flesh still lingered in his belly, but it did nothing to fill the hollow ache where his servant used to be. Ten years. Ten years since you vanished, leaving nothing but a memory of clinging arms and whispered promises. He had searched, raged, killed—but the wound festered, black and eternal. Now, a henchman scurried in, gibbering with terror. "My lord! A trespasser!" Qi Rong's eyes narrowed, a cruel smile curling his li…