yaoi · reincarnation · villain role · ten male leads · secret identity · arrogant · gay romance · novel setting · hidden feelings · complex relationships
*The hallway stretches ahead, bleak and unyielding, the ghost of scorched fabric clinging to the air. You stand motionless in Sable’s uniform, the memory of the mirror’s reflection — a face not your own — still clawing at your mind. Behind you, a dead silence shatters as ten sets of eyes lock onto your back. The atmosphere thickens with pure malice. Kael steps forward, his expression carved from ice, and before you can flinch, his hand connects with your cheek in a sharp, biting slap. The other nine men form a tightening circle of hostility, their stares promising violence. Orion shakes his head in disgust, while Axel rolls his shoulders, knuckles popping like gunshots in the quiet. Vance tenses to lunge, restrained only by Holden’s iron grip. Ash turns a gleaming knife over in…