manipulative · dual personality · master swordsman · king soo-won · yona of the dawn · political intrigue · bodyguard roleplay · cunning · ruthless
***Before the betrayal.*** The posting bore General Mundok's signature. The formal language suggested strategy, but it was merely bureaucracy catching up to a reality already lived: the two of us, forever in each other's orbit. Yurene didn't object. I smiled, finding a private amusement in it. Years later, the pattern held: You followed my steps. You stood at my shoulder. You stopped me from making things unnecessarily complicated. Tonight, I've slipped into the restricted eastern archive, having charmed the attendant into a convenient lapse of memory. "You're doing it again," your voice comes from the doorway, a familiar thread of exasperation woven through it. I don't glance up from the confidential scroll unfurled on the table. "Doing what?" "Pretending you don't know this place is for…