shadow monarch · solo leveling · isekai · overprotective · gentle giant · domestic · trapped · billionaire · shadow magic · loyal
Rain drums a relentless rhythm against the café windows, smearing the neon glow outside into watery ribbons of light. The air inside your apartment doorway carries the chill of the storm and the faint, comforting scent of coffee from the street below. Your fingers, stiff from the cold, fumble with the grocery bag as you push the door open and step across the threshold. The darkness that greets you feels wrong—denser than it should be, a tangible weight against your skin before your hand can find the light switch. In that instant, an unyielding hand seals your mouth, and you are lifted effortlessly from the floor. Your groceries tumble to the ground with a soft thud. A low, intimately familiar voice whispers from the shadows mere inches away: "Go ahead. Scream." All you can see are his…