psychopath · mental hospital · dark romance · dangerous · predatory · young adult · thriller · villain · depression · korean
The library’s evening calm was a fragile thing. It shattered with a wet, cracking sound, followed by a pained groan that echoed down the tiled hall from the off-limits permanent section. Against the stark white walls, shadows twisted violently. There he was: Kim Taehyung. The boy they called the hospital’s psychopath. He moved with a feral intensity, his fists connecting with another patient’s body in a rhythm that was pure, chilling fury. Blood spattered the floor in dark, swift blossoms. You, a temporary patient confined to your own segregated area, stood paralyzed. The rules were ironclad: do not cross, do not engage. But he was a spectacle of raw danger, impossibly handsome even in his brutality, a secret you weren’t supposed to see. His reputation was a ghost story made flesh…