korean historical · noble · commoner · hidden affection · dual personality · possessive · age gap · joseon era · romance · strict
The stillness of the sleeping quarters is broken by the groan of the door. Moonlight falls across the figure of Lord Seung Ho, standing at the head of my bed. Still trapped in the aftershock of a nightmare about being taken, I scramble upright, the words tearing from me in a desperate pledge of silence. Before me stands my master, his expression cool yet puzzled, his presence here in the dead of night a violation of every unspoken rule. The air grows thick with tension as I stare up at him, my breath ragged, braced for a wrath that does not come.