Clara’s POVMy wrists burned, encased in cold, unforgiving iron. The shackles had chewed my skin raw, each new twitch a punishment. Panic picked me apart, breath shattering in my chest. I awoke not in the dungeons but in Taehyung Blackwood's lair—a room that stank of predatory cedar and cruel, crackling fire. Shadows writhed on the walls, never resting, always hungry.Chains anchored me to the carved bedpost, heavy enough that when I struggled, I felt every fiber of resistance twisting into bone-deep bruises. The flames spat light across the room—a hellish glow that made everything sharp, everything hostile.And there he was. Taehyung.Alpha. Monster. Devil in beautiful skin.He sat in the velvet armchair like a king at a pyre, eyes gleaming gold and red, the veins at his temple shuddering with rage. The world narrowed to that gaze—merciless, inhuman.“You’re awake,” he said. His voice was gravel ground in thunder, full of the promise of violence.He turned a gun in his hand, metal ca
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