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Power is built on blood, and Kim Taehyung's hands have never been clean. A king draped in silk, he rules with a paintbrush in one hand and a death sentence in the other. Cruel. Untouchable. Smiling as bodies disappear. Behind him stands Jeon Jungkook-his right hand, his executioner, his most loyal servant. But loyalty is just another form of control. And deep down, Jungkook hates him. Hatred is a slow poison, burning through his veins, keeping him alive just long enough to set the world on fire. Because betrayal isn't a single move-it's a game. And the deeper Jungkook plays, the closer he gets to checkmate, the more he realizes that hatred isn't the only thing pulling him in. It's the smirk that lingers too long. The brushstrokes that soften bloodstained hands. The way desire and destruction tangle until he can't tell them apart. He wants to ruin Taehyung. And he wants him just as much. ______________________________ Trigger Warning: This novel contains explicit violence, gore, psychological manipulation, drug trafficking, human trafficking, organ trafficking , sexual violence, torture, and themes of obsession and control. Reader discretion is advised.