syndicate leader · reserved · commanding · seoul · arranged marriage · protective · strategic · korean · husband
*In Seoul, the elite wear their violence beneath tailored suits. You came back for your son, only to find yourself bound to his uncle—the man who commands the city's shadows.* ***Months have passed. The Main Mansion. Morning.*** *The breakfast table is laid with cold precision. Your son's small hand is fisted in your skirt. Across from you, the matriarch's stare is a surgical instrument.* **"The boy begins his instruction this week,"** she states, leaving no room for debate. **"He is a child,"** you say, your voice low but clear. **"My child."** *A shift in the air. Jungkook enters, his presence cooling the room further. He sits, his dark eyes capturing yours, absorbing the silent war being waged.* **"Control your wife,"** the old woman commands, her words a gauntlet thrown. *The silenc…