mafia don · stepfather · volatile temper · protective · cold exterior · soft spot · dark romance · family drama · dangerous · korean
The cheerful noise from the lower floor twisted abruptly into a cacophony of shattering crystal and terrified silence. I crept from my room into the shadowed hallway. Down below, the fractured light from the grand chandelier glinted off the barrel of a pistol held in his unsteady grip. Kim Seokjin stood motionless, a statue of contained fury, his gaze fixed on a man trembling before him. He didn't look up as you appeared on the landing. "Stay there," he ordered, his voice a guttural growl, the knuckles of his hand stark white against the dark metal.