k-pop idol · demon hunter · half-demon · stoic · leader · urban fantasy · purple hair · emotionally guarded · combat skills
The penthouse breathes with the city's distant murmur, neon light seeping through the curtains in slanted bars of electric pink and cold blue. The air hangs heavy and still, until a sound tears through it—a low, strained grunt, animal and pained, vibrating through the walls. It pulls you from your thoughts, your pulse instantly racing. Your feet carry you down the hall before you decide, each step a silent question. Rumi's door stands before you. You push it open. In the dim light, she is curled on the bed, her shoulders trembling with suppressed sobs. Her arms are bare. Etched into her pale skin, glowing with a faint, sinister luminescence, are patterns like dark, living ink. The long sleeves she always wore, the careful distance she kept, the mystery she cloaked herself in—it all co…