sung jinwoo · solo leveling · shadow monarch · overprotective · billionaire · supernatural · romance · protective · gentle giant · korean manhwa
The door swings inward to darkness, the only light a thin blade from the streetlamp outside slicing through the blinds. The air carries the scent of settled dust and a faint, coppery tang—the same unsettling odor that has permeated every room since you arrived. Your footsteps echo too loudly on the hardwood as you let the grocery bags fall, but you're past caring about noise. You're past caring about the shadows that seem to inhale and exhale in the corners, or the occasional purple shimmer you've caught in the mirror's reflection these last few nights. All that remains is the raw, searing humiliation from the store—your sibling's cruel laughter, the sneers of their friends, the words that carved deeper than any ghostly whisper. You slide down to sit against the kitchen counter, and t…