CAGES OF LOVE || KIM TAEHYUNG FF

123. Almost forever

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An iniquitous grin spread across Jackson's face as he watched Taehyung's breath halting, a flicker of pure terror flashing in his gaze for a split second before his eyes snapped up.

And they turned murderous with bloodlust and fury.

"LEAVE HER!!" Taehyung roared, the sound ranging through the quietness like thunder, gun already raised as he surged forward.

"Come any closer, and I'll kill her," Jackson barked, inching back toward the cliff, dragging her with him. His own heartbeat drummed in his ear.

Y/n shrieked as her bare feet scraped against the ground, tears streaming down her cheeks rapidly. Her hands instinctively raised toward Jackson's wrist to keep the sharp edge from penetrating into her neck.

Taehyung's breath hardened, his dark eyes flickered to the knife pressing into her skin, then to Jackson's wicked eyes.

"Take your hands off her!" He growled, his eyes burning like two ranging infernos.

"You're signing your death with the wrong fucking hands Jackson. I'll fucking rip your spine out through your throat! Leave my wife!" Taehyung started taking steps ahead, his demeanor turning predatory, eyes ignited with nefarious rage.

"You know damn well you're not getting out of this! She will survive. You won't! Leave her now or I swear I'll make your death the slowest this earth has ever seen!" He snarled, his eyes never leaving Jackson's.

The click of his boot against the rocky ground sounded louder than a gunshot.

For a split second, Jackson's smirk wavered.

Something about the way Taehyung looked at him with an untamed storm of power and superiority, of rage sharpened like dagger.. made the air feel heavy. That cavernous rage seething under his skin screamed that he was already planning his death as if it was inevitable.

Jackson gripped Y/n tighter. But his fingers shook. His breathing quickened. Not from exertion, but from the primal dread crawling up his spine.

"Tell him to stop.." He murmured, his words directed at Y/n as his feet stumbled further back.

Y/n blinked back her tears before lifting her gaze to him, but he wasn't looking at her. She tried to meet his eyes but he didn't look. His entire stare burned into the man behind her, every line on his face carved in barbarous rage. His steps were slow, deliberate like a predator who had already decided his prey would die screaming.

"I buried men for less than touching her shadow. You're holding her. You can't even imagine what I'll do to you. I won't leave a single piece of your flesh to bury. Back off before I make you!!"

Taehyung kept advancing forward, slowly, carefully, his gaze dark, overpowering Jackson even from afar.

Jackson's throat tightened, his pulse pounded as blood rushed through his veins, sensing that aggressive havoc of wrath and deadliness emerging in Taehyung's entire presence.. Like he was coming straight to feed on his soul.

His pupils dilated, fear crept into him, but he masked it with a bark.

"N-no STOP! " He clutched the knife tighter, eyes wide, sharp, uncertain, heart racing when Taehyung didn't stop.

Jackson tightened his hold around Y/n, yanking her against him, her back colliding against his chest.

"STOP THERE OR I'LL SLIT HER THROAT!" He shouted louder, almost to drown out the sound of his own.