HIS DARK LOVE ||𝐓𝐡𝐯 𝐅𝐅||

Chapter 24

< Unfolding Shadows>

The night was unusually still in Hell.

Not the kind of stillness that offered peace, but the kind that warned of a storm brewing quietly in the corners no one could see. The skies above the black spires were thick with smoke and hidden ash. And on the obsidian balcony of his private chamber, Taehyung stood dangerous as ever, the wind tugging at his long coat as crimson embers floated through the air. He watched around, his eyes narrowed...

His crimson eyes scanned the horizon as embers drifted through the air, floating like dying fireflies.

Something was wrong.

The stars were faint and the shadows louder than the flames. And far below the palace deep within the stone and bones of Hell itself something shifted. He clenched his jaw, hard.

He felt it.

Not just a threat. Something different. Without a word, he turned from the railing, his long coat dancing with the wind like wings made of smoke. The shadows followed him as he disappeared into the halls.

.........
Yn

A sharp sting woke her up.

Her dream had been confusing visions of a girl with silver hair in a white meadow... running, gasping... whispering words in a language she couldn't understand.

"Rosie...?"The name escaped her lips before she could stop it.

She sat up quickly. Her chest rose and fell fast. The heat from the earlier moment with Taehyung still clung to the sheets, but now, it felt wrong. Something crawled beneath her skin.

She clutched her head. "Why am I remembering this? Whose memories are these?"

She blinked fast, then stood up and her tiny self rushed to the mirror. Her own reflection blinked back... and then for one heartbeat, she saw Rosie staring at her through the glass, tear-streaked and whispering...

"Don't trust them all... even those who say they love you."

"Big sister.." her expressions widened as she touched the mirror... "Rosie..."

.......

The sacred marble walls of the heavenly chamber shook slightly from the force of Jimin's fury.
He slammed his fist into the stone again. "She's not safe with him!"

The Deity, sitting quietly in the center,
looked older than before. His once blinding aura was dimmed. Hope flickered in his old tired eyes, but doubt danced in their shadows.

"We can't act recklessly," he said, tiredly. "If we take her away now, we could sever the bond. And if the soul link breaks... Rosie is gone."
Jimin turned sharply. "I'll go. With or without permission."

The Deity's voice lowered. "

"It's been a long time... and you still love her."
"I never stopped. Even when she became his!" He slammed the door and left.

The Deity sighed deeply and turned his gaze towards the window..staring at the moon with a tired gaze.

Far beyond the palace, where the air turned cold and silence was sharper than screams, the ruins of an old temple lay buried in time.
Broken statues of forgotten gods wept black water as shadows coiled around ancient stone.
Vampire generals knelt in a circle around a flickering black flame that was darker than the flames of hell himself.
A tall figure stepped forward. He wore silver chains and a crown of bleached human bone. His eyes glowed violet in the dark as he smirked.
"She's alive," he said. His voice was silk dipped in poison. "The one from the prophecy."

A general hissed. "Should we capture her?"The crowned vampire grinned, showing fangs.

"No. We let him fall in love with her first. That's when she'll be most useful." With a deep satisfied humming he stopped the flames.. His laughter echoing in the old haunted place.

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Yn

She stood in the kitchen, barefoot, pacing quietly with the cookie box still held close to her chest. She hadn't eaten.. The door creaked and Taehyung's dark presence filled the room..

His hair was damp from a storm outside and his eyes darker as he approached her with a darkness only him, the devil could carry.

Yn small figure stepped closer, placing the cookie box between them like a barrier as to stop him from getting closer.

His eyes dropped to the box and a smirk tugged at the corner of his lips. "Are these the cookies I said I wouldn't eat?" She nodded softly, her cheeks a little bit blushed. "You'll eat them"

His gaze lifted to hers. "You'll make me eat them, little angel?"
"Yes," she said, smiling widely as her small hands gripped the box tightly.

But something in her cracked. She didn't know if she was about to feel good or cry...without any reason at all.

He noticed.

Taehyung stepped closer. Slowly. No longer the devil with silver flames at his feet, but a man who had a precious treasure in front of him.

She felt it when he reached out his fingers brushing her cheek, tucking back a strand of hair. Her breath caught as her doe eyes widened with an innocence that was unique of hers.

"I'm not the person you think I am, my little angel." He whispered deeply. She wasn't understanding what he meant but didn't spoke.
"Don't fall for me," he warned, voice like smoke in the dark. "You'll regret it."
And without permission or warning, he leaned down and kissed her. Softly.
Not like the heat from before...not hunger, not possession...but something deeper. Something dangerous.

It was a kiss screaming..... I'll ruin you. And I'll love you for it. In the same time.
But instead of pulling away her arms wrapped around him slowly. She melted into him. Her lips trembled against his trying to keep up. Her body leaned forward like she had nothing else to cling to.

And maybe she didn't.

When they pulled apart, he rested his forehead against hers.
"I was never supposed to care this much."

"You do?" Her doe eyes meet his sharp gaze.
"I do," he admitted. "And it scares me more than death."

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Guys It's been almost a year since I did the last update🙏😭

Don't be surprised that I've changed a lot of things and the story a bit, because from now on y'all gonna be confused but satisfied at the same time. It won't disappoint trust me.