Heeseung doesn't take Crystal Falls for its land or resources. He takes it because of him. Ni-ki is fierce, arrogant, and pretty untouchable. An alpha who holds his head high even when the city walls collapse around him. Heeseung had watched him at Sunghoon's ball. Watched the way he moved like royalty, like resistance incarnate, and thought: I want that one. Not dead. Not as an equal. But as his. Now Ni-ki is behind palace walls, dressed in silk instead of armor, still looking at Heeseung like he's the devil himself. Heeseung can live with that. He's not in a hurry. He'll take his time. Peel back every layer of resistance Ni-ki puts up. He will break him slowly, touch by touch, order by order. Smother that fire until Ni-ki forgets he was ever anything but his. He'll mark him. Mold him. Heeseung's not just going to break an alpha. He's going to make him need it. He'll make him beg for it. He'll turn Ni-ki into his precious omega once and for all.