There are three rules in Ashridge University. Don't challenge the Alpha Circle. Don't look at Sky for too long. And if Sky starts looking at you... pray he gets bored. Ashridge University wasn't just a college-it was a kingdom ruled by money, power, and fear. At the top stood The Alpha Circle, six untouchable heirs who owned the campus without ever needing a crown. Sky. Tay. Pond. Dew. Perth. Joss. Everyone feared them. Everyone obeyed them. Everyone knew that one mistake could turn your life into a nightmare. Then came Nani. A scholarship student from a loving middle-class family. Calm. Quiet. Stubborn enough to never bow his head. He loved plushies, K-pop, dressing neatly, and protecting his pride more than anything else. He didn't care about rich heirs. He didn't care about power. He certainly didn't care about Sky. That... was his first mistake. Because Sky had never been told "no." What began as cruel games, public humiliation, and a dangerous fascination slowly turned into something far darker-an obsession neither of them could control. Some addictions destroy lives. Some destroy hearts. And some... Destroy the person who falls first. "He never chased anyone. Until him."

Nani spent two years loving Sky in silence. He was the friend who always stayed, always cared, and always smiled-even when his heart secretly wished for something more. But Sky never saw him that way. When Sky finally fell in love with someone else, Nani accepted it with a smile and buried his feelings where nobody could find them. He thought he had lost his only chance at love. Until Saint entered his life. Saint was not a hero. He was the man people feared-the powerful senior with a dangerous reputation, a cold heart, and a darkness that made others keep their distance. The world called him ruthless, a villain who never hesitated to destroy anyone who stood in his way. But when Saint saw Nani's broken smile, something changed. For the first time, the man who feared nothing wanted to protect something. He didn't wait like Sky did. He didn't overlook Nani's worth. Saint chose him from the beginning-with a devotion so intense it was almost frightening. While Sky realized his feelings too late, Saint was already becoming Nani's safe place. Because sometimes the person everyone calls a villain... Is the only person who knows how to love you right. "He was the villain everyone warned him about... until Nani discovered he was the only person who would burn the world just to keep him warm."

Some desires were never meant to be called love. They were quieter than affection, darker than obsession, and far more patient than hatred. They did not bloom beneath sunlight or kind words. They were born in silence, fed by longing, and kept alive by sins too beautiful to confess. The world had always believed monsters announced themselves with bloodstained hands and monstrous faces. It never imagined that one could wear an immaculate black suit, command a room with a single glance, and carry the reputation of a flawless man. Saint was admired. Respected. Feared. The perfect CEO. No one ever noticed the darkness resting beneath his smile, or the hunger hidden behind eyes that had never known mercy. Then came Nani. An ordinary new employee who unknowingly became the first desire powerful enough to fracture a mind that had never belonged to anyone. From that fleeting moment, every sin found a name. Every instinct found a purpose. Every restraint became meaningless. The forest was never chosen for its beauty. It was chosen because no prayers could escape its trees. No signal could reach beyond its shadows. And no witness could outrun the silence waiting between the pines. As the night deepened, so did the count of the missing. Panic spread through the camp like wildfire. Trust rotted into suspicion. Hope disappeared with every footprint swallowed by the earth. Yet amid the growing terror, one truth remained untouched. The greatest danger was never the forest. It was the man who walked through it without fear. Some people fall in love. Others surrender to temptation. Saint surrendered to something far more unforgivable. A desire so absolute that even hatred became sacred. Because love asks to be returned. Obsession only asks for proximity. And every sin begins with a single, irresistible desire. "Eat me, my love. Live on me with animal thirst. Enter my soul and become my hunger forever" - Saint...

Officer Nani never believed in fate. He believed in evidence. Facts. Justice. As the newest member of the Special Investigation Team, Nani was determined to prove himself among the best investigators in the country. But one night of celebration changed everything. A drunken mistake. A stranger. A night he wanted to erase from his memory. Only to discover that the man he spent one night with was not a stranger at all. He was Saint. The infamous criminal mastermind. The man behind illegal networks, stolen government secrets, political schemes, and crimes that shook the entire nation. The monster every officer was ordered to capture. But Saint doesn't see Nani as an enemy. To him, Nani is the only person who can make him question his own darkness. The only person who can turn a man built on sin into someone capable of wanting something other than power. As hidden organizations rise, governments fall into corruption, and the line between justice and revenge begins to disappear... Nani discovers that the greatest battles are not always fought with weapons. Sometimes they are fought against the feelings you know you shouldn't have. Because Saint is the sin he was meant to destroy. And Nani... is the one thing that even a sinner refuses to lose. A game of hunter and prey begins. But what happens when the hunter becomes the only weakness of the monster? --- "Every saint has a sin. Every sinner has something they refuse to lose." ✦ Genre: BL | Crime Thriller | Dark Romance | Mystery | Action | Angst | Psychological Drama ✦ Themes: Morally Gray Characters • Obsession • Possessiveness • Sin & Redemption • Betrayal • Politics • Hidden Truths • Justice vs Desire ✦ Warning: This story contains dark themes, crime, violence, morally complicated characters, and intense emotional conflicts.

Nani never stepped into danger on purpose. He simply existed too softly in a world that punished softness. And that was enough to be noticed. He thought he was starting a job-just another office, just another routine, just another life where nothing extraordinary was supposed to happen. But the truth is, some lives are already written long before you open the first page... and his had Saint's name pressed quietly into the margins like a warning no one bothered to read aloud. Saint was not just a man. He was what remained when mercy stopped being useful. A name whispered in boardrooms and buried in underground reports that were never supposed to exist. On paper, a chairman. And then there was Nani. Unaware. Ordinary. Smiling in a way that didn't understand consequences. That was the problem. Because Saint remembered him. Not as he was now-but as something fragile he once held in a past that never fully let him go. A memory stitched into obsession so quietly it stopped feeling like memory at all and started feeling like ownership. Years passed, the world shifted, but Saint never replaced what he once decided was important. He only waited for it to return. And when it did, he didn't hesitate. He never does. But Saint isn't the only thing watching. Something else is learning Nani's habits like prayer. His routines like scripture. The way he breathes, the way he pauses, the way he exists when he thinks no one is looking. A presence without name, without mercy, without restraint-obsessing not from duty or protection, but from desire that has rot in it. Because love in this world is never clean. It is surveillance. It is possession. It is the slow realization that you were never living your life freely-you were simply waiting to be noticed by the wrong kind of devotion. And once Saint sees you... He doesn't let go. But once the other one sees you... He doesn't share. And you don't get to choose which of them ruins you. Only how soon.