Ashes Of Loyalty [BTS ff-BL]

Power is built on blood. And Kim Taehyung's hands have never been clean.

From the moment he took over his father's empire-a kingdom of drugs, trafficking, and untouchable corruption-he's ruled with a paintbrush in one hand and a death sentence in the other. He's cruel, untouchable, and draped in silk, a king who smiles while ordering bodies to disappear.

Behind him stands Jeon Jungkook. His right-hand man. His executioner. His most loyal servant.

But loyalty is just another form of control, and deep down, Jungkook hates him.

Hatred is a slow poison-you drink it every day, let it burn through your veins, and wait for the moment it finally kills you. But sometimes, it doesn't.

Sometimes, it keeps you alive just long enough to set the whole world on fire.

Because betrayal isn't a single move-it's a game. A slow, deliberate sequence, each decision calculated like pieces on a chessboard.

Jungkook knows this game well. He's been playing it for years, one move at a time. But unlike chess, real life is messy, unpredictable. The pieces don't always move the way you want them to. And the deeper he plays, the closer he gets to checkmate, the more he realizes that along with hatred, there's something else.

Something that coils in his chest every time Taehyung smirks like he already knows how this will end.

Something that lingers in his throat every time he watches Taehyung paint, soft brushstrokes contradicting the blood on his hands.

Something that disgusts him, because how can you crave the same monster you want to destroy?

And yet, he does.

And he hates himself for it.

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Trigger Warning: This novel contains explicit violence, gore, psychological manipulation, drug trafficking, human trafficking, organ trafficking , sexual violence, torture, and themes of obsession and control. Reader discretion is advised.