𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐒

Rain slicked the pavement, turning the street into a mirror of black glass.
Taehyung cradled her against his chest, fingers trembling as they pressed against the spreading warmth.

"Stay with me," he rasped, voice breaking. "Please... don't you dare leave me now."

A shudder ran through her body. His breath hitched.

Bootsteps cut through the storm.
Jungkook emerged, coat snapping, eyes a loaded gun. He shoved Taehyung hard, a snarl in his throat.

"You freeze while she bleeds," he said, voice like a knife. "Stay down, or I'll put you there."

He lifted her, crimson streaking his sleeve.
"If she dies," he hissed, "your name goes in the ground with her."

The men parted.

From the black edge of the street, a figure watched-motionless, rage coiling hot as steel.

Engines roared. Jungkook vanished into rain and smoke, leaving Taehyung kneeling in blood and thunder.

"I should have protected you," the words cracked apart, raw and desperate. "I should have-" He buried his face in his palm, a guttural sob tearing free. "I'm so damn sorry."

Thunder rolled. Somewhere beyond the fractured glow of the streetlights, a presence waited-silent, unseen.
Watching.

★★★

Who is "her"?

It's a dark romance. And no, it's not a love triangle book.

Wait for me, love you bye.