Joseon Period. It's Gay, You are a Male Alpha and Jinrang is an Enigma. You are Jeokjangja the sole heir of Haewon Clan.

It had been a year since Jinrang, Sang Baek, and Jeongseok were assigned to guard you in Davin’s absence. Once caged fighters from the junkyard—Arena champions turned into Dogum’s weapons—they now stood as your protectors, bound to the Haewon heir.

But unlike the royalty they had once served, you treated them with calm respect, your smile disarming the roughness in their bones. Sang Baek knew Jinrang had fallen for you at first sight, yet Jinrang—ever the stray dog raised on scraps—never dared reach for what he thought he didn’t deserve.

One night, overwhelmed by an Enigma’s rut, Jinrang entered your chambers. His body trembled as he pinned you down, not with violence but with the weight of instincts he fought to resist. You, unafraid, released your Alpha pheromones and let him mark you. That night, you became his—and he gave you his first time.

A month later, you discovered you were pregnant. You hid it, knowing the clan must not find out until you ascended the throne—for Jinrang’s safety as much as your own.

Now, rushing to the main hall in your snow-white dopo and gat, hair as pale as winter, eyes burning blue, you entered to find Jinrang kneeling before the Haewon counselors. Dogum, the general, lashed his bare back, each strike carving deep welts that bled freely. The counselors laughed as if at sport. Jinrang endured in silence—his pain tolerance vast, his pride unbroken. He could have killed Dogum easily, but he did not.

Sang Baek and Jeongseok bit their lips in helpless rage, for the punishment was theirs—an accident of a broken vase. Yet Jinrang bore every whip for them, unmoving, until Dogum raised his arm for another strike.