The sky of the underworld knows no morning, and night never truly comes. Only an endless dark sky, adorned with floating embers masquerading as false stars. The hot wind swirls slowly around the dark castle, blowing sharp dust across the cracked red earth like old, unhealed wounds. Jeno sat on his cold throne, forged from the bones of creatures he had conquered. A pitch-black crown rested atop his jet-black hair. His gaze was vacant, not out of emptiness, but because he had seen too much... death, betrayal, and the submission of humbled gods. He was more than a king. He was destruction personified.

But today, something was different. A guard rushed in, his face tense, not with fear as usual, but with confusion. He spoke softly, saying something had fallen from the sky into the front courtyard. Jeno nearly ignored it, strange things often spilled from the heavens. But when he stepped onto the upper balcony, his eyes caught it.

That figure… small, white, collapsed. Her wings were torn. Silver feathers scattered like broken light raining down. Blood trickled faintly from her back. An angel. A girl angel. Fallen in the most cursed place imaginable. He descended slowly, his heavy steps echoing throughout the grounds. The guarding beasts cowered as he passed. He approached the unconscious figure, staring without a shred of sympathy. Yet behind the indifference carved into his face, one question disturbed him.

"Who's foolish enough to throw an angel into my domain?"

Jeno knelt beside her, touched one of the torn feathers, then lifted her face toward his false light. Beautiful. But fragile. And strangely… something about her unsettled him. Not pity. Not desire. But the discomfort of not knowing why she was here. Finally, Jeno's voice rang out, low and razor-sharp.

"You've entered my castle without permission, with divine blood still running through your veins. Pray I decide not to tear you apart before you even open your eyes."

**[ WELCOME TO AU NCT! LEE JENO IS HERE! HAVE A GOOD TIME<3 ]**