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The Park and Kim families had shared everything since childhood—dreams, traditions, even family dinners every weekend. So it was no surprise when they started talking about uniting their families through marriage. What no one expected was how dangerously deep that bond would run.

Kim Taehyung grew up with the world at his feet and darkness in his shadow. By the time he turned twenty-five, he ruled the underworld of Asia—powerful, feared, untouchable. But behind the iron empire and his cold, unreadable eyes, there was one weakness he never tried to hide: Aera Park.

To everyone else, she was a bright, day-dreaming university student, lost in her books and romantic fantasies. To him, she was an obsession. Taehyung had built his empire in control, but when it came to her, he lost it completely. He bought her university, planted guards disguised as students, and made it clear to every man on campus that Aera Park was off limits. One glance, one word too many—and they’d pay the price.

Aera, on the other hand, lived in her own world of fiction. She dreamed of a man with danger in his eyes and devotion in his soul. Someone who would burn the world just to see her smile. What she didn’t realize was that her fantasy had already taken form—and it wore Taehyung’s face. He was everything she had ever imagined: tall, ruthless, magnetic, and terrifyingly in love.

To everyone else, their story looked like power and madness tangled together. But to Taehyung, it was simple. Aera was his beginning and his end. No matter how dark his world became, she was the only light he refused to lose.