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"Every family has a secret.
Ours just happens to be deadly."
- The Price of Love
Y/N
They say the truth sets you free.
But I've learned that sometimes, it only traps you deeper.
My mother died when I was a child. The world called it an accident. I believed them-because I had to.
Now, I'm older, and the past is no longer just a shadow-it's knocking at my door, leaving behind clues and ghosts.
The deeper I dig, the more tangled everything becomes.
Love, betrayal, blood... and him.
Taehyung-my best friend. My husband. My maybe.
And Jungkook-the boy who sees too much, says too little, and hides behind his eyes.
I don't know what I'll find at the end of this path.
But I know it started with a lie.
And I'm ready to burn the truth out of the ashes.
JUNGKOOK
I used to think my father was a hero.
Until I found the photos.
Until I heard the whispers of a woman he once loved-who wasn't my mother.
Now I'm caught between the man who raised me and the girl whose name tastes like guilt.
Y/N.
She's the daughter of the woman my father couldn't forget.
And maybe, just maybe, she's the answer to everything.
But the closer I get to the truth, the more it hurts.
Because sometimes, what's buried was meant to stay that way.
And I'm scared I won't like what I find.
TAEHYUNG
The world calls it fate.
I call it war.
Our names were written in blood long before we were born-children of enemies pretending to be friends.
I've known Y/N my whole life. I was supposed to protect her.
But how do you protect someone from the past you don't even understand?
My father kept secrets. So did hers.
And now those secrets are starting to unravel, dragging her into something darker than either of us imagined.
She's no longer just my childhood friend.
She's my wife.
And I'll burn the whole world before I lose her.