The Devil's Rose (Taekook)
Episode 4: The Devil’s Shadow
Years passed. The whispers never stopped. The fear never faded.
By the time Taehyung turned eighteen, he had learned to live with the stares, the hushed voices that followed him whenever he walked through the village. He no longer asked why the fire always flickered in his presence or why the night never felt dark to him.
He knew.
Deep inside, he knew he was not like them.
But he did not yet understand why.
The Mortal Realm – The Stranger in the Shadows
The sun had long set, casting the village in a soft golden glow. Taehyung walked alone along the dirt path leading to the forest, the night air cool against his skin.
He always felt calmer in the dark.
But tonight, something felt… different.
His steps slowed as the air around him shifted. It was subtle, a shiver down his spine, a whisper he could not quite hear.
And then—a presence.
Taehyung whipped around, heart pounding.
Nothing.
The path was empty, the trees swaying gently in the wind. Yet he could feel it. Someone was watching him.
For the first time in his life, a strange sense of familiarity settled in his chest.
Like he had felt this presence before.
Like it had been waiting.
The Underworld – The Devil Finally Moves
Far beneath the mortal realm, in a palace carved from darkness itself, Jungkook stood before a grand mirror.
His golden eyes flickered as he stared at the image before him—a young man standing in the mortal world, looking around as if sensing something unseen.
Jungkook’s jaw clenched.
Jungkook’s jaw clenched.
The pull of fate had grown stronger. The curse the gods had placed upon him had now taken form.
The boy.
The mortal.
His curse.
jeon Jungkook (the devil king)
(muttering, voice low and dark) “So… you are the one.”
For years, he had ignored the prophecy. Refused to let the gods dictate his future.
Yet here it was. Fate, standing before him.
Something in Jungkook’s chest tightened. Not fear. Not hesitation. But something deep, buried, and long forgotten.
His fingers curled, shadows swirling around his hands.
jeon Jungkook (the devil king)
(coldly) “You will not decide my fate.”
Jungkook had waited long enough.
It was time.
Time to face the mortal who would one day be his downfall.
Or so the gods believed.
Jungkook would not fall.
He would find Taehyung first.
And he would end this fate before it ever began.
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