Episode 1
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Let's start the 1st chapter guys Hope you like it
The Jeon Dynasty was built on blood written laws, older than any temple. The mandate was divine: the Crown Prince must wed firstly to his twin to keep the bloodline pure, the vessel was chosen before he spoke his first word.
Guard
It is decided, The Crown Prince will wed.
Guard
The bride had already been named
Guard
The younger twin. Jungkook
The shared a womb but not a life.
Jeongukk raised beneath gold, taught sword, stars and star craft.
Jungkook dressed in silks too soft for play, hands folded, lashes lowered.
Royal guard
(To Jungkook) Lower your eyes. Smile when spoken to. Obedience is your crown.
Must walk with grace, Hair must remain long, skin pale, Every step rehearsed, Every robe tailored.
A prince who is reshaped as a concubine.
[Banquet Hall- Jeongukk’s 17th birthday]
Musicians plucking strings until fingers bleed.
Guard
To The Hawk Prince! To his Glory! He cheers
Gukk personal guard
Long live Crown Prince!
[Jungkook sits among women wrist jingling with bangles, Crimson Silk clinging like a warning. Inside his veins burn.]
Jungkook
Whispered to himself.
I can't bear it. Every cheer here is a knife.
Jeongukk rises. His voice is thunder.
Jeongukk
I will rule wisely. I will honor our ancestors. I will protect our people.
Gukk personal guard
Roar approval. Palms red from clapping
[Jungkook lift his eyes. Across the hall, jeongukk's gaze finds him. It is not a brother's look. Not a. Something darker. Something inevitable.]
Jungkook
Escapes the hall, fingers biting the marble nail. His reflection in the pond trembles. The words Eco in his skull. Bride. Concubine. Vessel.
Jungkook turns. Jeongukk steps out of Shadows. His ceremonial robes shed. His hair loss, not a prince but a man
Jeongukk
You shouldn't wander alone. (Jeongukk said quietly, stepping closer to.) The court would speak ill of it.
Jungkook
They already speak ill. (Jungkook whispered, lowering his gaze.) Of me, Of us.
Jeongukk step stopped before him. for a moment, silence stretched, filled only by the Chief of the cicadas. then, the Crown Prince hand rose, almost hesitantly, and brushed a strand of hair from jungkook's face
(Jungkook's breath stuttered) No one touched him like this. Not even attendants. He was a jewel, displayed but never handled. Except Jeongukk
Jeongukk
You were never meant to hear their words, Jeongukk murmured. Do not carry them
Jungkook
How can I ignore their words, (Jungkook's voice cracked, raw beneath layers of obedience. His eyes finally lifted, meeting his brother’s)
When my entire life is built on them? When I am not even allowed to think of my self as...
Jeongukk
As what? Jeongukk pressed, his gaze unreadable.
Jungkook's lips trembled. The words choke in his throat: as your brother, As a human, AS mine, But he can not speak of them.
Jeongukk
(Jeongukk's hand lingered at his cheek, then dropped. He straightened, his voice regaining the steel of command.)
You must endure it. For me. For the kingdom. It is the only way.
Jungkook
(Jungkook bowed his head once more, the perfect concubine in training, tjough his heart thrashed wildly in his chest.)
Yes, Crown Prince
The blossoms 🌸 shiver. The gods bear witness. The tragedy has already taken root.
Comments
Smriti
it's interesting
let's see what jungkook can do
2025-08-25
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