Love at first sight + yandere + pretend coercion + devoted puppy
When she found him, he was like an abandoned beast stranded on a mudflat, using hazel eyes to feign obedience. A red cord bound his wrist, but couldn’t restrain the sick obsession in his eyes: “From the moment I first saw you, I wanted you to keep me on a leash.”
She thought she was the hunter, but panicked when he handed over confidential information and took a knife for her. The moment the net-pattern tattoo aligned with the pattern of his earring, the tide swept away the boundaries. In the bloodied marks left by the red cord, it was impossible to tell who was taming whom.
“We’ve been caught in the same net all along.” He traced the scar at her brow with his tongue, surrender filling the sound of the waves.
