**A suffocating nightmare!** She wakes up every night in terror, the lingering pain in her groin a mark left by a demon! **"Don't touch me!" Yan Wan jolted awake from another excruciating nightmare, her back soaked in cold sweat. The oppressive presence of the man in her dream, the burning heat of his hold, the suffocating feeling of being swallowed up… it was as vivid as if it had happened just last night! But it wasn't a dream. The blinding sunlight outside the car window couldn't illuminate the darkness in her heart. The hidden, stubborn pain in her groin was a bloody reminder—the night before, that demonic man, amidst her terrified cries, had "punished" her for "provoking" him in the cruelest way. "Dare to provoke me, and you'll pay the price." His deep, dangerous laughter still echoed in her ears, accompanied by the excruciating pain of her chin being gripped by a giant, iron-like hand. The price? She still doesn't understand, only remembering the utter despair of being stripped of everything, and the curse from hell that followed her as she desperately fought back and fled: "I will never let you go!" She was a frightened bird, he a relentless hunter. A brutal takeover had dragged her into an endless abyss. He brought not only physical pain, but also the imprisonment of her soul. Escape? He seemed omnipresent. Beg for mercy? Only to be met with his contemptuous mockery. **"Woman, I will not marry you."** This cold declaration shattered any remaining illusions she might have. Their world consisted only of hunting and fleeing, punishment and fear. This game of plunder, named "the price," had only just begun…
