The 'Rose' by the Doraner River

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Late autumn, with a bitter, biting wind.

The first time Shen Lin saw Gu Yuanqiu, she was captivated by the delicate stretch of neck visible beneath her loose collar.

Those mist-veiled eyes were like faded glass beads in a display case, translucent yet empty, as if there were no soul inside.

She was madly obsessed with Shen Lin's half-brother.

Spying, climbing into cars, arson... She even swung a knife and hacked off half of Shen Wenbai's hand...

When Shen Wenbai's piercing screams rang out and blood splattered across the floor, Shen Lin stood in the shadows and felt an inexplicable heat in her chest.

She didn't know whether the blood excited her, or the fire burning inside her. Shen Lin coveted Shen Wenbai's status and power, and she coveted that beauty with her glassy eyes just as much.

And Gu Yuanqiu seemed to notice that every time she saw Shen Lin, something was going terribly wrong.

Sometimes he was a pitiful wretch, beaten until he cried at the top of his lungs. Sometimes he was a thug, doused in liquor, with banknotes stuffed into his chest and slapped across his face as people humiliated him. Sometimes he was a madman, brandishing a knife, his face smeared with blood, laughing wildly as he stood amid blazing flames...

That tall figure was always just a Beta standing in the corner, with no presence at all, and it irritated her to no end.

Years later.

After his second gender differentiation, Shen Lin returned to the old family home, where he hadn't set foot in years. The madwoman who once doggedly chased after Shen Wenbai had become their father's "favorite."

A jade peony was pinned beside her temple. Her gray-brown eyes, like glass beads, reflected those around her coldly, and her already striking face had grown even more alluring.

Shen Lin didn't hear Shen Wenbai's furious questions and bellowing beside her. Her gaze stayed on Gu Yuanqiu's captivating waist the whole time. As the round curve swayed, the silver threads embroidered on the silk at her waist seemed to come alive.

The moment the venomous, thorn-covered wild rose obediently disguised herself as a peony,

Shen Lin's desire for her reached its peak.

(An ABO setting. Female top, male bottom, seductive beauty.

The romance is sincere, but the physical relationship isn't chaste. Readers with strong moral scruples, proceed with caution. The heroine is a Beta at first and later differentiates into an Alpha. The hero is a little older and has a physical disability.

Neither of them is normal: a sinister, ambitious schemer and a "stalker," two mad people who covet each other. If that's not your thing, click the X.)

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Theme: A longing for a healthy, positive, and beautiful life.