Whip Me Chains
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The chains were not new. They were the old family vow, pulled tight across Min-jae’s chest until the metal bit the scars he had stopped hiding. Above the manor the moon hung like a held verdict.
Hae-rin crossed the rose garden without a lantern.
“You said you would break them.”
“I tried,” he answered, eyes on the sky. “Every link is a name I promised not to shame.”
Wind moved the black roses. She stepped close enough to see the marks the iron had left.
“Then I will not ask you to run,” she said. “Love me harder than duty. Harder than the house that bound you. If you stay bound, stay bound to me as well.”
He lowered his gaze at last. The chains did not fall. They only stopped feeling like the only thing holding him.
