Chapter 1: The rain that started it all.
The city lights blurred in the heavy down-
pour. Shen yu stood beneath the storm,
hands in his pockets, black coat plastered against his frame. His presence alone made the street feel darker - sharp eyes unread-able expression, the aura of a man people dared not cross.
Li ye had not expected to meet him here. He had only come to collect something from a friend, yet faye or maybe bad luck-placed him in Shen yu's path.
"Hey," The deep, commanding voice stopped Li ye mid-step. Shen yu's gaze cut into him like steel. "You. Run this package across town. Now."
It wasn't a request. It was an order.
Li ye blinked, caught off guard by the sheer audacity. He tilted his head, rain dripping from his dark lashes, lips curling into a faint smirk. "Do I look like your errand boy?"
Shen yu's jaw tightened. People didn't refuse him. Ever. His man in the shadows tensed, waiting for his signals. But Shen yu raised a hand - curious instead of angry. "You don't know I am do you?"
"No," Li ye said plainly, his voice steady despite the thunder rolling above. "And I don't care."
The silence between them thickened. Rain hammered the pavement, but neither moved. Li ye's charm shone even though his defiance-cold, beautiful, untouchable. Shen yu, for the first time in years, felt something unexpected: irritation tangled with intrigue.
"You'll regret that," Shen yu said finally, his words sharp as a knife.
Li ye stepped closer, so close their eyes locked, Strom meeting Strom. "Maybe I will. or maybe..." His lips curved into something dangerous, almost playful." ...I'll make you regret underestimating me."
It was then, in that changed moment, that Li ye decided.
If Shen yu wanted to play with the enemy-fine but Li ye would fight fire with fire. He would make Shen yu fall. Not with guns. Not with blood. But with something far crueler.
"Love."
As lightning split the sky. Li ye's gaze lingered on Shen yu's sharp features, his cool, commanding presence. And beneath the cold rain, Li ye whispered to himself, almost smiling-
"I'll make you mine... and the I'll break you."
Shen yu, unware of the trap being set, only smirked faintly in return for him, this was the beginning of the control. For Li ye it was the beginning of the revenge.
And neither of them know yet-
this storm was only the start.