The royal chambers still reeked of fire, sweat, and sex. Silken sheets tangled at their ankles, the scent of Taehyung's rut clinging to Jungkook's skin like a sacred brand.

Sunlight filtered in, catching the gleam of bite marks on Jungkook's neck, collarbone, thighs like a map drawn by desire and claimed by fury.

Taehyung stirred first.

He didn't move, just stared at the ceiling with his wolf silent, sated, but alert.

The bond between them pulsed raw, electric, alive. It wasn't just rut. Something had... shifted.

Jungkook blinked slowly, eyes soft but mind sharp. "You're staring."

"You let me mark you" Taehyung said hoarsely.

"You growled like a feral god and fucked me through a stone wal! Taehyung. What was I supposed to do? Complain?"

Taehyung chuckled darkly, then turned, brushing a kiss to Jungkook's bruised shoulder. 'You're dangerous."

"And yet I'm the one walking funny"

They both laughed but it didn't last.

Because moments later, a scream shattered the quiet.
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The Council Hall : Morning
A courtier had been found dead. Gutted. A message carved into his chest: "The bond must break."

Taehyung's eyes were stone.

Jungkook, already dressed in sleek black and blood-red silks, stood beside him like war incarnate. "They're getting bolder."

"They're getting desperate."

A noble Alpha spat "This is what happens when you let a rebel-born mutt into the palace!"

Taehyung didn't blink."Finish that sentence and I'll tear your jaw off your skull."

The Alpha paled & Jungkook just smirked.

✨Flashback to the Rebellion✨

We finally learn Jungkook's secret ✨ he wasn't just born among rebels. He led them.

He was the White Wolf. The boy who burned ten battalions to ash with nothing but a dagger and strategy. He had once slit a noble's throat with a smile the same smile he now wore in court.

'I wasn't invited into this palace" Jungkook told them. "I took it."

Later That Night

A mysterious figure appears in the shadows of the palace gardens masked, wearing the same clawed sigil of the Rebellion.

They don't attack. Instead, they leave a package for Taehyung.

Inside: a map, a crest, and a prophecy written in old blood.

"Two souls bound in fire shall shatter thrones.
The King's rut will ignite war.
And the White Wolf will decide who survives."

Taehyung looked at Jungkook.

"Do you know what this means?'

Jungkook tilted his head, calm but lethal. "It means it's time I gather the pack."

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Because war was coming. And this time, the rebels were already inside the gates.
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