They tried to kill Jungkook.

But a failed assassination.✨ Another noble's head decorating a spike outside the palace gates.

The blood still hadn't dried from the tiles. Expensive perfume and incense failed to cover the coppery stench of death.

And Jungkook?

He smiled, he winked at the nobles gathered in fear.

"I think I'm becoming a hobby for assassins," he whispered, swirling his wine as Taehyung walked in.

"You've gained admirers," Taehyung replied dryly, eyes never leaving him. "Half the court wants to bed you. The other half wants you buried."

Jungkook grinned. "Tell them to pick a number. I'll decide if they get kissed... or killed."

Taehyung almost choked on his wine.

But the moment shattered when a bloodstained scroll was delivered, sealed with the sigil of the Rebellion a claw through a crown.

"Break the bond or watch your kingdom burn.
The Alpha doesn't belong beside the king."

Jungkook's smile vanished.

His voice dropped to a growl. "Let them come. I'll rip their hearts out with my bare hands and feed them to Kuro."

Behind him, a faint shimmer of White fur and glowing eyes flickered Kuro, stirred.

Taehyung's jaw clenched. No one threatened what was his and walked away breathing.

---
The Royal Ball

The ballroom glittered in gold, but nothing gleamed as bright as the obsidian king on the stairs.

Jungkook.

Dressed in black and crimson, lined in dragon-gold embroidery, he descended like sin. His smirk could kill. His beauty, lethal.

Whispers followed his every step

"Unnatural.." "Too dominant!" "Why hasn't the King claimed him fully?" "That mark! it's glowing..."

He ignored them all. Until a smug Alpha prince from a rival house approached, dripping arrogance.

"Your Majesty," the prince said, bowing mockingly to Taehyung, "May I steal your consort for one dance?"

Before Taehyung could answer, Jungkook smiled sweetly. "Steal? Darling, I'm not a vase to be snatched off a shelf. But if you want to try, I'll enjoy watching you bleed."

The prince faltered but Jungkook still held out his hand.

Taehyung's wolf V stirred.

He knew this was a test. Jungkook was baiting the court showing them just how close to the edge Taehyung stood.

And Taehyung?

He failed.

As the prince danced too close, fingers gripping Jungkook's waist, whispering nonsense in his ear Jungkook laughed. Taehyung's vision turned red.

A low growl echoed through the ballroom. Then crack.

The music stopped.

The prince barely had time to blink before a fist broke his jaw, sending him flying across the floor into a marble pillar.

Silence.

Taehyung stood before Jungkook, chest heaving, pupils blown wide with V clawing under his skin.

He grabbed Jungkook's waist, yanking him close. Possessive. Wild.

"You think this is a game?" Taehyung hissed against his neck. "You parade yourself like prey and expect me not to devour you?"

Jungkook's breath hitched."You! I don't belong to anyone."

Taehyung growled. "You're mine. I'll remind every damn kingdom if I have to."
--
That Night✨

It was meant to be just a kiss.

But the moment Taehyung's canines grazed Jungkook's bond mark

His rut hit.

It was a beast breaking free. A brutal, feral hunger. The air vibrated with power as V, his wolf, surged forward.

Even Kuro, ever bold, backed off with a low growl of approval.

Jungkook gasped as he felt it not heat, but raw rut.

Taehyung was shaking.

"You need to run," he whispered. "I can't hold back"

Jungkook bared his throat. "Then don't."

The world turned red.

Walls shattered beneath Taehyung's hands as he slammed Jungkook against them, lips crashing like thunder, hands tearing through silk and armor.

The palace groaned under the weight of their fury.

"You're mine," Taehyung snarled, voice deepened by V. "Say it."

"Make me," Jungkook spat, defiant.

Taehyung's eyes flashed with a primal hunger at Jungkook's challenge.

He grabbed the alpha by the throat, slamming him harder against the wall.

"Oh, I will," Taehyung growled, his voice barely recognizable. "I'll make you scream it until the whole kingdom knows you belong to me."

"Big words from an alpha who can't even keep his consort under control."

V snarled, his claws digging into the stone on either side of Jungkook's head. "You don't know what you're playing with, little wolf."

"I'm not afraid of you," Jungkook taunted.

. Taehyung lost the last threads of his control. He kissed Jungkook with bruising force.

Jungkook moaned into it, his own desire igniting like wildfire.

Taehyung ripped Jungkook's shirt open, sending buttons flying. He leaned down to bite at the fresh marks he'd left on Jungkook's neck, drawing blood. Jungkook arched into it, gasping.

"Mine," Taehyung rumbled against his skin. "Say it."

Jungkook just laughed breathlessly. "In your dreams."

Taehyung growled, tearing at Jungkook's pants. He shoved them down, exposing his arousal.

Jungkook whimpered as Taehyung's claws grazed his sensitive flesh.

He dropped to his knees, his mouth replacing his hand. Jungkook cried out as Taehyung took him deep, his tongue swirling around his length.

It was too much, too good. Jungkook fisted his hands in Taehyung's hair, holding him in place.

Taehyung worked him relentlessly, sucking and licking until Jungkook was shaking. Just when he thought he might come undone, Taehyung pulled away.

Jungkook glared at him, but the effect was ruined by the way he trembled. "Fuck you, Taehyung."

"Such a pretty mouth," Taehyung purred, leaning in to bite Jungkook's lower lip. "Let's put it to better use."

He lifted Jungkook up, wrapping his legs around his waist.

Jungkook could feel Taehyung's arousal pressing against him, hot and hard. He shuddered, his hole clenching around nothing.

Taehyung carried him over to the bed, tossing him onto it roughly. Jungkook bounced on the mattress, panting. Taehyung followed him down, pinning him with his weight.

"Say it," Taehyung demanded again, grinding his hips against Jungkook's. "Say you're mine."

Jungkook panted, his eyes rolling back in bliss. "Fuck...Taehyung...please..."

"Not good enough."

Taehyung slid a finger inside Jungkook's entrance, stretching him open. Jungkook keened, arching off the bed.

"I'm yours," he gasped out. "I'm yours, Taehyung. Please...please fuck me."

Taehyung smiled darkly, adding a second finger. "That's more like it."

He fingered Jungkook ruthlessly, scissoring and crooking until the Alpha was sobbing. Only then did he remove his fingers, replacing them with the head of his cock.

He thrust forward, burying himself to the hilt in one smooth stroke.

Jungkook screamed, his claws ripping into Taehyung's back. Taehyung just growled, starting to move. He set a brutal pace, pounding into Jungkook's willing body.

"Take it," Taehyung snarled. "Take every inch of my cock."

Jungkook could only moan in response, lost in the pleasure of being so thoroughly claimed.

He could feel every ridge and vein of Taehyung's length, could feel him hitting that spot inside that made stars explode behind his eyes.

"Harder," Jungkook gasped out. "Fuck me harder."

Taehyung obliged, his hips snapping forward with punishing force. The bed creaked beneath them, the headboard slamming against the wall with each thrust.

Taehyung snarled, his pace becoming erratic. He could feel his orgasm building, could feel Jungkook clenching around him.

"Come for me," he demanded, reaching between their sweat-slicked bodies to stroke Jungkook's cock. "Cum on my cock like a good little boy."

That was all it took. Jungkook came with a cry, his release painting their chests. Taehyung followed a moment later, filling Jungkook with his seed.

They collapsed together on the bed, panting and shaking. Taehyung gathered Jungkook into his arms, pressing a gentle kiss to his forehead.

"You're mine," he whispered

Jungkook just smiled, his eyes drifting shut. "I know," he mumbled.

They drifted off like that, entwined and sated, their wolves content.

And far away, in the shadows a plan was hatched.

One that would change the course of their lives forever.

But that was a story for another day.

For now, they had each other.