🌹 ARC ONE: The Second Prince's Games
POV: Liu Yan (Second Prince)
Silk ropes. Hidden cameras.
And a list of academy "sins" pinned to a velvet wall.
> "I want her punished," Liu Yan whispered to the academy's Head Disciplinarian.
"For what crime, Your Highness?"
"Existing."
He twirled the long red ribbon Yue Lin had used during her trial duel — it still smelled faintly of her perfume and blood.
> Delicious.
He planned her downfall like he planned his nights: slow, precise, sadistic.
At dawn, a list was posted:
> "Top Student Yue Lin is accused of assaulting an academy official."
A trap.
The entire court would watch.
And he'd tie her up in front of them all — metaphorically… and maybe not so metaphorically.
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👑 ARC TWO: The Emperor's Obsession
POV: The Emperor (Rui Long)
He heard about the accusation by mid-morning.
By mid-afternoon, he'd already ordered the report sealed.
He read it anyway.
> "Assault?" he chuckled darkly.
"The only one in danger here is every man who looks at her too long."
That night, alone in his golden chambers, the Emperor held her profile scroll.
Not just her academic scores. Not just her duel footage.
> A sketch.
Her face. Her curves. Her sin.
He pressed it to his lips.
> "Yue Lin… Why didn't the gods make you mine first?"
System Notification: Forbidden Lust Level - 34%
New Trait Gained: Possessive Authority
He called his spymaster.
> "Bring her to me. Secretly. I want to test her... loyalty."
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🗡️ ARC THREE: The Assassin in Her Bed
POV: Yue Lin
Midnight.
The academy quiet.
Only her chambers still flickered with low lantern-light.
And in that flicker—a shadow moved.
She felt it before she saw him. Her body tensed. Her fingers slid to the dagger beneath her pillow.
But he was faster.
The Masked Assassin, Qian Feng, pinned her without a word — body to body, heartbeat to heartbeat, dagger to throat.
> "Who sent you?" she whispered, unafraid.
"Your system," he murmured.
Her breath hitched. "You're part of it?"
He pressed closer. His voice like silk over steel.
> "I'm here to see if you're worthy of unlocking me."
Suddenly, her body went cold-hot — the system pulsing.
System Alert:
> Trial Unlocked: "Submission and Power"
Partner: Qian Feng – Assassin Class
Objective: Break or Be Broken.
He leaned closer, lips ghosting over her jaw.
"I can kill you… or I can make you scream until the palace shakes."
She smiled, baring her throat.
> "Try both."
And then — the trial began.
Ropes. Shadows. Pain. Pleasure. Everything blurred.
She passed.
But barely.
> And when it ended, he knelt.
"You command me now," he said, removing his mask.
She saw his face. Beautiful. Brutal.
Her system purred.
> Qian Feng: Lustbound – 100%
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End of Chapter 14