Some cages are made of gold. Some scars never show on the skin. And some omegas learn to paint their freedom in the blood of the life they were forced to live.
For three years, Haru Mizushima was the perfect omega — silent, obedient, broken. Married off to Ren Ichijo, the heir of one of Tokyo's most powerful alpha families, Haru traded his art, his voice, and his body for survival. When Ren finally discards him like a used canvas, Haru is left with nothing but a box of old brushes, a shattered sense of self, and an apartment in the Minato district where the walls are thin enough to hear him cry.
His neighbor hears everything.
Kaito Kuroda is the kind of alpha mothers warn their children about — CEO by day, underworld king by night, a man who deals in blood and silence. He doesn't believe in love. He doesn't believe in fate. But the trembling omega next door, who flinches at footsteps and apologizes for breathing, awakens something in Kaito that no amount of power or control has ever touched.
When Ren discovers that Haru has fallen under the protection of the most dangerous man in Tokyo, obsession reignites. Ren doesn't want Haru back because he loves him — he wants him back because Haru was never supposed to survive without him. As the shadows of Haru's past close in, he must decide whether the alpha who kneels to wipe paint from his fingers is truly different from the one who used those same hands as a punching bag.
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