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Nights in his club always began with sin.
Not the soft kind. The kind that clung to skin, soaked into hair, left bite marks and bruises and memories that tasted like smoke and bad decisions. The neon lights throbbed hot and red, painting every curve and scar in the room with lust. Mirrored ceilings reflected cocksure alphas grinding against desperate bodies, omegas bending over tables for tips, betas pushing through crowds with trays full of drinks that could kill a horse.
Yoongi stood above it all on the mezzanine, looking down like a god surveying his worshippers.
Or a devil watching his prey.
His casino stretched out behind him - dealers calling bets, dice rolling, a woman’s broken laugh echoing as she lost ten million won in a single hand. Champagne dripped down her wrist. A man licked it off.
Yoongi didn’t flinch. He’d seen worse. He created worse.
Jungkook stepped up beside him, jaw tight, eyes cold as he scanned the club floor.
“I counted five assholes trying to finger dancers on stage,” Jungkook said with zero humor. “Do you want me to break their hands? Maybe their legs?”
Yoongi smirked lazily. “If they touch Taehyung, break both. If they touch anyone else… start with one.”
Hoseok snorted from Yoongi’s other side. “You three are fucking insane.”
Namjoon’s voice crackled through their earpieces. “Correction - Yoongi’s insane. We’re just employed.”
Yoongi hummed at that. Below them, Seokjin leaned against the bar in a silk shirt unbuttoned indecently low, sliding a cocktail across the counter with a smirk that promised nothing and implied everything. Two alphas practically drooled over him. Jin ignored them like they were stains on the carpet.
Lights dimmed suddenly - only red and violet remained.
Showtime.
Taehyung walked onstage like a sin someone could worship. Mesh top hugging his chest. Leather pants so tight they looked painted on. A chain hanging low around his hips, glinting each time he rolled them in a slow circle. The crowd roared. Thirsty, pathetic, hungry.
Tae ran a hand through his hair, arching backward, exposing his throat in a way that begged for teeth. Jungkook stiffened next to Yoongi. Not subtle. Not even a little.
Hoseok whispered, “You’re drooling, kid.”
“Shut the fuck up,” Jungkook muttered, eyes glued to Taehyung like he was trying to memorize every inch of exposed skin.
Yoongi watched them both with mild amusement. He knew everything that happened in his club. Everything.
Taehyung’s secret hookups with Jungkook? Please. The entire security team could smell their mixed scents on the third floor stairwell last Friday. Yoongi allowed it only because Jungkook was the only alpha he trusted not to break Taehyung. But the moment Jungkook made a mistake, Yoongi would snap him in half. That was the kind of king Yoongi was.
His gaze drifted lower - past Taehyung, past the stage, past the crowd of sweating bodies - to the private booths where the really dirty shit happened. An omega with a collar knelt between a businessman’s legs. Two alphas kissed like they wanted to tear each other apart. Someone moaned loudly enough that half the room turned.
Yoongi didn’t react.
None of this touched him anymore. He had seen every vice, every kink, every depravity the city had to offer. And it all bored him. The dancers were beautiful. The money endless. The power intoxicating. But Yoongi? He felt nothing.
No desire. No instinct. No spark.
His ruts were mechanical - perfume, bodies, flesh, friction. His orgasms were hollow. His relationships nonexistent. He was a king ruling a kingdom he could no longer taste. He sipped his whiskey, ignoring the pair of omegas eyeing him from the VIP stairs. They whispered, giggled, licking their lips like they had a chance.
They didn’t.
He didn’t want them. He didn’t want anyone. Not anymore.
“Boss,” Hoseok said quietly, eyes narrowing, “table seven’s getting heated.”
Yoongi looked. A man shoved another. Chips scattered. One pulled a knife.
Yoongi sighed. “JK?”
“I’ve got it,” Jungkook said, already moving.
Two minutes later, the knife guy was unconscious. Yoongi didn’t watch. He didn’t need to. Jungkook handled his filth better than anyone else. He turned back toward the dance floor - Taehyung grinding on the pole, sweat dripping down his spine, alphas throwing money like offerings.
Nothing stirred inside Yoongi. Not lust. Not envy. Not even pride. He was numb. Numb in the loudest place in Seoul. And he didn’t know - not yet - that everything would burn awake the moment a new omega walked into his club wearing fear like perfume and hope like a bruise. He didn’t know that one scent - tangerine and vanilla - would make him feel something for the first time in years. He didn’t know that one boy by the name of Park Jimin would light him on fire.
But the night knew. The lights flickered. The music shifted. The air thickened - as if the world itself paused in anticipation. Because the omega who would ruin him had just pushed open the front door.
Taehyung always looked like sin after a performance. Skin glowing under red lights, lips glossy from licking them between pole spins, hair damp with sweat that somehow made him even more dangerous. He sauntered over to where Yoongi, Jungkook, and Hoseok stood - unhurried, confident, hips rolling like he was still on stage.
“Tiring night?” Yoongi asked, not because he cared, but because Taehyung expected him to pretend.
Taehyung shrugged. “Just the usual. Alphas with more money than manners.”
Then he stopped directly in front of Jungkook.
Not Yoongi.
Not Hoseok.
Jungkook.
The alpha stiffened instantly. Eyes narrowing. Jaw tightening.
Tae, unfazed, pulled a cigarette from behind his ear and stuck it between his lips. “You got a light?” he asked sweetly, batting his lashes.
Jungkook didn’t respond. Didn’t speak. Didn’t blink. He just reached into his jacket, pulled out a lighter, snapped it open with a flick – click - and held the flame steady in front of Taehyung’s mouth. Tae leaned in, cigarette touching the flame, cheeks hollowing slightly as he took the first inhale. Jungkook’s grip tightened around the lighter.
Yoongi almost smirked.
When Taehyung exhaled, smoke curled around Jungkook’s face. Tae smiled lazily. “Thanks, bun.”
Jungkook’s eye twitched. “Call me that again and I’ll—”
“—what?” Taehyung whispered, leaning closer. “Maul me in the storage room again?”
Yoongi choked on his own drink. Hoseok coughed to hide a laugh.
Jungkook went crimson, ears and all, and Yoongi sighed.
Idiots. Hot, reckless idiots. But they were his idiots. Before things could escalate into public eye-fucking, Seokjin slid into their circle of power like he belonged there (and he did), wiping his hands on a towel, shirt half unbuttoned.
“Boss,” Jin announced, “the new exotic dancer recruits just arrived.”
Yoongi raised a brow. “How many?”
“Twelve,” Jin said. “Mostly omegas. A beta or two. They’re in the back room waiting for instructions.”
Taehyung perked up. “Audition night? Already?”
“Looks that way,” Yoongi replied. “You feel like playing judge, sweetheart?”
Tae rolled his eyes. “Don’t call me sweetheart.”
Yoongi ignored him. “Pick me three.”
“Three?” Taehyung asked, cigarette glowing between his fingers. “You’re expanding the lineup?”
“Testing new blood,” Yoongi murmured.
Taehyung blew out smoke, smirking. “Fine. I’ll choose the prettiest ones.”
“Choose the ones who can actually dance,” Jungkook grumbled.
Taehyung winked at him. “Aww, bunny, are you worried I’ll pick someone hotter than you?”
Jungkook’s growl was low enough to vibrate the railing under Yoongi’s hand.
Seokjin clapped dramatically. “Boys, please don’t start fucking on the balcony. The high-rollers are right below us.”
Taehyung snorted. Jungkook glared. Yoongi drank. Then the elder alpha turned toward the velvet curtains that draped the mezzanine wall. Behind them was his private viewing cabin—soundproof, one-way glass, dimly lit, built specifically for nights like this.
He handed his glass to Hoseok. “I’ll watch from upstairs.”
“Of course you will,” Jin muttered, smirking knowingly. “You like seeing the fresh meat first.”
Yoongi didn’t dignify that with a response. He slipped behind the curtains, footsteps silent on the carpet, entering the cabin that overlooked everything without being seen. A leather chair sat facing the tinted window. A switch dimmed the lights. Another activated audio feed.
From here, he could watch any performance, any audition, any private room.
God of the dark.
King of the filth.
Ruler of the desperate.
As he lowered himself into the chair, the stage below began to shift. Taehyung’s voice echoed through the audition chamber. “Next!”
Yoongi sipped new whiskey from the bar cart in the cabin.
He had no interest in tonight’s trainees. He had no interest in anyone tonight. But something in his chest throbbed - a warning… or anticipation? He didn't know. All he knew was that tonight felt different. Charged. Like the air was about to split open.
The cabin door clicked softly behind him, and a moment later the air shifted again as Jungkook stepped inside — shoulders tense, pupils still blown wide from Taehyung’s performance.
Yoongi didn’t even turn.
“So,” he drawled, swirling his whiskey, “you planning to keep an eye on Taehyung all night? Or just until he grinds on the pole again?”
Jungkook glared, but Yoongi saw the flicker in his eyes. “Hyung,” Jungkook muttered, crossing his arms, “it’s not like that.”
Yoongi snorted. “Bullshit.”
Silence.
Then Jungkook exhaled sharply, cheeks flushing - not with embarrassment, but with the force of whatever the fuck he was trying to hold back.
“We hooked up again backstage last night,” Jungkook said quietly, voice rough. “He-he asked me to choke him.”
Yoongi raised a brow but said nothing.
Jungkook continued, jaw tight. “He climbed into my lap without saying a word. Just straddled me in that tiny dressing room, grinding down on me like he owned my fucking cock.” He swallowed, throat working visibly. “Then he told me to put my hand around his throat. Not softly. Not teasing. He wanted it hard. He wanted it until he couldn’t talk.”
A dark chuckle escaped Yoongi. “Sounds like him.”
Jungkook’s eyes flickered toward the stage below, where Taehyung was pacing circles around a trembling beta dancer like a wolf deciding whether to eat or play with its prey.
“He’s dangerous,” Jungkook muttered. “But fuck, hyung… when he looks at me? When he smirks at me in the mirror while I’ve got him bent over the counter?”
Yoongi hummed, gaze drifting back to the one-way glass. “And does he kiss you?” Yoongi asked, voice deceptively soft.
Jungkook froze.
Yoongi smirked.
“No,” Jungkook whispered. “He never kisses me.”
Of course not. Taehyung didn’t kiss anyone unless it meant something. Which meant it would destroy Jungkook the day it finally happened. Yoongi filed that away for later. He liked knowing everyone’s weak points. Especially his own people.
Below them, Taehyung’s voice echoed across the room. “Next!”
The audition continued. Yoongi leaned back, letting his gaze flick lazily over the dancers. Taehyung was ruthless tonight. Three minutes per dancer. No compliments. No softness. Just brutal evaluation.
He dismissed the first omega after twenty seconds. “Your rhythm’s shit. Next.”
The second tried too hard, grinding on the pole like he was auditioning for porn rather than a high-end exotic club. Taehyung rolled his eyes and said, “If I wanted to watch someone fuck air, I’d go home. Next.”
Yoongi chuckled quietly. Tae eventually picked two dancers - one lithe beta with surprising grace, and one curvy omega who could drop to the floor like liquid gold. But the third slot remained open. Yoongi wasn’t invested. Not yet.
He sipped his drink and half-listened as Jungkook continued, voice low. “He begged me to bite him last night,” the younger alpha murmured. “Right here.” Jungkook tapped his own neck, just beneath the jaw. “He pushed my head down and said he wanted to feel my teeth.”
Yoongi raised a brow. “Did you?”
Jungkook looked away. “No. I almost did. But… biting him like that? That’s not casual. That’s—”
“Claiming,” Yoongi finished simply.
Jungkook nodded once. “He’s not mine,” he added quietly, though his voice wavered.
Yoongi didn’t argue.
Below them, Taehyung called out. “Next!”
And everything inside Yoongi went silent. A small figure stepped under the lights. Head down. Shoulders tight. Hands trembling. Clothes cheap, too big, hiding too much skin. The omega didn’t belong in this room. Not with the smoke. Not with the predators in the corners watching him.
He looked fragile enough to break under the weight of a stare. But then he lifted his head and Yoongi forgot how to fucking breathe. The lights hit soft cheeks, wide eyes, lips parted in nervousness. Fear clung to him like perfume. His scent drifted faintly upward even through the glass…
Tangerine, vanilla, warm honey over bruised skin.
Something primal inside Yoongi surged violently awake.
The omega stepped forward timidly, voice barely audible. “Park Jimin. Auditioning for… for the dancer position.”
Taehyung blinked once. Slowly. Then he stepped closer, circling Jimin like he was inspecting something rare. Dangerous. Breakable.
“First time?” Taehyung asked.
Jimin nodded, swallowing.
Taehyung smirked. “I can tell.”
He motioned to the pole. “Dance.”
Jimin hesitated. Took a shaky breath. And then - like a flame catching - he moved. Awkward at first. Stiff. Terrified. But then his body loosened, melting into the rhythm, hips swaying in tiny, shy rolls that weren’t meant to seduce but somehow did. Not lust. Not bravado.
Honesty.
Bare and trembling.
His hands slid up the pole tentatively, eyes closed. His body arched delicately, soft and unsure, like an omega trying to remember what it felt like to move without fear.
Yoongi’s glass paused midway to his lips. He couldn’t look away. Neither could Jungkook. Taehyung watched silently, no smirk this time, no cruelty. Just… surprise. When the music ended, Jimin lowered his hands and stood still, chest rising and falling fast.
Taehyung’s voice came out softer than expected. “You’re hired.”
Yoongi’s grip tightened around his glass.
Park Jimin.
The name hit him like a fucking bullet.
And Yoongi didn’t know why - not yet - but he knew one undeniable truth. His empire had just changed. Everything had just changed. And nothing - nothing - would ever be the same again…