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Ex-husband not only potentially killed her first husband and definitely sold her daughter into slavery, but wrote in his will that she'll be buried alive when he dies which is... yikes.
-Count Casarius fell victim to a plague and died suddenly, leaving behind a will stating that Rietta, his beautiful young widow, be buried alive alongside him. Just before Rietta is buried, Archduke Axias, rumored to be a cruel tyrant, arrives at the funeral to collect a huge debt he's owed and takes her instead
Emotionally abusive parents, also I'm calling it: I think the brother abused him. I'm not sure how healthy the relationship with the tiger spirit is, but he's an immortal spirit so I give him more time to figure out how to not be dick.
-Jay is a tiger spirit who appears in Baek Yoon's dreams, and eventually real life, claiming that Baek Yoon is his changgwi to be consumed by him.
Yoon was abused by his cousin.
-Yoon Yuno is a small-time money launderer with a huge problem: he can’t seem to escape the sexual advances of his client Vasily Ivanovich Kaminsky, a handsome yet deadly Russian mafia boss. Yuno is terrified of Kaminsky and determined to escape from him, but his attraction to the other man complicates matters. Will Yuno be able to resist Kaminsky’s overtures and save himself? Or will he be devoured by Kaminsky’s unrelenting obsession?
A bit spoiler-y to include this one on the list, but it is what it is and there's def more to the reveal than that. Seme struggles to connect with his boyfriend
Ex is sleezy loan shark who uses debt to extort violent sexual from him, big no-no. ML is cute, yet to see his motivations but we’re rooting for him
Kind of frustrating like just TALK TO EACH OTHER still good tho
Childhood friends turned enemies except one has brain damage and can’t remember why, uke with memory loss is with controlling, abusive fwb when the story starts
Like A Wind On A Dry Branch