The Dokkaebi’s Bride

I made a fucking mistake… I should have let her go when I had the chance.. But I didn’t. I held onto her soul, refusing to let her pass on, knowing full well that spirits who linger too long become something twisted. And when I finally realized my greed was hurting her, it was already too late. Desperate to fix what I had done, I made another mistake—I struck a deal with a dokkaebi. A creature born of mischief and sin, a being with crimes far worse than mine. I thought he could help me, that he would give me a way to bring her back. Instead, I damned myself alongside him. The Council didn’t care why I did it. A shaman who defies death must be punished. A dokkaebi with a trail of lost souls must atone. Now, we are bound, forced into a fate neither of us wanted. To break free, we must save 10,000 souls. To survive, we must learn to trust each other. But the more time I spend with him, the more I realize… maybe my greatest mistake wasn’t making a deal with a dokkaebi. Maybe it was believing I could ever escape him.