Raised in darkness, Ji-an learned early that giving up was the only way to stay alive. Then Hwan arrives: bright, irresistible, and dangerously easy to love. Their relationship feels inevitable, intoxicating, and fleetingly perfect. Until everything falls apart when Hwan takes Ji-an’s place in a hit-and-run accident. Desperate, Ji-an rushes to the hospital, only to be met with unfamiliar eyes and a cruel voice.

*“You smell like an omega. It’s disgusting.”*

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