People are, after all, just animals with highly developed instincts. Someone once said that when an unusually sharp sense of foreboding strikes, the odds are high that something bad—an accident or incident—is about to happen. Maybe that was…

Sunlight slipped into the room through the open window gap. Slender rays of light slowly sliced through the dust-laden air, drawing a soft golden line in the center of the quiet space. The lingering warmth of a summer morning seeped gently into the…

After making her seal as well—press, press—the child made her oppa promise, again and again, that he had to come quickly. Then, as if she’d never been reluctant at all, she flitted off and ran toward the other kids her age who were peeking…

“Are you going to pick them up after so long?” —” No, it’s fine. President Cheon said he’d…” President Cheon was going to escort her to the hotel himself. After hanging up, Seju tilted his head far to one side. It seemed his father…

“What do you want to do?” Seungwoo asked one last time. Doyoung slowly blinked. He held Seungwoo’s gaze from close range, staring at him for a long moment. “…Just…” Doyoung gently closed his eyes. His expression was far more relaxed…

Jugyeong turned her head over her shoulder to add one last thing, then faced forward again. Seju felt the pulse slam hard against the inside of his wrist. He felt it flutter beneath his ear, too. He also saw it—how the tension had drained from…