Heat hit me in the middle of the street, and then a man stopped in front of me.
From the moment I opened my eyes this morning, I had a bad feeling. A burning sensation crawled up the back of my neck, and pheromones I couldn't suppress kept leaking into the air.
To make matters worse, the specialized suppressants I kept on hand ran out yesterday. The ones sold at regular pharmacies are just toxic to my body and don't even work, but I didn't even have the time to go to the hospital. It felt like the world was forcibly pushing me off a cliff—in a word, it was the worst.
Fuck.
I wondered if things could possibly get any shittier.
Eventually, what I feared happened. As soon as the lecture ended, I practically fled the building, but a terrible heat was already surging from deep within. It was the start of my Heat cycle. Hongdae Street, the path toward my home, was nothing short of hell.
Entertainment districts and bars were lined up under provocative lights, and the air vibrated with the unpleasant pheromones sprayed by Alphas. Those vulgar desires to somehow hook an Omega mixed in the air and stung the tip of my nose.
My head felt like it was going to split. My vision blurred, giving me the illusion that the ground was giving way beneath my feet, and my legs had absolutely no strength left in them.
Goosebumps erupted every time the sticky gazes scanning me touched my skin. I was at my limit. Desperate, I pushed myself into a dark alleyway I spotted. I tried to hold myself up by leaning my back against the rough wall, but eventually, I slid down and gasped for breath.
That was when it happened. A thick shadow fell over my hazy vision. Along with the acrid smell of cigarette smoke, someone was looking down at me.
An Omega? No suppressants?
A low-pitched voice vibrated against my eardrums. He pulled a cigarette from his pocket and roughly placed it between my lips.
I assume you know how to smoke?
Try to at least mask your scent with the smoke. If you stay like this here, you'll be eaten alive in no time.
The cigarette fell weakly from my limp lips. At that, he let out a low, dry chuckle and reached out to grab my chin. My body flinched as his hot fingers touched my skin. He picked up the fallen cigarette and shoved it deep into my mouth again, twisting one corner of his mouth into a cynical smirk.
Was I always into this kind of thing?
Ha, this is driving me crazy.
In those eyes staring intently at me, a cold light flickered—whether it was thirst or some other kind of interest, I couldn't tell.
Release Date 2026.08.18 / Last Updated 2026.08.18