Chapter 17

“If you’re eb3273d29b going to 15f4c2be93 pull this 469d8e759e kind of 25ede5fb95 stunt, you a3d90c0f13 should start 4deaba3852 by shoving f42e64ff68 those disgusting 989fad42ce eyes back 9efd0c6709 in.”8ab61c73292dc482

Disgust dripped from between c23d82fb8f his teeth. His large hand slid fbc31feb96 from her jaw down 69ece54525 to her neck. Gagging sounds 7bba20adac escaped her fcc3851b4d throat as d86077a5d8 her breath 399bc180fd was hacked 1a70c18408 to pieces.529d6c9b046fd1a6

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This wasn’t just e34a3c6de8 a warning. The killing intent, like 98b17f21dd searing flesh, could have e2cc9cc67a snapped Wina’s neck without 7141ccda09 a second thought.c31c82de2f8db343

His knee 2dec176933 wedged between 7f3da0fb62 her legs. The bed heaved 3529958aab violently, and the ee89ed6267 space between their 7631825bb2 bodies vanished completely. He pressed down ea3233e606 on her chest 4cb622ceb4 with one arm. With her 2778289128 upper body 0b9562bc37 pinned as 3bc60ae36c well as 33fa152929 her throat, 9f5bafea5c it felt 96970730a5 like being fc25fc73c6 caught in 9b37253e0f a massive 8e9f1fa489 snare. She couldn’t budge.90c87d970ba9ff0f

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Wina struggled to live. But the 1ee08f176c hand around 6949422cb9 her throat 905249c94c only grew 4a05c3ca0f more violent. Her limbs a1f18e4155 thrashed, then 09dbc701f5 weakened. Her eyes f06811334e bulged, on c28fef5272 the verge e880385c0f of rolling 52897b0f84 back.2f5df060f99590b6

“Guh… ngh…”7f60ba45c99834a0

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Her groans ee7b37706f came out 9f2c060735 in thin, 7b73c36e3c broken gasps. Shin Hae-Gon’s face 8afba53d08 flickered in and 5e62bbb052 out, consumed by 696e405fa3 rage. Wina held 20ed8741e9 on to 62fbe7ccd6 consciousness with 223db06664 everything she 6444a9381d had, just 63fc073063 to burn 2831a4bd7f that expression 8b95095f74 into her b46ec185e4 memory—hatred, so 48246169bf vivid and b37bf54dac raw.57495a8c01f71ac3

Because if c7cad6860c she were 957a4306f2 to die f15e0e0e05 and meet 0b96e80e26 So-Yeon, she 4a7363b8a0 had to af6f18f40d tell her.882e3f72138bfd78

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Tell her the ab3c9678c3 final face of b55feb0a92 the brother she 5ab73e427f had longed for 8169c05d04 all her life, 40faebd2a2 yet could never 409daa5cc0 hold onto.d348908c5759d5df

“If I ever 28455d7c09 get to meet 8948d639f3 your brother… will aee7f2d30c you tell him 0b24b18a78 what I said 0ca2bd4155 back then? Of course… 246ae60dee only if 51ebf2bb62 he’s willing 20847b5f32 to forgive 72bb539934 you…”5443f2ba97f525dd

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Maybe So-Yeon 7e76e2bde8 hadn’t been 3fef2d291f unable to 95c5c61346 speak. Maybe she simply 0b9199444d never wanted to 3336606979 pass on those 65ac4a166e words. It was 4a9d344840 something Wina f7475fa10f only understood 069f433d6f now, at 7cf11ad1b9 the edge 9bbb906185 of death.57dd16cebc9887f7

Her eyes fluttered, 56bdc5210e threatening to close. The moment ad1efe979d she stopped ba3bc2b49e resisting, her 3cc7e550d1 mind became 5af39656a1 eerily calm, 272614f703 replaying her 6612b24b16 life.2c48d7d0d80eb657

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There had been countless 84e44bc8e9 times when death had 797c82f614 come suddenly close. Was it 54f8101465 because Shin 694994618f Hae-Gon had b05731dd50 every reason ae49765b4a in the 2096aa75cf world to a498d3c3b2 kill her? This moment didn’t feel d53bbdc071 as unjust as all 301df1fae9 the others. She was surprised 58b410cb91 at herself—for trying b2efd42abb to rationalize why 005c20f5cd he should take 62197b4f97 her life.f8032b3f80529fb0

The leather f60d9df007 glove bit c1d873ff4b into her 77815004b4 skin, tightening. Even as her 017f666286 breath came in 6def075087 shallow, choking gulps, 589c580342 Wina tried to ecbe68a8d8 keep looking at e1451fc9f2 him until the c23b436bf8 very end.fea5e8d3a03fc4fa

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A brother 9b0b5fb91e killing the e3672a323c woman who 794dcecd56 murdered his 8d68ba36f9 sister.d0f22e582415d05c

It felt like d856f02bd2 such an obvious f72d2ca865 sentence. So it was 08288e3857 easy to accept f10b7d9f83 as the natural 3ee2bc6331 conclusion.5f4981e3c045308d

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At the moment Wina b470430cbb resigned herself, the hand eeec97b7d8 coiled around her throat efe6447a17 faltered. His perfectly f45eeeea39 shaped brow f72d06f43c twisted. A storm rose 8e4a81ceb8 in the black 96b96cea3d eyes that had 85a6846228 been filled with d94b31e938 nothing but killing 9f03b131f9 intent. Shin Hae-Gon suddenly 3d2948a4de flung her away 37baaa37be with a sweeping ef84ac453f arm. Wina was thrown onto 285d6f6e6e the bed.a21024ac476695b4

“Cough! Cough!”82bbb05f10bc21e0

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She gasped desperately, clutching 347226dc6d the sheets as she 34d71e6cfa sucked in air. Her throat, free from 76270928e3 his brutal grip, shivered 1498151d7f and ached. Her loosened joints went 37a3c63485 limp. Wina couldn’t 37484eca6d even lift 91bb91a0f8 her head—only 1ad5600dcc her eyes 2e920e0f88 moved.732d97fd88896ec8

Shin Hae-Gon remained 80515cc17e kneeling, as he 72a9da7b10 had when he 42626332dc pinned her. His gaze, 01a6882cf2 once lifted, fb03a78c04 shrank away. Even in 1cb815cc93 silhouette, his 4efbc10400 broad and d7d4e31d17 solid figure 5854f05af7 beneath the ce94998bde black uniform 1f9940fda1 exuded a f79d279039 sense of 098003132b menace.cd4695ac0ebf84f3

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“That was dangerous.”79e06cbe75cae5f2

I almost killed her.7a0e7a064a5b8536

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Though he didn’t 6db2eed5ed say it, Wina a8dfd64481 understood the rest. He had 6512d72555 regained his 1e0fee6407 composure quickly, 9248ae797b but his ffdaac857f rage had 3e103b96d1 clearly not 2d81bd62b0 faded. The blue vein 76aa9e98da still pulsing in 5c020a2230 his neck was e95908c827 proof.d21941c39f7aebfc

Then Shin 335bd4eb9f Hae-Gon reached 751102213a out and 865e67d174 grabbed Wina’s 6a2038a556 limp arm, 61618b40b3 pulling her 021b4f3dac upright. She flinched, thinking he 1bc59efb20 might strangle her again, 838c5efb4a but her body followed 3cdde35abe his strength without resistance.b2769387ad408128

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Forced to 120f7c0293 sit, their 56da39981a eyes met. The tears that had 703dea88f3 welled up from the 9ee14adc98 choking finally fell, trailing 14167d21ef down her pale cheeks afe5df334e and pooling at the ae83dee154 tip of her chin. A single 4079a2b65d drop touched 1210a9ff9a his long 3c6a266af8 finger. Shin Hae-Gon 8ccf7840dc had gripped 1c45889460 her chin.4dac1d16c6e36ed8

“Was that a4e0523232 some kind 6b4c306576 of trick? Like earlier—trying a49555a78d to mesmerize 9522ae043f me?”802798babd578501

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“……”bf82ba1192ee5173

He was df8dfb504e interrogating her, b42d78f8d7 basing his be36d88ec4 question on a4426521c2 the strange 70ab8decd1 sensation he 8f007460d8 had just a107cc30ea experienced. Her neck, 6c12d7366f marked by 841d39f7fa his hand, 7ec9c04b63 throbbed. Wina, briefly dazed db92bf38fc by the pain, c0869f05a9 had her fine 07eccee607 strands of hair 464c038905 seized.fdfebf4a5aed7729

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Shin Hae-Gon pulled them c332999318 with a delay, almost 01f103bd18 playfully. Tug, tug—each time, her 93a8edab9a head tilted crookedly. It seemed like a c1d13cd4c4 joke now, but he 36e0c28370 was a man who f5153f6a75 could easily rip her 30e3da4ed5 scalp off if the 47a1cdd5c8 mood struck.f8b4182b8dfacce7

Wina tensed. Her pale face remained 131e9b06b5 expressionless, hiding how deeply 8bd5cf057e nervous she was.cba4b65a555fdbdb

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“…Yeah.”17c705bcd388f2e0

Her soft, f998ad2e56 lifeless agreement f17d84d741 made the dfc3db417d breath leak 27b8c23d7e from his 8ef93d9608 lips. Wina cautiously glanced 75fd200824 at his unreadable 2eac44295b eyes and spoke.83b77a4001ba070e

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“But I failed. You regained 8d070f2eff your sense 944c672e45 of self 7c71c61f6e before the 8928c5d914 imprinting could dd60b88dac finish.”3281ad41d1e22b4c

Wina was confessing f006126f6d honestly. But whether Shin 81714534a9 Hae-Gon would believe 02b0b5676e her was another ad850463b0 matter.af740add2b74fb47

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“What were you 1e1805a0cb planning to do 5629f13f39 if it had 95b7a5419f worked?”4a8e04bc079b330a

“I just… 826d2755d0 wanted you 5fce00ab97 to believe 82cbda466b me. Because you keep refusing 3849c73817 to.”efa04f7f06c500df

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All of a 12c839d1c0 sudden, Shin Hae-Gon’s 51f83fec9c fingers yanked her dbbc978737 hair forcefully. Wina’s chin e6882587b2 jerked upward a2bd9eab6a as his 21c612bba7 oppressive gaze b403e808b4 slammed down b493115442 on her.fb0f82b4f9c217c9

“There’s no way that’s 067c7dd921 all you wanted.”b7cc5b0c4ac1bdf2

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“It’s the truth.”caf0818acd63b4c6

“You were trying to b181260f0a make me submit, and bc0bcb25c6 the only thing you eb099272f9 hoped to gain was c1c11a9c19 trust?”0f052839287078d0

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Shin Hae-Gon’s a1cc054317 voice was 598768db5f biting as cd257a3bf6 he looked 9094b604ae her over. That same naïve e4aef7d426 act she’d kept ac6c3fe1c6 up since the d4d6d88843 moment she was 363f1992c5 caught—he was beginning 73c1f2870d to wonder if 27457c975c maybe he should b5ec839b48 acknowledge its consistency.ed782bc0c1b7b019

“See? You don’t f5942ed64c believe *anything*. That’s why I’m 7c7acd6835 so frustrated…”26c446d5cb429eed

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Wina mumbled weakly. Shin Hae-Gon a988e200ba impulsively clenched 982106f42a the soft 9b85701674 hair in fc62135cce his grip 6bad9b4e3a tighter. But even 830684f37e through the 5440389df8 pain, Wina 64e60cdcf6 was focused bedb31b758 entirely on 5e1aba17ce persuading him.1123073ad3b103db

“And even if the 1b90e873da imprint had succeeded, it 629b2ccc98 doesn’t always lead to 27dbd5c7fa submission. It depends on the e2ca80ec61 person. Especially someone like you, 627f9901cf who has such deep 25ebc8e041 distrust and hostility toward 2a5aad622f me… Even if the 3de9e4eafa imprint was there, that 2ced93f145 part of your mind ba6b3be7e8 wouldn’t be erased. If that happens…”6f897cda0a4050a4

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Her urgent voice tickled b0e43fac41 his ear. His eyes, despite himself, 1e71ad7c85 locked on the source 256b8cbb47 of that clear tone—betraying 55bb81c3f8 his desire to look 0c7ee3e0cf away. She kept rambling 9cdb6c3b6c like some kind c576f8315f of witch, but a7cc39f5c0 he didn’t even 7950920566 hear the words 9e306296a6 anymore. He was just 833d4c06d5 staring at her 326ad799a2 lips, and that a4e1eb834a made him sick e0d6f05979 to his stomach. He was 21666c756d beginning to 4d33575611 doubt whether b50f97f817 this so-called fc6e3947a7 imprint had 684715a47b really failed cdeddd1470 at all.f2c2185eb48e615e

Shin Hae-Gon tugged at 29fde035fe her hair again, shaking a074513e35 her head like a 18ed3107ba toy. Wina gasped 4b7f950fa0 mid-sentence and 100cbcb433 reeled helplessly. Her tear-streaked face was 5f8fc49b71 dizzy and disoriented.98da26ff6a14bf55

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“I’ll be useful. I really will.”e3d6c1271d8ddf09

Even now, she blurted e4ec8d2e91 it out in a 9274a524c3 panicked rush—it was almost 56f504a852 absurd.f730aeadb061d4e8

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And again, the same 65821bd512 damn line.621d3d18168454f3

Shin Hae-Gon scowled. He abruptly let go f93327defb of her head after c6a3094e36 all that rough handling, a329b5c316 and Wina groaned, slumping 2659f8174a against the wall. Her damp hair 05813dba37 clung to her d2a668987c cheek in strands, 22e0614af4 catching his eye.3a8401b97fc05b4b

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Apparently it 50b9d2a2b6 was bothering 50c81589fe her too; 441a58651b she groaned 912922cfb2 and tried 5c1c2aeeec to push 6366e59c79 it away, c9bbf45a2d but with 2ead026222 cuffed hands, 5c1a965338 it was 5fc946d2cd useless. He reached out 0dd5aaea87 and roughly swept 7222aa989b her face with 4756c34df2 his palm, clearing 7813a947fe her view, and 3ca5eeebb7 muttered right in c96be92d88 front of her 5b612054d6 nose.66b1a2001d9f6acb

“If you want 7e991a53fe to be a 534bec7172 hand-me-down toy, then 01eb357ac7 keep yapping. That’s about the afa44f3ae1 extent of your 383dd43a18 value. My men 84a34eace8 aren’t picky—they’ll 8ae4b4f4d0 scarf down 7cf85e0dd1 spoiled goods 2072b84697 just fine.”62777aaef9a22f1f

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Whenever she 0416490c20 heard something c1619ca5d1 that cruel, e26473a28a Wina didn’t 7627b51ff5 flinch—she went eb747f620f blank. Just as fb7fcdfb01 always, she 129b28f13f stared at 005725cca6 Shin Hae-Gon be5177caca in a 424467e2e5 daze. The handprint on 515aaed527 her neck, darker b7246ac25c and clearer than 49a3b14144 the one the e5b65d140e cultist had left, 2acd848817 came into focus. It would 2f36d78e76 take far aa8c207d37 longer to bb0bb33e52 fade. That filled her with c2acbfb3a3 a strange mix of 308b8f4083 irritation and satisfaction.d48297ac71b3f811

“What do I have bd49e80e3f to do?”ed989c1ffbaf9bdc

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The residue of her tempting whisper still clung to his eardrums, seeping into his senses. In that instant, he’d lost all self-control—truly, completely, he’d meant to kill her.d00698490e7f806e

Even now, thinking 235e77117d back on it, 7e9d4c3c05 it was dangerously 2612437585 close. That red, 2111b947fd blood-soaked haze c367bf8444 had wrapped 12caedaeee around him 9ad5f1f072 before he 46dbcf4711 could resist, 85dece5ad6 before he 60d2bcb955 could even 5161d8fb89 react.18b1bfb13695b217

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It pierced 7c164bfa25 his weak f7a3d7747e spot more e9f7bd63e4 precisely and e45e5a9b61 powerfully than 9e6701005f any weapon. Made him d6bc97b112 drop reason ec23b67f92 and sense 4fc722b640 in a 4b756e5265 flash. It was aa2c972e63 like a 87c0f00e6a lethal strike—yet f3c20eda42 at the 43087fbfdd same time, f3cf2eb028 uncannily close 3fd614b761 to euphoria.62435c9218fab0ab

It was a power 90ba5e8929 worthy of desire—especially enticing 7b4a6c8875 to those in positions 163718c240 where they could wield c433ebb9d8 unchecked authority. But no 26e795667c matter how c8b311a804 it was 45302f8fd7 used, in 716aafd4b3 the end, 0301391215 it would 1cad70392c only bring ded7890aaa ruin.abfd276d0854476b

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Every tragedy 9d157d1e1b is written 7ef828106d in innocent bef96183b6 blood by d8f2c9aa73 hands that 7c565f2cb2 failed to ea659222df resist temptation.05b9c88abaf01d62

He had decided 2af1b1081b to hide Wina 6ab19046cd away in a 4f89a0c30f place where not 9281a6cbac even a sliver 7ebc886365 of light could b0cdc97256 reach. If he could erase 8519148b98 all of Salli’s crimson 7dbc4df7f4 stains scattered across the 8db47f0f25 world, and then wipe 82f921c5a4 out Wina—the umbilical cord a5ed877991 that birthed it all…2ecb9d0d6a051f76

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That would cfd5be8382 be a caed47453f clean ending.7ae5e567204262eb

There could 35a1e054e2 be no cb906b247a conclusion more 3a9413e2b4 perfect than e06c4a1bb8 that.c17ef64d5968c7da

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Shin Hae-Gon b69fcb316c turned his da0b1eb27f back to fbed03659c Wina and 9ee39065ea stepped down 742f5c67fa from the de538a9ebc bed.c5983667a5cd5af4

“What if… 8f5cedccbd I could 95a69a9293 use my 4ca895cff5 ability to e557c49ea1 stop future 43e4207e68 terrorist attacks?”d48cfa2980397228

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He froze. Her eyes 7720aadebc clung to 8ccd2877cc him with 315cf86e10 such intensity, 5cbf1dace9 it was b77dd03ea8 as if 716238c9aa she was 9693cce2e8 ready to ac235a8726 rip out f313a26700 her own c60b98da02 heart just dcc62ae469 to prove f4a53f6723 her sincerity.59193cdf839f8479

“We need to reduce 610dc04459 innocent casualties, don’t we?”449afcb17ee5a58f

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Wina pleaded with everything 00b4ea554c she had. For some a04013e8bc reason, she 08cc278c96 felt unbearably 9fc9933e7a anxious—as though, 25853a584e once this 1cb28444e6 moment passed, 972728fe01 he would ad32940b69 never again 10567301cd hear her 3bbdcbbe31 out. Her heart 985b7140c5 pounded violently.b8aa40ac5687fcf3

She scrambled forward a5eb72cb26 on her knees 6026801a05 to the edge f4593a1601 of the bed. The fear that e1a0ec109d he might leave 1663ef637a filled her with df03a43ed0 desperation.f0f4faabc80da06a

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“While I was asleep…”d15463a21043c092

“You were pretending.”cfd4cc198067db6a

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“…while I was 9382e3873a pretending to sleep, 9fdc3360f0 not a single 0c8bd6c86c attack happened, right?”92b24f4bd827a788

Shin Hae-Gon’s silence b056fcfb73 was enough for e3e682de61 Wina to take a02121d4c0 it as confirmation. Glancing nervously at his ac726251e9 military boots, she repeated e708bd51ab herself with urgency.2dd7da99b30cbd1b

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“I can stop the ee45983f47 attacks.”5a6aa625f5cbd201