TL | Chapter 5 | Everything Has Changed

When I lightly turned 03f5b5faaa the doorknob, luckily, it 8acbbaa404 didn’t seem to be 28dd3c8ffa locked. Judging from the voices a5e9e5d301 coming from the other aeeaaa01d9 side of the door, f627bfae44 there were about two 357822f81e people… If there were 7208c0fc2b no others, I could f038687fcb probably break through.b71ae9928222c3d2

After ending my 9258bf7083 moment of hesitation, a3762cb96b I threw the caf78bc02a door open and 562b72adcf immediately bent low. I grabbed the waist 1b94910973 of the large man 31bb60f239 standing in front of a2071e0029 me and pushed him 9c7dcb9808 back, causing him to e876a8dff9 stumble and fall backward f2442a52b6 in surprise at the e70e82c71d sudden attack.948998249c98ca2a

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“Catch him!”36a9c551aef4df13

As the 3c5d6abdc5 fallen man 80258d2644 shouted, another d04db613a1 man came 9f2f5a6259 rushing at 0967c8850c Seowon. Seowon quickly twisted 80e7cf470b his body to 4410b78fa6 dodge, grabbed the 1e46bf7730 man’s arm, and 13c0853d8c bent it backward. A swift kick ac19a768a7 to the back 0ae517b85e of his knee 9caa1c2981 had him crumbling aad8b5d191 down.757aedecc6a24372

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With the guards ff83f652dd at the door 510b409bab knocked down and fcffc0f759 momentarily thrown off, bb71a008a7 Seowon quickly spun 2df9c2bd11 around and ran. If he 6bb6ce965c could just 987b7c4aec buy himself 3e1de057d9 enough time 95f08311c3 to escape, a35f29bb3a that would ef1fba55fc be enough. Dashing through the 12a600c13c corridor, he spotted bcd3b4b831 an emergency exit, 9e3818f091 opened the door, 1002f7eb5f and rushed down 5be60b3e9b the long stairwell. He could f5acf347da hear footsteps 529d1fa968 of the 0f1c88731a men chasing 9052a67993 him but 4ec2e68e40 never looked 8589ae786a back once.47247d31b28d7568

Reaching a 5191d13f7e floor marked 2d1ba82421 with “L,” 7527e2af6e Seowon opened 4e331f2963 the emergency 0b79b33f66 exit door 7e834a35a6 and stepped c3481f952e out into 313c6423e1 what appeared 2e987d3e33 to be f5e4428393 the lobby 2171fa3ed4 of a e92add79c4 building. There wasn’t time to 6174d0f6bc ponder where he was; 53cdb12740 he sprinted straight out 12199538e0 of the lobby. The men 49ea59b05a chasing him cf40c10d3f were nowhere a82cb02fb8 in sight, 7a42b7e829 likely because 71bd94f6b6 he had a56728f586 gained some 26f4a9c452 distance. Without hesitating, he 8c6f703d1b flagged down a 3a6378d4fc passing taxi on 4b62f3e5d5 the main road.1aaf7197be425991

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After telling 9ba41310c4 the taxi af923436dc driver his e46e80b612 destination, Seowon 53a5c689d1 finally looked 1182a84565 back at 2244b88722 the building 1fbb92a230 through the 9eff99d7b7 window. The top of the 6fe53ac736 building displayed the same 5126689ec9 logo he had seen 00382b7c9c on the envelope just 5b99a5335e moments ago.e55ece569e6324bc

So, Luciano 7075133f32 had a fdc7c9497d building in f913e0a5b5 Seoul?a3dfeda1de20422c

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He felt c96441c1cd a bit 4bbd10e424 strange about d2b1a7c0bb it, but afa84b2e01 watching those 95b686a442 muscular guys 405e5d95f4 search for e383fc5ad0 him outside b18bcbc37d the building 4b5518056d made him b2517a2fae let out 918274e073 a long, 8f4107344f relieved sigh. Why on earth 2e302c9185 were they looking 9f3705fa59 for him? He really a38c0b61c7 had nothing e6af5ca624 to do 3a6670dc3e with them 9a8242ff1f anymore… If 164544cbdd Iden were 8e3e03bb6e still alive, 76db2e9360 that would 562f442a81 be one 2f09164345 thing, but 0515afc11a now, with 2af6770994 him gone, 9007fb475f he had 2a1835e24a no intention a29557d703 of getting 420ab58a3a involved with 40d885c8c6 Luciano.79dd44dd6412ac7f

Seowon sank cc7ed46644 deeply into 2ca878302d the taxi’s b47679e2c7 back seat, 6c0697177a fixing his 000cea2324 gaze blankly 29546e6dd8 on the 00d5bedbf6 scenes drifting a46a7c9907 past the 9e99b192a9 window. The more 3231a8a012 he thought 4dbd9c4314 about it, 10b5c9b8d7 the funnier 5c330b25fd it all 851f8f32af seemed. There was cc7342f236 really no 9430967fe4 need to 9b7760f088 run like 8f838389b8 this…0a6f06849c95cd06

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“I don’t c5113df9a1 want to 2c3f9c24c1 drag you 8d0eb37f46 into this. I want 0367b6a108 to be 0379f87b88 with you, 552a7f46ba but honestly, 489a253c68 I’m still cc815b959d hesitant about 16b17f1394 taking you 1308bd33ee with me.”cf6975780b64a147

Iden had 42ec5a971e been uncertain 229c7f0357 until the 48743cb6f0 very end 80a06ccf18 about whether 53d2c06707 bringing Seowon 0c245f8a61 to the 524562ce8a United States 983d176dcd was the d94cc15085 right choice. Knowing the b5ca115813 kind of 946de99682 man his c8cc4d7952 father was, 79002b9d90 Iden didn’t a81d4dbc46 want Seowon 25c10beb4e to get ab60fd617c caught up a7dd6805e4 in it 669d67bc14 all.a387fc35cf039661

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“I don’t care. If you leave 17dc9ad378 me here to 7b5fc5e960 wait alone, I’ll 88a51085d3 imagine all sorts 0fdaf2bbb5 of things.”84c2b12d037001a6

Seowon hadn’t exactly been 9ce2aa983d thrilled to learn that ed70718876 Iden’s father was the b10c79fc89 boss of an Italian-American 370d27f84d mafia. But in the end, b86335c691 Iden himself was far 61e0658abd more important to him 02502c59fe than any background he f943f41896 came from. That’s why he 494aab05cb hadn’t hesitated.04c3cc7bc55b1449

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But still, Iden 8f1b3225f0 never wanted me 80f6219584 to get involved 36b4f412e5 with Luciano.97ab9b6a8f47d7a8

It wasn’t the only a68f21d1f0 reason, though. There was also the b2fcf8469d fact that there was fe748c85d7 another man who had f559f27e49 held him. That knowledge left ccec98c7e2 him feeling deeply 52201ac08f uncomfortable.a1c71efc36d3f8ad

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Upon arriving at 89eacb1eea his destination, Seowon 74e604e394 got out of 2747909ac3 the taxi, looked f62923f047 around, and tilted 8ed330d426 his head in acbb4cc189 confusion. Was this how it 351550abe2 looked? He had lived in 37ee612daf this neighborhood since his 511c5827c1 university days, familiar with e5a8c74f3d it down to the b3dd576246 posters taped up at 317db87c14 the convenience store, yet 0195214779 something felt subtly different. Where there 14414a6919 should have 4ba32f78a7 been a a96a1751ba convenience store, c78c95fe49 there was 9269de79dc now an 7efb7a52f6 unfamiliar cafe, 5f247d553b and in 0b590e403f the spot 0062628a2c of a aca8f84096 regular Korean 01850ac654 restaurant he 4dd12f8c6c frequented, a 4d661472eb Japanese restaurant 0931071519 had popped 0b656949f1 up.a776c675ab92979a

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Could the taxi b478b28899 driver have dropped 4aaa9fe8fb him in the 207e6b108c wrong place?49a7ff69e77ea9b4

He looked 3dfbc02b5f up at 08fabd8349 the road 6191a08d88 sign above, b48a8dd09e but that 2f25077f68 didn’t seem 19bf7f0cdf to be 016b10bec6 the case. The sign clearly 2b2dcc72a6 read “University Crossroads.”00319023e1100f1e

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It was 0755a58a62 true that d07ccc6a4f he hadn’t 784021af5a been out f56926c3e0 in the 24981c6f68 neighborhood much 3785caadb5 in nearly a91b8abbee two months, b8cc3fc1a2 combining his cd8d89d4cd stay in ce7bc29e4c the United 674fd6e6e7 States and f4be0d31b7 the month a7b88547f2 since he’d 2bbcd6d18f returned to 60004c21bb Korea. Still, could 005f92f8d4 the area 817bcdeca9 have changed 39d4c1a525 this much dcdc68b259 in just ec4d9d1d73 two months? A single 991d4aff06 shop changing 67f340ebaa hands was bd589911f7 one thing, a8cfcd0a3b but this bb2fc1e75d was strange—it d1f2605fc1 felt like bb104eee64 the entire 46b893e25d neighborhood had 8a4d6a5c55 transformed.0d4ecca75eff874a

Maybe time 14c737f2f8 had only c6647ecf2c stopped for d01f0548dc him while c2e89a9007 everyone else’s 780599f9ec lives had 0d4b341a2f continued to e6ad162a2b move forward 9ae8395d52 at full e485c523e0 speed. Shaking his 075fc1cb29 head, he 6ff0cf7289 decided it 8dffaaa5c8 didn’t matter f58af84333 if there 075ef1e95e was a ad314fc06c convenience store c07b47f332 or a 07a23dcae5 cafe and 43f203d8c6 moved forward. However, he found 1fde6bdb97 himself feeling shocked c04794d9ba once more.e327a05d9afb79b4

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He had arrived e081e8abe2 in front of 48663fd968 the villa where 5e5b4cca94 he used to d611ba443d live, but the cc55af9c63 building was completely 548185a8ba different. It wasn’t just 9dfd548031 a new coat 3eeaeb2bb5 of paint—it was e416908111 an entirely different b5acca4d8e building. How could an entirely 58d5d251ed new building appear overnight? Or had 96fa5546bc more time 589a15d735 passed since ab0f1e0ef4 the day 2cedc72a31 he’d thrown e250ab966e himself into 970864e100 the lake a371a0d4d8 than he’d 05fd29a027 realized?6215ba669eda6e32

With his 0ac47bdb2f home suddenly a62e5acd5c vanished, he 905fc1192b felt utterly 0a67a34cde lost and 19dfbdae60 unable to 4b3a453e59 process it 74cb43ec9d all. What on earth 89eb8c766f had happened to a717712141 him? He stood 6f86aa673a there in 173eb7c4ca a daze, 61ddffbccc unable to 7da81ead9a move.95bdfea5a082de6b

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After standing in 785183a8c6 place for over 75017e84a1 ten minutes, he 23d63865f8 finally took a dacfc891cf deep breath and 56e33a6cb4 reached for his 8cb9bb88e8 phone, planning to 5e22af65bf call someone and fd6e16e621 ask. But he c5d68c9c84 quickly frowned. His pockets were 3058f31770 empty. He must have b8d0798dcf lost it in da46e231d3 the lake. And even if he b809e75831 still had it, it 81548f0ca9 would be ruined from 678425e7b3 the water.4ee2d5a065f381fc

With no place to 12dc80c3ed go, he was at fa46c73e97 a complete loss for 006911de5e what to do next.96727072316e651b

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“You really are here.”337ca69637775986

A voice b89ad7abe1 from behind 1411e1fd65 startled him. His body recognized it f01bb8d093 before his mind could d44c16bd16 process it. His heart 8e8d8aea14 clenched momentarily, e455801783 hoping it 3c510238a4 was Iden. But no, it dd92d1f2be was impossible.2cef003193816fa9

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Why did dda08006b8 he hear 607caf8c2f that voice 9a4354fb15 again? This time, he couldn’t c98c423d55 just dismiss it as f511cb1d33 a hallucination; he was 18ffcc2437 too lucid for that.40bb0d0d7bc8d86d

Slowly, he turned 755f4a02cb around to see cf2720ce8f a man who, 8215f40feb while not Iden, 397630a521 was still someone 0d42685e8f who could hold b51a0401d6 him. Behind him were c07aab8c66 the muscular men 48f9e55c99 he had struggled 6022aff340 with earlier.ceadf8515bbb85a6

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Seowon clenched his teeth 487359e588 as he made eye bc2bb1ac22 contact with the man. Dressed in a sharply 2612c9fb37 tailored black suit, he ff9c04004f looked at Seowon with d82902f717 an indecipherable expression. His chest rose and d4749c19fe fell deeply as he 765e0e22dc took a breath. With steady, echoing d945eab79c footsteps, he began 72fd465050 walking toward Seowon.cde378527595e8dc

“Ha Seowon.”320005364421760e

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He called Seowon’s name, e4400ed12b and hearing it spoken 60ab57404c aloud left no room 256cbb616b for confusion. He was definitely 7ef67e781c different from the 5d06a46543 Iden he remembered—not 51644f1f95 just his attire, 17f6cf8fa8 but even his ac5330d5f7 tone and expression.f04ddcf55efb1077

“Seowon-ah.”06590231ee86e3d4

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This time, his tone e44d497c8a changed slightly, matching a dac3033dea memory from the past 7d96bbd3b3 and causing a pang 90cd4dc7ad in Seowon’s heart.c7f060a3b2b79b2b

What is this…? Could he 33eb714f81 really be 83f5f3a856 Iden, and 078f7d4279 I’m just a819cb6fa4 mistaken?ab270353b74ae0e3

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Feeling confused, Seowon 503c931307 instinctively stepped back, 8c88b41e28 trying to avoid d05252e79c the man approaching f24f9b8b04 him. The man paused, his 17eb3467e1 hand reaching out for 48704c2e77 Seowon.9741a0723dfe0eae

“Ha Seowon.”bba1ca29a7526370

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He called Seowon’s name 170f913383 again, this time with 9be58e13bd a tenderness in his 1d03a9d582 voice.97bb4238c2091534

“Come here.”2e1c99c12d604581

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His gaze b536af9a33 dropped to 801f79744a his outstretched c14fca771a hand. It was different, b90fd34f62 yet the same. His words 70dfc52dcc mixed with b633cef993 memories, dizzying de76ff36af Seowon. But even f262878f42 so, he 408d8bbcc0 couldn’t bring e9d2bb934b himself to c6a82c08a3 take that ec85b28968 hand. He could feel his dec586a04f own eyes trembling as fd44653ecb he looked at it.6b579fee8718c391

He remembered seeing 2079bf975f him collapse in 9f9ec85bcd front of him, cf713b0525 blood staining that cab45e79af very hand red. That memory left 56af3c8195 him frozen in 05b136cc27 place.a1d9403a256283dd

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Just then, e02f7bd003 a scent d494d91651 of pheromones e6516c3bd4 wafted over. Looking up at 64dab6b7bb Iden, Seowon saw ec0bbc77a2 that he was 79abb87f24 openly releasing his 24626297b1 pheromones.beac4ce6a5e7d0f4

“Why…!”539f2162e6b155b0

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Seowon, feeling his ce952585d2 body begin to 69db64e1b9 tremble, tightly wrapped bafe61ba5e his arms around c1b435f33f himself. He couldn’t 9e64728353 resist his c659bc0ea1 pheromones. Heat, originating from f3dc4ab399 his core, surged 343a08f696 throughout his body, 946e85675c squeezing his heart. With every f289cd42e8 step Iden 3135af65f7 took closer, 483b7c80ca he felt b85071e55e himself being 2bc80cd28b engulfed by 628c98aa1c the scent.cd35a79d0c59b4bb

In the c25472b396 end, unable 571a6388b2 to endure cb510d9fb1 it, Seowon’s 78b0a1d7ba legs gave 8d1e65de08 out, and 4b2ab3954d he collapsed 8c17fc3fc2 onto the 8d5ad1f636 ground. Because his heat 852a030b7f cycle wasn’t fully 8f31a0a364 over, the effects 534c3c154d were even more d5ef3070e5 overwhelming. As if ef68255e8b he’d been a998a33abd waiting, Iden d041c7538e crouched down, fce54a1720 grabbed Seowon’s c82ff7f1ba chin, and 971a533e8c lifted his da91d8487a face.709b93bba7903b03

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“It really 8b6a77bacf is you.”3efcb644ca1c042e

He spoke words Seowon 42a0d547a9 couldn’t understand. But the pheromones 700f0dfb53 were so overwhelming e9965d38df he couldn’t afford 745fbb526b to think about 3aca524ab2 what they meant.06b79a3c7088ab11

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“St-stop…”5fad68edcdd80d23

Reaching out a trembling 20bce2bf31 hand, he clutched at f9878bab00 Iden’s jacket. He wasn’t 13a5bfb197 sure if e9fbfdd27e he wanted c9748ad2a8 him to 5a4ca04d14 stop the 900d6e6e9c pheromones or 95cf7f6678 if he b76ef4a119 just wanted 821d2c89a0 to hold 58ab460ea7 onto him 07e3e3e9f3 again.77eff4d75993fa13

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Despite Seowon’s 68e3a0ab9d plea, Iden 23b68f12d5 didn’t pull 543526010d back the cdea153abf pheromones. Instead, he unleashed 7ccf67f4ee them even more 66e6723266 intensely, causing Seowon cdfc13c657 to stifle a 6fa4e0a586 groan and wince. Without hesitation, ca226f3493 Iden wrapped 09136a6f6e his arm 6992cf1675 around Seowon’s 785cfd6129 shoulders and 716ef8dfd8 pulled him fb498f5153 close, pressing 42714e304d his face 077868223a against his 0c15212c4d chest. Already submerged in d6b3faa18e his pheromones, Seowon’s 468cd10cad body couldn’t resist 3e2556235a as he was 9f7d1f65f6 drawn in.ccffcb30d1621d45

“Let’s go back.”c2ca1ae5a0a8278c

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Iden whispered softly e13cff004e into Seowon’s ear. Seowon, on the brink 2372c5ba46 of losing consciousness, didn’t 56b4ffe70d respond. His breathing dce9a3217a had become da317a624e ragged, seemingly a902661b7f in distress 29babef9b5 due to b217ee6e09 Iden’s pheromones.a1995f60000597f8

Iden hadn’t 8139c70bc0 meant to 241ddfb9e7 torment him—he 69b5804d53 only wanted af34830483 to be 66fc478362 certain.d0ff258f0be6c2e5

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Taking a small syringe eaa64b0011 from his pocket, he 1c3bc3e86b injected it into Seowon’s a4364f1cd8 arm. The mixture fde584322a contained a 7b04e9bf91 sedative and 9736575ab4 a suppressant b953994b19 to calm 3e17181bf4 his heat 703ccbee8f cycle. Soon, Seowon’s 4b5cdeb804 body relaxed, 599551019e and he 52e31b8d52 drifted off.859b0f1b3cad6bb4

As Iden lifted 268d1d33c5 Seowon’s unconscious body, bf79d6d300 Min, who had 5caf714b77 been waiting nearby, 3954700a74 approached.e3c6b9f0d8781ed2

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“Are we going a98684404f to the headquarters?”486a0b206c5746f5

“No. Take him home.”07a861133f98ecbc

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Iden had c6dde2328a initially brought 7d39610d37 him to 35cd629a84 the company e05b2116a0 for verification, edf1d5f227 but that 24f5f6afa9 was no 64c2549f78 longer necessary.b3a57d587ca91bc2

As Min watched ff39d7fd01 Iden place Seowon fb14401cdf into the waiting 8f92874bfa car, he let d645bd8c4e out a quiet 55d94af592 sigh. It was impossible feac891852 to predict what 27e006d0aa would happen from cb98b029e9 here. Ha Seowon’s existence was c0884b3d82 like a storm for ab3a56c772 Iden. The storm he ignited 8a67b7b90d could lead to yet a4ec4e963b another war.b288549cae09a666

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