Vernon: He's used to seeing through the masks of the world-but one scent, sweet and sharp like tangerine, makes him stop. For the first time, he wants something he can't have. Kwan: Invisible. Untouched. Unwanted. Until a presence enters his quiet life, warm and impossible to ignore. Suddenly, being seen feels...dangerous, and thrilling.

Han Jeonghan knew exactly how his story ended. Executed by Crown Prince Choi Seungcheol for attempting to poison the royal family's most beloved noble. A villain. A criminal. A cautionary tale remembered throughout the kingdom. Unfortunately, after waking up inside the world of a novel he only read because of his friend, Jeonghan discovers he has become that very villain-the one he always thought was completely insane. Determined to avoid his death, he plans to stay as far away from the protagonists as possible. There is only one problem. The more he tries to escape the story, the more the story seems determined to drag him back to the Crown Prince's side. And somewhere beneath the original plot, a secret powerful enough to shatter everything he believed about the story is waiting to be uncovered.