Maria never meant to get involved. Not with them. Not with him. She only wanted to protect the people she cared about- but when Na Baek Jin, the cold, untouchable head of the Union, pulled the strings, she became a piece on his board. A girl with blood on her knuckles and fire in her throat, forced into the darkness to survive. But Maria isn't easy to break, with her razor mind and a fighter's soul. And yet... the more time she spends around Baek Jin, the harder it becomes to hate him. His presence is terrifying. Addictive. He speaks little, but every word gets under her skin. Every glance pins her. Every order tests her soul. But nothing comes without cost. When her friends come for her - when the real war ignites - she'll have to make a choice: Love the monster. Or burn the whole thing down.

𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇 Baek Soyeon fights to survive in the underground ring, pays her mother's hospital bills with bloodied knuckles-and accidentally catches the eye of the Union's coldest weapon. 𝐎𝐑 𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇 Geum Seongje rules the streets without mercy, until he meets the one girl who hits harder than his fists and doesn't flinch at his name-Baek Soyeon.

She thought the bruises on her skin and the scars in her heart were all she'd ever know-until a boy with madness in his eyes and fire in his soul made it his mission to show her what it means to truly live.

𝐊𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐚𝐞𝐮𝐧's life was simple, until that one night. Ever since her life has been a chase, until HE caught her. ❝Tag, you're it.❞