𝐈𝐒𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃'𝐒 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐒

Jeongguk's life is fucked up. Raised by an abusive father and careless mother, he learnt how to take care of himself on his own. He froze his heart at a very young age when the police imprisoned his father for domestic child abuse and drug deals-Jeongguk understood love is for the freaks.

He refuses to be like him, to end like him. He chases his own freedom, ignoring the ghost of his father living in the back of his mind, hunting him every night.

A great opportunity arises for him: a high school trip to Jeju Island. Friends, alcohol, and police-free. What more can he ask for? A boat party is the best way for Jungkook to forget all his problems for one night, but life has other plans.

As the police chases the boat, Jeongguk has two options: make a life-changing decision that would guarantee his freedom or stay in the boat and end up in the juvenile correctional institution, following his father's steps.

Taehyung's home is a mysterious remote island. Always have been, always will. His parents raised him around sand, large trees and wild waves. Elephants are his best friends, the bonobos his annoying yet friendly neighbours. Despite living in the wild, Taehyung knows everything he needs to know: humans mean danger, he must never leave the island.

His parents surrendered, but they kept their son hidden and alive, leaving the island on his fourteenth birthday. Since then Taehyung has been on his own, becoming the king of the island. His father once told him royal blood flows through his veins and nothing can't change that.

The lives of these seventeen years old crash and collide when Jungkook steps foot in Taehyung's territory, completely lost but finally free, or that's what he believes.

For Taehyung, Jeongguk is a threat-yet he yearns for human contact.

For Jeongguk, Taehyung is a lifeline.

They come from different worlds, but their fate links them together: they're both on their own, escaping from their past.