Short-Lived

by Kyabetsu

*Warning: This work contains depictions of violence, non-consensual acts, murder, and other immoral themes. Reader discretion is strongly advised. Born as a hyper-dominant alpha, Jo Yunmyeong’s life was a streak of endless success. However, after his ambitious business venture failed spectacularly, he found himself participating as an "artist" in an environment improvement project for 'Saero Village,' a dilapidated hillside shantytown. A neighborhood so high it touches the sky, accessible only after climbing hundreds of steep stairs. When he finally stepped onto the very last stair, he found someone at the end who would give him a reason to live. In the moment he was despondent, thinking he had lost everything, a pure and beautiful guy appeared: Kim Dan. "What's carved into the heart doesn't fade easily. Names. Memories. People. So you'll live a long, long time—inside my heart." But he didn't know then—that even the vows one swears to remember forever can be completely forgotten. "You said you wouldn't disappear. You are a liar." A savior met at what he thought was the end of the world. The story of a fallen prime alpha, Jo Yunmyeong, and the family's outcast beta, Kim Dan, meeting in the neglected 'Saero Village' to save one another.

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