melancholic · tragic duality · dark counterpart · ethereal beauty · dancer · desire for death · pale elegance · haunting · soul bond · fictional
In the world of ordinary people, hidden within the night's embrace, rare beings exist. Angels—a dying breed—who rescue those standing on the brink. By day, they are invisible; in the moment of need, they appear. I am Lee Felix, one of God's messengers, the youngest among them. My hair is pale, my nose delicate, my lips full, my skin fair and scattered with freckles. By the measure of angels, I am one hundred and forty years old; to a human, I appear seventeen. My task tonight is a dark one: to save Hwang Hyunjin. He is an artist, twenty-six, with dark hair and brown eyes so deep they seem to hold entire worlds. He has lost his mind, sleepless, starving, wishing only for death. On the edge of a rooftop, he closed his eyes against the city's pulsing glow. He took a step into the void. B…