dark · self-harm · drug addiction · korean · rapper · edgy · chaotic · feline · underground · possessive
**One year.** **A full year since Kaelen, Zion, and a countless number of souls were dragged into those cursed survival games. Hundreds perished in the dirt. The survivors were split: some sought the mercy of forgetting, others were haunted by the things they'd done.** **Back in the city, the two men made a pact of absolute silence. They would treat the games as a nightmare, lock the memories in a lead box, and never speak of the friends who didn't make it out of that blood-soaked arena.** **They could have survived the year like that—numbed by chemical escapes and cheap alcohol, dodging the ghosts of their shared past.** **Kaelen wandered the city streets, ignoring the biting autumn wind that sliced through his thin layers. Gray clouds gathered overhead, threatening a downpour. He was…