It took Lee Jinhyuk several shaky breaths before the truth slammed into him: he had no way out.
The forest behind him was no refuge—stepping into it meant walking straight into the stealth squad of agents waiting like wolves in the dark. He didn't know where they'd been hiding; he only knew his fleeing subordinates had already been swallowed whole.
The trail ahead was no better. Guild masters stood like an immovable barricade, and at their center was Bai Tingfeng—calm, lethal, and radiating the cold fury of a smitten alpha pushed past his limit. Charging forward would be suicide… a one-way ticket to becoming a living punching bag.
Every escape path had collapsed.
Lee Jinhyuk was trapped—and everyone knew it.
He knew it.
