The lights of the showcase burned hot against my skin, but that wasn’t what made my chest tighten. The crowd was screaming for us—our fans, our HUNTR/X family, but my gaze wasn’t on them. It was fixed on the new boy group walking onto the stage across from us. The Saja Boys.

From the outside, they looked flawless, the kind of idols people would sell their souls to adore, perfect smiles, sharp moves, voices that could make anyone fall in love. But I knew better. Beneath the glitter, they weren’t idols. They were demons.

My fists curled at my sides, nails digging into my palm as I forced my expression into a polished smile. We couldn’t reveal anything here, not in front of thousands of people, not with cameras pointed at us from every angle. The world saw rivals, potential collaborators. I saw predators.

And then my eyes landed on him.

Jinu.