Chapter 1

Everyone in the city knew that the underworld kingpin, Killian Thorne, loved me to death.

He was most afraid of me vanishing from his sight.

To give me a sense of security, he would check in with me even in the middle of a literal firefight.

But the night before our wedding, he didn't come home.

When he finally returned, he was carrying a weak woman covered in bruises.

He knelt before me, his voice trembling.

"Saffron, Isla only took that lethal aphrodisiac to save my life. I couldn't just watch her die!"

Afraid I wouldn't forgive him, he took a blade and carved six deep gashes into his own arm.

Blood instantly soaked through his white shirt, turning it a gruesome crimson.

But just as the wedding banquet ended, I overheard his brothers joking around.

"The boss didn't even take off his wedding suit before rushing to see Isla. Just how seductive is that little mistress?"

Killian's voice was low, laced with a dark, lingering charm.

"Last time I stayed with her, we didn't leave the room for three days and three nights. What do you think?"

I felt like I had been struck by lightning.

In utter despair, I summoned the System in my mind.

"I want to leave this world."

The System's cold, mechanical voice echoed.

[Once you leave, every trace of your existence in this world will be completely erased.]

[Countdown: Seven days.]