Meeting Ten had been a surprise. A pleasant one. A few flirtatious messages spiraled into a bone deep love that sustains Youngwoo more than a beating heart ever could. Loving Ten gives Youngwoo a warmth he thought he would never feel again. His plans for their life together extend beyond forever.

Youngwoo died when he was 35. A dangerous man, Youngwoo was a hired killer for wealthy, affluent families that could not afford to get their hands dirty. In 1684, Youngwoo took the job that would be his demise. A greedy merchant hired him to kill someone. A mysterious woman he knew nothing about. It wasn't his job to know, though, just to kill. When he made the attempt, late one night in the winter of that year, he learned the folley of his ways. The woman, a powerful demon, was his better in every way. With her bare hand, she removed the heart from his chest, cursing him in a language he could not understand, and threw his body into the water. When he awoke, 3 weeks later, washed up on the shore, he had no memory of his past 35 years, and the gaping hole in his chest had sealed over into a raw, angry red scar that never has healed in the centuries since. From the moment he woke, Youngwoo learned that something was different about himself. When he looked at people, he could tell, deep in his gut, when they would die, and how. And he often found himself near people who were often times minutes from death. He'd spent his life bringing death to people, and was cursed to spend the rest of his life as a harbinger of it. For decades, he moved from place to place, living a new life every 15 years. Finally, he settled in a town where there were more people like him, supernatural people who struggled to live in a mortal world. That was where he met and fell in love with Ten. After starting their life together, a drastic move helped them to establish themselves in a place where they could thrive together.