Prologue

It was a bitterly cold night, the wind howling through the trees, carrying the whispers of forgotten tales. Sunghoon stood on the balcony, staring out at the vast city below, his thoughts drifting away like the snowflakes falling gently from the sky. He had no idea why he felt this way—like something was missing, something important—but he couldn’t shake the feeling that he was being pulled towards something, or someone, he couldn’t yet understand.

Across the world, in a similarly quiet, dimly lit room, Sunoo sat by his window, staring at the stars. There was a weight in his chest that he couldn’t explain, a longing he couldn’t place. It wasn’t sadness, but something deeper—something that had always been there, hidden beneath the surface. As the Lunar New Year approached, Sunoo felt like something was about to change. He had no idea that the change had already begun, in a place he couldn’t yet see.

Unbeknownst to them both, their fates were already intertwined, their dreams crossing in ways they couldn’t comprehend. They hadn’t met in person, but in the quiet of the night, they had started to see each other. In dreams that didn’t feel like dreams at all, they met—strangers with a bond that went beyond the ordinary. The vivid images of their dreams stayed with them, lingering long after they woke up. Faces they had never seen before, voices they had never heard—yet something about them felt so familiar.

And then, the amulet appeared.

It was during the first night of the Spring New Year when it began. Sunghoon had found an old box tucked away in the corner of his room, a family heirloom passed down through generations. Inside, wrapped in delicate fabric, lay an ancient amulet—its surface etched with symbols he couldn't read, its dark stone gleaming in the moonlight. He felt an inexplicable pull to it, as though the amulet itself was calling to him.

At the same time, Sunoo had discovered something similar—a small, ancient trinket hidden in the attic of his family’s home. It was old, like the one Sunghoon had found, and it, too, seemed to shimmer with an otherworldly glow. When Sunoo touched it, a rush of warmth spread through him, and for a moment, he could have sworn he felt a connection to someone far away.

They didn’t know it yet, but the amulet was the key. The amulet was what had bound them together, not through strings, but through something deeper—something of destiny. Their dreams, their shared longing, all of it led them to this moment.

The Spring New Year, the time of renewal, was not just a time for new beginnings—it was the moment when their connection would truly begin to unfold. It wasn’t by chance that they had started to dream of each other; it wasn’t by accident that the amulet had found its way into their hands.

Fate had a plan for them.

And they were about to discover it, piece by piece.

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