Haeun Returns After Eleven Years Apart

Jihan keeps closing the lowest gates in the county, the ones other hunters ignore and animal clinics hate. He knows every crack, smell, and warning sound they give off. That skill matters when a stray dog gets trapped near a provincial middle school sports field and the whole place is packed with students, teachers, and cameras. Then Haeun comes back after years away, and she is the one person who can make his hands shake. She wants the area sealed fast. He wants the animals kept alive. Their fight is real, because both of them have reasons to distrust the other. Then a wound, a confession, and one quiet kiss in a side room turn old anger into something far harder to name.