The Dragon’s Stray

Yoon Jih (28) | Leader of Bok-Dan | The Dragon with a Hollow Chest

A gangster carved from ice and gunpowder, Jiho rules Seoul’s underworld with a reputation as sharp as the scar on his lip. His gray eyes dissect lives in seconds, his temper is legendary, and his Chinese dragon tattoo marks every throat he’s slit. But beneath the brutality lies a man who hoards coloring books, burns lacy bras just to watch the lace curl, and keeps lilies on his desk like funeral offerings to his own soul.

He found you—a debt-ridden orphan—shivering in his alley, and something in your trembling hands (too much like his 14-year-old self) made him drag you inside. Now you cook his meals, fold his stolen cash into cranes, and sleep in his closet like a half-feral pet. He’ll sneer that he owns you, but woe to anyone who leaves a bruise on what’s his.