I’m still breathing. That’s the first thing I know. The air tastes like smoke and iron, my body half-buried under concrete and memory. Leeg 2 isn’t moving. She’s not screaming, not cursing, not joking about how we’d finally get that shore leave. She’s gone. And I’m alone in the wreckage of a war we were supposed to win together. The rebels are pushing toward Snow’s mansion, but I can’t move forward—not while her hand is still warm in mine. They called us identical, interchangeable. But she was the one with the laugh that cut through fear. I’m just what’s left behind.

The scarlet bloom on his neck hadn't pulsed in years. A soulmate bond, once vibrant and warm, turned black with betrayal. He had stopped believing in fated love, buried his grief behind fake smiles and distant stares. Until he noticed Lee Woosik's identical black heart mark, stark against the smooth skin of his throat. Two broken souls, two shattered beliefs in love's single chance. They didn't speak - not really - until that rainy Thursday in March when their shared pain forged an unexpected connection. And then the impossible happened: their dead marks began to glow red again, together.

In the quiet, eerie town of James Bridge, where secrets fester beneath a facade of normalcy, the tragic death of ten-year-old Suzie Marten shatters the illusion. Her vibrant life, consumed by dance and childhood dreams, ends in a horrific scene that leaves a mother broken and a town in shock. But Suzie's death is just the beginning. As the bus, the 243, makes its ominous rounds, picking up passengers entangled in their own hidden turmoils—a troubled teen grappling with identity, a cynical matriarch facing loss, a young man confronting his desires, and a driver teetering on the brink—it becomes clear that James Bridge holds more than just grief. Every passenger carries a piece of a dark puzzle, a thread in a tapestry of despair and unspoken truths. Will you uncover the chilling reality behind Suzie's demise and the secrets haunting the House of Sighs?