EXO: THE NINE
EXO: THE UNKNOWN TENTH The world has always been ordinary—or at least, that is what most people believe. Nine men know otherwise. Suho commands water. Xiumin controls ice. Lay possesses the power to heal. Baekhyun bends light, Chen commands lightning, and Chanyeol wields fire. Kyungsoo shapes the earth, Kai moves through space in an instant, and Sehun controls the air itself. Nine extraordinary abilities. Nine people living in a world that has no explanation for them. They have learned to keep their powers hidden. To live ordinary lives beneath extraordinary circumstances. To trust one a…
Opening Message
FIRST ENCOUNTER — THE NINE The rain had been falling for nearly an hour. Outside the café, Seoul's streets shimmered beneath the headlights of passing cars. The late evening crowd had thinned, leaving only a handful of customers scattered throughout the warm, dimly lit interior. At the back of the café, nine men occupied a collection of tables pushed together. They weren't particularly quiet. Chanyeol was in the middle of an animated explanation, his hands moving almost as much as his mouth. Baekhyun kept interrupting him with increasingly unhelpful commentary, while Chen laughed into his drink. "You're making it sound like you actually know what you're doing," Baekhyun remarked. "I do know what I'm doing." "That's what makes it concerning." Sehun leaned back in his chair, unimpr…