by john1208·Translated by Novel AI Studio
Matej 'Mati' Horvat lives by one rule: feed everyone. As a former combat medic turned underground restaurateur, his food can soothe any pain. But his skills are put to the ultimate test when a bioterrorist attack poisons the entire city council of Korya-Grad, leaving them with a ticking clock and a gruesome, incurable affliction. The only person who can stop it is Dr. Stasya Volos, a surgical prodigy whose hands are as steady as her heart is cold. Exiled and disgraced, Stasya refuses to help the city that cast her out, and worse, she's starving herself into an early grave. Hired by a shadowy benefactor, Mati's mission isn't just to convince her - it's to keep her alive long enough to perform the impossible. But as he chips away at her icy exterior with relentless kindness and perfectly crafted meals, he uncovers a conspiracy far deadlier than the poison, one that has already marked Stasya for death. Can he save the surgeon from her own self-destruction before her past, and his own hidden countdown, finally catches up to them?
