WHEN a person realized he was in love, the first thing he would ask himself was, “When?”

Yes, when indeed?

Rake has been asking himself that question over and over since he realized he fell for the woman he didn’t think he would love. How many years has he known it? Five years? Then one day, he just woke up falling into it. Weird. So fucking weird.

For Rake, Cee was just a girl to tease at first. Then later on, she became his subject; someone to protect against Yap. It was all about the Spiral Code before. Then

She became something more.

For Rake who grew up caring only...