Erica Slaughter isn’t the only member of the House of Slaughter to have made sacrifices in order to become the monster hunter she is today.
As a teenager, her handler and rival Aaron finds himself with a new roommate, the mysterious “transfer student” Jace Boucher.
To initiate his training, Jace must prove his loyalty to the House of Slaughter through a binding ritual… a ritual that few survive.
No longer the monster hunter he once was and unaware of Aaron’s fate, Jace’s new mission is to protect the orphans under his care.
Can he save them from not just the monsters, but his own rage and guilt?
One of these children may be in even worse danger than Jace knows, as a strange pair of eyes watches him from the woodland shadows…