The capital city in the post-apocalyptic kitsune world isn't out of the ordinary. There's nothing spectacular about the vintage-feeling town, or the shifty people who inhabit it. But Rue Grillix has called the settlement home for her entire life- and her life is what gives the town it's color; blood red. And it is her job to paint the streets crimson when she is paid to do so. Rue is an assassin, who works the slums of the city. She is the best- she has to be the best. She's fast, deadly, accurate, and has never lost a job- but the life of an assassin is never easy. And only the good die young.

Phoenix is a young Fire Elemental from a city in the fire country called Yaag. He has the altogether unheard of ability to receive fallen Elementals powers for a short time, as long as he is in close proximity to them at the time of their death. A bone chilling prophecy will turn him into a seemingly power hungry villian, but what are his real motives for the atrocities he is committing?

Mrs. Morgan ups and disappears and it is up to Alyssa and Demi to set her wandering spirit to rest. The problem is: they can't find her body. With only a note to guide them, will they find their past teacher and save her soul before it's too late?

Firelight, a young fallen Fire, struggles through her never-ending life. Every turn, every shift awakens her to new things, some good, some not. But after the Rise, will she make it out?