A world on the verge of a vampire apocalypse and a werecat has been remembered by an elusive god. All of this is unknown to Victoria, a girl mercilessly bullied for her purple eyes, but she finds herself caught up in all of it when one day a strange boy called Flame walks into her classroom. Victoria longed for days of adventure and escape from the real world, but what if the real world is actually a better place? Does having purple eyes mean you're destined to be different? Before the Hotel: Book 1