First book of the Twisted Fate series. Alexia was brought up by humans. Now she has to face all dangers of Arkridge for the sake of her mate. In the realm of Arkridge, the world is a much more complex place than that of Earth. Although their numbers are currently dwindling, supernatural beings - known as Neäkan to the Arkridgians - continue to exist in the wake of humans despite the strained attempts to be rid of them. Alexia was brought up by a human family; safe and unknown to the world, but trapped. Rescued by Dante, she is brought to the Rosavale Academy where young shape shifters are trained in combat for battle, for shifters are the warriors of Arkridge. Facing shape shifters, lycans, vampyres, Slayers, Breeders and her own unknown heritage, she must sacrifice her safety to save her mate. Though barely more than a myth, she is respected and hated by the beings she meets along the way.

There's a new wraith in town, born out of just the right recipe, and conditions to create one. Hate, fear, anger, contempt, confusion, rage, and that most important of all ingredients, death. It transformed a shy, blind, autistic teen, with a lonely, tortured soul, into a crazed, maniacle beast. Will she survive her first few nights, learning how to control her almost insatiable urges to kill, and can she find the guidance she needs before another, (The Guardian Spectre), puts a stop to her savagery by ending her exhistance? Read on to find out... I am a first time author who's always had dreams of writing. So without further adieu...

"That is all that is left of my humanity, Clara. An image with less substance than a ghost." He seemed to be genuinely upset. "What are you then?" "A Tsal." He said it bitterly, as if it were a painful memory that he'd rather forget. "A Tsal," he said again, "nothing more than a slave." Most people think that vampires are ruthless blood-sucking creatures. I thought so too, before I became one. Now I'm not so sure. Now, I'm starting to believe what they tell me about their purpose. This is my life, and First Death. Read on, and know that what I transcribe is the truth as it happened to me. My name was Clara. Now it is Klarae. Call me either one, I am beyond caring.

Her mother is an alcoholic, her job sucks, her world is complicated, but that doesn't deter Rosalie Jean from her dreams of living a normal life. Unfortunately, she's about to discover that normal isn't who she is. With a stubborn attitude and a strong personality her ideals of a simple world are thrown into chaos when she is faced with the creatures she had only ever read about in books - vampires.