Things began rolling downhill for 17-year-old Vivian Schmitt after her father's death and her mother's decision to pack up and move from Texas suburbs to small-town Michigan. On top of readjusting to a new school, a new town, and coping with the loss of her father, her mother's depression severs the bond they once shared. Once her last source of solace, her cat Miyuki, dies, and she's on the brink of giving into depression herself, she finds herself turning into... a cat. One of her classmates, Christopher, reveals that he is like her; he turns into a dog. He thrusts her into a world where her view of the world becomes reality and the monsters that plague her mind take physical form form, and together, they face these monsters while Vivian learns to see that these monsters aren't insurmountable, and that perhaps the world isn't as awful to her as it may seem.

Annalise Lancaster seeks revenge against the demons that killed her older brother. After his death she joined N.O.D.E, an elite demon hunting group, that trains anyone who is willing, to defeat the monsters that hunt in the dark night. Emery Carson, once a normal teenage boy, struggles to reclaim his humanity from the demon that lingers under his skin. Fueled by the anger and despair that seep into his very bones, he fights back to gain control of his life. The two must work together if there is any hope of defeating the demons that threaten everything they know. Will they be able to vanquish the darkness or will it swallow the world? STORY EXCERPT: "Don't shoot him," Her voice quivered, from both panic and fatigue. Emery shook his head at her. "Let them," he muttered, voice calm, decided. Ashton was so close to her now. She could make out the chocolate irises surrounding his enlarged pupils. His dark hair, peppered with grey, was tied back into a ponytail at the nap of his neck. He wore the regulation cloak and black combat boots of a demon hunter. His eyebrows were furrowed in confusion at her words, the protection she had offered the demon was unheard of. "Please, Ashton, don't," She urged him again, this time pleading. Emery's words echoed in her mind 'Let them'. #Highest Ranking: 389 in Paranormal Genres: Fantasy, Paranormal, Adventure, Horror Warning: This story does contain gore, death, and violence. *This is the first draft of this story so updates to grammar and more to come.* Undated: Every Saturday - This story is on Hiatus to prepare for the NaNo, which I'm creating something new for. I"ll be releasing a new chapter in December. :) Copyright © 2017 by S.L.Shiner