The Lower Sector, formally the United States, is infested with organized crime in the year 2044. Arkin is a war orphan, who escaped from across the seas when he was merely a teenager years ago and found his place as a gunman for various companies, while N works for a branch of the black market, dealing with the supply of organs to clients. Two sides of the same coin. Killers. Cold blooded. Maybe even too far gone. But if that were true, can monsters dream of salvation, like they do?

"A long journey lays behind me and I am here, to tell you a few tales. Sure, they are usually told best by their protagonists, who lived them. But I will try, as it is a storyteller's work. All I need is a bit of your time." A collection of memories, short tales. Stories from the Living and the Dead, from Monsters and Humans. Shared by a Storyteller, one of Fire Verdener's most fascinating creatures. The stories might contain death and blood, please be aware of that ★

This is the backstory of how Toma and Adrien became a couple. It explains Adrien's scar and his character more.

Toma is an assassin, who works for a shady and dangerous company in the city of phoenix. He might be a lethal criminal but deep inside, he just wants to get out of the mess he has created to finally be free of of the company, his past and the daily torment of killing people, who were just at the wrong place, at the wrong time.