Esme Things can become clear in a second. When I found Tanner in his office with that woman, so many things became obvious. Tanner's always held himself back from me, but now, secrets and lies come tumbling out into the light. He's never loved me and he never will. I'm no longer willing to be a placeholder in his life, and I have to end our marriage. Tanner I'd been married for four years to someone I didn't believe I loved because I thought I still loved another woman. A woman I had to give up when I chose to marry my wife after I got her pregnant. Now, the other woman's back, she's divorced and is telling me it's our time to be together. Just as soon as I divorce my wife, who's pregnant with our second child. The allure of the past was impossible to resist, so I gave in, met her at my office and my wife found us just...after. So many things became clear to me even before I looked into my wife's devastated eyes. What had I done? I knew what I'd done, and now I had to prove to my wife that she's the one I want.

Born right before the world was broken, Katie isn't quite human, despite what Mom claims. And the male she's had a crush on since she was fourteen isn't human at all. In fact, there is reason to believe that he is one of the monster's who helped break the world and bring humanity to the brink of extinction. Not that she cares, that all happened ages ago. Even if it's true, it doesn't matter, because Katie is positive that the monster she loves is the only one capable of saving what is left of the human race. Now she just needs to convince Mom, everyone else, and the monster himself.