The sound pierced Emi's ears like all the sounds in the world could not even be compared to it. The memory of her riding a bike for the first time popped into her head, then vanished. Soon other memories began disappearing from her mind. Something crawled into her ear. Something dangerous. Something evil. Something corrupted.

People like Caia aren't supposed to exist. Ever since England passed the Firstborn Act, families are only allowed one child, and illegally born Seconds, like Caia, are property of the government. Raised her whole life in the Control Centre and knowing little of the outside world, Caia's only hope for a better future is to excel in the Trials, a mysterious test that all Seconds must take when they turn sixteen. But when Caia meets Roan, a boy from the outside, she learns that the Trials may not be what she thought. Roan wants to topple the CC and set Seconds free, but he needs help. The more she starts to fall for him, and the closer they get to the truth, the more Caia realises that she may have to risk everything to be free. Even her life.

Violin prodigy Tsukada Aoi has been selected to perform at the prestigious annual Saino Festival, and her mother couldn't be happier. Aoi's future career hinges on this performance, but when she steps into the training grounds of the abandoned Seishin High School, a dark room is not what she expects to be drawn to. As the days count down to the festival, Aoi is plagued by visions of hexagons and the ever-present pleas of a spirit to free it from its long imprisonment. Unable to withdraw from the Saino due to her ambitious mother, Aoi is forced to put up with the hauntings and becomes intrigued when the spirit shows an aversion to her newfound friend Noriko, a ballet dancer with a past long forgotten. Cover Credit: @plutointhestars Banner credit: @sunalessiamoon