Nendo Miller thought his life would be happy and normal, at least for a ghoul standard. But it wasn't how it turned out. His mother killed when he was 18, the one person he loved murdered, and now a target for a ghoul extremist group, He's in a downward spiral. But one day, someone comes into his life to help out, a female ghoul named Mariko. Will she save him and get his life toether as Nendo Miller, or will Nendo become consumed by the world of Crossface, his CDC codename.