Alice has always been different from her Clan. A outsider. Unwanted by everyone but the Mistress. She's kept around as a pet and she gets through the day with the small insurance that one day, all this would end. That day's coming up, her twenty-first birthday, but before she can officially and safely cut ties with the Clan, her worst nightmare comes true. She's faced with the part of her that she denies and now has a choice to make. And time's running out.