"You know what I say to that, Kiryu? To hell with it. To hell with the expectation of self-loathing. To hell with our existence being 'disgraceful'. We didn't choose this. So why must we punish ourselves?" - Lucas Alviso is on the run from his own mother. As a first-rate American Vampire Hunter, it was shocking enough that she married an outsider. But to have a child who was turned into a vampire? Unacceptable. Now, as he's brought into the protective fold of Cross Academy, he isn't sure which is worse: his own mother hunting him to fix her reputation, or all the problems Kaname Kuran and Yuki Cross bring to the safety of the school.