When you were a kid, do remember those bumps and creaks coming from your closet? Do you remember the monster that lived under your bed? Do you remember him? What if I told you, he, and every monster of those tales, are very, very real. Only, they're much worse.
Seventeen year-old, sailor, Rei, is about to be thrusted into a world that looks and acts the same, but is infested with demons, angels and wicked creatures of every kind.
After an attack on her bus, Rei must decide if she can trust the boy with the narcissistic attitude, glowing sword and flaming green eyes when he tells her she'll be safe with him. But soon none of that really matters when she finds out agents of both sides seem to either want her dead or for...well, dinner.
Locked up and tortured but refusing to sell out the people he loves, Nathan tries to flip the loyalty of an old friend in the hopes they'll help him escape.
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Just when Nathan thought he was finally free, the agents of the Feral Investigation Bureau manage to track him down and re-capture him. Chained, muzzled, and caged, Nathan fights for his survival while struggling to contain the monster hiding inside him. But when the repeated beatings aren't enough to break him, the FIB calls in Shane Carlton, a professional torturer, with one goal: break Nathan so he reveals the location of his sister and boyfriend. His only hope is Birdie, someone he used to trust, but if Birdie can't act quickly to stop Shane then the monster hiding under Nathan's skin may endanger everyone they know.
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