I was born to hunt the things that hide in the dark. My father trained me, my brother followed me, and my best friend fought beside me. We were supposed to protect people from monsters. The last thing I expected was to become one. That night in the woods, everything changed. I died. But something just wouldn’t let me stay dead. It saved my life—but took everything else. My humanity. My control. The person I used to be. Now there’s a power burning under my skin, a voice that isn’t mine whispering in the cracks of my mind, and a curse turning me into something even hunters fear. My father wants me dead. My best friend is falling apart trying to save me. And then there’s Mairin—the girl I thought I’d lost forever. She looks at me like I’m still worth fighting for…even when I’m not sure that’s true. The creature that remade me is still out there, and hunting it drags me into a web of forbidden magic, buried truths, and a darkness older than anything I’ve ever faced. The more I uncover, the more I feel myself slipping—body, mind, soul. But if the world thinks I’m dangerous now, wait until they see what I’m willing to do to protect my people. Because the monster inside me may not be human—but it is loyal. And I will burn the world before I let them take everything from me again.