\*This short story has been unpublished.

Evil stalks New York streets at night – and she is its worst nightmare. Patricia aka Pain is known as a "kill first/ask questions later" kind of girl. Living in a city crawling with Beasts – her own kind gone rogue and using their supernatural gift to prey on humans – she's a skilled fighter doubling as a bodyguard. She's prepared for anything, except the two civilian guys who bring hell on her head. Hunted by the most dangerous man in the city, they claim innocence. But as she's assigned to protect them no matter the cost, she can't help but question the enemy's true motives – and the humans' story. Especially when one of them gets dangerously close to becoming more than just a client. As the enemies threaten to destroy everything she holds dear, she will have to choose: keep running or take a final stand. Even if it means giving up her own life. Previously published as Sky Ghosts: All for One. This is a revised, updated edition with 4 new chapters.

This is an old edition - for new edition click here When Marco ends up on the street, the offer to join the New York Sky Ghosts Headquarters from the director himself seems like a good idea. There's only one minor problem—a girl half his size who is dead set on turning his life into hell. And while he's up for the challenge and the ensuing bloodletting, one thing he doesn't want is her digging in his past. To make her stop, he might just have to do the unthinkable—become her best friend.

The battle for New York has been won. Now they fight for their own survival. Skyfolk are going missing, and the elusive enemy is nowhere to be found. When Dave ends up caught in the thick of it and suffers through experiments no one at Headquarters was ready for, they're forced to take risky measures and ally with gangs they can't trust. But the more they unravel the enemy's motives, the more secrets about their own nature leak out, along with threats to their survival. And while they seek retaliation, they are not prepared for its consequences – and the horrible truth it will reveal. \*Warning: strong language and graphic violence.

When Dave's life falls apart in a series of tragic events, his only hope is a faraway place a crazy old man told him about. With no control over his monstrous power and no reason to live, Dave throws himself into the quest of finding the mysterious sanctuary. But the answers he's seeking will not come easy, and what lies at the end of his quest will pick him apart once more before he can truly heal. The only question is, are the ancient secrets he discovers worth the painful transformation?