For centuries, the Viscerebus or viscera-eaters, locally known as Aswangs, live hidden in plain sight within human societies. Anza, 16, is a young Erdia, a half-human, half-Vis who longs for a life of simple freedom - to make friends and live openly as a human. Like most Erdias, she does not possess any of the supernatural powers of an Aswang. Living in the midst of these super creatures made her feel insecure and inadequate. She did not feel like she belonged to this world. Rocco is a young Iztari, a Vis warrior with something to prove, tasked at implementing their laws and keeping the Veil of Secrecy. He was an orphan, abandoned by his Aswang mother when he was a baby. He has dedicated himself to giving back to their Viscerebus community who nurtured him. His focus is to become a great Iztari. She left her privileged but restricted life to go after what she wants, and he was sent on a mission to get her back. Anza became Rocco's first field case, he is determined to fulfill his duty. She was equally determined to live her life her way. He was expecting an entitled brat, not a sensitive young woman whose pain echoed his own. He expected immaturity and tantrums, not intelligence and grit. He cannot afford to be distracted, and she's too young to take on the kind of relationship that he needs. She does not want to get involved with an Aswang, but he is making it hard to resist him, with his looks, his principles, and the man that he is. Along the way, it became a choice between a life she longed for, the goal he set out for himself, or the love they did not ask for.