'The boundary between Life and Death are at best, shadowy and vague. Who shall say where one ends and the other begins?' Cursed by the moon and trained to the bone, Athena was the perfect assassin. With every kill she made, her emotions disappeared, further succumbing to the life of a killer. With the blood of the beast, she determines everyone through their blood; the stench of it defines them as what they are - be it human or another, target or foe, innocent or pretentious liars. Her strength increases with each passing hour, slowly losing herself to the thrill of the hunt and the life of a killer. All was perfect until she made a mistake - one that almost cost her very life. Unexpectedly, she retained her life from the courtesy of Michelle Harper, whose blood she cannot define. Will this unexpected turn of events change her stone cold heart? Or will she let herself be consumed by the scent of her blood?

“Confession is always a weakness. The grave soul keeps its own secrets and takes its own punishment in silence.” In the quiet 1988 haze of Cinder Ridge, Sylveria Bennett is a shadow. A misfit on the sidelines of Beaumonte High, she was certain her existence would be a long, safe, and utterly colorless loop of rising suns and setting moons. As a perennial spare on the basketball court, she moved through life expecting nothing, convinced that her potential would stay buried beneath the floorboards of a gym that never called her name. But life, as she knows it, is a lie. One night of mistaken fun sends Sylveria drifting toward a danger she never believed possible—a darkness that feels as if it’s shortening her life with every heartbeat. At the center of the storm is a mysterious figure, a girl whose charming smile holds a menacing new definition of certainty. Caught between the haunting silence of a past she can't outrun and the intoxicating threat of the girl who now holds her gaze, Sylveria is fading. Will this unexpected turn divert her from a predetermined fate, or will that smile leave her drifting forever at midnight?

Jun Crawford is an average teenage girl, who loves playing basketball as much as she loves playing computer games. Jun had her fate intertwined with the smart and beautiful, Sheila Eclaire. Both of them were completely opposites, yet that was what brought them together. Growing up together, they became best friends. But little did they know that their friendship didn't stay that way. Pulling on strings once again, fate had attached them both to an online game, where users aren't allowed to reveal their real names. Unexpectedly, they have met each other virtually, believing it was a totally random stranger. Time flew and they grew attached to each other, though one does not feel the way the other does. But will Time tell what they feel for each other? Fate has pulled its string, but will the strength of Love be strong enough for them to unveil the truth behind the name?