Book excerpt: My past continues to hunt me, I can feel her presence behind every bend like an omnipresent spectre. I hide now amongst newfound friends in a world shrouded in secrecy, darkness, and danger. We walk a delicate path, hunting in the streets and forests; hiding from the powerful predators secretly ruling the city we call home. If we are discovered, we are certain death will follow swiftly, and mercilessly. But if Lilith finds me again, and reveals us all, how will we survive?