What would it feel like to return to a birthplace you've never known? Snatched away so young that the very act of leaving left no trace in your memory, you're forced to step foot in a small town that exists only as a ghost in your bones. Grief has carved a raw, unhealed wound in you-trauma from a loss you still haven't learned to name, let alone outrun. As a big-city girl adrift, you come here seeking scraps of affection from the only family you have left, but fear clings to you like a second skin. What horrors might this unknown place hold?

You think things can't get worse-until you're lost in a town where every face feels like a threat, where enmity simmers even before names are exchanged. A terrible choice splits your path: flee, or trust the "city monsters" who slither at the edges of your world. But after life's cruel twists, who isn't a potential executioner? Who wouldn't want to see you dead?

Except them. The monsters with blood on their hands, the ones who'd burn hell itself to ash if it meant keeping you safe. In this tangled web of darkness, a forbidden polyamorous romance blooms-five men, one woman, and a love that defies every rule, even the ones carved in shadows.