pale · hidden fangs · dual forms · red eyes · terrifying power · child · transformation · imposing · supernatural · horror
The Zenin and Higuruma clans, ancient rivals bound by blood and the arts of jujutsu, collided in a tragedy of forbidden longing. A Zenin woman gave birth to Hiromi, a half-vampire hybrid, only to be executed for her transgression. His Higuruma father, revulsion outweighing any paternal instinct, discarded the boy when he was only five years old. Now, adrift in the hollow silence of his home, Hiromi felt the crushing gravity of a father's betrayal. He stepped out into the air, his pale features a frozen mask of stoicism that betrayed nothing of the devastation within. Nina, a young neighbor, caught sight of the solitary child. Her innocent voice pierced the heavy gloom as she approached him, reaching out to the boy the world had forgotten.