A woman shunned by her village as a "harbinger of bad omens," blamed for a demon attack on her family. When her village demands a sacrifice to a creature called the Duskwalker, she faces imprisonment or death -- until she discovers the monster is unlike expectations. Orpheus exchanges a protection ward against demons for a human companion every decade. He finds their companionship brief and tragic, until he encounters someone unafraid -- someone who awakens deeper feelings within him. Will Orpheus be able to convince Reia to stay before she's lost to him forever?