The virus was never supposed to infect a child. For Brianna, it isn’t a death sentence. It’s an awakening into a world she was never meant to see. In the secret history of the Vampire race, there is one absolute rule: a human under the age of eighteen cannot survive the change. Their bodies burn out. They die. Brianna, a fifteen year old runaway fleeing a broken foster system, is about to break that rule. Attacked by a rogue Vampire in the Seattle streets, Brianna is found by the Newmarks, an ancient family who have spent centuries building a hidden, civilised world. Against all biological odds, Brianna doesn't die. She adapts. Her survival presents a terrifying question for the hidden world: What does a vampire with the emotional volatility of a teenager look like? The Newmark family has protected their legacy for centuries. Now, they must go to war to protect a First Child who shouldn't exist, but whose survival will change the future of their kind forever. A contemporary vampire coming of age story about survival, found family, and rewriting the rules of an ancient world.