Eliot, a 17-year-old boy burdened by one of the cruelest childhoods imaginable, lives each day like it’s a punishment. Homeless at thirteen, working three part-time jobs to survive, and bullied for being poor — his only goal now is to quietly complete a secret bucket list before taking his own life.
But when he accidentally witnesses a monstrous creature attacking a mysterious girl one night, Eliot’s world changes forever. In desperation, the girl sinks her fangs into his neck — and discovers something terrifying in his blood. She can't stop drinking. She can’t let him die. And now, she can’t let him