Bodaway Lakota is a faithful follower of the Covenant—and a very skilled assassin. A Naiche warrior, he is only sixteen, but he has killed many in the name of their cause. He believes he is saving the world from the Reborn, but when he meets Natalie Schultz, one of the Awakened Reborn, he knows he is outclassed in every way. He is given the task of killing her—beheading her like so many others at the hand of his trusty sword. To outsmart Natalie, he hides in plain sight. He alters his appearance and his name, calling himself Tristan—and she welcomes him into her life and becomes his friend. Despite their friendly fiction, however, dark events haunt them both and bring them ever closer together. Tristan could never have believed himself capable of feelings for a Reborn, but he is drawn to Natalie in spite of himself. Their friendship is forbidden and could cost Tristan his life. He must soon make a horrible choice: will he side with his clan, or sacrifice everything for the girl he’s supposed to kill?

Some say the paranormal and the demonic aren’t real, but they are wrong. We are living proof. We are human. We are natives and the true masters of this land. We aren’t superheroes. There is nothing good about us, but we are righteous in our own eyes. We live in the shadows of the Anglo world and live by the oral laws of our forgotten ancestors. We are killers of the Reborn faith. If you believe in God, then you should fear us. If you think your God can protect you from us, He can’t. We are trained from the age of thirteen to hunt down the most powerful Reborns on earth. No one has survived their encounter with us. Until now. From the moment, Bodaway Lakota, a six-teen year old Naiche warrior, encounters Natalie Schultz, an Awakened Reborn, he knows he is out-classed in every way. Him and his clan are ordered by the Covenant to hunt down and behead her at all cost. He finds ways to out smart his enemy by changing her physical appearance and going by the name, Tristan. Despite his motive to deceive and slay her, she welcomes him into her life through a false friendship. After a series of dark episodes, their relationship blossoms into something truly unexpected. The two, one light and one dark, become close and a new forbidden friendship is born. Trouble arises when his clan discovers their secret and seek out to kill Natalie as originally planned. Tristan is left with a decision to choose between his clan or his new forbidden friendship.