-What makes a monster? Is it their sharp teeth? Their eyes? Skin? Eating habits? Behavior? Is a monster defined by their looks or by their actions?" Many have tried to predict when the next vampire king would be born. In a time of Ancient Rome, the head sorcerer sacrifices the lives of the many to seek one soul. Fearing the vampire king's birth, the Emperor decree all boys born in six BCE to be, killed, not a soul left behind for the slaughter. Alexandros, a Greek ex vampire hunter, saves one, Syrus Valerius, the only boy to survive. The carnage is over, and everyone is angry. The Emperor cunningly uses the boy as a scapegoat, and the people have directed their fear and anger towards Syrus. Syrus's older brother Pietro curses his name for their parent's death, Alexandros does his best to raise the boy on his own, and a young girl named Annabeth becomes his friend in this cruel world. Growing into adults, both Syrus and Annabeth find love in each other. Pietro becomes more, bitter. Syrus has, fought long and hard against the people's words, and as Syrus reaches closer to his 21st birthday. Dreading all his efforts have come crashing to an end

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