That showdown in the woods last year really got to Carmine.  She doesn’t want to admit it, but she hasn’t been the same since.  She’s been looking over her shoulder, waiting for something to lunge from the shadows.  But just when she thinks she can’t take it anymore, someone appears who makes it all seem ok.

Her friends might be suspicious, but Carmine doesn’t care.  What would they know about being a human who constantly finds herself fighting monsters?  And with this new boy by her side, she’s finally feeling like her old self again.  But something’s happening at school.  Girls are acting erratic – almost violent – for days before finally passing out and landing in the hospital.  Carmine does her best to ignore it.  After all, she can’t be expected to fix every problem around here, can she?  But when her old friend Sharon starts getting sick, Carmine has to decide: can she really afford to ignore this?