BIRD OF CHAOS: 1

Her duty is to die. The war she wages is a lonely one. Winning it seems impossible. >As a Hunter, Laviv has one purpose: kill every creature that roams the forest at night, or die trying. It is her only goal, and yet, hopelessness chases her through the darkness-the one within her, the most brutal one. Because if there is no hope of winning this war, what is she even fighting for? When history repeats itself, and Laviv makes a string of decisions that lead to an innocent getting caught in the crossfire, she stands before a choice: Continue on the path of leaving nothing but pain and regret behind, or take responsibility once in her life and become a teacher for a boy who is unlikely to survive without her. While trying to keep her new apprentice alive, Laviv notices changes inside their organisation that might be more dangerous than the monsters lurking in the forest. Something is brewing deep within the belly of the beast, and when Laviv is finally ready to end the year-long feud with the man who has taken more from her than any monster ever had, she realises that leaving her old life behind will be harder than expected. Because he is not only her biggest weakness, but also the only person who could help Laviv understand the danger she hadn't known they were all in. Betrayal simmers under the surface, and Laviv must decide who to trust, what to believe, and what it is that's not only worth dying-but living for.