How did this happen? Tristan has a family Having taken in the young man initially broken when his father sent killers after him, and then shattered by the multiple rapes performed by his grandfather, Tristan must rearrange his entire life to accommodate him. No longer the only one, Bartholomew Crimson must learn to share Bart is fine with them taking in Emil, he is, truly. Then why is he worried? Where does the fear a younger man might replace him in Tristan's heart come from? And how is he expected to deal with it? While trying to juggle keeping a broken man together and a lover who is becoming more and more erratic, Tristan feels like he might be loosing his sanity, or at least some of his control. Bart isn't helping anything, exposing more and more powerful molesters, taking risks that could take him away from Tristan permanently. How does a monster teach the man who believes he doesn't deserve to live that the world his wrong about him? How does a monster who kills as easily as he breath keep not one man, but two of them alive against their will?