The rusty chains groaned as he swayed back and forth, watching her.
'Maybe it's not him,' thought Billi. 'Maybe he's just some normal kid.
Maybe I don't have to murder him.'

Billi SanGreal is facing her Ordeal. The last test before her initiation. But she hadn't expected this. Not killing a little kid.
 
Billi is destined to follow her father into The Order and protect the masses from the unholy. From the thousands of evil, tortured souls that prey on humanity.
 
Billi is fifteen. Is a life of brutal fighting and deadly combat really what she wants?

Or is temptation threatening to lead her astray . . .