Outcasts

The monsters came in the night, and they took everything. They conquered Earth overnight, and then they started hunting. To survive, you had to get away from anything worth breaking, worth stealing. You had to hide in the darkness. You had to become an outcast.It's been twenty years since the invasion, and Earth still lies in ruin. There are no cities anymore; no towns. There's nowhere worth living, except for Bernadette's Orphanage.Bernadette was only 17 when her parents died, and after raising her siblings on her own, she decided to take in the other lost children of Dark Forest. For twenty years, they've lived as outcasts in the darkness. They've been at peace. They've had a chance to build from the remnants of was once a beautiful world.Then a monster comes to Dark Forest.The monsters are supposed to be dead. They're supposed to be destroyed. Now there's something in Dark Forest that threatens everything. It's an echo of a war long over, but Bernadette is left with no choice.She has to do whatever it takes to protect her new family.No matter what the cost.