He takes up lodging in a house owned by Helen (Heroine), planning to spend the break meeting friends and new people. But the more time Damian spends under the same roof with Helen, the more he begins to notice another face hidden behind her warm smile.
Milfheim, his hometown, is a beautiful city—not too big, not too small. Y et Damian starts to uncover dark corners he never noticed as a child, plunging him into confusion.
He soon realizes that many of the people who shaped his early years are tangled together in a complex web… Why does Helen grow uneasy whenever the past is brought up? What truths has his foster mother never spoken? And the women around Damian—what are your real feelings?
Desire, love, maternal instincts, friendship, envy, jealousy, anger, sorrow… A storm of emotions crashes into Damian, just as he steps into adulthood, pulling him deep into Milfheim’s hidden, forbidden secrets.