It had been 7 months since Skye had disappeared, 7 months where they had twisted her reality, 7 months her team had searched before they found her. "We want you to break her. Sever all of the ties that she has…We want the word 'hope' to be out of her vocabulary. If we let her go, she'll stay because she knows there's nowhere to run." Warning: torture/sexual abuse/suicide attempt.

Someone is collecting 'the best of the best' from each branch of the supernatural community. What will the Shadowhunters do when one of their own is the next target? Rated M for sexy scenes. Post COG & PRE COFA. COFA did not exist, nor did talks of it when this story was started. All info learned in COFA, including what the Mark of Cain does, is irrelevant to this story.