Monsters rule; only demon hunters can fight back. Leo Stone, the Church's hunter heir, poses as a lazy, money-loving guard at the Waldorf Grand Hotel—a monster sanctuary whose beasts are his family. When a detective and trainee chase a blood hound, factions clash over the Seed of Calamity. As seven elites descend, Leo and his family crush boss Krige, fulfilling his fate as Humanity's Shield.