Roxy was pissed. She had always felt out of place. But she had figured that it was because her father hated her. She had known her father hated her since she was young. Now she knew why he hated her and why he had never simply killed her. He couldn't she wasn't human. Already not completely. 

She had discovered this 'little' secret when her 'father' and his men decided to initiation her into the gang. She had only survived because the shadows had come to live and killed most of the men. Then one of the shadow beings told her that her real father, who happened to be the God of shadows and darkness, decided it was time for her to learn how to use her abilities. He gave her a black panther as a pet and guard. Then he sent her through the shadows to the academy. 

That's how she found herself walking in the shadows of a huge school. She wasn't sure that she couldhandle a school like this. Her education was spotty at best. Her 'father' had only allowed her to learn what she needed to pass the state's homeschooling tests.