Red Riding Hood, stained crimson with blood...is never going home to Grandmother's house.<br><br>To its heir, the illustrious Kuonji estate promises eternal life. The price the heir must pay for this sublime honor, however, is a pound of flesh-that of his or her brothers and sisters and extracted by his or her own hands......The prospect of having to fight her beloved elder sister &quot;Red Riding Hood&quot; Claire to the death sends Stella into a dizzying spiral of despair. And then, out comes her other self, &quot;Bloody Alice,&quot; whispering in her ear: &quot;This is our fate!&quot; As the White Rabbit and Zeno, her first love, watch over the battle-worn Stella, what is it that creeps ever nearer to her and her destiny...?<br>