Someone You Can Build a Nest In

Shesheshen is a shapeshifter living as an amorphous creature in a ruined manor. When monster hunters interrupt her rest, she constructs a body from available remains—a metal chain backbone, borrowed bones for limbs, and a bear trap as an extra mouth. Injured in the attack, she is nursed back to health by Homily, a kind human woman. Shesheshen's species reproduces by laying eggs inside a host, and she initially sees Homily as an ideal place for her young to develop. As they grow close, however, Shesheshen realizes she cannot go through with this plan. Before she can confess her true nature, Homily reveals she is hunting a shapeshifting monster that supposedly cursed her family. Shesheshen did not curse anyone, so she must uncover why Homily's family believes she did. As the hunt becomes increasingly dangerous, Shesheshen faces a larger challenge: learning to build a life with the woman she loves, rather than inside her.