My seventeenth birthday, the day I became a woman in the eyes of the law, my mother sat down at the small table in our cottage and said, "It is time."It has been two years since Rosa fled the west, walking out on Xiao Hong and Mei, breaking their family. Now that the King's men no longer hunt the grundwirgen killer, Xiao Hong's mother makes the hard decision to return to her homeland to find Rosa and make their family whole again. Xiao Hong, still angry and hurt by her Auntie Rosa's secrets and lies, must decide whether or not she will join her mother's quest.Xu Meng Jiao grew up knowing his mother was a demon, and that he must save her.Meng Jiao has lived in the shadow of his parents for his entire life. The child of a human father and snake demon mother, he has vowed to become the best possible student, scholar, and son he can be--in the hopes of saving his mother from her imprisonment. Two paths collide in Fighting Demons, as Xiao Hong and Meng Jiao come to terms with their parents, their families, and find their place in the world.