The provided text is comprised of excerpts from Daemon's Mark by Caitlin Kittredge, offering an immersive look into an urban fantasy police procedural. The initial section features accolades and endorsements for the author and her Nocturne City series, praising the gutsy protagonist, intriguing fantasy world, and fast pace. The bulk of the text presents a narrative where Lieutenant Luna Wilder, a werewolf detective for the Supernatural Crimes Squad (SCS), investigates the homicide of a young were named Lily Dubois. The investigation leads Wilder and her team, including her ATF agent boyfriend Will Fagin and fellow detectives, through the seedy underbelly of Nocturne City and eventually results in Wilder's kidnapping and transport to Ukraine as a victim of a human trafficking and bio-engineering ring run by the ruthless Belikov siblings, Grigorii and Ekaterina. Ultimately, Wilder escapes, solves Lily Dubois’ murder, which was orchestrated by the victim's own mother, Petra Dubois, and testifies against her captors in a foreign court while wrestling with the increasing influence of her werewolf nature and recurring visions of Lily’s ghost.
