In the neon sprawl of New Manhattan, high school student Cesar Mendoza lives a double life — volleyball player by day, masked vigilante by night. Ever since a genetically altered spider bit him during a school field trip, Cesar has been learning to balance responsibility with survival. But the hardest thing to manage isn’t the crime — it’s his feelings for his best friend, Charlotte “Lotte” Dove. Tall, strikingly pale, with wild dark brown curls that look like they were painted by Caravaggio. Piercing blue eyes, cherry-red lips, always in her bootcut jeans, some cool long sleeves and vintage jewelry. Half-French, brutally intelligent, and emotionally unreadable. Lotte walks the halls like she’s untouchable — and maybe she is. Her words can cut through glass; her silences hurt more. She’s obsessed with feminist theory, 70s rock bands, and classic literature. but besides that, shes also very funny and gentle towards her friends and her younger sister. a baddie by looks, a softie by heart.