Mei-Li Hastings is in trouble. She's Dream Sharing with a Kindred warrior. Normally that's a regular part of being claimed by one of the tall, handsome aliens who came to Earth looking for brides. But in Mei-Li's case, nothing is normal. The dreams she's having show a huge, frightening male with a red laser for an eye and a metal arm. The man who's coming to claim her is a Dark Kindred-one of the emotionless denizens of Zeaga Four where love is unknown...