The book begins finding Lord Delane DeLuca preparing to bring his seventeen year old mortal niece Rykael to finally meet her birth mother Relisys Borishauski. Lane and his half-sister Blayne have been diligently rearing Rykael and purposefully keeping her as far away from the world of other Strigoi as possible. Finding all the answers they so long for, will however prove to be both more difficult and even dastardly cruel for them all. Her adventure...