In the future, vampires stand upon the apex of society, with humans at their feet. Dhampiri, vampire-human hybrids, sit somewhere in between. They are placeless creatures - neither here nor there in the world. But they do have one purpose: to protect vampire nobility above all else. As a dhampirica, Yvanna was born to live a gruelling life of endless training and studying until the day she would be assigned to protect a noble child. When she is finally chosen to serve Lord Dante Romaniello, a young man of twenty, she realizes her life of difficulty has only just begun. No matter what she does, Yvanna can't get him to trust her. The animosity between them only grows, fraying their inseparable relationship even further. But when a series of terrorist attacks on vampires sees Lord Dante and her being kidnapped, the two are forced to rely on each other if they want to make it home. And by a strange twist of fate, their inseparable relationship that they once detested... is now turning into something else entirely. Something neither of them dare speak aloud. In a world filled with conflict between vampires and humans, and growing political unrest, Yvanna cannot afford to let anything jeopardize her duty to Lord Dante - not even herself.