Otherworlder Enforcement Agent Beatrice Davis hasn't seen her ex, Chicago police detective and vampire, Claude Desmarais in years. Finding him at the door and asking for her help was the last thing she expected. But when Beatrice identifies an object for him-through touch-she realizes that this is one investigation she can't walk away from... Claude is stunned that the local Magister-a vampire he trusts-is the prime suspect in his off-the-books investigation. Even as old desires smoulder beneath the surface, Claude is determined to prove the magister's innocence, and Beatrice is just as determined to prove him wrong. But neither of them are prepared when the killer makes a desperate and deadly move...