Nick will do everything to protect his mate. Absolutely everything. Even if it means selling his soul to his vampire progenitor and rejoining the dark vampire underground known as the White Death. Dimitri Yi, a notorious anti-vampire extremist, has disappeared weeks ago. His rabid followers are going crazy. Around the city Corpses begin to appear, marked with Dimitri Yi's symbol. Riots break out in vampire districts, and bombs explode in government buildings and cafes. New York is becoming increasingly violent and unstable, and pressure is mounting to simply give the terrorists what they want. The message is clear: give them their leader back, or the killing will continue. Worse, they now seem to have their sights set on Nick; maybe because he's a famous vampire fighter, but more likely because of his position as Midnight, a vampire homicide detective for the NYPD. Someone knows about Nick's involvement in the disappearance of Dimitri Yi, and they will do anything to get him to let Yi go - including targeting Nick's girlfriend, an obvious "race traitor" and blood whore for the vampire. Ultimately, Nick decides that I'll have to turn to his kind for help. Even if he ends up in debt to his ancestor, Brick, a vampire who hates people and has his own perverted motives.