Sydney Sage is forcibly taken to an alchemist re-education center. The management is unhappy with her romance with Adrian, as well as her friendship with the vampires under her care. The connection with her lover is lost - he can no longer penetrate her dreams, because Sydney has been kept awake for several days now. But the girl plays her own game, doesn’t give up and even supports the prisoners, while Adrian, who has lost contact with her, becomes increasingly depressed. The total control of the alchemists cannot destroy the bonds that have arisen between Adrian and Sydney, but what will happen next? The fifth book of the “Blood Ties” series - for the first time in Russian!