Abstract: Chicago is in a tense relationship with supernatural creatures. And Merit, the protector of a safe haven for vampires called Cadogan House, is worried that people will take up pitchforks at any moment. It doesn’t help that the mayor has already broken up another vampire rave, as well as the order he has received: to remove the drug that is spreading in society. Merit’s task is to restore order in her House, in the literal sense. And if that means getting your hands a little bloody, so be it.