"The humans are not going to take this quietly. They've treated Vampires with suspicion ever since The Event. We have to deal with this now, before we have a civil war on our hands." The scene looks like a wild animal attack--humans butchered in their homes and left for their neighbors to find--but rogue Vampires are far more dangerous than any animal. Special Agent Laila Eyvindr and her team at the Inter-Realm Security Agency are overworked, understaffed, and struggling to track down the Demons. Aside from the murders, other problems are brewing. Protests and riots increase as elections draw near, a distracting rivalry grows between Laila's current and ex-lover, and a potential traitor in the office jeopardizes the team's security. When Laila and her partner Darien are thrust into the cutthroat world of Vampire politics, they discover that the homicides are just the beginning of a far more sinister plot.